Excerpt: ...s member s. None of the packets was returned as undeliverable. No objections or requests to opt out have been received. The motion is granted. A. Background and Settlement Terms The pleadings do not identify what business defendant is in, but from its website it is apparently in the business of locating buried utility lines for construction. The complaint alleges that plaintiff was employed at defendant during the relevant period, though it does ...

Excerpt: ...ey do not do so, Mitchell is given a further 28 days after that in which to answer the remaining counts of the cross -complaint. Background and the Pleadings This case arises from the buyout of plaintiff Mitchell's majority ownership in SPC, a painting contracting busine ss. SPC was founded by Mitchell and run by him until 2019. It encountered a number of business difficulties, including incurring substantial losses; being subject to an audit con...

Excerpt: ...h, the demurrer by Budde and Ross to the first and second causes of action is sustained without leave to amend. If plaintiff contests the tentative to seek leave to amend, he should come to the hearing prepared to discuss in detail what he has in mind and how it will be sufficient. Budde does not demur to the third cause of action for negligence, which is asserted only against Ross. To the extent that Ross's cursory filing can be taken as demur...

Excerpt: ...s denied as to the first and eleventh causes of action. If plaintiff contests this tentative to seek leave to amend those counts, he should come to the hearing prepared to discuss in detail how he proposes to amend, and how that will suffice. Because this is the firs t challenge to the complaint, plaintiff is given leave to amend as to all remaining causes of action. Plaintiff shall file and serve any amended complaint by March 21, 2024. Shoul...

Excerpt: ...P ruling tha t denied defendant's anti -SLAPP motion in part. Any renewal or amendment of the motion will be deemed timely by relation back to this motion. This case arises from a dispute between plaintiff SMP Construction and defendant Donna Holsten. SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY MARTINEZ, CA DEPARTMENT 12 JUDICIAL OFFICER: CHARLES S TREAT HEARING DATE: 02/22/2024 22 Holsten hired SMP to do some foundation work on her home. A...

Excerpt: ...ty to e nforce all its conditions for the development of that specific property. The defendant City of Lafayette opposes the petition on the bases that plaintiff did not exhaust her administrative remedies and that the court is without authority to order the City to remove structures already built as such an order violates the rights of the property owners at 4069 Happy Valley Road. For the reasons et forth below, the court denies the petition f...

Excerpt: ...iracy and alter ego theories. (Notice of Demurrer p. 2: 1 -11.) For the following reasons, the Demurrer is overruled as to the breach of written contract and voidable transfer causes of action and sustained as to the breach of oral contract, concealment(fraud) , promissory estoppel, and unjust enrichment causes of action. Meet and Confer Requirement Defendants satisfied their meet and confer requirement regarding their demurrer in detailing thei...

Excerpt: ...as clean ers in 2020 and 2021. The case's procedural history is a little complicated. The original complaint was filed by plaintiff Grande on November 12, 2021 as a class action. PAGA claims were added by amendment in January 2022. However, upon presentation to pla intiff of an arbitration provision, plaintiff dismissed her class and individual claims, narrowing the case to a representative PAGA claim, and the parties stipulated to stay the case...

Excerpt: ...Mirda (2007 ) 147 Cal.App.4th 740, 747.) In a demurrer proceeding, the defects must be apparent on the face of the pleading or via proper judicial notice. (Donabedian v. Mercury Ins. Co. (2004) 116 Cal.App.4th 968, 994.) "A demurrer tests the pleading alone, and not o n the evidence or facts alleged." (E -Fab, Inc. v. Accountants, Inc. Servs. (2007) 153 Cal.App.4th 1308, 1315.) Accordingly, the court assumes the truth of the complaint'...

Excerpt: ... (ref erred to in motion pleadings as Rosa Torres Casinelli and referred to herein as the "Driver") when that vehicle made a left turn from Moraga Way onto Coral Drive and struck her in the intersection. (Compl. ¶ 7; City's Separate Statement ("SS") of Undispute d Material Facts ("UMFs"), UMF Nos. 37 -43, 45- 47, 50.) Among other things, Plaintiff contends that vegetation created shadows over the bike lane that contri...

Excerpt: ...t hereby gra nts the motion, in part, on the ground that the City is entitled to design immunity. Discussion Factual Background Plaintiff filed a Complaint for Damages on July 1, 2022 against defendants Ryan James Richins, Stacy Dawn Richins, State of California, Count y of Contra Costa, City of Brentwood, and Does 1 -50, inclusive. Therein, Plaintiff alleged two causes of action: (1) Negligence and (2) Government Liability: Government Code sect...

Excerpt: ...dant H inton for a noticed deposition; 4) failed to produce defendant Khawaja for noticed deposition; and 5) failed to produce Doordash's representative for a noticed deposition. Defendant Doordash filed an Opposition on February 5, 2024, which, as plaintiff points out, is several months after the motion was served on Defendant Doordash. In his Reply to Doordash's “untimely” opposition, plaintiff urges the court not to consider it at all. Th...

Excerpt: ...�l ed these two motions to compel further responses to special interrogatories and to compel further production of documents, Set 2, on September 25, 2023. Defendant One Gro, Inc. filed its opposition on January 31, 2024. Background Plaintiff Island Breez e Systems CA LLC and One Gro., Inc., an Oregon corporation doing business as One Gro Investment Group, entered into a series of agreements beginning in May 2017 and culminating in a Service Agr...

