Excerpt: ... reason able particularity subject to any orders that may be appropriate under Section 3426.5 of the Civil Code.” (Code Civ. Proc., § 2019.210.) Plaintiff has failed to demonstrate compliance with this requirement. Contrary to plaintiff's contentions, the first amended complaint (FAC) does not identify the subject trade secret with reasonable particularity. (See Code Civ. Proc., § 2019.210; Perlan Therapeutics, Inc. v. Superior Court (2009) ...

Excerpt: ...ional mis representation), 3rd cause of action (Bus. & Prof. Code 17200 violation), 4th cause of action (promissory estoppel), 5th cause of action (“set aside trustee's sale and void/cancel trustee's deed upon sale”), and 6th cause of action (quiet title). 2nd C/A (intentional misrepresentation) A cause of action for intentional misrepresentation requires showing (1) a misrepresentation; (2) knowledge of its falsity; (3) intent to induce reli...

Excerpt: .... Univ ersity of San Francisco (2024) 100 Cal.App.5th 75 should inform its analysis. In their supplement, “Plaintiffs recognize Berlanga's persuasive force on this Court” and concede that “their arguments may, ultimately, may need to be decided in this District's appellate court.” (ROA 369 at p. 3.) To be clear, Berlanga is not merely persuasive authority in this Court, it is binding. (See Auto Equity Sales, Inc. v. Superior Court (1962) ...

Excerpt: ...2 agains t the subject property, 2. the Statement of Information filed on 12/20/22 by Canyon Plaza, LLC, 3. the Statement of Information filed on 12/20/2022 by Canyon Plaza Management, LLC, and 4. the Statement of Information filed on 1/20/23 by Jakosky Properti es, Inc. The court GRANTS the request to take judicial notice of the Grant Deed (Exhibit 1). (Evid. Code § 452(h).) The court however DENIES the request for judicial notice as to the ...

Excerpt: ... elements of a c ause of action for intentional interference with prospective economic advantage are: “‘“(1) an economic relationship between the plaintiff and some third party, with the probability of future economic benefit to the plaintiff; (2) the defendant's knowledge of the relationship; (3) intentional acts on the part of the defendant designed to disrupt the relationship; (4) actual disruption of the relationship; and (5) economic ...

Excerpt: ...ntity Plaintiffs argue that the court should not consider the demurrer and the motion to strike because they named K & A Kingdom Holdings, LLC, but K & A Kingdom Holding, Inc. filed the demurrer and motion to strike. However, pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 4 73, Defendant submitted a proposed amendment to pleadings noting that the "Inc." shown on its pleadings was in error and asking that its pleadings be amended to reflect...

Excerpt: ...onte ntion that it is entitled to insurance coverage for a judgment in an underlying action.” (Dem. at pp. 1 -2.) But defendant has not shown “two exclusions in the insurance policy issued by ANV apply to exclude coverage for Plaintiffs' claim.” (Dem. at p. 1 .) First, the Bankruptcy Exclusion does not bar coverage because it is unenforceable. The Bankruptcy Exclusion purports to exclude coverage for any claim involving “any Wrongful Act ...

Excerpt: ...use of action. The 2nd cause of action premises negligence on a breach of statutory duties: The CARES Act, the FFCRA, and Health & Safety Code section 1342.2. (See FAC ¶ 118.) The 9th cause of action alleges a violation of Section 1342.2 But “the CARES Act do es not grant a private right of action to a provider of COVID -19 diagnostic testing to enforce § 3202.” (Saloojas, Inc. v. Aetna Health of California, Inc. (9th Cir. 2023) 80 F.4th 10...

Excerpt: ...mpt at an informal resolution of each issue presented by the motion .”]; Clement v. Alegre (2009) 177 Cal.App.4th 1277, 1293- 1294; Leko v. Cornerstone Building Inspection Services (2001) 86 Cal.App.4th 1109, 1124; see also Thomas Decl., ¶ 6, Exh. D [addressing Defendant's objections on 2/12/24].) Defendant maintains that it is willing to produce a witness as to Matters for Examination Nos. 1 and 2, but objects to Matters Nos. 3 and 4 on vario...

