Excerpt: ...deny the petition for reinstatement. Explanation: Confirm Arbitration Award Cross -Complainant Shashi Sharma (“Sharma”) seeks to confirm an arbitration award in the above matter under Code of Civil Procedure section 1285. Any party to an arbitration in which an awar d has been made may petition the court to confirm the award. (Code Civ. Proc. § 1285.) The petition shall set forth the substance of or have attached a copy of the agreement t...

Excerpt: ....App.4th 705, 713, quoting Code Civ. Proc. § 437c(c).) Summary judgment is properly directed toward the entire complaint and not portions thereof. (see Barnick v. Longs Drug Stores, Inc. (1988) 203 Cal.App.3d 377, 384; Khan v. Shiley, Inc. (1990) 217 Cal.App.3d 848, 858- 859.) Summary adjudication is the proper mechanism for challenging a particular, “cause of action, an affirmative defense, a claim for punitive damages, or an issue of duty.�...

Excerpt: ... es that “[a] person who is entitled to recover damages certain, or capable of being made certain by calculation, and the right to recover which is vested in the person upon a particular day, is entitled also to recover interest thereon from that day, excep t when the debtor is prevented by law, or by the act of the creditor from paying the debt. This section is applicable to recovery of damages and interest from any debtor, including the state...

Excerpt: ... a right of first refusal to buy the remaining properties owned by the Virginia Shubin Barnett Living Trust for $12,500. (Exhibit D to Mireles decl., p. 2, ¶¶ 5.1, 6.) Plaintiff was to pay off the delinquent taxes on the properties, including $97,842.04 payable to Fresno County, $28,078.00 to the federal government, and $4,057.00 to the state. (Ibid.) Plaintiff was to pay the remaining balance of $120,022.96 to the Trust over five years. (Ibi...

Excerpt: ...t Two, and for Monetary Sanctions To grant plaintiff's five motions to compel defendant Southern California District Council of the Assemblies of God to serve initial verified responses to the discovery requests, without objections, unless defendant serves verified responses to the discovery prior to the hearing. To grant plaintiff's request for monetary sanctions of $1,200 against counsel for defendant. Defendant shall serve its verified res...

Excerpt: ...epartm ent 403. Explanation: Defendant Future Clovis, Inc. dba Future Ford of Clovis (“Defendant”) moves for an order compelling plaintiffs SS Pro Flooring & Construction, Inc. and Saul Sanchez Medina (collectively “Plaintiffs”) to arbitration. A trial court is r equired to grant a motion to compel arbitration “if it determines that an agreement to arbitrate the controversy exists.” (Code Civ. Proc. § 1281.2) However, there is “no ...

Excerpt: ...ure section 664.6, “[i]f parties to pending litigation stipulate, in a writing signed by the parties outside the presence of the court or orally before the court, for settlement of the case, or part thereof, the court, upon motion, may enter judgment pursuant to the terms of the settlement. If requested by the parties, the court may retain jurisdiction over the parties to enforce the settlement until performance in full of the terms of the sett...

Excerpt: ...e Thir d Amended Complaint. (Code Civ. Proc. § 430.10, subd. (e).) To deny the motion to strike as moot. To set a hearing for Thursday, May 16, 2024, 3:30 p.m. in Department 502 to determine why a final leave to amend should not be granted. A supplemental opposi tion and reply may be filed in accordance with Code of Civil Procedure section 1005. Explanation: On November 2, 2023, plaintiff California Attorneys, Administrative Law Judges and Hea...

Excerpt: ... bold print . Should plaintiff elect not to amend, demurring defendant shall file responsive pleadings within twenty (20) days from the date of this order. If oral argument is timely requested, such argument will be entertained on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, at 3:30 p.m. Explanation: As explained previously, ownership of, or a right to possess, specific property is a necessary element of conversion and embezzlement. (Lee v. Hanley (2015) 61 Cal....

Excerpt: ..., with leave to amend. Plaintiff shall serve and file his first amended complaint within 10 days of the date of service of this order. All new allegations shall be in boldface. Explanation: Demurrer First, to the extent that plaintiff seeks to state a clai m against defendant William Smittcamp, he has not alleged any facts showing that he was employed by Mr. Smittcamp, had a contractual or other relationship with him, or that Mr. Smittcamp did ...

Excerpt: ...laration is ruled upon as follows: Objection No. 4 is sustained for improper legal conclusion. Objection Nos. 5 and 8 are sustained for irrelevance and lack of foundation. Objection Nos. 9, 14 -16 are sustained for improper legal conclusion. Objection Nos. 10 -12 are su stained for lack of personal knowledge. Objection No. 17 is sustained for lack of foundation. Objection No. 18- 20 are sustained for lack of personal knowledge. Objection No. 21 i...

Excerpt: ...d to submit to this court, within five days of service of the minute order, a proposed judgment consistent with the court's summary judgment order. To deny Dr. Levine's motion. Explanation: The plaintiffs, Dr. Sarah Yost and Kelly Yost, sued two surgeons, Dr. Derek Taggard a nd Dr. Nicholas Levine, and Fresno Community Hospital and Medical Center dba Community Regional Medical Center and Community Health System ("CRMC") after Dr....

