Excerpt: ...der Local Rule 2.9 remain in effect. However, the Court may grant belated requests for oral argument or continuance of hearing, made by any party who represents it did not timely receive the required notice, regardless of whether or not moving party is present at the hearing. Plaintiff and Judgment Creditor Don Weil moves for an order to show cause re: Contempt and for sanctions and attorneys' fees on the grounds of Defendant Matt Follner's on‐...

Excerpt: ...ct. However, the Court may grant belated requests for oral argument or continuance of hearing, made by any party who represents it did not timely receive the required notice, regardless of whether or not moving party is present at the hearing. Defendant Scotti Stark moves for an order setting aside the default and default judgment entered against him on grounds that the default was taken through mistake, inadvertence, surprise and excusable negle...

Excerpt: ... 49 upon their refiling of the subject declaration of Noel S. Cohen. The motion is GRANTED in all other respects. Cross‐Defendants RO Sales and Distribution Services, Inc. and Pacific Highway Wines & Spirits, LLC (collectively Pacific) moves, pursuant to Rules of Court, rules 2.550 and 2.551, for an order sealing unredacted versions of certain exhibits to the Declaration of Noel S. Cohen filed in support of V2's Opposition to Pacific's Motion f...

Excerpt: ...ves, pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure sections 2031.010, 2031.310, 2023.010 and 2031.310, subdivision (h), and Evidence Code section 1016, for an order compelling Plaintiff Dora Itzul Padilla's further responses to Defendant's request for production of documents, set one, and for monetary sanctions. The motion is made on the grounds that Plaintiff has asserted vague and meritless objections in purported support of her failure to produce docume...

Excerpt: ...dent Taggart LLC (“Plaintiff”) to arbitrate a controversy between the parties pursuant to an agreement between the parties, and staying the action pending completion of arbitration. I. LEGAL STANDARD Code of Civil Procedure section 1281.2 requires a trial court to grant a petition to compel arbitration “if [the court] determines that an agreement to arbitrate the controversy exists” unless it determines that enumerated exceptions – not ...

Excerpt: ...tantial risk of injury to users exercising due care and (b) Plaintiff does not have and cannot reasonably obtain evidence that the subject roadway proximately caused his injuries, and (2) Plaintiff's second cause of action for failure to warn of dangerous condition of public property fails because it is derivative of his first cause of action. 3 I. PROCEDURAL MATTERS: DEFENDANT'S SEPARATE STATEMENT Throughout its motion, Defendant cites to portio...

Excerpt: ...atories (set one), and request for production of documents (set one) within 10 calendar days of service of notice of entry of order. Plaintiff is ordered to pay to Defendants, care of their attorneys, sanctions in the amount of $550.00 no later than 10 days after notice of entry of this order. Defendants Arco Smog Pro and Dhillon Arco AM/PM & Arco Station (erroneously sued as Kulbir S. Dillon), individually and doing business as Soscol Arco Smog ...

Excerpt: ...SJH is entered into in good faith. 2 “[T]he intent and policies underlying section 877.6 require that a number of factors be taken into account including a rough approximation of plaintiffs' total recovery and the settlor's proportionate liability, the amount paid in settlement, the allocation of settlement proceeds among plaintiffs, and a recognition that a settlor should pay less in settlement than he would if he were found liable after a tri...

Excerpt: ... to the settlement agreement. The requested relief is for the Court to approve the settlement and each of the terms as being in the best interest of the parties and to end expensive protracted ongoing litigation between the parties. The governing statute for the determination of a good faith settlement that resolves the claims of only some, and not all, defendants in civil actions is Code of Civil Procedure section 6 877.6. Plaintiff Blue Bay Ven...

Excerpt: ...e answer attached to the motion. 1 The Court orders a Case Management Conference set for November 15, 2022, at 8:30 a.m. in Dept. A. Defendant Christopher Bearman moves, pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 473.5, “for an order setting aside the Unlawful Detainer Default and Default Judgment entered against Defendant. This motion is made on the grounds that service of the Summons and Complaint did not result in actual notice of the actio...

Excerpt: ...n the amount of $8,507.00 no later than 10 days after notice of entry of this order. I. PROCEDURAL MATTERS Defendant moves, pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16, to strike the TAC and for an award of attorney fees for costs incurred in bringing this motion. The motion is brought on the grounds that each of the claims asserted against the District arise out of written 4 and oral communications protected under Code of Civil Procedure ...

Excerpt: ...Interrogatories, Set Two; Supplemental Interrogatories, Set One; and Supplemental Requests for Production of Documents, Set One (collectively the Subject Discovery). The Court finds, based on the evidence presented, as follows. Adventist Health served the Subject Discovery on Plaintiff on February 3, 2022. (See Declaration of Parysa Ghazizadeh at ¶ 4 (Ghazizadeh Decl.).) Written responses were therefore due on or before March 11, 2022. (See Code...

Excerpt: ...et One, and John Reagan's Special Interrogatories, Set One. Plaintiff also seeks sanctions in the amount of $4,905.60 on the grounds that the “propounding parties have provided no facts supporting the contention that more than 35 interrogatories are necessary and the discovery is unreasonably cumulative, duplicative, and not reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence. This discovery was propounded to generate unwarran...