Excerpt: ... Protectiv e Order as to Requests for Production are DENIED. Interrogatories and Requests for Admission Plaintiffs have not established their burden of justifying their additional discovery. A propounding party may justify propounding additional special interrogatori es or requests for admissions based on the complexity or quantity of issues within the case. (CCP §§ 2030.040(a)(1) and 2033.040(a).) Here, Plaintiffs only offered justifications ...

Excerpt: ...Villageway M anagement, Inc., and that the 90-day period ended on September 4, 2018 —is GRANTED. The court notes that no opposition was filed. 3. Defendants' evidentiary objections nos. 1 -47 to plaintiff's memorandum of points and authorities and response to the summary judgment motion are disregarded. They are not evidentiary objections. 4. Defendants' objection nos. 48 -63 are OVERRULED. 5. Plaintiff filed a document entitled “Objections...

Excerpt: ...ovision in paragraph 1.37 is overbroad. Amended Nordrehaug Decl. (ROA 217) Ex. 1 (Class Action and PAGA Settlement Agreement, ¶ 1.37). 10 11 The release must be fairly tailored to the claims that were or reasonably could have been asserted in the lawsuit based on the facts alleged in the operative complaint, i.e., the second amended complaint filed February 7, 2024 (ROA 239). 3. The Released PAGA Claims provision in paragraph 1.38 is overbroad....

Excerpt: ...ent: 27 1. D efendant's Notice of Non-opposition (ROA 300, at 5:17) states “over 400” class members opted out. How many class members opted out? The settlement administrator should submit a declaration stating the number of notices sent, the number of opt outs, and the number of class members. 2. How will individual PAGA payments be calculated? In addition, what is the estimated high, low and average PAGA payment? 3. What is plaintiff's expec...

Excerpt: ...th 1236, 12631264, emphasis added.) Here, Petitioner claims injury on January 25, 2023. For claim filing purposes, six months means the longer of six calendar months or 182 days. (City of Pasadena v. Sup.Ct. (Jauregui) (2017) 12 CA5th 1340, 1346, fn. 4; Gonzales v. C ounty of Los Angeles (1988) 199 CA3d 601, 604). Six months from this date is July 25, 2023. Leave to file a late claim must be requested within a “reasonable time” and in no ev...

Excerpt: ...al.App.4th 267, 288 (Kim) [evidence of damages is required for default judgment]; see also ROA No. 356 –Heidary Decl., in passim [one -page conclusory declaration].) There is also no affidavit of notice. (See Code Civ. Proc., § 587; Bae v. T.D. Service Co. of Arizona (201 6) 245 Cal.App.4th 89, 108, fn. 15.) Even if plaintiff had complied with the foregoing requirements, the request for default judgment would still be denied because the operat...

Excerpt: ...iled to fil e an opposition. In reviewing the complaint, it is unclear what causes of action are being alleged and against whom. However, the gravamen of the complaint appears to be rooted in a negligence claim. Defendant's first argument that plaintiff's complai nt fails to plead any of the elements of dangerous condition of public property under Government Code section 835 is well taken. Moreover, Defendant also appears correct in its asserti...

Excerpt: ...odin (1998) 17 Cal. 4th 599, 615–617; Exxess Electronixx v. Heger Realty Corp. (1998) 64 Cal.App.4th 698, 706– 707.) Civil Code section 1717 applies only in an action “on a contract.” The meaning of “on a contract” has been liberally construed to mean any action involving a c ontract for the purposes of section 1717. (Turner v. Schultz (2009) 175 Cal.App.4th 974, 979– 80.) Here, it is undisputed that Selene is the prevailing party. ...

Excerpt: ...on letter were attached to the complaint. However, the plaintiff alleged that because the damages were “ongoing and exceeded $10,000” the amount of damages claimed was “omitted” from the form because “that portion was inapplicable.” The city argues that plaintiff 's failure to state the amount claimed is a material defect and the demurrer must be sustained without leave to amend. Without properly seeking judicial notice, the demurrer ...

Excerpt: ...llegations in the complaint, defendants (including these Doe defendants), “distribute and sell their kratom products to residents in California pursuant to a false and misleading marketing campaign.” The complaint further alleges that defendants do not disclose the serious health risks of the product; nor state that the product is the subject of warnings from poison control centers and is known to be not safe for human consumption. And it spe...