Excerpt: ...elling Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America (Doe 151), Western Surety Company (Doe 152), Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland (Does 153) and North American Specialty Insurance Company (Doe 154) (hereinafter “Surety Defendants”) to arbitrate the fifth ca use of action with the claims previously ordered to arbitration or, in the alternative, to remove the claims subject to the arbitration agreement with their employer from arbi...

Excerpt: ... ag reement alleging the existence of a written agreement to arbitrate a controversy and that a party thereto refuses to arbitrate such controversy, the court shall order the petitioner and the respondent to arbitrate the controversy if it determines that an agreement to arbitrate the controversy exists, unless it determines that: (a) The right to compel arbitration has been waived by the petitioner; or (b) Grounds exist for the revocation of the...

Excerpt: ...the mo tion must then prove by a preponderance of evidence that a ground for denial of the motion exists (e.g., fraud, unconscionability, etc.). (Rosenthal v. Great Western Fin'l Securities Corp. (1996) 14 Cal.4th 394, 413- 414; Hotels Nevada v. L.A. Pacific Ctr. , Inc. (2006) 144 Cal.App.4th 754, 758; Villacreses v. Molinari (2005) 132 Cal.App.4th 1223, 1230.) There is a strong policy in favor of arbitration. (AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcio...

Excerpt: ...ch was entered in favor of Plaintiff against defendants Larry Oakander and Patricia Oakander (collectively “Defendants”). The First Amended Complaint stated one remaining cause of action against Defendants, for breach of installment note. On September 15, 202 3, Plaintiff timely lodged a Memorandum of Costs. On October 2, 2023, Defendants timely filed the instant motion to tax costs. Defendants object to each entry, in part, due to a lack of...

Excerpt: ...f a d eposition, the court, upon motion reasonably made by any person described in subdivision (b), or upon the court's own motion after giving counsel notice and an opportunity to be heard, may make an order quashing the subpoena entirely, modifying it, or dire cting compliance with it upon those terms or conditions as the court shall declare, including protective orders. In addition, the court may make any other order as may be appropriate ...

Excerpt: ...e “tantamoun t to no responses at all[]” (Appleton v. Superior Court (1988) 206 Cal.App.3d 632, 636), plaintiff's oppositions to the subject discovery motions notes that the verifications were served with the attendant oppositions – a representation not challenged in t he replies. Monetary sanctions are typically awardable under such circumstances. (See Cal. Rules of Court, rule 3.1348(a); Sinaiko Healthcare Consulting, Inc. v. Pacific He...

Excerpt: ...Person Mo st Qualified and Custodian of Records, dated November 16, 2023, and produce all documents as described in Exhibit A thereto. The deposition shall occur within seven days of service of the order by the clerk. To impose sanctions in the amount of $1,410 in f avor of plaintiffs Samantha Negrete -Cruz and Tomas Cruz and against defendant General Motors, LLC. Within 30 days of service of the order by the clerk, defendant General Motors, LLC...

Excerpt: ...t 17, 2023, the court sustains the objections to Exhibit A and the reference to the same in paragraph 6. The court overrules the objection to paragraph 5. Regarding the Declaration of Martin Martin filed February 7, 2024, the court overrules the objections to p aragraphs 3 and 7, but sustains the objections to paragraphs 4 -6 and Exhibit A. Arbitration Agreement Under the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”), A written provision in … a contract...

Excerpt: ... to stay e nforcement of the money judgment against them individually together with their employer the County of Fresno. “Unless an undertaking is given, the perfecting of an appeal shall not stay enforcement of the judgment or order in the trial court if the judgm ent or order is for any of the following: [¶] (a) Money or the payment of money … .” (Code Civ. Proc. § 917.1, subd. (a).) Code of Civil Procedure section 995.220, states in re...

Excerpt: ...March 20, 2024, at 3:30 p.m. Explanation: Defendant Jeffrey Doc Baker (“Defendant”) moves to strike paragraph 74, of the fourth cause of action as a survival action, and the prayer for punitive damages of the Consolidate First Amended Complaint (“CFAC”).1 Defend ant contends that the CFAC fails to state sufficient facts to support the claim for punitive damages as to him. Pleadings are to be construed liberally with a view to substantial ...

Excerpt: ... this o rder, with the time to run from the service of this minute order by the clerk. The matters specified in plaintiff's Requests for Admission, Set One, propounded on defendant Jose Lopez dba Jose's Lawns (“defendant”) are deemed admitted, unless defendant se rves, before the hearing, proposed responses to the requests for admission that are in substantial compliance with the Code of Civil Procedure, section 2033.220. Defendant shall ser...

Excerpt: ...Custom Chopping, LLC for an Order Deeming Admissions by Plaintiff Telmo Coelho to Request for Admissions, Set One, and Request for Sanctions (3) By Defendant Kyle Brock for an Order Compelling Initial Responses from Plaintiff Telmo Coelho to Form Interrogatories – General, Set One, Form Interrogatories – Employment, Set One, Special Interrogatories, Set One, and Request for Production of Documents, Set One, and Request for Sanctions (4) By De...

Excerpt: ...ng (“DEFH”) issued a right to sue notice on July 6, 2021, which required plaintiff to commence a court action within one year from that date. Plaintiff has provided competing evidence, however, demonstrating that DFEH issued a right to sue notice on July 8, 2022 whic h addressed previous as well as newly alleged incidents. Measured from the July 8, 2022 right to sue notice, plaintiff's complaint is timely. Yet, Neil Jones' reply brief does no...