Excerpt: ...ance of the legal causes of action contained in Defendants' cross‐complaint to be tried to a jury. The moving party failed to include in the notice of this motion proper notice of the Court's tentative ruling system as required by Local Rule 2.9. Moving party is directed to immediately provide, by telephone call AND email, the missing notice to opposing party/ies forthwith. The requirements for requesting oral argument under Local Rule 2.9 rema...

Excerpt: ...s) request for leave to defend the action with respect to Amani is GRANTED, but, with respect to Sharif, is MOOT, as personal jurisdiction has not been, and likely cannot be, established as against him given his passing. Finally, Amani is granted 10 days' leave to file the answer attached to the motion, as revised to remove Shayne One to reflect this order. The Court orders a Case Management Conference set for November 10, 2022 at 8:30 a.m. in De...

Excerpt: ...ynn Maaskamp in response to Requests for Production of Documents, Set Five.”2 (Notice of Motion at 1:22‐27.) The requests that are the subject of the motion are numbered 50‐ 53, 59‐70, 72‐82 and included in Requests for Production of Documents, Set Five propounded on Plaintiff Lynn Maaskamp. (See Defendant's Separate Statement at pp. 6‐83.) Defendant's Request for Judicial Notice filed March 29, 2022 is DENIED on the grounds that none...

Excerpt: ...ve and file an Amended Opposition no later than May 25, 2022. Any Amended Opposition should be a complete and self‐contained opposition and not simply an addendum to the opposition memorandum filed April 21, 2022 and shall comply with all 2 procedural requirements for oppositions to motions.1 Plaintiff is then granted leave to serve and file, no later than May 27, 2022, a complete and self‐contained amended Reply that complies with all proced...

Excerpt: ... set for October 26, 2022, at 8:30 a.m. in Dept. A. 1 For reasons relating to the maintenance of Court files the Court does not deem pleadings attached as exhibits to other matters “filed.” 2 Defendant Greg Hoffman moves, pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 473, subdivision (b), “for an order granting the motion to set aside the default and default judgment in favor of Defendant” on the grounds that the failure to timely respond w...

Excerpt: ... DENIED. Respondent Deborah Jeanne Miller, trustee of the Elizabeth Anne Miller Residence Trust, (Respondent) moves to quash the March 15, 2022 Deposition Subpoean for Production of Business Records (Subject Subpoena) propounded on non‐party Early Warning Services, LLC (EWS) by Petitioner Duncan Mackenzie Miller on the grounds that: (a) the Subject Subpoena is overbroad as to time and scope; (b) is designed to cause Respondent unwarranted annoy...

Excerpt: ...Civil Procedure sections 430.10, 430.30, and 430.50, to the Third Amended Verified Complaint (TAC) filed by Plaintiff/Petitioner (Plaintiff) on the grounds that Plaintiff fails to allege facts sufficient to state a claim. Both of Plaintiff's requests for judicial notice, filed on March 16, 2022, and April 26, 2022, are DENIED. None of the subject documents are relevant to the Court's resolution of the issues raised by the demurrer. Moreover, the ...

Excerpt: ...he subpoena duces tecum (Subpoena) issued by Defendant Pacific States Petroleum, Inc. (Defendant) served on Key Health Medical Solutions, Inc. (Key Health). The motion is made on the grounds that (1) the Subpoena invades Plaintiff's constitutional right to privacy as it requests records unrelated to the injuries subject to the lawsuit; (2) the patient‐litigation exception only extends to information relating to medical conditions in question; (...

Excerpt: ...ecord within the time limits prescribed by Code of Civil Procedure section 1005, subdivision (b). Dr. Bina is ordered to meet and confer pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure sections 430.41 and 435.5 prior to service on Plaintiffs. Dr. Bina may file and serve new moving papers so long as they are self‐contained. If Dr. Bina elects to not file new moving papers, the Court will consider those filed on March 29, 2022 as operative. Plaintiffs may se...

Excerpt: ...prior trial continuances, (2) the parties have agreed to private mediation on July 18, 2022, which falls after the current trial date of July 11, 2022, (3) a trial continuance would permit the parties to engage in settlement negotiations and avoid potentially unnecessary trial preparation costs and time, as well as additional time to conduct discovery and depositions, (4) cross‐defendant Sandin Manufacturing, Inc. only recently appeared in this...

Excerpt: ...r responses to Plaintiff's Special Interrogatories, Set Two, on the grounds that Defendant did not provide sufficient responses and that Defendant's objections thereto are without merit. 5 A civil litigant's right to discovery is broad. “[A]ny party may obtain discovery regarding any matter, not privileged, that is relevant to the subject matter involved in the pending action ... if the matter either is itself admissible in evidence or appears ...

Excerpt: ... to serve verified code‐compliant initial responses and documents to form interrogatories, special interrogatories, and requests for production of documents and to pay monetary sanctions. 6 Failure to comply with a court order to provide discovery constitutes a misuse of the discovery process. (Code Civ. Proc., § 2023.010, subd. (g).) Faced with misuse of the discovery process, the Court may impose whatever sanctions are just, including moneta...

