Excerpt: ... each cause of action is uncertain and fails to state facts su
¯icient to support a cause of action. The Court notes that the instant demurrer and motion to strike were Þled on 07/25/23 by the A. Nathan Dawood Defendants, prior to the Þling of the FAC on 09/15/23, but it appears that the counsel for the parties met and conferred concerning deÞciencies to the FAC on 07/19/23 by phone, prior to the Þling of the instant demurrer and motion to s...

Excerpt: ...Inßiction of Emotional Distress. In OCSC Case No. 23-01321684, styled Lucy Pham Le v. Jin Xiong Liu, et al., Ms. Le asserts a single cause of action for Partition. Both cases are directed at disputes regarding the same property located at 12232 Circula Panorama, Santa Ana, CA. Pursuant to CCP §430.10(c), a defendant may bring a special demurrer to a pleading on the basis “[t]here is another action pending between the same parties on the same ...

Excerpt: ... upon a motion made pursuant to Section 435, or at any time in its discretion, and upon terms it deems proper: (a) Strike out any irrelevant, false, or improper matter inserted in any pleading." In this instance, Defendant Westport Construction Inc. seeks to strike out the prayer for consequential damages in Plaintiff's Complaint, arguing that the subject contract, which is attached to the FAC contains a waiver of consequential damages (see Secti...

Excerpt: ...e of Summons filed on June 14, 2023, by Cross-complainants reflects service of the summons and Cross-complaint on Wonderland Nevada's registered agent for service of process on May 31, 2023, which is over the three-year maximum time limitation from the filing of the Cross-complaint on November 14, 2019, for the service of summons and complaint under Code of Civil Procedure secton 583.210(a). Wonderland Nevada also contends that none of the condit...

Excerpt: ...(1) conversion and (2) unjust enrichment. l. SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH CAUSES OF ACTION IN THE COMPLAINT Defendant/cross-complainant moves for summary adjudication as to the second cause of action for meal period violations, third cause of action for rest period violations, and fourth cause of achon for pay stub violations in the operative Complaint. As established in the first, second, and third issues presented in Defendant/crosscomplainant's s...

Excerpt: ... amount is based on the lodestar value totaling $999,200, and a requested adjustment of the lodestar through the imposition of a multiplier of 1.25. plaintiff/Cross-Defendant Jae Pak ("Pak") contends that the motion should be denied outright in its entirety, or alternatively, that the hours claimed should be apportioned and that the Court should award no more than 500 hours, or 25% of the total hours claimed for the employment FEHA harassment cla...

Excerpt: ...e S 452(d).) This action was filed by Plaintiff Cottons Investment Group, LLC against SCE for fire damage caused to Plaintiff's commercial property. Plaintiff alleges that SCE started the fire that caused the damage. In a separate action against Rancho Mesa, Plaintiff alleges that Rancho Mesa, acting as an insurance broker, failed to properly procure the property insurance policy requested. (RJN, Ex. A, 7, 17- 18.) SCE's Cross-complaint asserts c...

Excerpt: ...iscovery has not been completed and cannot be completed on the newly added parties before the current trial date of 01/29/24. Plaintiff also contends that additional factors favor a contnuance including the following: the proximity of the current trial date; no prior requests for a contnuance made by any party; no reasonable alternative solution to ensure judicial economy; prejudice to Plaintiff if it is not allowed this continuance and an Page 8...

Excerpt: ...the original Complaint on the same grounds asserted here. The Court held that the Complaint failed to allege any alter ego theory of liability against Abboud and that the fifth and sixth causes of action failed because the allegations showed nothing more than the failure to perform a contractual obligation. (ROA 29.) Plaintiff was granted 20 days leave to amend and timely filed the FAC on August 30, 2023. (ROA 33.) Defendants now raise the same a...

Excerpt: ... Code of Civil Procedure section 430.41, subdivision (a) requires that prior to filing a demurrer, "the demurring party .... meet and confer in person or by telephone with the party who filed the pleading that is subject to demurrer ... ." Similarly, prior to filing a motion to strike, "the moving party shall meet and confer in person or by telephone with the party who filed the pleading that is subject to the motion to strike ... ." (Code Civ. P...

Excerpt: ...ducate for failure to state facts suffcient to state a cause of action. Rossmoor contends that it was not until more than 20 years after the alleged abuse occurred, and that because it did not exist or have employees in 1980, Plaintiff has failed to state any claim against it and the demurrer should be sustained without leave to amend. Plaintiff contends that Rossmoor existed at the time of the abuse; that it was established in 1962 at 4161 Green...

Excerpt: ...LD and BETTY J. LITTLEFIELD, as Trustees of the Richard W and Betty J. Littlefield Trust of 1996. Procedural History of Case: On 12/1/21 Plaintiffs filed this achon for declaratory relief seeking a declaration that the Page 6 of 17 forged promissory note and deed of trust were valid and enforceable against Defendants. On 2/8/22, Defendants answered and filed a cross-complaint for quiet title and cancellation of the forged promissory note and deed...

Excerpt: ...d/or adjudication, Defendant presents these three issues: 1. Plaintiffs first, second, third, fourth and thirteenth causes of achon on agreement #1, cannot be collected against defendant Racheal Soriano as plaintiff cannot establish that defendant Racheal Soriano is responsible for this debt under an alter ego theory of liability, as the debt belongs to the corporation, and there is no evidence of fraud or other existence or incorporation of the ...

