Excerpt: ...n is required to be furnished and an estimate of the anticipated claims rate; (3) why the time limit to object or opt‐out is reasonable; (4) why the submission of a claim form is necessary; (5) the cy pres recipient needs to be named rather than left generally to plaintiff's counsel's choice; (6) why does distribution to the cy pres recipient fill the purposes of the lawsuit or otherwise is appropriate; (7) declaration disclosing interests or i...

Excerpt: ... permits for the property, owed Bellisimo a duty (1) to supervise all pest control operations in Bellisimo's vineyard, (2) to ensure those pest control operations in Bellisimo's vineyard were performed in a careful and effective manner, and (3) to prevent those pest control operations in Bellisimo's vineyard from being performed in a faulty, careless, or negligent manner. Bellisimo raises in its notice of motion, as the source of the statutory du...

Excerpt: ... to file a response. The Court reviewed plaintiffs' supplemental memorandum of points and authorities, plaintiffs' supplemental White declaration, defendant's supplemental reply memorandum, and defendant's supplemental Hayashida declaration and now rules as follows: A. Evidentiary Objections 1. Zeigon Declaration Defendant's six evidentiary objections to Frank Zeigon's declaration are SUSTAINED. Zeigon's declaration is based on a “review of the...

Excerpt: ...ent of presenting a tort claim.1 (See Notice of Hearing and Petition (Notice) at 1:22‐25.) The Petition is brought on the grounds that Petitioner failed to timely file his tort claim, but that such failure was excusable. (See Id. at 2:13‐22.) The Court denies the Petition because there is no indication in the record that the claim was filed late. Analysis of the petition requires a basic overview of the statutory process that a person wishing...

Excerpt: ... Complainant was required to file any opposition to the present demurrer on or before January 12, 2021. (See Code Civ. Proc. §1005, subd. (b).) No such opposition appears. However, on January 15, 2021, Cross‐Complainant filed a Verified Amended Cross‐Complaint (VACC). “A party may amend its pleading once without leave of the court at any time before the answer, demurrer, or motion to strike is filed, or after a demurrer or motion to strike...

Excerpt: ...tions that a proper meet and confer never took place, and that ordering additional conferring could help resolve these motions, limit the discovery requests and/or the number of objections at issues, or facilitate settlement. The parties' attorneys, Daniel Geoulla and Bridget McKinstry, are ordered to meet and confer via video conference at a mutually agreeable time on or before January 29, 2021. They shall thoroughly discuss each of the discover...

Excerpt: ...compel” initial responses to judgment debtor interrogatories (set one) and judgment debtor requests for production of documents (set one) is GRANTED. The motion stems from defendants/judgment debtors John Tudal and Cerruti Cellars, Inc.'s apparent refusal to comply with the Court's (Hon. Wood) September 30, 2020 discovery order compelling them to serve verified code‐compliant initial responses without objections. Defendants argue the debtor d...

Excerpt: ...r an order directing Respondent to show cause why the Court should not issue such writ. Petitioner further seeks a declaration, pursuant to Government code section 6259 “signifying that Respondent has violated Petitioner's rights under” Government Code section 6250 et seq. (Notice of Motion at 1:26‐2:4.) This action arises from Petitioner's request for information, submitted to Respondent pursuant to the California Public Records Act (CPRA)...

Excerpt: ...itial responses, without objections, within 15 calendar days from the date of service of notice of entry of order. Defendants' request for monetary sanctions for bringing the motion is DENIED. Howell did not oppose the motion, which means monetary sanctions are not authorized. (See Code Civ. Proc., § 2031.300, subd. (c) [providing that monetary sanctions are authorized against any party, person, or attorney who “unsuccessfully . . . opposes a ...

Excerpt: ...e date of service of notice of entry of order. The County's request for monetary sanctions for bringing the motion is DENIED. White did not oppose the motion, which means monetary sanctions are not authorized. (See Code Civ. Proc., § 2031.300, subd. (c) [providing that monetary sanctions are authorized against any party, person, or attorney who “unsuccessfully . . . opposes a motion to compel . . . .”].) Code of Civil Procedure section 2023....

Excerpt: ...session. Plaintiff instead seeks a prescriptive easement in its first cause of action. Because defendants did not address the prescriptive easement claim in their opening papers,2 or the equitable easement claims (second and third causes of action), they have not shown there has 2 In their reply, defendants attempt to correct their oversight by raising new argument as to the prescriptive easement claim and attaching new evidence. The Court has no...

Excerpt: ...appear at the hearing, by Zoom, unless it is confirmed that no party requests oral argument. Defendant Delicato Vineyards moves the Court, pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 1281, et seq., for an order compelling arbitration of Plaintiff Sherri Tueros' Complaint and staying any further proceedings pending that arbitration on the grounds that a written arbitration agreement covers the allegations of the Complaint. A proceeding to compel a...

