Excerpt: ...stile Work Environment This cause of action has been dismissed. (ROA 17.) The demurrer is MOOT. Fifth Cause of Acton - Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress To state a cause of action for Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress ("IIED"), the plaintiff must 5 allege: (1) outrageous conduct by the defendant; (2) the defendant's intention of causing or reckless disregard of the probability of causing emotional distress; (3) the plaintiff...

Excerpt: ...acts/issues which Defendant denied. Plaintiffs contend Defendant unreasonably denied the following requests : Request No. 10: Admit that the elevated planter you constructed, or had constructed, was done without obta-ning permits. Request No. 12: Admit that the elevated planter you constructed, or had constructed, was done without obtaining the approval of the Trinidad Island Homeowner's Associaton. Request No. 15: Admit that you negligently cons...

Excerpt: ...xtension to April 6, 2023. (96 of Moniz Declaration and Exhibit 5 thereto.) Likewise, the motion is adequately supported by efforts to meet and confer, as required by Code of Civil Procedure secton subdivision (b)(l). (96-97 of Moniz Declaration and Exhibits 5 and 6 thereto.) On the merits, the separate statement sought further responses as to Form Interrogatories Nos. 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 4.1, 8.2, 8.4, 8.5, 17.1 and 50.1. (See ROA No. 21.) Per the De...

Excerpt: ... Contempt against Monarch Law Group APC; (4) to report the finding of contempt against Monarch Law Group APC to the State Bar; (5) for an order to pay any and all unpaid sanctions owed to MVP Trial Lawyers; (5) for reasonable attorney's fees, expenses and costs of preparation of this motion; and (6) for punitive and other damages the Court deems suitable. On 5/8/23, the Court issued an order granting Plaintiff Bahadini sanctions in the amount of ...

Excerpt: ...e with Prospective Advantage; and 4. Intentional Misrepresentation This action arose from a commercial lease of property located at 13692 Harbor Blvd. #C in 15 Garden Grove, California. (91, 94 and 97 of Complaint.) Specifically, the action references a Lease Agreement executed on or around April 1, 2020. (97 of Complaint.) The relevant agreement is attached as Exhibit 1 to the Declaration of Defendant Vinh Nguyen. (91 -92 of Nguyen Declaration a...

Excerpt: ...As such, the only issue involved in a demurrer hearing is whether the complaint, unconnected with extraneous matters, states a cause of action. McKenney v. Purepac Pharmaceutical Co. (2008) 167 Cal.App.4th 72, 77. If the complaint fails to state a cause of action, the court must grant the plaintiff leave to amend there is a reasonable possibility the defect can be cured by amendment. Blank, supra, at 318. On the other hand, "a trial court does no...

Excerpt: ...rsuant to Evidence Code section 452, subdivision (d), Defendants have not identified or provided the specific court records for which judicial notice is being sought. Evid. Code 5453, subd. (b) and California Rules of Court, rule 3.1305(c). Additionally, the request is denied as irrelevant. Zucchet v. Galardi (2014) 229 Cal.App.4th 1466, 1474, fn. 5. The criminal case referenced by Defendants is against an unidentified non-party and no relevance ...

Excerpt: ...child abuse" (Amended Complaint, pp. 1-2), such causes of achon are insufficiently pled because the Amended Complaint does not plead the elements of defamation and "child abuse" is not a cause of action. Pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure secton 430.10(f), a party against whom a Complaint has been filed may object by demurrer when the pleading is uncertain. "Uncertain" includes ambiguous or unintelligible. (ld.) Additionally, pursuant to Code of...

Excerpt: ...ions; and (2) fails to state fact suffcient to allege a cause of action. "A fraud cause of action, whether based on intentional misrepresentation or concealment, is governed by the three -year limitations period set forth in Code of Civil Procedure section 338, subdivision (d)." Ivanoffv. Bank of America, NIA. (2017) 9 Cal.App.5th 719, 734. The FAC alleges Plaintiffs purchased the Subject Vehicle on March 21, 2019. (FAC, '14.) The lawsuit was fil...

Excerpt: ...erve and file a notice of motion to set aside the default or default judgment and for leave to defend the action. The notice of motion shall be served and filed within a reasonable time, but in no event exceeding the earlier of: (i) two years after entry of a default judgment against him or her; or (ii) 180 days after service on him or her of a written notice that the default or default judgment has been entered. 'l (b) A notice of moton to set a...

