Excerpt: ...rnative Summary Adjudication on the grounds that Civil Code Section 1009 bars claims by Plaintiff Anthony Silva and Plaintiff Daniel Silva for (1) Quiet Title to Easement by Prescription, (2) Declaratory Relief, and (3) Interference with Easement because Plaintiffs are members of the general public and not adjacent landowners is DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. While it is possible that facts exist that would cause Civil Code Section 1009 to bar Plainti...

Excerpt: ...ion of Documents Set No. 1, and for Monetary Sanctions of $2,169.00 Against Plaintiff's Counsel Harry B. Gill Pursuant to CCP § 2031.280(a) is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART. Request 16: [Documents Supporting Contentions that Flagstar Bank Loan as been paid] The original objections to Request 16 by Plaintiff Jaswinder Kaur on the grounds of overly broad, oppressive, unduly burdensome, harassing, vague and ambiguous, unlikely to lead to the d...

Excerpt: ...native Summary Adjudication on the grounds that Civil Code Section 1009 bars claims by Plaintiff Anthony Silva and Plaintiff Daniel Silva for (1) Quiet Title to Easement by Prescription, (2) Declaratory Relief, and (3) Interference with Easement because Plaintiffs are members of the general public and not adjacent landowners is DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. While it is possible that facts exist that would cause Civil Code Section 1009 to bar Plaintif...

Excerpt: ...MEND. The other grounds for demurrer to the First Cause of Action are OVERRULED AS MOOT given the above ruling. The Demurrer to the First Amended Complaint's Second Cause of Action for Cancellation of a Written Instrumentation on the grounds that (1) it fails to state a cause of action, (2) the statute of limitations bars the action, (3) fails to meet the requirements of Civil Code § 3412 is SUSTAINED WITH LEAVE TO AMEND to plead around the stat...

Excerpt: ...ons of $5,419.71 pursuant to CCP § 2023.010 is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART. Request No. 5 [Documents Relating to Quality Control of Microinverter models including model number APS YC‐500A]: The Objections by Cross‐Defendant Altenergy Power Systems USA Inc., on the grounds of relevance, not calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence, unduly burdensome, oppressive, seeking confidential proprietary trade secret informatio...

Excerpt: ...by January 13, 2023, a Supplemental Verified Response omitting the objections overruled above and containing a privilege log listing each responsive document withheld on grounds of work product doctrine or attorney‐client privilege. Such supplemental verified response shall include a representation that Defendant has made a diligent search and conducted reasonable inquiry, and that all responsive documents in Defendant's possession or control, ...

Excerpt: ...anger to the contract, i.e., a defendant who is neither a party or an agent of a party. (Applied Equipment Corp. v. Litton Saudi Arabia Ltd. (1994) 7 Cal.4th 503, 513‐514; Redfearn v. Trader Joe's Co. (2018) 20 Cal.App.5th 989, 1001‐1003.) The Second Amended Complaint alleges in Paragraphs 2 and 11 that Defendant Armando Diaz was a principal and agent of Defendant Soldavi which was in turn agent for the Sellers, the Lakireddys, who were parti...

Excerpt: ...nce attributable to [codefendant El Dorado] County was realistic and that the amount of the settlement bore a realistic proportion to damages that could be awarded.' (Id., at page 1248, 253 Cal.Rptr. 137.) [¶] The Schmid Court reversed relying on the portion of Tech‐Bilt which held that even when the claimant's damages are obviously great, and the liability therefor certain, a disproportionately low settlement figure is often reasonable in the...

Excerpt: ...a and Dustin Oliveira to Quash Subpoena to Third Party San Joaquin Valley Hay Growers Association for Production of Documents concerning financial information concerning Defendants Frank Oliveira and Dustin Oliveira, specifically Requests 1‐3, and 5‐16, and for monetary sanctions in the amount of $2,969.40 against Plaintiff Caetano Custom Tractor and its Counsel.pursuant to CCP § 1987.2 is GRANTED. First, there is no showing of good cause ju...

Excerpt: ... Greenman v. Yuba Power Prods., Inc. (1963) 59 Cal.2d 57, 60‐61 [California Law].) The Agreement on which the action against Ford Motor Company is based expressly states in Pagaraph 14 that the Dealer is not an agent of the company and may not, in “any manner assume or create any obligation on behalf or or in the name of the Company.” Since Defendant Ford Motor Company was not bound by the arbitration agreement between Plaintiff and Defenda...