Excerpt: ...of default); Page 12 of 28 4. Paragraph 2.h in its entirety (re willful and fraudulent actions); 5. Paragraph 2.i. in fts entirety (re willful and fraudulent actions); 5. Paragraph 2.3. in its entirety (regarding alleged concealment of Right to Redemption); 7. Paragraph 2.k. in its entirety (regarding redemption period); 8. Paragraph 2.1. in its entirety (regarding willful and fraudulent actions); 9. Paragraph 2.m. in its entirety (re redemption ...

Excerpt: ...ories, Set Two ("SPROG 2"), Nos. 71, 72, 75, 76, 79, 80, 83- 87 within 10 days of the hearing on the motion, and imposing $1,635 against Plaintiff. Pacific Expressway contends that Plaintiff served untimely responses to FROG 2 and SPROG 2 such that objections are waived, and that Plaintiff failed to answer the entirety of FROG 2, No. 17.1. Pacific Expressway also contends that it sent a meet and confer to Plaintiff's counsel before filing the ins...

Excerpt: ...or transferring Plaintiff based on the email chain produced in Exhibit D. In opposition, Defendant argues that the Motion is procedurally deficient and Newman is an apex witness not subject to deposition pursuant to Page 10 of 28 the holding in Liberty Mutual Ins. Co. v. Superior Court (1992) 10 Cal.App.4th 1282. "[W]e hold that when a plaintiff seeks to depose a corporate president or other official at the highest level of corporate management, ...

Excerpt: ...er burden of showing there is no defense to a cause of action if they have proved each element of that cause of action. (ld., S 437c(p)(1).) The burden then shifts to the defendant to raise a triable issue of one or more material facts as to the cause of action or a defense thereto by setting forth specific facts showing that a triable issue of material fact exists. (Ibid.) Plaintiff's undisputed evidence establishes that on December 14, 2017, Ha...

Excerpt: ...16 of 42 than 50 percent of the votes in the association, to vote in favor of the amendment, the association, or any member, may petition the superior court of the county in which the common interest development is located for an order reducing the percentage of the affirmative votes necessary for such an amendment." (Civ. Code, S 4275(a).) The Court may grant the petition if it finds all of the following: "(1) The petitioner has given not less t...

Excerpt: ...suant to FEHA against United Parcel Service General Services Co., (3) retaliation pursuant to FEHA against United Parcel Service General Services Co., (4) wrongful failure to promote in violation of public policy against United Parcel Service General Services Co., (5) retaliation pursuant to Labor Code section 1102.5 against United Parcel Service General Services Co., and (5) failure to prevent discrimination and retaliation against United Parcel...

Excerpt: ...tion in TPG's Second Amended Complaint. 5th Cause of Acton As to the 5th Cause of Action for Intentional Interference with Contract, Defendants advance two arguments. As to the first argument, Defendants contend that they did not intend to induce a breach of the Joint Venture Agreement ("JVA"). In particular, Defendants contend that they did not have sufficient knowledge of the terms of the contract and rely on Winchester Mystery House, LLC v. Gl...

Excerpt: ... another party as a result of actions or tactics, made in bad faith, that are frivolous or solely intended to cause Page 13 of 42 unnecessary delay." Such "actions or tactics" include the filing and service of a complaint. (CCP under this statute "frivolous" means "totally and completely without merit or for the sole purpose of harassing an opposing party." (CCP S128.5(b)(2).) under CCP S 128.7(b), an attorney signing or filing a motion certifies...

Excerpt: ... actions or tactics, made in bad faith, that are frivolous or solely intended to cause unnecessary delay." Such "actions or tactics" include the filing and service of a complaint. Page 10 of 42 (CCP Under this statute "friwlous" means "totally and completely without merit or for the sole purpose of harassing an opposing party." (CCP Under CCP S 128.7(b), an attorney signing or filing a motion certifies "that to the best of the person's knowledge,...

Excerpt: ... include a finding that Keller and are jointly and severally liable in the amount of $9,239.68 (the amount of the arbitration award) plus costs in the amount of $1,296.75; and that 1- 800-Battery is also liable for an additional $38,641.50 plus prejudgment interest and attorneys fees in the amounts of $25,518.40 and respectively. As a preliminary matter, the court declines to consider the late opposition filed by because 1-8W is not entitled to t...

Excerpt: ...e sections 451(a), 452(c) and (h), and 453: 1. A copy of the California Department of Insurance ("CDI") license information for Defendant Bele Nguyen retrieved from the CDI's website, accessed on July 1, 2023. 2. The CDI issued to license OC54331 to Bele Thi Nguyen. 3. Bele Thi Nguyen maintains a current property license with the CDI. 4. Bele Thi Nguyen has an authorized agent of State Farm General Insurance Company for property and casualty as o...

Excerpt: ...pliance, the governmental entity can request the court to take judicial notice under Evidence Code section 452, subdivision (c) that the entity's records do not show compliance." (Gong v. City Page 20 of 42 of Rosemead (2014) 226 Cal.App.4th 353, 375.) Similarly, a court may take judicial notice that public records do not contain a claim, where a "[government] employee familiar with the records...searched the records and so declared." (Fowler v. ...