Excerpt: ...lment” against Ford, based on allege d defects in her vehicle, but asserts only economic losses. Under the economic loss rule (the “ELR”), where a purchaser's expectations in a sale are frustrated because the product is not working properly, the remedy is in contract alone, for he has suffer ed only economic losses. (Robinson Helicopter Co., Inc. v. Dana Corp. (2004) 34 Cal.4th 979, 988.) Claims for monetary losses between contractual p...

Excerpt: ...nd unintelligible. ” (Cal. Code Civ. Proc., § 430.10, subds. (e) & (f); see Cal. Code Civ. Proc., § 430.50, subd. (a) [demurrer may be taken to whole pleading or to any of the causes of action stated therein].) “A person against whom a complaint or cross -complaint has been fi led may, within 30 days after service of the complaint or crosscomplaint, demur to the complaint or cross -complaint.” (Cal. Code Civ. Proc., § 430.40, subd. (a)....

Excerpt: ... declarati on of non-monetary status stricken immediately, it is DENIED. To the extent it seeks an order shortening time, it is also DENIED. Plaintiff has failed to show an emergency or why the matter cannot be heard in the ordinary course. This latter is without prejudice to the filing of a noticed motion to be placed on the court's regular law and motion calendar. Demurrer Defendant State of California Department of Health Care Services filed...

Excerpt: ...stems, f/k/a T riumph Structures – Los Angeles, Inc., a California corporation and Triumph Group, Inc. “The party moving for summary judgment bears the burden of persuasion that there is no triable issue of material fact and that he is entitled to judgment as a matter 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 ...

Excerpt: ...First Set of Form Interrogatories, is GRANTED. Code of Civil Procedure section 2030.290 states, in part, “If a party to whom interrogatories are directed fails to serve a timely response, the following rules apply: (a) The party to whom the interrogatories are dire cted waives any right to exercise the option to produce writings under Section 2030.230, as well as any objection to the interrogatories, including one based on privilege or on the p...

Excerpt: ...tion to co mpel arbitration is simply a suit in equity seeking specific performance of that contract. Little v. Pullman (2013) 219 Cal.App.4th 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. Defendant has carried its burden...

Excerpt: ... granting petitioner's writ of administrative mandamus. Judgment (ROA 600). The judgment states petitioner shall recover its costs against the California Department of Insurance as to the petition for writ of administrative mandamus in accordance with Government Cod e section 11523 and Civil Procedure Code sections 1094.5(a) and 1095 in an amount to be determined. Id. Petitioner filed its costs memorandum on September 25, 2023 (ROA 607) seeking ...

Excerpt: ...vice of the Complai nt as the Complaint was served on the City on June 15, 2023. Plaintiff does not dispute this assertion in the points and authorities. “The special motion may be filed within 60 days of the service of the complaint or, in the court's discretion, at any la ter time upon terms it deems proper.” (Code Civ. Proc. § 425.16(f).) “In other words, the defendant is only entitled to ‘file[]' such a motion within 60 days of ser...

Excerpt: ...f Court. Movants shall prepare the appropriate order for the court's signature. Demurrer Defendants filed a demurrer to the first amended complaint. The action concerns an alleged breach of an agreement and the unauthorized use of confidential information. Th ere is a choice of law provision in the agreement which states it is to be construed pursuant to New York law. Defendants also suggest that at least one key issue may likely have to be de...

Excerpt: ...e of C ivil Procedure section 2025.290 provides that depositions in civil cases are generally limited to seven hours of testimony. However, a party is only entitled to ask questions at deposition which are “reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admiss ible evidence.” (Code Civ. Proc. § 2017.010.) At this time, Defendant has not shown it is necessary for the Court to enter an order preemptively limiting Defendant's deposition. How...

Excerpt: ...are the t hree members of the Forefront 405 Owners Association. The association manages office property in a common interest development. There is a split on the board, and the plaintiff constantly finds itself on the losing end of 2 -1 votes. The main dispute her e is over whether maintenance of the parking lot (a permitted activity) includes the construction of other amenities/developments to the office property, such as basketball courts, etc...

Excerpt: ...r than her i nitial request. No explanation is given as to why Plaintiff now seeks a sanction amount 37 times greater than initial requested. Plaintiff contends in her moving papers, that Defendants failed to timely pay fees or costs to initiate an arbitration procee ding. Indeed, in her moving papers, Plaintiff cites to and relies exclusively on Code Civ. Proc. §1281.97(a) quoting as follows: “In an employment or consumer arbitration that req...

