Excerpt: ...URT.NET This tentative ruling is issued by Judge Linda Sloven. If oral argument is requested, such oral argument shall be heard on Friday, January 22, 2021, at 1:30 pm in Dept. 2. (1) Zahnleuter�s Petition to Compel Accounting & Surcharge Previously, Judge Tamietti granted the petition to compel Thomas Mueller to file an accounting. Such accounting has been filed. Judge Tamietti reserved on the issue of surcharging Thomas Mueller. The court now...

Excerpt: [email protected] Plaintiffs/Cross-Defendants� Motion to Compel Arbitration of Cross-Complaint is granted. The complaint in this action was filed on March 26, 2020. The original cross-complaint was filed on May 29, 2020, and did not include any cause of action as it relates to specific performance of the arbitration provision. However, the first amended cross-complaint was filed on August 10, 2020. In such cross-complaint, the second cause of ac...

Excerpt: ...NCCOURT.NET Defendant USAA�s Motion for Summary Judgment is granted. Standard of Review The function of a motion for summary judgment or adjudication is to allow a determination as to whether an opposing party cannot show evidentiary support for a pleading or claim and to enable an order of summary dismissal without the need for trial. Aguilar v. Atlantic Richfield Co. (2001) 25 Cal.4th 826, 843. In analyzing motions for summary judgment, court...

Excerpt: ...COURT.NET Plaintiff�s Motion for Reconsideration is denied. "A motion for reconsideration may only be brought if the party moving for reconsideration can offer 'new or different facts, circumstances, or law' which it could not, with reasonable diligence, have discovered and produced at the time of the prior motion.... A motion for reconsideration will be denied absent a strong showing of diligence." Forrest v. State Of Cal. Dept. Of Corps. (200...

Excerpt: ...NCCOURT.NET Demurrer Cross-Defendant County�s Demurrer to the �Counter Claim� is sustained with leave to amend. The sole cause of action set forth in the purported cross-complaint is for declaratory relief. In such cross-complaint, Cross-Complainant Engstrom challenges the Governor�s health directives and stay at home orders as unconstitutional. Cross-Complainant seeks relief against a non-party, the Governor of California. As the Governo...

Excerpt: ...NCCOURT.NET Plaintiffs� Request for Sanctions Against Attorney Jared Xu is denied. First, the procedures set forth in CCP section 128.5 were not complied with. While it appears that Judge Craddick did allow the parties to file a request for sanctions within 15 days, such permission did not waive any statutory requirements. Additionally, even if the procedures were complied with, CCP sections 128.5 and 128.7 require proof that Mr. Xu�s actions...

Excerpt: [email protected] Plaintiffs/Cross-Defendants� Motion to Compel Arbitration of Cross-Complaint is granted. The complaint in this action was filed on March 26, 2020. The original cross-complaint was filed on May 29, 2020, and did not include any cause of action as it relates to specific performance of the arbitration provision. However, the first amended cross-complaint was filed on August 10, 2020. In such cross-complaint, the second cause of a...

Excerpt: [email protected] Defendant USAA�s Motion for Summary Judgment is granted. Standard of Review The function of a motion for summary judgment or adjudication is to allow a determination as to whether an opposing party cannot show evidentiary support for a pleading or claim and to enable an order of summary dismissal without the need for trial. Aguilar v. Atlantic Richfield Co. (2001) 25 Cal.4th 826, 843. In analyzing motions for summary judgment, cour...

Excerpt: ...OURT.NET (1) Zahnleuter�s Petition to Compel Accounting & Surcharge Previously, Judge Tamietti granted the petition to compel Thomas Mueller to file an accounting. Such accounting has been filed. Judge Tamietti reserved on the issue of surcharging Thomas Mueller. The court now rules on the issue of surcharge: Petitioner Zahnleuter�s request to surcharge Thomas Mueller for the amount of litigation funds expended from the trust is granted. The ...

Excerpt: ... the previously filed application to enforce the settlement agreement. �The determination of what constitutes a reasonable fee generally �begins with the �lodestar,� i.e., the number of hours reasonably expended multiplied by the reasonable hourly rate�.�� �[T]he lodestar is the basic fee for comparable legal services in the community; it may be adjusted by the court based on factors including, as relevant herein, (1) the novelty ...

Excerpt: ...e for comparable legal services in the community; it may be adjusted by the court based on factors including, as relevant herein, (1) the novelty and difficulty of the questions involved, (2) the skill displayed in presenting them, (3) the extent to which the nature of the litigation precluded other employment by the attorneys, (4) the contingent nature of the fee award�.� Graciano v. Robinson Ford Sales, Inc. (2006) 144 Cal.App.4th 140, 154....

Excerpt: ...ing which facts and theories to raise at his administrative hearing in which to reserve for a civil lawsuit, if all speak to the same issue-- which in this case was the wrongfulness of the discharge..� Basurto v. Imperial Irrigation Dist. (2012) 211 Cal.App.4th 866, 889. These claims challenge the termination process itself. Therefore, they must be addressed in a mandamus action. As the first cause of action, the demurrer is also sustained with...

Excerpt: ...y, was negligent in the maintenance of the property, plaintiff was harmed, and defendant�s negligence was a substantial factor in causing Plaintiff�s harm. As to the third cause of action for strict liability is sustained with leave to amend. Plaintiffs have failed to allege that this moving defendant engaged in an ultrahazardous activity that caused the Plaintiffs to be harmed. As to the fourth cause of action for res ipsa loquitor negligenc...