Excerpt: ...ng a doubles tennis match. At some point during a match, “Defendant struck a tennis ball directly SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY MARTINEZ, CA DEPARTMENT 18 JUDICIAL OFFICER: DANIELLE K DOUGLAS HEARING DATE: 02/09/2024 at the Plainti
¯'s head, when the Plainti
¯ was standing in front of the Defendant, in clear view of the Defendant, hitting Plainti
¯ directly in the right ear at a high velocity.” Plainti
¯ alleges that �...

Excerpt: ...oad in Contra Costa County, California (“Haddad Property”). Defendants are Monroe RE, LLC Road Monroe Operations, LLC (“Monroe Defendants”) and the California Department of Social Services. Monroe RE, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY MARTINEZ, CA DEPARTMENT 18 JUDICIAL OFFICER: DANIELLE K DOUGLAS HEARING DATE: 02/09/2024 LLC owns the real property at 5530 Johnston Rd. (“Monroe Property”) on which the Monroe Defendants...

Excerpt: ...ed as to the second cause of action. Because this is the Þrst challenge to the complaint, and because it appears plainti
¯ may be able to plead the requisite facts, plainti
¯ has leave to amend and shall Þle and serve any amended complaint by February 20, 2024. A. Background Plainti
¯, Sweet Adeline, Inc., is a franchisee operating a Wingstop restaurant. (SAC, ¶8.) On or about March 17, 2022, plainti
¯ and defendants, TastyWings Inc. and W...

Excerpt: ...o amend. Discussion Legal Standard “The function of a demurrer is to test the su
¯iciency of the complaint as a matter of law.” (Holiday SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY MARTINEZ, CA DEPARTMENT 18 JUDICIAL OFFICER: DANIELLE K DOUGLAS HEARING DATE: 02/09/2024 Matinee, Inc. v. Rambus, Inc. (2004) 118 Cal.App.4th 1413, 1420.) A complaint “is su
¯icient if it alleges ultimate rather than evidentiary facts” (Doe v. City of L...

Excerpt: ... Þrst sets of form interrogatories to each plainti
¯, served on or about April 26, 2023; and (2) defendant's Þrst sets of requests for production of documents to each plainti
¯, served on or about May 7, 2023. Within ten days thereafter, plainti
¯s are ordered to produce all responsive documents, without objections. These discovery requests were served last April and May. Purported responses were served last August. The responses, however, w...

Excerpt: ...perpetrator. He has sued the person who assaulted him (named as John Doe), the landlord of the apartment complex, and DoorDash. DoorDash has moved for an order compelling plainti
¯ to arbitrate his claims against DoorDash and staying the remainder of the action pending the arbitration. Procedures for Enforcement of Arbitration Agreement Whether the arbitration agreement is governed by the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §§ 1 et seq., or by t...

Excerpt: ...egligence cause of action on the grounds that: [Issue 1] Plainti
¯ failed to plead the existence of any mandatory duty, [Issue 2] Plainti
¯ cannot establish the breach of any mandatory duty owed, and [Issue 5] the primary assumption of risk doctrine bars said claim against the City. Defendant moves for summary adjudication on the premises liability cause of action on the grounds that: [Issue 3] Plainti
¯ cannot establish the existence of a dan...

Excerpt: ... the Complaint Defendants Claire and David Aschwanden and plainti
¯s Cathleen and Wilrolan Ravelo were friends for a number of years David and Wilrolan served in the military together, then both worked on the San Francisco Police Department SWAT team since approximately 2017 (SSUMF 31) For clarity, and meaning no disrespect, the discussion will use Þrst names where necessary to distinguish the parties The Aschwandens invited the Ravelos to ...

Excerpt: ...ligence. Defendants move on the grounds that (1) Defendants owed plainti
¯ no duty of care and were not negligent; (2) Defendants had no actual or constructive notice of an unreasonably dangerous condition; and (3) Defendants' acts or omissions did not cause or contribute to Plainti
¯'s injuries. For the following reasons, Defendants' Motion is denied. Brief Factual Background It is undisputed that on the evening of February 4, 2018, Plainti
¯...

Excerpt: ...pproval was granted, the administrator has mailed notices to 1160 class members. 42 packets were returned by the post o
¯ice. Follow up resulted in 35 new addresses, leaving 7 nondeliverable. No objections have been received, and only one request or exclusion. The motions are granted. A. Background and Settlement Terms Deendant is a country club. Plainti
¯ was employed there as a banquet server rom July 2019 to March 2020. The original compl...

Excerpt: ...for breach of the peace. Commercial Code § 9609 provides that “after default, a secured party may … take possession of the collateral … without judicial process, if it proceeds without breach of the peace.” Plainti
¯ does not allege that Location ever did actually repossess his vehicle. He alleges that Location made an initial, but unsuccessful, attempt to do so on May 22, 2020. SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY MARTINEZ...

Excerpt: ...PP special motion to strike is denied and the demurrer sustained without leave to amend. I. Background SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY MARTINEZ, CA DEPARTMENT 27 JUDICIAL OFFICER: TERRI MOCKLER HEARING DATE: 02/07/2024 Plainti
¯, Michael Giu
¯rida is a surgeon who worked or deendants, Vivek Bansal, MD, and Vivek Bansal MD, Inc. (“deendants” or “Bansal”). Ater the relationship ended, plainti
¯ sued deendants or w...