Excerpt: ...rown, and harvested and sold or are in the process of being grown, harvested and sold. There appears to be no dispute that Mr. Chillara has declined to pay for the farming expenses necessary to grow and harvest such almonds and there appears to be no dispute that Mr. Khera has not turned over the sales proceed to Mr. Chillara, but there is no evidence that the sales proceeds have been misappropriated. It appears that the purpose of the proposed i...

Excerpt: ...nd Does 1‐25 as Defendants and alleging causes of action for (1) Trespass to Land, (2) Private Nuisance, Elder Abuse, Violations of Penal Code § 496c, Negligence, and Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress based on allegations that Defendant Ramirez entered land owned by Plaintiff and installed water pipes transmitting water from Plaintiff's land to Defendant's land. Defendant Ramirez filed an answer on September 14, 2020. On August 3, 202...

Excerpt: ...ossesses independently, and the Non‐Individual claim that can be brought in a representative action, and held that when an employee signs an arbitration claim, his individual claim subject to the agreement. Thus, the sole issue before this court is whether the instant Plaintiff signed an arbitration agreement that covered his Individual Claim. The evidence before this Court is that Defendant has a policy of requiring employees to sign arbitrati...

Excerpt: ...ing party argues would render the operable complaint in this action moot. Some of the motions also argue that their contention that Plaintiff has not prosecuted the case aggressively enough support dismissal at this juncture. Nine Districts filed joinders to the motion. Six Districts have filed independent motions, and several Defendants have filed something called a Statement of Support. The motions were initially set for hearing October 6, 2022...

Excerpt: ... counsel for Defendant Trinidad pursuant to CCP § 2031.320(b) and 2023.030(f)(i) is GRANTED. Defendant Trinidad's objections to the following Requests for Admission are OVERRULED and Defendant Trinidad is ordered, by November 18, 2022, to serve verified supplemental responses, without objections that unambiguously admit or deny the following Requests for Admission: Request 30, 32, 36, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, and 47. Counsel for Defendant Trinidad sh...

Excerpt: ...age in Interactive Process pursuant to Government Code § 12940, Fourth Cause of Action for Failure to Accommodate Disaiblity pursuant to Government Code § 12940, and Fifth Cause of Action for Retaliation pursuant to Government Code § 12940 are without merit is GRANTED. Each of the Five Motions for Summary Adjudication are based on the same, identical, 54 Undisputed Facts, i.e. Undisputed Facts 1‐54 with regard to the Motion for Summary Adjud...

Excerpt: ...ential creation of a settlement contract if rejected. The fact that the form of offer may not have successfully achieved those benefits if rejected is irrelevant because the offer was in fact delivered to Defendants and was accepted by The following tentative rulings shall become the ruling of the court unless a party gives notice of intention to appear as follows: 1. You must call (209) 725‐4240 to notify the court of your intent to appear. 2....

Excerpt: ...rty tax. (Government Code § 5898.31; Silicon Valley Taxpayers' Assn. v. Santa Clara County Open Space Authority (2008) 44 Cal.4th 431, 443) and are therefore subject to the “pay first litigate later rule.” (See e.g. California Department of Tax and Fee Administration v. Superior Court (2020 48 Cal.App.5th 922, 932.) Declaratory Relief is not available when there is a plain, complete, speedy and adequate remedy at law. (Flying Dutchman Park, ...

Excerpt: ...tion for Summary Judgment or Summary Adjudication, the moving party must submit a separate statement supported by admissible evidence that establishes a prima facie case that the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. Plaintiffs and Cross‐Defendants Sandton Credit Solutions Master Fund IV LP and Sandton Agriculture Investments, LLC filed the requisite separate statement and supporting evidence, including a request for judicial...

Excerpt: ...ential creation of a settlement contract if rejected. The fact that the form of offer may not have successfully achieved those benefits if rejected is irrelevant because the offer was in fact delivered to Defendants and was accepted by Defendants thereby creating a contract. The fact that Plaintiff may have misunderstood lien law when extending the law or the fact that Plaintiff's attorney did not sign the offer pursuant to CCP § 998 does not pr...