Excerpt: ...ings in Plaintiff's favor “against Defendant” and for an award of costs on the grounds that Plaintiff's Complaint states facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action against Defendant and that based on the Court's order deeming facts admitted, Defendant's Answer does not state facts sufficient to constitute a defense to the Complaint. Plaintiff's request for judicial notice is GRANTED. The Court takes judicial notice of Plaintiff's Compla...

Excerpt: ...rick Just (Plaintiff) to comply with Plaintiff's responses to Defendant's requests for production of documents numbers 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11 and 12, (2) to compel Plaintiff to provide further responses and documents and a statement of compliance and privilege log in response to Defendant's requests for production of document numbers 1, 2, 4, 7, 8 and 13‐32, and (3) for sanctions. Defendant's 11‐page reply brief exceeds the maximum page limit. (S...

Excerpt: ... for sale. Sylvester requests that attorney Christopher M. Pace be appointed as referee and that he be permitted to hire a realtor to sell the Property under his supervision by private sale and to enter and access the Property. 3 The subject Requests for Admission document is located in the Court's file at page 28 of Exhibit A to the Declaration of Jennifer Thomas in support of the Motion to Deem Matters Admitted. 9 Sylvester failed to provide ad...

Excerpt: ...the date that mediation has completed. The parties may stipulate to alternative timing or, as necessary, may bring a motion after having met and conferred in good faith to attempt informal resolution of any issues. The entire case is HEREBY STAYED while mediation and arbitration are conducted. However, the case management conference set for July 28, 2022 shall remain on calendar, unless vacated by dismissal of the matter upon successful resolutio...

Excerpt: ...OSITION OF DUNCAN MACKENZIE MILLER TENTATIVE RULING: The motion is GRANTED IN PART. Let a protective order issue staying the deposition of Plaintiff Duncan Mackenzie Miller until May 9, 2022. The matter is also CONTINUED to May 4, 2022, at 8:30 a.m. in Dept. B for further hearing. To the extent that Plaintiff wishes to seek a further delay in the Deposition past the May 9, 2022 date, he shall, no later than April 26, 2022, file and serve a brief ...

Excerpt: ...no proof of service of the motion on Crestbrook Insurance Company. Crestbrook Insurance filed no opposition. “The court lacks jurisdiction to rule on a motion that has not been properly noticed for hearing on the date in question.” (Diaz v. Prof. Community Management, Inc. (2017) 16 Cal.App.5th 1190, 1204‐05.) Moreover, the issues raised through the motion appear to be MOOT. According to the Notice of Motion, “Duncan Mackenzie Miller will...

Excerpt: ...new trial, must state...the grounds upon which it will be made”]; see also Rules of Court, Rule 3.1110 [“[a] notice of motion must state in the opening paragraph the nature of the order being sought and the grounds for issuance of the order”]; see also People v. American Sur. Ins. Co. (1999) 75 Cal.App.4th 719, 726.) Petitioner failed to file a formal notice of motion. Nonetheless, the Court makes every reasonable effort to construe the ope...

Excerpt: ...he depositions of defendants Dennis Whitfield, M.D. (Dr. Whitfield) and Gansevoort Dunnington, M.D. (Dr. Dunnington) (collectively, Defendants) and compelling Defendants to appear for deposition no later than April 29, 2022. 3 The moving party failed to include in the notice of this motion proper notice of the Court's tentative ruling system as required by Local Rule 2.9. Moving party is directed to immediately provide, by telephone call AND emai...

Excerpt: ...ts also notice the motion as one for summary judgment on defendant City of Napa's (City) cross‐complaint on the ground that Defendants are not jointly and severally liable to Plaintiff “upon this Court's granting of the moving Defendants' summary judgment as to [Plaintiff].” (Notice at 2:10‐14.) 6 The notice of motion does not provide notice of the Court's tentative ruling system as required by Local Rule 2.9. Moving party/counsel is dire...

Excerpt: ...2 Wine Group, LLC's Third Cause of Action. On March 22, 2022, Merryvale filed a notice of withdrawal of its motion for summary judgment. As the underlying motion for summary adjudication is now withdrawn, the motion to seal documents filed in support thereof is MOOT. As such, the Clerk is directed to return the lodged records to the moving party if it is in paper form or permanently delete the lodged record if it is in electronic form. The motion...

Excerpt: ...orneys' fees incurred in bringing the motion. The proof of service of Plaintiff's motion indicates that Plaintiff provided notice only to Defendant and not Defendant's attorney of record, Buchalter. (See also Supplemental Declaration of Steven Bleasdell, ¶ 2.) Moreover, the proof of service of Plaintiff's underlying discovery requests made pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure sections 708.020 and 708.030 indicates that Plaintiff served the reques...

Excerpt: ...h. Third Street further moves, pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 368.5, for an order granting leave for Third Street to be substituted in place of Syar for purposes of Syar's affirmative claims against Defendants RLM Construction Services, Inc. (RLM) and Michael Reyes (Reyes). Third Street's request for judicial notice of the Court filings in this case (Exhibits 1‐4) is GRANTED but not for the truth of the matters asserted therein. I....