Excerpt: ...0, subdivision (d). If Defendant files and serves supplemental papers, Plaintiff may then file and serve, no later than November 25, 2020, supplemental opposition papers. Defendant may then file and serve a supplemental reply no later than December 4, 2020. Defendant Oregon State University (OSU), appearing specially, moves the Court “for an order quashing the service of summons on OSU and dismissing the action, or alternatively, to dismiss thi...

Excerpt: ...roperty. As plaintiffs succinctly frame it: “the fact that [Webb's] hillside is unstable and could fail at any time, the fact that it failed in the past, the fact that it has moved, has caused damage, and is obstructing the shoulder of Plaintiff's [sic] driveway access, and the fact that if it continues to move it will damage, obstruct and/or destroy the only access into the property, and the fact that Plaintiffs are now confronted with a secon...

Excerpt: ...ctively codifies the delayed discovery rule in connection with actions for fraud, providing that a cause of action for fraud ‘is not to be deemed to have accrued until the discovery, by the aggrieved party, of the facts constituting the fraud or mistake.'” (Brandon G. v. Gray (2003) 111 Cal.App.4th 29, 35.) Plaintiffs adequately allege delayed discovery stemming from the purported fraud. Plaintiffs purchased the new 2012 GMC Sierra 1500 on Ap...

Excerpt: ... justice, and on any terms as may be proper, allow a party to amend any pleading or proceeding by adding or striking out the name of any party, or by correcting a mistake in the name of a party, or a mistake in any other respect; and may, upon like terms, enlarge the time for answer or demurrer. The court may likewise, in its discretion, after notice to the adverse party, allow, upon any terms as may be just, an amendment to any pleading or proce...

Excerpt: ... (e) and (f), to the first, second, fourth and fifth causes of action asserted through the First Amended Cross‐Complaint (FACC) filed by Defendant and Cross‐Complainant JKT Associates, Inc. (JKT), on the grounds that each fails to state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action and each is uncertain, ambiguous, and unintelligible. The Glavins' request for judicial notice is GRANTED. The Court takes judicial notice of the Complaint file...

Excerpt: ...ct of California. 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 directed to contact the opposing party/ies forthwith and advise of Local Rule 2.9 and the Court's tentative ruling procedure. Notwithstanding the procedures set forth in Local Rule 2.9, the moving party/counsel shall appear at the hearing, by Zoom, unless it is confirmed that no party request...

Excerpt: ...ormation would have been a motion to compel. (See Code Civ. Proc. §2025.480.) 6 Code of Civil Procedure section 340.5 contains a three‐year limitations period after death or oneyear period after discovery of the injury causing death in which to file suit. Defendant argues section 340.5 bars the action. The argument fails. Decedent passed away on September 22, 2017. Plaintiffs filed their complaint on September 21, 2018, followed by the first a...

Excerpt: ...5,000, which exceeds the limited civil jurisdictional amount. Although defendant 3030 Airport Road, LLC strongly disagrees and questions the veracity of the evidence, the County explains why it took so long to seek reclassification due to attorney oversight. The Court is cognizant of defendant's purported prejudice in not being able to prepare a fair market value defense, but any such prejudice can be remedied by re‐ opening discovery on this l...

Excerpt: ...ily fails. Defendant's motion for summary adjudication as to the first cause of action for disability discrimination – wrongful disciplinary action (Gov. Code, §§ 12926, 12940, et seq.) and third cause of action for disability discrimination – wrongful termination (Gov. Code, §§ 12926, 12940, et seq.) on the ground Klaus cannot establish a prima facie case of disability discrimination [Issues No. 1, 5] is DENIED. “To establish a prima f...

Excerpt: ...spirit of antitrust laws, which plaintiff Robert Jordan does not allege. Defendants correctly cite the law on the issue: “When a plaintiff who claims to have suffered injury from a direct competitor's ‘unfair' act or practice invokes section 17200, the word ‘unfair' in that section means conduct that threatens an incipient violation of an antitrust law, or violates the policy or spirit of one of those laws because its effects are comparable...

Excerpt: ...ct to any and all procedural and substantive defenses available to DSH‐Napa. The Court sets the matter for an OSC re: Status hearing on December 11, 2020, 8:30 a.m. in Dept. B. A. Procedural Background Petitioner seeks a “writ of mandate…directed to Respondent [Erik Shearer] in his official capacity with Napa Valley College, in order to redress an improper and unfair expulsion from the Psychiatric Technician Program.” (Petition at 1:19‐...

Excerpt: ...tober 29, 2020. Persons with authority to settle the matter are ordered to attend the Mandatory Settlement Conference. The parties may seek alternative dates by requesting oral argument pursuant to Local Rule 2.9. However, pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 36, subdivision f, the trial shall be set on or before January 21, 2021. Defendant and Cross‐ Complainants Rohit Patel and Mridula Patel (Defendants) move, pursuant to Code of Civil...

Excerpt: ...he requested relief. Plaintiff fails to set forth, in the Notice of Motion, the grounds on which she brings the present motion. (See Code Civ. Proc. §1010 [“the notice of a motion, other than for a 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”];...