Excerpt: ...on of Documents and the failure to comply with the order that both Plaintiffs and their counsel pay monetary sanctions of $500. The instant motion also seeks additional The following tentative rulings shall become the ruling of the court unless a party gives notice of intention to appear as follows: 1. You must call (209) 725‐4240 to notify the court of your intent to appear. 2. You must give notice to all other parties before 4:00 p.m. of your...

Excerpt: ...ollision. Defendant Lori Rossi Gallo took a breath test and blew a .18% and admitted drinking multiple drinks. Defendant Lori Rossi Gallo was driving at speeds in excess of 140mph on a heavily traveled public roadway [G Street in the City of Merced] in a luxury Maserati in extremely dangerous fashion. Defendant Lori Rossi Gallo was swerving in a crazy like manner and blew through red lights along the way before causing these massive collisions.�...

Excerpt: ...ot Liable for Water Related Damages. Tentative Ruling: Motion in Limine #1 is GRANTED. Defendants Ramson Piro Construction & Development, Inc. and Piro Enterprises, Inc. Are being sued in two capacities: (1) As the Developer that designed and built the Plaintiffs' Homes; and (2) As the Developer that Sold the Subject Homes to the Plaintiffs. The following tentative rulings shall become the ruling of the court unless a party gives notice of intent...

Excerpt: ...ses to Form Interrogatories is GRANTED and the objections to such Form Interrogatories, brought by Plaintiff Parkash Pabla, are OVERRULED. To the extent that a Form Interrogatory requests information concerning a classification of damages that Plaintiff is not seeking, Plaintiff may provide a full and complete response by unambiguously waiving any right to that category of damages as a complete response. Plaintiff Parkash Pabla is ordered to prov...

Excerpt: ...ontent of each such statement, and the manner in which each such statement was conveyed. (See e.g. Robinson Helicopter Co., Inc. v. Dana Corp. (2004) 34 Cal.App.4th 979, 993. Furthermore, allegations of fraud against a corporate entity must state the name of each person who made each alleged statement, that person's authority to speak for the corporation, to whom that person spoke, what they said or wrote, and when each such statement was oral or...

Excerpt: ...ensed healthcare provider and that the claims brought against such Defendant are claims based on the healthcare provider's alleged failure to provide appropriate medical care. Accordingly, Defendant Anberry Transitional Care LLC is entitled to the benefits of MICRA. (See Ruiz v. Podolsky (2010) 50 Cal.4th 838, 849 [“we are persuaded that [CCP] section 1295, construed in light of its purpose, is designed to permit patients to bind their heirs in...

Excerpt: ...tion because it “uses millions of gallons of groundwater each day from the critically overdrafted Merced Subbasin, in large part to facilitate its use of live‐hang slaughter with electric immobilization, an unnecessarily water‐ intensive method of slaughtering chickens” and that the practice thwarts Maximum Beneficial Use because if Foster Poultry Farms “was not using more than its fair share of water, despite less water‐ intensive al...

Excerpt: ...fore the Contractors State License Board. Defendant asserts that since the contractor's license bond is a statutory bond, not a contract bond or common law bond where a balance of equities may be considered by the court, the fact that the statutory scheme does not require exhaustion of administrative remedies via the filing of a CSLB administrative complaint, the Legislature is deemed to have chosen not to make exhaustion a requirement and theref...

Excerpt: ... § 1793.2, are without merit because Defendant Ford Motor Company promptly offered to repurchase or replace Plaintiff's truck prior to the filing of Plaintiff's Complaint. Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment is Supported Facts 1‐30 which appear to be supported by admissible evidence, and those same facts are incorporated by reference into three additional issues seeking Summary Adjudication of the First, Second, and Third Causes of Action ...

Excerpt: ...dently caused, and (2) Defendant First National Insurance Company of America owes a duty to defend Erick Baumbach‐Madriz (aka Erick Baumbach) in the litigation of property damage claims arising out of a fire that he accidently caused. Plaintiff California Mutual Insurance Company brought a subrogation action and obtained a default judgment on September 22, 2020, against Erick Baumbach‐Madriz (aka Erick Baumbach) in the amount of $327,171.32 i...