Excerpt: ...eged pursuant to Civil Code section 47, subdivision (b); (2) the alleged defamatory statements are privileged based on Plaintiff's consent to their publication; and (3) Hearn suffered no damages. A. PG&E'S EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS PG&E's evidentiary objections suffer, generally, from a degree of uncertainty. Each written objection is required to “quote or set forth the objectionable statement or material....” (Rules of Court, rule 3.1354, subd....

Excerpt: ...es her water from the City of St. Helena. She can be fair and impartial in this matter. The motion is DENIED. Plaintiff moves the Court, pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure sections 187 and 1048, for an order consolidating “for pretrial purposes” the action with the action entitled Water Audit of California v. the City of St. Helena, et al., pending as case number 21CV000859 before the Court, on the grounds that both cases involve the same qu...

Excerpt: ...ions thereto are without merit. Finally, plaintiff seeks monetary sanctions against Defendant in the amount of $1,860.00. Plaintiff acknowledges that, subsequent to Plaintiff's filing of the instant motion, Defendant produced additional responses to the subject discovery.4 (See Reply at 2:4‐6, 3:11‐ 13.) The Court shares Plaintiff's frustration at the waste of time and effort necessitated by Defendants' failure to provide the supplemental res...

Excerpt: ...endant) served on SafeWay Psychological Services (SafeWay). The motion is made on the grounds that (1) the Subpoena invades Plaintiff's constitutional right to privacy as it requests records unrelated to the injuries subject to the lawsuit; (2) the patient‐litigation exception only extends to information relating to medical conditions in question; (3) the subpoena is vague, ambiguous, overbroad, and not reasonably calculated to lead to the disc...

Excerpt: ...position subpoena. Moreover, that Declaration did not include any of the purported exhibits thereto. On March 8, 2022, The Court published a Tentative Ruling in advance of the original hearing date on the motion. That Tentative Ruling identified the evidentiary deficiencies described above. On March 11, 2022, Plaintiff filed a document captioned “CORRECTED DECLARATION OF STEVEN H. KUHN, ESQ. IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR ORDER COMPELLING DEPONENT MA...

Excerpt: ...n settlement than he would if he 6 were found liable after a trial. Other relevant considerations include the financial conditions and insurance policy limits of settling defendants, as well as the existence of collusion, fraud, or tortious conduct aimed to injure the interests of nonsettling defendants.” (Tech‐Bilt, Inc. v. Woodward‐Clyde & Associates (1985) 38 Cal.3d 488, 499.) However, a party objecting that a settlement lacks good faith...

Excerpt: ...nclude in the notice of this motion proper notice of the Court's tentative ruling system as required by Local Rule 2.9. Moving party is directed to immediately provide, by telephone call AND email, the missing notice to opposing party/ies forthwith. The requirements for requesting oral argument under Local Rule 2.9 remain in effect. However, the Court may grant belated requests for oral argument or continuance of hearing, made by any party who re...

Excerpt: ...IN PART. Plaintiff shall serve, within 10 days from notice of entry of the present order, verified supplemental responses to special interrogatory nos. 4‐6 and request for production of documents nos. 1 and 3 in accordance with the discussion below. Defendant argues that the unverified responses to special interrogatory nos. 4‐6 are not complete and straightforward pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure sections 2030.210 and 2030.220, subd. (a)....

Excerpt: ...tion for summary adjudication is DENIED in all other respects. The motion for summary judgment is also DENIED. A. PROCEDURAL MATTERS QVMC and SJH move, pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure, section 437c, for summary judgment against Plaintiff David Wayne Edwards, Jr. on three grounds: (1) QVMC nurses did not breach the standard of care; (2) QVMC and SJH owed no duty to protect Plaintiff from the negligence of treating physicians because those phys...

Excerpt: ...ued as a shareholder without the minimum legal requirements of showing he controlled and participated directly in the alleged wrongful conduct”; (2) “there is no legal duress, no wrongful acts (allegations of actions/inaction) – essential elements of a Financial Abuse cause of action”; and (3) “[the third cause of action] relies on inadmissible and uncorroborated storytelling to contradict a fully integrated contract.” (Notice at 2.) ...

Excerpt: ...2 Wine Group, LLC's Third Cause of Action. On March 22, 2022, Merryvale filed a notice of withdrawal of its motion for summary judgment. As the underlying motion for summary adjudication is now withdrawn, the motion to seal documents filed in support thereof is MOOT. As such, the Clerk is directed to return the lodged records to the moving party if it is in paper form or permanently delete the lodged record if it is in electronic form. [2] RO AND...

Excerpt: ...he following facts appear to be uncontested. From in or around 2016 until March 2017, Plaintiff, as an independent contractor, provided project management services to Defendant relating to the development of a “state of the art equestrian facility and new horseback trail riding business.” (FAC at ¶ 10.) In March 2017, Defendant employed Plaintiff full‐time in the roll of equine‐manager for said business. It appears from the Complaint and...

Excerpt: ...orcal Gold. Inc., James O'Bryon, and RE/MAX Gold move to strike Plaintiffs' SAC and TAC on the grounds that both were improperly filed. A. PROCEDURAL MATTERS 1. Defendants' Request for Judicial Notice Defendants' Request for Judicial Notice is GRANTED. The Court takes judicial notice of the Minute Order – sustaining Defendants' demurrer to Plaintiffs' original complaint – entered in this action on August 6, 2021 (Order on Original Demurrer). ...