Excerpt: ... Kodaka, I nc., Kodania, Inc., Eiwa International, Inc., Apex Seafood, Inc., Ocean Green Seafood Inc., Blue Marine Seafood, Inc., Jade Equities, LLC, Shujen Ho, aka Jane Ho, and Chingying Chen (collectively, “Responding Defendants”) was electronically served on two s elf-represented litigants, Eiji Ota and Katoko Ota. It does not appear these two self -represented litigants affirmatively consented to electronic service. (Cal. Rules of Ct., Ru...

Excerpt: ...e motions t o compel deposition testimony of Ritesh Desai and Dawn Mills are GRANTED but the concurrent motions to compel production of documents are DENIED. MOTIONS TO COMPEL DEPOSITIONS OF VAN ALSTINE, GOMEZ AND CHAMBERLAIN CCP §2025.280 states: “(a) The service of a deposition notice under Section 2025.240 is effective to require any deponent who is a party to the action or an officer, director, managing agent, or employee of a party to att...

Excerpt: ...e meet and confer, pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure S ection 435.5. The Court notes that Defendant failed to adequately meet and confer before filing this Motion. The Court will exercise its discretion to consider the merits of the Motion at this time but admonishes Def endant that the future failure to comply with all applicable statutes and rules may result in a motion being taken off calendar in the future or sanctions, where appropriate. ...

Excerpt: ...any irrelevant , false, or improper matter inserted in any pleading (b) Strike out all or any part of any pleading not drawn or filed in conformity with the laws of this state, a court rule, or an order of the court.” (Code Civ. Proc., § 436.) Health & Safety Code sec tion 1430 is part of the Long Term Care Act, which “is a ‘detailed statutory scheme regulating the standard of care provided by skilled nursing facilities to their patients....

Excerpt: ...ay of the case rests within the discretion of the court. The alleged acts occurred between December 2018 and March 2019. The children were pre -teens. They are now around 16 years old. The civil complaint was filed July 21, 2020. Evans filed an answer June 11, 2021. A jury trial has been scheduled for February 3, 2025. In the criminal case, a pre -trial conference is set for May 22, 2024, and trial is set for June 6, 2024. Bail is set at $1 mil...

Excerpt: ...face, purp ort to be a contract between the plaintiff and plaintiff's employer —a fact that defendants' counsel had confirmed in an e -mail to the plaintiff's counsel. Defendants' counsel attempted to disavow that concession during oral argument, essentially on the gr ound it was not a judicial admission, and in any event, it was made before counsel had all the facts. That argument is unpersuasive. Even if the arbitration agreement were enforc...

Excerpt: ...d without prejudice. As discussed further below, the May 2, 2024 hearing on defendants' motion to compel arbitration is continued to August 29, 2024. Defendants have moved to compel arbitration of this coordinated proceeding. Plaintiffs oppose, including based on plaintiffs' contention that the transportation worker exemption in section 1 of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) applies and exempts this case from arbitration. Defendants' motion to co...

Excerpt: ...lack of specific jurisdiction, the plaintiff has the initial burden of demonstrating, by a preponderance of the evidence, facts justifying the exercise of jurisdiction. Ziller Electronics Lab GmbH v. Superior Ct. (1988) 206 Cal.App.3d 1222, 1232 -33; Sacramento Sun creek Apts., LLC v. Cambridge Advantaged Props. II, L.P. (2010) 187 Cal.App.4th 1, 9. The plaintiff must do more than allege jurisdictional facts; the plaintiff must provide affidavit...

Excerpt: ...ns for lack of specific jurisdiction, the plaintiff has the initial burden of demonstrating, by a preponderance of the evidence, facts justifying the exercise of jurisdiction. Ziller Electronics Lab GmbH v. Superior Ct. (1988) 206 Cal.App.3d 1222, 1232 -33; Sacrament o Suncreek Apts., LLC v. Cambridge Advantaged Props. II, L.P. (2010) 187 Cal.App.4th 1, 9. The plaintiff must do more than allege jurisdictional facts; the plaintiff must provide af...