Excerpt: ...tion for Summary Judgment on the grounds that any duty that Ransom Piro Construction & Development, Inc. and Piro Enterprises, Inc might have had to limit or mitigate water intrusion from the Merced Irriagation District Canal was a duty owed to the Plaintiff homeowners in this action, not to Merced Irrigation District, the entity ulimtimately responsible for water intrusion and the public entity whose failure to contain waters under its control m...

Excerpt: ...n (k) is dependent on a claim of actual discrimination: Employers should not be held liable to employees for failure to take necessary steps to prevent such conduct, except where the actions took place and were not prevented. (Id., quoting Trujillo v. North County Transit Dist. (1998) 63 Cal.App.4th 280, 289].) This court held above that Discrimination did not occur because there was no material adverse employment action, but that a triable issue...

Excerpt: ...amed as Defendant in the First and Second Cause of Action only, brings the instant motion for Summary Judgement on the Grounds that (1) there is no triable issue of material fact with regard to the First Cause of Action for Negligence because Defendant did not owe a Duty to Plaintiff nor did Defendant Cause Plaintiff's injuries; and (2) there is no triable issue of material fact with regard to the Second Cause of Action for Strict Liability as De...

Excerpt: ...t‐cause requirements of The Tenant Protection Act of 2019, Civil Code § 1947.2(a). A Demurrer to the complaint was overruled on 3‐29‐21, and a motion to compel discovery was withdrawn on 4‐26‐21 because the Defendant was no longer in possession of the property and the case would proceed as a normal civil unlimited. The clerk of the Court does not appear to have reclassified this matter as a general civil unlimited case. Counsel for Pla...

Excerpt: ...s: 1. You must call (209) 725‐4240 to notify the court of your intent to appear. 2. You must give notice to all other parties before 4:00 p.m. of your intent to appear. Per California Rules of Court, rule 3.1308(a)(1), failure to do both items 1 and 2 will result in no oral argument. To limit the spread of the COVID‐19 virus, the court will only conduct remote hearings. Parties who contest the tentative ruling or wish to appear remotely at a ...

Excerpt: ...h 4, 2022, defendants filed a Motion for Reconsideration of the February 22, 2022 Order pursuant to CCP 1008, on the grounds that while the Court had interpreted the Diskeeper case to require that a motion for attorney's fees be filed 15 days after notice of entry of judgment or dismissal, a party seeking attorney s fees based on contract has at least from notice of judgment or dismissal to file a noticed motion for an award of attorney s fees, a...

Excerpt: ...Failure to Provide Habitable Dwelling, (2) Breach of Covenant of Right to Quiet Enjoyment, (3) Private Nuisance, (4) Unfair Competition, and (5) Negligence. On May 20, 2022, Defendants filed the instant Motion for Order Compelling Plaintiffs Eva Mendoza and Luis Rodriguez to provide responses to written discovery propounded on August 9, 2021, consisting of Requests for Production of Documents, Set One; Special Interrogatories, Set One; and Form I...

Excerpt: ...s Manual published by YOU and provided to YOUR authorized repair facility(s) within the State of California, from 2017 to present. [This request will be understood to include production of any and all versions of such manual as distributed to YOUR dealerships during the relevant time frame.]” Defendant objected to the request on the grounds that it was overbroad and seeks documents that are not relevant and not reasonably calculated to lead to ...

Excerpt: ...s Manual published by YOU and provided to YOUR authorized repair facility(s) within the State of California, from 2017 to present. [This request will be understood to include production of any and all versions of such manual as distributed to YOUR dealerships during the relevant time frame.]” Defendant objected to the request on the grounds that it was overbroad and seeks documents that are not relevant and not reasonably calculated to lead to ...

Excerpt: ...LLC owns all crops produced by such almond farm, that non‐party Dilbag Khera, a member of Plaintiff DS Orchards LLC who resigned in January and March of 2021 and Defendant Cardella Merced LLC, an entity that is alleged to be controlled by Dilbag Khera, who controls Defendant Cardella Merced LLC, were ordered to vacate the almond farm, that non‐party Dilbag Khera refused to vacate and continues to operate the almond orchard, and that non‐par...

Excerpt: ...aint's First Cause of Action for Violation of Statutory Standards pursuant to CCP § 430.10(f) on the grounds that it is vague, ambiguous, unintelligible, and uncertain; (3) to the Complaint's Third Cause of Action for Breach of Implied Warranty pursuant to CCP § 430.10(e) on the grounds that it fails to state facts sufficient to establish a cause of action and pursuant to CCP § 430.10(f) on the grounds that it is vague, ambiguous, unintelligib...