Excerpt: .... (e), to the seventh cause of action for elder abuse asserted in Plaintiffs Gerald L. Nunn and Judith L. Nunn's (“Plaintiffs”) first amendment to the third amended complaint (“TAC”). A. JUDICIAL NOTICE Defendants' request for judicial notice regarding the five court filings and orders is GRANTED but not for the truth of the matters asserted therein. Likewise, Plaintiffs' request for judicial notice of the three court orders is GRANTED bu...

Excerpt: ...ir Inc. (“ESR”) to comply with Plaintiffs' deposition subpoena for business records issued in December 2021 (the “Subpoena”). If a nonparty disobeys a deposition subpoena, the subpoenaing party may seek a court order compelling the nonparty to comply with the subpoena within 60 days after completion of 5 the deposition record. (Code Civ. Proc., § 2025.480, subd. (b), § 1987.1, subd. (a).)1 The subpoenaed party's objections or other resp...

Excerpt: ...ough this motion during the depositions as to specific questions. I. PROCEDURAL MATTERS Third‐parties to this litigation Richard Troche and Mike Dion (collectively Movants) move, pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure sections 2020.220, 2025.410, 2025.420, and 1987.1 et seq., for an order quashing, and a protective order regarding, the deposition subpoenas served by Defendant on the grounds that: (1) the subpoenas are a misuse of the discovery pro...

Excerpt: ... at issue and Plaintiff lives in New York state. 16 The moving party failed to include in the notice of this motion proper notice of the Court's tentative ruling system as required by Local Rule 2.9. The moving party is therefore directed to immediately provide, by telephone call AND email, the missing notice to opposing party/ies forthwith. The requirements for requesting oral argument under Local Rule 2.9 remain in effect. However, the Court ma...

Excerpt: ...opez (collectively, “Plaintiffs”), in their individual capacities and as heirs and successors‐in‐interest to decedent Edelmira Ruiz Lopez (“Decedent”). Defendants bring the motion on the grounds that the undisputed material facts demonstrate that the action is barred as a matter of law by the exclusive remedy provisions of the Worker's Compensation Act (“Act”) (Lab. Code, § 3601, subd. (a) and § 3602, subd. (a).) The moving part...

Excerpt: ...s for implied indemnity, equitable indemnity, comparative indemnity and/or contribution in accordance. The moving party failed to include in the notice of this motion proper notice of the Court's tentative ruling system as required by Local Rule 2.9. The moving party is therefore directed to immediately provide, by telephone call AND email, the missing notice to opposing party/ies forthwith. The requirements for requesting oral argument under Loc...

Excerpt: ...ories, requests for production, special interrogatories, and requests for admissions; and (2) awarding the amount of $2,865 as reimbursement/sanctions against Defendant. I. MOTION TO COMPEL Pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure sections 2030.290, 2031.300, and 2033.280, if a party to whom interrogatories, requests for production of documents, and/or requests for admissions have been directed fails to comply with the request, then the party to whom ...

Excerpt: ...Request for Production of Documents, Set One. 5 The subject of the present motion is a single document: the original of the Sixth Amendment to the Miller Family Trust. It appears uncontroverted that in response to Plaintiff's counsel's suggestion that the document, or the signature thereupon, may have been forged, Defense undertook to lodge the original with the Court.1 As such, the subject document is no longer in Defendant's possession, custody...

Excerpt: ...ecords under Superior Court case number 19WL000052. 6 the subject roadway did not pose a substantial risk of injury to users exercising due care and (b) Plaintiff does not have and cannot reasonably obtain evidence that the subject roadway proximately caused his injuries, and (2) Plaintiff's second cause of action for failure to warn of dangerous condition of public property fails because it is derivative of his first cause of action. I. PROCEDUR...

Excerpt: ...e Court of its election (for the lodged records to be filed unsealed). This notification must be received within 10 days of the date of the present order denying the motion to seal. (See Rules of Court, rule 2.551, subd. (b)(6).) Defendant Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) moves, pursuant to Rules of Court, rules 2.550 and 2.551, for an order sealing the following documents relating to PG&E's concurrent Motion to Retain Confidentiality and Mo...

Excerpt: ...efore directed to immediately provide, by telephone call AND email, the missing notice to opposing party/ies forthwith. The requirements for requesting oral argument under Local Rule 2.9 remain in effect. However, the Court may grant belated requests for oral argument or continuance of hearing, made by any party who represents it did not timely receive the required notice, regardless of whether or not moving party is present at the hearing. Petit...

Excerpt: ...nst Long and his counsel, Charles J. Smith, is GRANTED. Long and Mr. Smith are ordered to pay $2,010 payable to BVK's counsel within 10 calendar days of service of notice of entry of order. BVK moves, pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 2030.300 et seq. and section 2030.290 et seq., for an order compelling Long to provide complete, verified, and substantive responses without objection to BVK's fifth set of special interrogatories without ...

