Excerpt: ...l fails to state facts sufficient to constitute this cause of action. It still fails “‘to show an intention or purpose to convert the goods and to exercise ownership over them, or to prevent the owner from taking possession of the property'”].) (Spates v. Dameron Hospital Assn. (2003) 114 Cal.App.4th 208, 222.) At best and putting aside contrary allegations, the SAC alleges defendants intentionally left their gate open. (See SAC ¶¶ 30- 37...

Excerpt: ...ution or the recording of an assignment of the deed of trust, “that gap does not alter the legal fact that the deed of trust and the right to foreclose [is], as a matter of law, transferred along with the note”. (Yudhai v. IMPAC Funding Corp.(2016) 1 Cal.App.5th 1252, 1260 n.6.) In addition, an assignment of a deed of trust does not have to be recorded. (Calvo v. HSBC Bank USA, N.A. (2011) 199 Cal.App.4th 118, 122; see also Haynes v. EMC Mort...

Excerpt: ... Casualty Co. (1987) 189 Cal. App. 3d 1102, 1110.) The elements of an action for fraud and deceit based on concealment are: (1) the defendant must have concealed or suppressed a material fact, (2) the defendant must have been under a duty to disclose the fact to the plaintiff, (3) the defendant must have intentionally concealed or suppressed the fact with the intent to defraud the plaintiff, (4) the plaintiff must have been unaware of the fact an...

Excerpt: ...n person or by telephone”].) As the meet and confer declarations by defendants Abhari and Menke appear sufficient, the court exercises its discretion to rule on the merits of all the motions. The demurrers by defendants Mahdavi, Abhari, Rahgoshay, and Menke, to plaintiff's first amended complaint are sustained, with leave to amend, based on failure to state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action and uncertainty. (CCP 430.10(e), (f).) ...

Excerpt: ...hts ‘only by judicial process, of who has the right to possession, orderly procedure a require that the actual possession shall not be disturbe process.'” Spinks v. Equity Residential Briarwood Apar t 1004, 1038. Plaintiff has adequately alleged that Defe n Second Cause of Action for Intentional infliction o to allege Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress, D e outrageously. ‘Conduct to be outrageous must be so e x that usually tolera...

Excerpt: ... failed to exhaust administrative remedies as to Supercuts. Evidentiary Issues I. Defendants' Request for Judicial Notice Defendants seek judicial notice of Plaintiffs' LWDA letters. (RJN, Exs. A-B.) The basis for this request is CCP § 452(c), which permits judicial notice of “official acts” of a government agency. While Plaintiffs' letters to the LWDA may no doubt found in the LWDA's files, they are not “acts” of the LWDA. However, as P...

Excerpt: ...trictly construed, even where a complaint is in some respects uncertain, because ambiguities can be clarified under modern discovery procedures.” (Khoury v. Maly's of California, Inc. (1993) 14 Cal.App.4th 612, 616.) Errors and confusion created by “the inept pleader” are to be forgiven if the pleading contains sufficient facts entitling plaintiff to relief. (Saunders v. Cariss (1990) 224 Cal.App.3d 905, 908.) A demurrer for uncertainty sho...

Excerpt: ...endant argues that the first six causes of action – Intentional Misrepresentati o Misrepresentation of Fact, Violation of Corporations Code § 25401, Violation of P e NIED.— are time-barred. The first two causes of action are for misrepresentation, to which a three year st a Civ. Proc. § 338(d).) For the third cause of action for violation of Corporations C o limitations is “five years after the act or transaction constituting the violatio...

Excerpt: ...s the prevailing party. The Logans did not dispute this finding. Statutory Right to Attorney Fees: Civ. Code, § 5975 (c) provides, “In an action to enforce the governing documents, the prevailing party shall be awarded reasonable attorney's fees and costs.” Under Civ. Code, § 1717, attorney fees are also recoverable. The Logans did not dispute that attorney fees were recoverable. Lodestar Calculation of Attorney Fees: Civ. Code, § 5975 (c)...

Excerpt: ...ious order as well as what new or different facts, circumstances or law are claimed to be shown. Plaintiffs' Notice of Motion also fails to comply with CRC Rule 3.110 and state the grounds on which this motion is brought. Putting aside the technicalities of a motion for reconsideration, there is still ample justification for the sanctions award. Plaintiffs now contend that defendant Arther Masaoka was in jail from March to June 2019. But the subj...

Excerpt: ...cational Nurses from October 18, 2014 to March 31, 2017. Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Adjudication of Issues is denied in part as to Issue No. 1, in that Labor Code §514 exempts defendants from California's overtime requirements for Registered Nurses from January 1, 2015 to the present, and for Licensed Vocational Nurses from April 1, 2017 to the present, and is granted in part as to Issue No. 1 in that Labor Code §514 does not exempt defenda...

Excerpt: ...vided no evidence that its Board of Directors compli (Id.) Article VI required that plans and specifications s h location be submitted to and approved in writing by th e Decl., ¶ 5, Ex. 2, Art. VI.) The court also found that Pl a law and that the interim harm from the issuance or no n burdens Plaintiff and Defendant equally. (ROA No. 44, 4 The Association has now complied with CC&R Article V I H-I.) The Association has also submitted evidence th...