Excerpt: ...of Action for Retaliation against Defendant N & S Tractor Company; and a Third Cause of Action for Race/Ethnicity Language Discrimination against Defendant N & S Tractor Company. Plaintiff seeks to compel further responses to the following Form Interrogatories propounded on Defendant N & S Tractor Co.: 207.1 [Written Policies or Regulations by Employer; and (a) title; (b) manner communicated; (c) manner receipt acknowledged; (d) contentions regar...

Excerpt: ...ubstantive responses. In the current motion Plaintiff seeks to compel further responses to Special Interrogatories 2, 8, 10, 17, 18, 19, 24, 27, 36, 47, 50, and 53. Since Defendant Viking Ventures LLC and Defendant Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. are represented by the same counsel, they filed a joint opposition to this motion and the separate motion brought against Defendant Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. below. This court finds that the supplemental respons...

Excerpt: ...gs ended on May 2, 2022, and the public has been granted ongoing access to the courthouse, without masks, though individuals preferring to wear masks are permitted to do so. The fact that Plaintiff resides with elders who are especially susceptible to potential COVID19 variations, does not preclude an in‐person deposition providing that reasonable protocols are observed. Plaintiff David Chavez has agreed to serve as a Representative Plaintiff a...

Excerpt: ...speak on behalf of each corporation, (3) the person or persons to whom each misrepresentations was made, (4) what the individuals who made the misrepresentations said or wrote, and (5) when each misrepresentation was said or written. (Lazar v. Superior Court (1996) 12 Cal.4th 631, 645; Tarmann v. State Farm Mut. Auto Ins. Co. (1991) 2 Cal.4th 153, 157; Perlas v. GMAC Mortg. LLC (2010) 187 Cal.App.4th 429, 434.); and (B) leave to amend to plead th...

Excerpt: ... on the real property located at 2521 Burgundy Drive, Livingston. (See Cross‐Complaint ¶ 8, ¶ 11.) On April 8, 2022, Plaintiffs and Cross‐Defendants Parkash Pabla and Jaswinder Kaur filed the instant Special Motion to Strike Cross‐ Complaint of ECP LP Pursuant to CCP § 425.16 (Anti‐Slapp). Courts employ a two‐prong inquiry to determine if a Cross‐Complaint is subject to a Cross‐Defendant's special motion to strike: In the First P...

Excerpt: ...hich are defined to include Defendant Stonefield Homes, Inc. Plaintiffs Demurrer attacks fifteen of the affirmative defenses contained in the Answer filed by Defendant Stonefield Home, Inc. in its Answer to Complaint filed March 23, 2022, specifically, Plaintiffs demur to (1) the Third Affirmative Defense [Assumption of Risk], (2) the Fourth Affirmative Defense [Non‐economic Damages],(3) the First Sixth Affirmative Defense [Failure to State a C...

Excerpt: ...21, Plaintiffs Yogesh Chander Gandotra and Kusman Gandotra, individually and as Trustees of the Gandortra Trust, dated August 7, 2017, Shaan Shannon Stores, Inc, DBA Shannon's Mini Mart and Shaan Gandotra (collectively “Plaintiffs”) filed a new case, 21CV‐01491, containing Points and Authorities in Support of Order to Show Cause re Contempt and Declarations by Bruce J. Henricks and Shaan Gandotra in support of Contempt. Accordingly, on May ...

Excerpt: ...l Interrogatories and Request for Monetary Sanctions of $1,680 against Plaintiff and her counsel pursuant to CCP § 2030.290 is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART. While the Special Interrogatories at issue were titled “Requests for Admission” on Page 3 of the Special Interrogatories attached as Exhibit A to the Declaration of Adam F. Summerfield filed March 22, 2022, the discovery propounded unmistakably constitute special interrogatories to...

Excerpt: ...t prevails in this Arbitration, it should be accorded attorney's fees and costs as a prevailing party and /or pursuant to Section 1780(6) of the CLRA. Western Motors also appealed to the Arbitrator's discretion under the Rules to award fees in circumstances like these where a Claimant may have failed diligently to investigate claims before pursuing them. [¶] In this matter, the Arbitrator does not consider Respondent's entitlement to fees or cos...