Excerpt: ...on. Plaintiff's request for judicial notice is GRANTED. The Court takes judicial notice of its January 26, 2022 Minute Order. The Court takes judicial notice of Plaintiff's Complaint and Defendant's Answer in this action and Plaintiff's requests for admissions, but not for the truth of the matters set forth therein. Plaintiff failed to file a meet and confer declaration as required pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 439, subdivision (a)(...

Excerpt: ...ble conduct showing oppression, malice, or fraud under Civil Code section 3294 [subdivision] (c).” (Notice of Motion at 2:2‐11.) The moving party failed to include in the notice of this motion proper notice of the Court's tentative ruling system as required by Local Rule 2.9. The moving party is therefore directed to immediately provide, by telephone call AND email, the missing notice to opposing party/ies forthwith. The requirements for requ...

Excerpt: ...l subsequent statutory references herein are to the Code of Civil Procedure unless otherwise noted. 2 The moving party failed to include in the notice of this motion proper notice of the Court's tentative ruling system as required by Local Rule 2.9. The moving party is therefore directed to immediately provide, by telephone call AND email, the missing notice to opposing party/ies forthwith. The requirements for requesting oral argument under Loca...

Excerpt: ...ves for a protective order limiting the number of interrogatories propounded by Plaintiff Yvonne A. Grant in Plaintiff's special interrogatories, set one. The motion is made pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure sections 2030.090, 2030.030, 2030.040, 2030.050, 2030.060, 2019.030, and 2023.10 et seq. on the grounds that the interrogatories exceeding 35 are excessive, unwarranted by the complexity of the case, and an 10 abuse of the discovery process...

Excerpt: ... be taken into account in the determination of whether a settlement is in “good faith” include, but are not limited to: a rough approximation of plaintiff's total recovery and the settlor's proportionate liability, the amount paid in settlement, the allocation of settlement proceeds among plaintiffs, and a recognition that a settlor should pay less in settlement than if found liable after a trial. (See Tech‐Bilt, Inc. v. Woodward‐Clyde & ...

Excerpt: ... that [CSA] owes [Fultz] an immediate duty to defend against the claims brought by plaintiffs in the above captioned matter.” (Notice of Motion at 1:22‐28.) The moving party failed to include in the notice of this motion proper notice of the Court's tentative ruling system as required by Local Rule 2.9. The moving party is therefore directed to immediately provide, by telephone call AND email, the missing notice to opposing party/ies forthwit...

Excerpt: ...Plaintiff Devin Sweet's motions are GRANTED IN PART. Plaintiff's request for sanctions is DENIED. Defendant James Daniel Fagan is ordered to serve an amended verification with a code‐compliant signature as directed herein below. Defendant is further ordered to serve a privilege log pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 2031.240. The amended verification and privilege log shall be served within 20 calendar days of service of notice of entr...

Excerpt: ... Rosario Fregoso‐Contreras is ordered to provide verified code‐compliant responses, without objections, and documents in compliance with the Court's discovery order within 20 calendar days of service of notice of entry of order. The motion for a stay of further proceedings until the Court's discovery orders are obeyed—other than Attorney Brennan's pending motion to be relieved as counsel scheduled for March 15, 2022—is GRANTED. Defendant'...

Excerpt: ...Code of Civil Procedure section 1033.5, Rules of Court, rule 3.1702, the lease between Plaintiff and defendant Stone Brewing Co., LLC (“Defendant”), and the judgment in favor of Plaintiff entered by this Court on November 3, 2021. Defendant filed an opposition arguing that Plaintiff's requested fees are excessive. The parties do not dispute that Plaintiff is the prevailing party entitled to fees under the lease. The issue before the Court is ...

Excerpt: ... order sealing certain documents which were submitted conditionally under seal by plaintiffs in opposition to CalVet's previous motion for summary judgment. The asserted grounds are as follows. “The referenced documents and deposition testimony subject to this Motion constitute ‘information pertaining to security risk assessments, evaluations, protocols, and procedures for the Veterans Home of California, Yountville campus,” per the [Stipul...

Excerpt: ...he complaint filed by Plaintiffs Calistoga Ranch Owner LLC, Calistoga Ranch Investors LLC, Auberge Resorts LLC, and Calistoga Ranch Club (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) on the grounds that Plaintiffs fail as a matter of law to plead any specific conduct constituting malice, oppression or fraud by Insurer Defendants. The motion is DENIED. Insurer Defendants shall answer the complaint within 10 days of the date of this order. I. PROCEDURAL MATTERS...

Excerpt: ...otion to strike is made on the following grounds: (1) the Court's September 17, 2021 Minute Order (“Minute Order”), purportedly establishing that Plaintiff did not submit an affidavit as required under Civil Code section 2924m, “has disqualified the complaint's legal basis” under section 2924m; (2) the deficiency with respect to the affidavit is incurable; and (3) Plaintiff failed to timely serve the complaint on Defendant. Pursuant to Co...

Excerpt: ...D IN PART. Defendant and his counsel are ordered to pay to Plaintiff, care of Plaintiff's counsel of record, monetary sanctions in the amount of $2,782.50 no later than 10 days after notice of entry of the present order. Plaintiff Napa County Land Trust, d/b/a Land Trust of Napa County moves, pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure sections 2030.290 and 2031.300, for an order compelling Defendant Jeffrey Hammond to provide further responses to reques...