Excerpt: ...4 to be considered at the same time as Defendant Ford's motion to tax costs. Evidentiary Objections I. Plaintiffs' Objections Plaintiffs have filed six objections to the Declaration of Daniell K. Newman. Objection No. 1 is SUSTAINED on relevance, foundation and hearsay grounds and OVERRULED on all other grounds. The Court has not considered Exhibit 1 to the Newman Declaration in ruling upon this motion. Objections No. 2-6 are OVERRULED. II. Ford'...

Excerpt: ....4 th 558, 565. The petitioner bears the burden of proving the existence of a valid arbitration agreement by the preponderance of the evidence, and a party opposing the petition bears the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence any fact necessary to its defense. Id. In these summary proceedings, the trial court sits as a trier of fact, weighing all the affidavits, declarations, and other documentary evidence, as well as oral testimon...

Excerpt: ...., goods sold, work done, etc., and (3) nonpayment.'” Farmers Insurance Exchange v. Zerin (1997) 53 Cal.App.4th 445, 460. To state a cause of action for money had and received, Plaintiff must allege Defendants “are indebted to the plaintiff in a certain sum ‘for money had and received by the defendant for the use of the plaintiff.'” Id. “Th[e] common count [of money had and received] is available in a great variety of situations and lie...

Excerpt: ...im has no merit, that the plaintiff cannot prove an element of the claim, or that the defendant has a complete defense entitling it to judgment as a matter of law. Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 437c(p)(2); Aguilar v. Atlantic Richfield Co. (2001) 25 Cal.4th 826, 850-51. If a defendant does not meet this initial burden, the plaintiff need not oppose the motion and the motion must be denied. Binder v. Aetna Life Ins. Co. (1999) 75 Cal.App.4th 832, 840. I...

Excerpt: ...ter of law. That is because of the general principle that a party who seeks a court's action in his favor bears the burden of persuasion thereon. (See Evid. Code, § 500.) There is a triable issue of material fact if, and only if, the evidence would allow a reasonable trier of fact to find the underlying fact in favor of the party opposing the motion in accordance with the applicable standard of proof.” Aguilar v. Atl. Richfield Co. (2001) 25 C...

Excerpt: ...larly, Objection No. 2 to the Declaration of Michael Overturf is SUSTAINED, for lack of foundation. Mr. Melendes offers insufficient foundation to testify to the conduct of all Maranatha employees, at the Del Amo Project site: While Mr. Melendes declares he is the “individual principally involved on behalf of Maranatha….regarding the Del Amo Motorsports project,” as noted by Plaintiff, he does not declare that he managed the work performed,...

Excerpt: ...ual statements within the review, and the defendant failed to take down the entire review when asked to do so. First prong It appears the subject matter meets the first prong of the anti- SLAPP test: the submitting of a Yelp review is clearly in furtherance of a party's First Amendment right. (Code Civ. Proc., § 425.16, subd. (b)(1).) Second Prong The critical issue appears to be whether the plaintiff—a for- profit, post-secondary school—is ...

Excerpt: ...nt History This action was commenced on 07/19/18. Discovery ensued. On 11/29/18, defendant tendered to plaintiffs checks totaling just over $122,000.00. According to defendant, these checks were intended to cover all of the claims in the case except meal and rest breaks. See Pinedo Decl Para 3-4, 10. The cover letter accompanying the checks confirmed as much: “the totals for each [check] represent the full amount of back wages … [defendant] B...

Excerpt: ...lel criminal proceeding should be made 'in light of the particular circumstances and competing interests involved in the case.' This means the decisionmaker should consider 'the extent to which the defendant's fifth amendment rights are implicated.' In addition, the decisionmaker should generally consider the following factors: (1) the interest of the plaintiffs in proceeding expeditiously with this litigation or any particular aspect of it, and ...

Excerpt: ...event involves an additional egregious component— ‘oppression, fraud, or malice.' (Civ.Code, § 3294, subd. (a).)” College Hospital, Inc. v. Superior Court (1994) 8 Cal.4th 704, 712. “[T]he Legislature has made it more difficult for plaintiffs to plead and prove such claims,” (id. at p. 712) including by amending section 3294 in 1987 “by increasing the plaintiff's burden of proving punitive damages at trial to ‘clear and convincing ...

Excerpt: ...omplaint was untimely when filed on 05/10/19 (albeit by one day). Additionally, Plaintiff argues that the Cross-Complaint is inconsistent with Khalili's previous contention that Plaintiff is not the successor-in-interest to the decedent, Tony Steed. At the outset, the Court presumes that Plaintiff seeks to strike the entirety of the Cross-Complaint because Plaintiff has not, in the notice of motion, “quoted in full [any] portions” of the Cros...

Excerpt: ...nts relating thereto). Pursuant to CCP §§ 435 and 436, a party may move for an order striking from a pleading “any irrelevant, false or improper matter” or “any part of any pleading not drawn in conformity” with laws, rules or orders. The motion is to be used sparingly, not as a line item veto. PH II, Inc. v. Superior Court (1995) 33 Cal.App.4th 1680, 1683. Defendant contends that the prayer for punitive damages is improper and not draw...

Excerpt: ...wife, Martha Ward, must be added as a defendant, and has agreed to do so. Therefore, any demurrers based upon her status as an indispensable party are MOOT. Further, the Court finds the demurrers to the First and Section Causes of Action based on the Statute of Frauds to be procedurally improper. “A party demurring to a pleading that has been amended after a demurrer to an earlier version of the pleading was sustained shall not demur to any por...