Excerpt: ...r these pleaded facts. The demurrer to the First Cause of Action for quiet title must be sustained because the owner of an equitable interest, as here, cannot maintain a quiet title action. (See Stafford v. Ballinger (1962) 199 Cal.App.2d 289, 294-295.) The demurrer to the Second Cause of Action must be sustained because Velocity Support Services received a Certificate of Relief from the State. The Tax and Revenue Code sections cited are not appl...

Excerpt: ...fected pleading, not the truth of the factual allegations in the pleading or the pleader's ability to prove those allegations. Cundiff v. GTE Cal., Inc. (2002) 101 Cal.App.4th 1395, 1404-05. Questions of fact cannot be decided on demurrer. Berryman v. Merit Prop. Mgmt., Inc. (2007) 152 Cal.App.4th 1544, 1556. Furthermore, “[w]hen a pleader is in doubt about what actually occurred or what can be established by the evidence, the modern practice a...

Excerpt: ...2nd cause of action, Civil Code 2923.7. The FAC states facts sufficient to constitute this cause of action. 3rd cause of action, Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act violation. The FAC fails to state facts sufficient to constitute this cause of action. The statute is inapplicable to the foreclosure activity alleged in the FAC. (See Pfeifer v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. (2012) 211 Cal.App.4th 1250, 1264; Fontenot v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A...

Excerpt: ...ntar's trade, business or profession (see Code Civ. Proc., § 483.010, subd. (c); see also Advance Transformer Co. v. Sup.Ct. (Shapiro) (1974) 44 Cal.App.3d 127, 143-144), and he has failed to provide any evidence of any kind in support of the application. (See Code Civ. Proc., §§ 484.090, 481.190, 482.040.) The Case Management Conference remains on calendar. Moving party to give notice. ...

Excerpt: ...ngful termination under the Fair Employment and Housing Act (“FEHA”). The motion is DENIED as to paragraph 59. This paragraph simply states a required element of a cause of action for intentional infliction of emotional distress – namely, that the conduct complained of was either intentionally hurtful, or done with reckless disregard for probability of causing emotional distress. See, e.g., Hughes v. Pair, 46 Cal.4 th 1035, 1050-1051 (2009)...

Excerpt: ...are in Kansas, it has a facility in Sacramento, California, where it repairs and operates aircraft. When a defendant moves to quash service of summons for lack of jurisdiction, the burden of proof is on the plaintiff to establish the facts of jurisdiction by a preponderance of the evidence. Kroopf v. Guffey(1986) 183 Cal.App.3d 1351. Plaintiff contends that the Court has specific personal jurisdiction over the moving defendant. According to a rec...

Excerpt: ...9). The Complaint alleges Defendants “were negligent, reckless and careless in their business operations” and were negligent, reckless and careless “in their provision of mail box and mail related services to the plaintiffs.” (Complaint, ¶ 9). The above statements are mere conclusions which do not identify the underlying supportive facts. Plaintiff has failed to sufficiently plead or ordinary duty of care or breach of that duty. (Berkley...

Excerpt: ...irmative defense “fails to state facts sufficient to constitute a defense.” Code of Civil Procedure section 430.20 states, “(a) A party against whom an answer has been filed may object, by demurrer as provided in Section 430.30, to the answer upon any one or more of the following grounds: [¶] (a) The answer does not state facts sufficient to constitute a defense. [¶] (b) The answer is uncertain. As used in this subdivision, ‘uncertain' ...

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Excerpt: ...AMS where the underlying controversy must be arbitrated.” (Motion pg. 7:5-8.) Plaintiffs' “Introduction” to its Opposition states, “because (i) this motion involves, inter alia, the question of whether Defendants waived any right to arbitrate by suing plaintiff Michael Baker in Tennessee without mentioning arbitration, and (ii) that very issue is already pending in Defendants' fully-briefed motion to compel arbitration before the Tennesse...

Excerpt: ...on.) This appears to be a result of Plaintiffs' assertion Defendant failed to serve verifications to the discovery and“[u]nsworn responses are tantamount to no responses at all.” (Appleton v. Superior Court (1988) 206 Cal.App.3d 632, 636.) Significantly, however, "there is no need to verify that portion of the response containing the objections." (See Food 4 Less Supermarkets, Inc. v. Superior Court (1995) 40 Cal.App.4th 651, 657.) Taking the...

Excerpt: ...capacity of the person who is signing the Verification on behalf of the responding party and fails to state where the Verification was executed and on what date. (See Exh. C to Saghera Decl.) An unverified response is the equivalent of no response at all. (Appleton v. Superior Court (Cook)(1988) 206 Cal.App.3d 632, 636.) To the extent Cross-Defendant PRELUDE has not already produced responsive documents, the Court ORDERS Cross-Defendant PRELUDE t...