Excerpt: ...n for tortious interference with contractual and business relations against Defendants Ralph Lauren and Swim USA, and sixth cause of action for conspiracy against Defendants Ralph Lauren and Swim USA. The Court rules as follows: The Demurrer is SUSTAINED WITH LEAVE TO AMEND as to the fourth cause of action for fraudulent concealment. Pursuant to Civil Code section 1710(3) fraud by concealment is the “suppression of a fact, by one who is bound t...

Excerpt: ...appear fo r the deposition “without having served a valid objection under Section 2025.410.” (Code Civ. Proc., § 2025.450, subd. (a).) A written objection to a deposition notice must be served at least three calendar days prior to the date for which the deposition i s scheduled. (Code Civ. Proc., § 2025.410, subd. (a).) The Counsel for each side made some agreements, the details of which are disputed. Parties agreed that that the second ses...

Excerpt: ...resulting from the breach, and damage to plaintiff. Ann M. v. Pacific Plaza Shopping Center, 6 Cal. 4th 666, 673 (1993) (disapproved on another ground in Reid v. Google, Inc., 50 Cal. 4th 512, 527 (2010), fn. 5). Pursuant to the Complaint, Plaintiffs own property in a c ommon interest development which is managed by the Northwood Villa Homeowners Association (the “HOA”). Compl. ¶¶ 1,4. The HOA contracted with Defendant to provide property ...

Excerpt: ...endant has filed late oppositions. Any party to the action or the witness may bring a motion to quash a subpoena and may request the Court to quash it entirely, modify it, or direct compliance with it upon those terms and conditions as the court shall declare inc luding protective orders. In addition, the court may make any other order as may be appropriate to protect the moving party from unreasonable or oppressive demands including unreasonabl...

Excerpt: ...content of a website. (Searles Valley Minerals Operations, Inc. v. State Board of Equalization (2008) 160 Cal.App.4th 514, 519; See also LG Chem, Ltd. v. Superior Court of San Diego County (2022) 80 Cal.App.5th 348, 362, fn. 7.) Pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure sec tion 436, the Court may, upon a motion made pursuant to section 435 or at any time in its discretion, strike out “any irrelevant, false, or improper matter inserted in any pleadin...

Excerpt: ... not opposed t his Motion and has failed to meet that burden. Further, it is clear that the questions do not implicate any private communications between Defendant and her attorneys and the attorney -client privilege does not apply. As for privacy, there must be a legally protected privacy interest, an objectively reasonable expectation of privacy in the given circumstances, and a threatened intrusion that is serious. (Williams, 3 Cal.5th at p. 5...

Excerpt: ...voluntarily waives each party's right to a jury trial and court trial. (Lazarus v. Titmus (1998) 64 Cal.App.4th 1242, 1248).” (ROA No. 10.) The present motion to compel arbitration was filed on 8/24/23 and is unopposed. On 1/8/24, Plaintiff filed and served a subst itution of attorney stating that counsel Lenden Webb substituted for Plaintiff's former counsel Christopher Olsen. On 1/9/24, the Court continued the hearing on this motion and ord...

Excerpt: ...Chang's medical condition.” On 12/12/23, the Court granted Plaintiff Dean Chang's (Plaintiff) unopposed motion to compel the deposition of Defendant Lucille Chang (Defendant), ordering Defendant to appear for deposition and produce documents pursuant to the deposi tion notice no later than 2/29/24, and awarding sanctions of $4,525 in sanctions against Defendant. Defendant did not oppose the motion to compel her deposition which was granted on 1...

Excerpt: ...437c(a)(1).) “A p arty may move for summary adjudication as to one or more causes of action within an action, one or more affirmative defenses, one or more claims for damages, or one or more issues of duty, if the party contends that the cause of action has no merit, that there is no affirmative defense to the cause of action, that there is no merit to an affirmative defense as to any cause of action, that there is no merit to a claim for damag...

Excerpt: ...a motion pursuan t to Section 391.1 is filed prior to trial the litigation is stayed, and the moving defendant need not plead, until 10 days after the motion shall have been denied, or if granted, until 10 days after the required security has been furnished and the moving defendant given written notice thereof. When a motion pursuant to Section 391.1 is made at any time thereafter, the litigation shall be stayed for such period after the denial ...