Excerpt: ... fact, served. Secondly, Defendant seeks to strike the Declaration of Amy Irani and the Declaration of Dr. Richard Johnson. Such declarations were filed in support of the application for preliminary injunction, which has already been heard and granted. Moreover, this court specifically stated that the �Governor�s mask requirement and patronage limits� were not at issue in this case. Thus, these declarations provided no weight in the court�...

Excerpt: ...t, courts must apply a three-step analysis: (1) identify the issues framed by the pleadings to be addressed; (2) determine whether moving party showed facts justifying a judgment in movant's favor; and (3) determine whether the opposing party demonstrated the existence of a triable, material issue of fact. Sun v. City of Oakland (2008) 166 Cal.App.4th 1177, 1182-83; McGarry v. Sax (2008) 158 Cal.App.4th 983, 994; Hinesley v. Oakshade Town Center ...

Excerpt: .... In analyzing motions for summary judgment, courts must apply a three-step analysis: (1) identify the issues framed by the pleadings to be addressed; (2) determine whether moving party showed facts justifying a judgment in movant's favor; and (3) determine whether the opposing party demonstrated the existence of a triable, material issue of fact. Sun v. City of Oakland (2008) 166 Cal.App.4th 1177, 1182-83; McGarry v. Sax (2008) 158 Cal.App.4th 9...

Excerpt: ...need for trial. Aguilar v. Atlantic Richfield Co. (2001) 25 Cal.4th 826, 843. In analyzing motions for summary judgment, courts must apply a three-step analysis: (1) identify the issues framed by the pleadings to be addressed; (2) determine whether moving party showed facts justifying a judgment in movant's favor; and (3) determine whether the opposing party demonstrated the existence of a triable, material issue of fact. Sun v. City of Oakland (...

Excerpt: ... its own lines and ends at the meter box. However, the complaint alleges that the smell of propane gas was known prior to activating the electricity. This is an obvious defect which was outside the home. There is a duty to discontinue service until the defect is remedied. See Lewis v. Southern California Gas (1928) 92 Cal.App. 670, 678. Plaintiff has alleged this duty was breached. As such, the complaint is adequately pled. As to the third cause ...

Excerpt: ...n part. The stipulation filed on September 30, 2019, which is a binding court order, specified that �the remaining money will be payed [sic] in one lump sum, or via a new repayment schedule, or a combination of the two.� However, a specific repayment schedule was not delineated in the stipulation. As such, there is no specific monetary amount that this court can enforce and order the parties to comply with. However, to the extent the stipulat...

Excerpt: ...facts sufficient to sustain a cause of action. Plaintiff has adequately alleged that Defendant failed to meet Plaintiff�s needs knowing that she would suffer injury with a conscious disregard of such injury. Plaintiff has alleged that Defendant failed to provide medical care and supervision knowing that Plaintiff had a history of falls. Ratification is also alleged in the sixth paragraph of Attachment One. As to the third cause of action, the d...

Excerpt: ...ate etc. Trust (1985) 168 Cal.App.3d 818, 824, 214; Vega v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (E.D.Cal. 2009) 654 F.Supp.2d 1104. See also generally Bernhardt, Cal. Mortgage and Deed of Trust Practice (Cont. Ed. Bar 4th ed. 2009) ��7.22-7.34, 7.63-7.66. ��The granting or denial of a preliminary injunction does not amount to an adjudication of the ultimate rights in controversy. It merely determines that the court, balancing the respective equitie...

Excerpt: ... process violation. Secondly, "[a] motion for reconsideration may only be brought if the party moving for reconsideration can offer 'new or different facts, circumstances, or law' which it could not, with reasonable diligence, have discovered and produced at the time of the prior motion.... A motion for reconsideration will be denied absent a strong showing of diligence." Forrest v. State Of Cal. Dept. Of Corps. (2007) 150 Cal.App.4th 183, 202. S...

Excerpt: ...special verdict, or to a finding on any question submitted to them by the court, by a resort to the determination of chance, such misconduct may be proved by the affidavit of any one of the jurors. 3. Accident or surprise, which ordinary prudence could not have guarded against. 4. Newly discovered evidence, material for the party making the application, which he could not, with reasonable diligence, have discovered and produced at the trial. 5. E...

Excerpt: ...special verdict, or to a finding on any question submitted to them by the court, by a resort to the determination of chance, such misconduct may be proved by the affidavit of any one of the jurors. 3. Accident or surprise, which ordinary prudence could not have guarded against. 4. Newly discovered evidence, material for the party making the application, which he could not, with reasonable diligence, have discovered and produced at the trial. 5. E...

Excerpt: ...985) 168 Cal.App.3d 818, 824, 214; Vega v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (E.D.Cal. 2009) 654 F.Supp.2d 1104. See also generally Bernhardt, Cal. Mortgage and Deed of Trust Practice (Cont. Ed. Bar 4th ed. 2009) ��7.22-7.34, 7.63-7.66. ��The granting or denial of a preliminary injunction does not amount to an adjudication of the ultimate rights in controversy. It merely determines that the court, balancing the respective equities of the parties,...