Excerpt: ...tions have the same title, the court will identify them based on the date and time Plaintiff filed each of them with the court. Defendant's (Dan Fisher) Motion to Compel Responses to Specially Prepared Interrogatories (filed on 2-2-18 at 10:33 a.m.) is DENIED. The court notes that this motion applies to Defendant's request for a further response to Form Interrogatory 9.1(c). (Holzer Decl., ¶ 5.) Code of Civil Procedure section 2030.220, provides...

Excerpt: ...In addition, this motion is not timely pursuant to CRC 3.110(b) because it was filed after 60 days of the filing of the Complaint. The court schedules a Case Management Conference for 5-15-18, Dept. C11, at 8:45 am. Prevailing Party is to give notice. (2) Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to File a Second Amended Complaint is GRANTED. There does not appear to be any undue prejudice to Defendants in granting Plaintiff leave to file a Second Amended Com...

Excerpt: ...me before or after commencement of trial, in the furtherance of justice, and upon such terms as may be proper, may allow the amendment of any pleading or pretrial conference order.” “Courts must apply a policy of liberality in permitting amendments at any stage of the proceeding, including during trial, when no prejudice to the opposing party is shown. However, even if a good amendment is proposed in proper form, unwarranted delay in presenti...

Excerpt: ...at a student has a privacy interest in these documents. Although the court will not remove Exhibit G—Tab 6 and Exhibit J from the Administrative Record (AR) conditionally filed under seal, the court orders Respondent to file copies Exhibit G—Tab 6 and Exhibit J unsealed. California Rules of Court, rule 2.550(d), states, The court may order that a record be filed under seal only if it expressly finds facts that establish: [¶] (1) There exists...

Excerpt: ...resulting default entered by the clerk against his or her client . . . or (2) resulting default judgment or dismissal entered against his or her client, unless the court finds that the default was not in fact caused by the attorney's mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or neglect. The court shall whenever relief is granted based on an attorney's affidavit of fault, direct the attorney to pay reasonable compensatory legal fees and costs to opposing c...

Excerpt: ... record that she understood and agreed to the terms of the settlement. (See 11-20-17 Minute Order.) The court retained jurisdiction pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 664.6. Court clerk is to give notice. ...

Excerpt: ...ate under Code of Civil Procedure section 415.20. Accordingly, Mr. Abdo's suggestion that he is not linked to that address lacks credibility. RP to give notice. It appears Mr. Abdo must explain why, if the address the entity in which he was an officer was listed as 2213 Ringwood Ave, he claims he has no connection with that address. Because the Court cannot consider evidence with any reply documents, the Court will DENY WITHOUT PREJUDICE. ...

Excerpt: ...able injury. See Jessen v. Keystone Savings and Loan Assoc. (1983) 142 Cal. App. 3d 454, 459. If plaintiff fails to establish either element, a preliminary injunction should be denied. Id. Even if the Court were to assume, for purposes of argument, that Plaintiff had demonstrated a likelihood of prevailing on the merits, Plaintiff here has made no showing that it will be harmed – much less that it will suffer irreparable injury – if the chall...

Excerpt: ... the merits of the case.'” (Factor Health Management, LLC v. Superior Court (2005) 132 Cal.App.4th 246, 251.) Defendants filed written opposition and appeared at the hearing without stating they were making only a special appearance. Nor did they otherwise contest personal jurisdiction. And they did not file this motion to quash until 21 days after the 10/30/17 hearing. The clerk shall give notice. ...

Excerpt: ...riefing and continued the hearing. The Court incorporates its 1/29/18 Minute Order by reference. The sole remaining issue is whether the Court can consider extrinsic evidence to interpret the location of easements set forth in the parties' Settlement Agreement (the “Agreement”). Shortly after the parties signed the Agreement, Plaintiff filed a “Notice of Settlement of Entire Case.” Now, however, obviously suffering from a case of buyer's ...

Excerpt: ... in California and Nevada that permit out of state depositions. There is no authority for the relief requested in this Motion. Plaintiff to give notice. ...

Excerpt: ...ns are OVERRULED. Good Cause The court finds that the 9/22/17 letter attached as Exhibit 8 to declaration of Mary Tanagho Ross provides a sufficient a good cause showing for RFP Nos. 26-43. Duplicative Requests Plaintiff argues that the requests in Defendant's second request for production are duplicative of Defendant's previous requests. Defendant's prior requests broadly sought all documents relating to Sullivan's billing records, payments made...

Excerpt: ...he court is inclined to continue this hearing, and stay all other discovery in this matter, until the defendants are properly accounted for. On the merits, the court would be inclined to grant plaintiff's Motion to Compel Deposition of David Wetzel and Production of Documents. The deposition subpoena and this motion were personally served on the third party deponent. The third party deponent made no objections to the subpoena, failed to appear fo...