Excerpt: ...one call AND email, the missing notice to opposing party/ies forthwith. The requirements for requesting oral argument under Local Rule 2.9 remain in effect. However, the Court may grant belated requests for oral argument or 2 continuance of hearing, made by any party who represents it did not timely receive the required notice, regardless of whether or not moving party is present at the hearing. On January 31, 2022, attorney Mainak D'Attaray, pur...

Excerpt: ...uant to Code of Civil Procedure section 1987.1 for an order quashing the deposition subpoena issued by Defendant Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) to Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) on the grounds that PG&E cannot make the requisite showing that the records and information sought are directly relevant and essential to a fair resolution of this case; (2) that there is a compelling need for the information and records; and (3) that...

Excerpt: ...021 in the Official Records of Napa County as Document No. 2021‐0027157. Plaintiffs' motion is made on the grounds that the pleading on which the notice of pendency is based does not state real property claims, defendants Lisa Lawley, Jason Anderson, and Okell Holdings, LLC (collectively, “Defendants”) cannot establish by a preponderance of the evidence the probable validity of their real property claims, and that an undertaking will secure...

Excerpt: ...clude in the notice of this motion proper notice of the Court's tentative ruling system as required by Local Rule 2.9. Moving party is directed to immediately provide, by telephone call AND email, the missing notice to opposing party/ies forthwith. The requirements for requesting oral argument under Local Rule 2.9 remain in effect. However, the Court may grant belated requests for oral argument or continuance of hearing, made by any party who rep...

Excerpt: ...Inc. (“Gates”), and Defendant Matt Cordeiro (“Cordeiro”) pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure sections 387 and 1280 et seq. While there are references in the body of Fultz's petition to an order compelling Gates and/or Cordeiro to arbitrate with Fultz, such relief and the basis for that relief are not properly specified or defined in Fultz's moving papers. For example, it is unclear to the Court what dispute Fultz would be attempting to se...

Excerpt: ...to interrogatories.1 The Court notes that Plaintiff filed no papers in opposition to the motion. The Court is unable to determine if the notice of motion and supporting papers were properly served on Plaintiff. The Proof of Service on file indicates service was accomplished electronically. This case was filed before January 1, 2019. Therefore, electronic service is only permitted where the party has given its consent or by Court order. (See § 10...

Excerpt: ...ntional infliction of emotional distress asserted through the First Amended Complaint (FAC). By Minute Order of November 18, 2021 (Order re: Original Demurrer) the Court sustained FPI's demurrer to the same purported causes of action as asserted through the original Complaint. Plaintiff amended the pleading by adding the allegations of paragraph 49 of the FAC, which allegations are repeated in paragraphs 56 and 67. A. Sixth Cause of Action – Vi...

Excerpt: ...ounds that most of the issues of fact and law are common to both actions and many of the same witnesses will testify in both actions. Defendant failed to include in the notice of this motion proper notice of the Court's tentative ruling system as required by Local Rule 2.9. Defendant is therefore directed to immediately provide, by telephone call AND email, the missing notice to opposing party/ies forthwith. The requirements for requesting oral a...

Excerpt: ...the deadline and only three court days before the hearing. (Code Civ. Proc., § 437c, subd. (b)(2) (opposing papers must be served and filed not less than 14 days before the noticed date of the hearing).) Here, Plaintiffs submit evidence to show good cause for their delay in filing and service. (Burton Decl., ¶¶ 2‐10.) The Court elects to exercise its discretion to consider the late‐filed opposition. (California Rules of Court, rule 3.1300,...

Excerpt: ...with. The requirements for requesting oral argument under Local Rule 2.9 remain in effect. However, the Court may grant belated requests for oral argument or continuance of hearing, made by any party who represents it did not timely receive the required notice, regardless of whether or not moving party is present at the hearing. Defendants IA Lodging Napa Solano TRS, L.L.C., IA Lodging Napa Solano L.l.C., and Sage Client 417 LLC (collectively Mov...

Excerpt: ...ugh the California Department of Veterans Affairs (“CalVet”) is DENIED. CalVet moves, pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 437c, subd. (f)(1) and (2), for an order granting it summary judgment or, in the alternative, summary adjudication as to each cause of action asserted against it in (i) the second amended complaint filed by Plaintiff 7 Theodore Joseph Shushereba (“Shushereba Plaintiff”) in Case No. 19CV000391 (“Shushereba Com...

Excerpt: ...opriate, going forward. Defendant and Cross‐Complainant Fultz Construction, Inc. moves, pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 473 and Rules of Court, rule 3.1324, for leave to file a first amended answer to Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint to add a thirteenth affirmative defense. The moving party failed to include in the notice of this motion proper notice of the Court's tentative ruling system as required by Local Rule 2.9. The moving...

Excerpt: ...se of action asserted through the Second Amended Complaint (SAC) on the grounds that Plaintiff fails to allege facts therein sufficient to state a good cause of action. NVP's Request for Judicial Notice is DENIED. The subject matter of the request is not relevant to the Court's resolution of the issues raised through the demurrer. A general demurrer will lie “where the complaint has included allegations that clearly disclose some defense or bar...

