Excerpt: ...the clerk's entry of default that preceded it. However, that discretion can be exercised only if the moving party establishes a proper ground for relief, by the proper procedure, and within the statutory time limits. (Cruz v. Fagor America, Inc. (2007) 146 Cal.App.4th 488, 495.) The court is empowered to relieve a party “upon any terms as may be just … from a judgment, dismissal, order, or other proceeding taken against him or her through his...

Excerpt: ...r arising out of such contract or transaction, or the refusal to perform the whole or any part thereof, … shall be valid, irrevocable, and enforceable, save upon such grounds as exist at law or in equity for the revocation of any contract. (9 U.S.C. § 2.) “In recognition of Congress' principal purpose of ensuring that private arbitration agreements are enforced according to their terms, we have held that the FAA pre‐empts state laws which ...

Excerpt: ...tion against defendant alleging five causes of action: (1) right of possession of personal property; (2) fraud; (3) conversion; (4) declaratory relief; and (5) injunctive relief, regarding a 1926 Ford Phaeton convertible. Plaintiff now seeks summary judgment of his Complaint or, in the alternative, summary adjudication of the claims that “Defendant converted, and is in wrongful possession of Plaintiff's property, and Plaintiff is entitled to it...

Excerpt: ...f contract. (Code Civ. Proc., § 437c.) Explanation: Plaintiffs have met their burden of showing that defendants' second cross‐ claim for breach of contract is barred by the statute of frauds. Under Civil Code section 1624, “The following contracts are invalid, unless they, or some note or memorandum thereof, are in writing and subscribed by the party to be charged or by the party's agent: [¶] (1) An agreement that by its terms is not to be ...

Excerpt: ...laintiff and defendant Central California Faculty Medical Group, Inc. (“CCFMG”) on 3/22/22. Southwest shall bates stamp all documents responsive to the subpoena served on 2/8/22, and within 20 days of service of the order deliver the documents to CCFMG. CCFMG may then apply the “Attorneys' Eyes Only” designation to any documents it contends include trade secrets or other protected confidential information. CCFMG shall produce all document...

Excerpt: ...it can grant preliminary approval of the proposed settlement. An agreement of the parties is not sufficient to establish a class for settlement purposes. There must be an independent assessment by a neutral court of evidence showing that a class action is proper. (Luckey v. Superior Court (2014) 228 Cal. App. 4th 81 (rev. denied); see also Newberg, Newberg on Class Actions (T.R. Westlaw, 2017) Section 7:3: “The parties' representation of an unc...

Excerpt: ...ourth causes of action. To sustain, without leave to amend, Harco National Insurance Company's demurrer to the fifth cause of action. Plaintiff is granted 20 days' leave to file a Second Amended Complaint. The time to file such pleading will run from service by the clerk of the minute order. All new allegations in the pleading are to be set in boldface type. Explanation: Plaintiff filed the operative First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) against de...

Excerpt: ...btor is not the occupant, on the judgment debtor. Service shall be made personally or by mail. At the hearing on the motion the court shall determine the occupant's right to possession and shall make an order including terms and conditions that are appropriate under the circumstances of the case. (Code Civ. Proc., § 700.080(c) (emphasis added).) Where, as here, the personal property subject to the writ of possession is being used as a dwelling t...

Excerpt: ...mended complaint and dismiss the action against defendant. (Code Civ. Proc., §§ 2023.010, subd. (g); 2030.030, subd. (d).) Defendant shall submit a proposed judgment consistent with the court's order within 10 days of service of the minute order. Explanation: Code of Civil Procedure section 2023.010, subdivision (g) makes “[d]isobeying a court order to provide discovery” a “misuse of the discovery process,” but sanctions are only author...

Excerpt: ...ones Food Company, Fresno County Superior Court case no. 21CECG01408 and Sarmiento v. The Neil Jones Food Company, Fresno County Superior Court case no. 21CECG03825, have been resolved. Explanation: “The party against whom a complaint or cross‐complaint has been filed may object, by demurrer or answer as provided in Section 430.30, to the pleading on any one or more of the following grounds: … (c) There is another action pending between the...

Excerpt: ...other causes of action. (Code of Civil Procedure § 430.10, subd. (e).) Plaintiff is granted 10 days' leave to file a First Amended Complaint. The time in which such pleading can be filed will run from service by the clerk of the minute order. New allegations in a First Amended Complaint are to be set in boldface type. Plaintiff shall correctly number the causes of action, and refrain from cumulative or “chain letter” pleading. (Kelly v. Gene...

Excerpt: ...confer regarding the protective order. To grant defendant's motion to compel further responses to Request for Production No. 18 and direct plaintiff to serve a written verification. To grant plaintiff's motion to compel further responses to Requests for Production Nos. 26, 28 and 31, subject to a protective order. To direct the parties to meet and confer regarding the protective order. To grant plaintiff's motion to compel further responses to Re...

Excerpt: ...) no. 3. Plaintiffs shall provide a further response to Special Interrogatory (set two), no. 3 within twenty (20) days from the date of this order. The motions are denied in all other respects. To deny the request for imposition of monetary sanctions. Explanation: Associational Privacy (Special Interrogatory no. 2/Requests for Production of Documents nos. 3 and 4) Defendants contend that the requested discovery is justified because “[t]he plain...