Excerpt: ... Request for Admission numbers 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 13, and 14. The Court further orders RLM to respond fully and without objection to Form Interrogatory numbers 6 and 7. The motion is DENIED with respect to Request for Admission numbers 11 and 12. Defendant/Cross‐Complainant Third Street Napa Development, LLC (“Third Street”) moves for an order compelling Defendant/Cross‐Defendants RLM Construction Services, Inc. (“RLM”) and Michael Reyes ...

Excerpt: ...ted requests for oral argument or continuance of hearing, made by any party who represents it did not timely receive the required notice, regardless of whether or not moving party is present at the hearing. Defendant Piner's Nursing Home Inc. moves, pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 2023.010, subd. (d)(3), for terminating sanctions against Plaintiff Maria Lopez on the grounds that Plaintiff failed to respond to written discovery and fai...

Excerpt: ...les of Court, rule 3.1702, subd. (d) provides “[f]or good cause, the trial judge may extend the time for filing a motion for attorney's fees in the absence of a stipulation or for a longer period than allowed by stipulation.” (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 3.1702, subd. (d).) The subject relief of Defendant's motion is not an extension of time to file a motion for attorney's fees, but rather to stay Plaintiff's already‐filed motion for attorney...

Excerpt: ...io”) (collectively, “Defendant Physicians”) demur, pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 430.10, to the first cause of action for elder abuse and neglect asserted in Plaintiff Thomas James Farnan, Jr.'s (“Plaintiff”) third amended complaint (“TAC”) on the grounds of uncertainty and failure to state a cause of action. Defendant Physicians' demurrers are OVERRULED. A. STANDARD ON DEMURRER Code of Civil Procedure section 430.10 p...

Excerpt: ...s of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), directing respondent County of Napa (County) to set aside its actions adopting a Negative Declaration and approving 3 use permit No. P13‐00320‐UP (Use Permit) and exception to the County's Road and Street Standards for a winery project proposed by real parties in interest Mountain Peak Vineyards, LLC, Steven Rea, Eric Yuan, and Hua Yuan (collectively Real Parties), and located at 3265 Soda...

Excerpt: ...IED. Defendant's request for sanctions is GRANTED IN PART. A. PROCEDURAL ISSUES There is no proof of service on Plaintiff's motion in the Court's file. To the extent there were any notice defects, Defendant waived any objection to the defect(s) by failing to raise such objection and by submitting opposition papers addressing the substance of Plaintiff's motion. (See Carlton v. Quint (2000) 77 Cal.App.4th 690, 697, quoting Tate v. Super. Ct. (1975...

Excerpt: ... fences or gates restricting access to and across the Existing Tanks Easement3 and Private Road Easement,4 or provide Plaintiff keys, combinations, and/or codes for the existing locked fences or gates; and (ii) enjoining Defendants and their respective employees, agents, and representatives, from obstructing or unreasonably interfering with Plaintiff's use and enjoyment of the Existing Tanks Easement, the Future Tank Easement,5 and the Private Ro...

Excerpt: ...orthwith. The requirements for requesting oral argument under Local Rule 2.9 remain in effect. However, the Court may grant belated requests for oral argument or continuance of hearing, made by any party who represents it did not timely receive the required notice, regardless of whether or not moving party is present at the hearing. Defendant Integon National Insurance Company (“Defendant”) moves, pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure sections ...

Excerpt: ... amount of $4,310.00 no later than 10 days after notice of entry of this order. Plaintiff Victor Alam moves, pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 2025.450, for an order compelling Defendant Daniela Farina's deposition and for production of documents on the grounds that Ms. Farina has repeatedly failed to appear for her noticed deposition and failed to produce requested documents.1 Plaintiff further moves, pursuant to Sections 2023.030 and ...

Excerpt: ...rded as Document No. 2017‐0007969 and Document No. 2021‐0038047. The Court DENIES Chase's motion as moot. The Court DENIES Chase's request for judicial notice and Plaintiffs' Objections to Chase's evidence, given that the underlying motion is moot. In its Reply Brief filed on January 3, 2022, Chase argues that it should be awarded its attorneys' fees and costs as the prevailing party under Civil Code section 405.38. (See Civ. Code, § 405.38 ...

Excerpt: ... of March 7, 2022 for the Loeber and Golick cases and setting a conference on or about June 20, 2022 to set the Loeber and Golick cases for trial together. The motion is GRANTED. A. Procedural Issues The Loeber Plaintiffs failed to include in the notice of this motion proper notice of the Court's tentative ruling system as required by Local Rule 2.9. The Loeber Plaintiffs are directed to immediately provide, by telephone call AND email, the missi...

Excerpt: ...vice of notice of the motion or supporting documents in the Court's file. “The court lacks jurisdiction to rule on a motion that has not been properly noticed 2 for hearing on the date in question.” (Diaz v. Prof. Community Management, Inc. (2017) 16 Cal.App.5th 1190, 1204‐05.) However, “[i]t is well settled that the appearance of a party at the hearing of a motion and his or her opposition to the motion on its merits is a waiver of any d...