Excerpt: ...n, (6) fraudulent concealment, (7) constructive fraud, (8) breach of contract, (9) breach of written contract, (10) unjust enrichment, and (11) unfair competition. Defendant Lometti initially did not respond to the complaint. Plaintiff entered defendant Lometti's default on May 22, 2018, but it was set aside on February 1, 2019 when the court determined that defendant Lometti did not have actual notice of the complaint and summons. Defendant Lome...

Excerpt: ...or monetary sanctions. To deny defendant's motion for a protective order. Explanation: Although there are exceptions, generally the scope of discovery is broad. (Williams v. Superior Court (2017) 3 Cal.5th 531, 541; Tien v. Superior Court (2006) 139 Cal.App.4th 528, 536; Code Civ. Proc., § 2017.010.) In Liberty Mutual Ins. Co. v. Superior Court (1992) 10 Cal.App.4th 1282 (Liberty Mutual) the plaintiff alleged a workers compensation insurer made ...

Excerpt: ...aced or affected by the order being appealed. (Code Civ. Proc., § 916, subd. (a).) Explanation: “Except as provided in Sections 917.1 to 917.9, inclusive, and in Section 116.810, the perfecting of an appeal stays proceedings in the trial court upon the judgment or order appealed from or upon the matters embraced therein or affected thereby, including enforcement of the judgment or order, but the trial court may proceed upon any other matter em...

Excerpt: ...request for costs, without prejudice. Explanation: Plaintiffs Antonio Mercado (“Mercado”) and Miriam Olivares (“Olivares”) bring a Complaint with eight causes of action related to the purchase of a 2015 Dodge Charger. Plaintiffs allege a cause of action for fraud and deceit; four causes of action for negligence under various theories; a cause of action for violation of the Consumer Legal Remedies Act; a cause of action for violation of Bu...

Excerpt: ...hasis added).) The court's discretion will usually be exercised liberally to permit amendment of the pleadings. (See Nestle v. Santa Monica (1972) 6 Cal.3d 920, 939; Mabie v. Hyatt (1998) 61 Cal.App.4th 581, 596; Howard v. County of San Diego (2010) 184 Cal.App.4th 1422, 1428.) Cal. Rules of Court, Rule 3.1324 provides that a motion to amend must: (1) include a copy of the proposed amendment, (2) state what allegations in the previous pleading ar...

Excerpt: ...ules of Court, rule 3.769(g) states: “Before final approval, the court must conduct an inquiry into the fairness of the proposed settlement.” Subsection (h) states: “If the court approves the settlement agreement after the final approval hearing, the court must make and enter judgment. The judgment must include a provision for the retention of the court's jurisdiction over the parties to enforce the terms of the judgment. The court may not ...

Excerpt: ...ding shall be filed within 20 days of the clerk's service of this order. New or different allegations in the second amended complaint are to be set in boldface type. Explanation: General Demurrer A party may file a general demurrer on claims that “[t]he pleading does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action.” (Code Civ. Proc., § 430.10, subd. (e); Estate of Moss (2012) 204 Cal.App.4th 521, 535 [“‘A demurrer can be utili...

Excerpt: ...covery subpoena utilizing the California Judicial Council form SUBP‐030. Metropolitan AME contends that the deponent has not complied with the subpoena and thus petitions, in part, for relief under the provisions of Code of Civil Procedure section 2029.060. That section provides that “[i]f a dispute arises relating to discovery under this article, any request for a protective order or to enforce, quash, or modify a subpoena, or for other reli...

Excerpt: ...il Procedure, section 1290 authorizes a party to seek to compel arbitration by filing a petition in court, and states the petition allegations “are deemed to be admitted … unless a response is duly served and filed.” (Code Civ. Proc., § 1290.) “A response shall be served and filed within 10 days after service of the petition… The time provided in this section for serving and filing a response may be extended by an agreement in writing ...

Excerpt: ...e amount of $630 against plaintiff Camalah Kopacz. Sanctions are ordered to be paid by plaintiff within 20 days of the date of this order, with the time to run from the service of this minute order by the clerk. Plaintiff shall serve responses, without objections, to defendant Fresno Community Hospital and Medical Center's Form Interrogatories, Set One, Special Interrogatories, Set One, Request for Production of Documents, Set One, and Request fo...

Excerpt: ...tional Facts” filed on September 8, 2022, is disregarded, as the summary judgment statute does not provide for this. (Nazir v. United Airlines, Inc. (2009) 178 Cal.App.4th 243, 248.) Evidentiary Objections No proper evidentiary objections have been made, by either side. Objections are made to the evidence and not to the fact stated on the Separate Statement. Written objections are (inter alia) to be filed separately from other papers, and quote...

Excerpt: ...mber 20, 2022, at 3:30 p.m. in Department 501. To impose a monetary sanction against defendant FCA US LLC in the amount of $5,130, payable no later than thirty (30) days from the date of service of this order. Explanation: Plaintiffs seek to restore jurisdiction of the action to this court by vacating an earlier order compelling arbitration and staying the action. Plaintiffs also seek attorney's fees incurred on the aborted arbitration. Defendant...