Excerpt: ...0, 11 and 12. 18 Platinum failed to comply with California Rules of Court, Rule 3.1110(f)(4), which provides: "Electronic exhibits must meet the requirements in rule 2.256(b). Unless they are submitted by a self-represented party, electronic exhibits must include electronic bookmarks with links to the first page of each exhibit and with bookmark titles that identify the exhibit number or letter and briefly describe the exhibit." The Court expects...

Excerpt: ...only to the first cause of action for violation of the California Self-Service Storage Act (Act) and second cause of acton for violation of the Unfair Competition Law (Demurrer, 1:26-2:11), while the memorandum of points and authorities argues all four causes of achon are insufficiently pled. The notice of motion must state in the first paragraph exactly what relief is sought and the grounds on which the relief is sought. Code of Civil Procedure ...

Excerpt: ...Prac. Guide: Civ. Proc. Before Trial (The Rutter Group 2023) '1 9:82.5; see also Code Civ. Proc., S 1014 ["After appearance, a defendant or the defendant's attorney is entitled to notice of all subsequent proceedings of which notice is required to be given"]. ) Here, the proof of service for the Moton to Strike only establishes Defendant Cheryl Walsh served Plaintiff and Defendant Nadia K. Starner (pro per). Walsh failed to serve the Motion on Su...

Excerpt: ...n their entirety. Equilon Enterprises v. Consumer Cause, Inc. (2002) 29 Cal.4th 53, 67, holds: "[W]e may summarize a court's task in ruling on an anti-SLAPP motion to strike as follows. Section 425.16, subdivision (b)(l) requires the courtto engage in a two-step process. First, the court decides whether the defendant has made a threshold showng that the challenged cause of achon is one arising from protected activity. The moving defendant's burde...

Excerpt: ...ss, knowing he was deceased. Accordingly, Defendants were ordered to re-serve 7 the motion at Plaintiff's law firm address and his last known home address by certified mail. Defendant's counsel Steven Wysocky submitted his declaration regarding attempts to locate the successor in interest to Plaintiff Hugh Greg. (ROA 115). Those attempts included phone calls to numbers listed for Mr. Gregg, as well as property record searches, emails, and regular...

Excerpt: ...t of any pleading not drawn or filed in conformity with the laws of this state, a court rule, or an order of the court." "As a general rule, it is well established in California that a corporation cannot represent itself in a court of record either in propria persona or through an officer or agent who is not an attorney." Caressa Camille, Inc. v. Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals ad. (2002) 99 cal.App.4th 1094, 1101; CLD const., Inc. v. City of ...

Excerpt: ...he party to whom a demand for inspection, copying, testing, or sampling has been directed shall respond separately to each item or category of item by any of the following: (1) A statement that the party will comply with the particular demand for inspection, copying, testing, or sampling by the date set for the inspection, copying, testing, or sampling pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Secton 2031.030 and any related activities. (2)...

Excerpt: ...ed on theories of equitable estoppel and third-party beneficiary. Defendant, a non-party to the Retail Installment Sale Contract (RISC) containing the arbitration clause, relies on the Court of Appeal's decision in Felisilda v. FCA US LLC (2020) 53 Cal.App.5th 486 (Felisilda). Plaintiff opposes the motion based on the more recent appellate decision in Ochoa v. Ford Motor Company (2023) 89 Cal.App.5th 1324 (Ochoa). In Ochoa, the Court of Appeal re...

Excerpt: ...e limited exceptions applies. Those statutory exceptions arise where (1) a party waives the right to arbitration; (2) grounds exist for revoking the arbitration agreement; and (3) pending litigation with a third party creates the possibility of conflicting rulings on common factual or legal issues." Code of Civil Procedure S 1281.2; Acquire II, Ltd. v. Colton Real Estate Group (2013) 213 Cal.App.4th 959, 967. Similarly, public policy under federa...

Excerpt: ...he tme for response, or unless on moton of the responding party the court has extended the time for response." Code of Civil Procedure S 2030.250. "If a party to whom interrogatories are directed fails to serve a timely response, the following rules apply: ['ll (a) The party to whom the interrogatories are directed waives any right to exercise the option to produce writings under Secton 2030.230, as well as any objection to the interrogatories, i...

Excerpt: ...ty of Fresno (1987) 192 Cal.App.3d 1436, 1442 [failure to plead equitable defenses waived those defenses]. A defendant raising such new matters must allege ultimate facts sufficient to prove the defense with the same level of detail that a plaintiff is required to allege ultimate facts to support a cause of action in a complaint. FPI Development, Inc. v. Nakashima (1991) 231 cal.App.3d 367, 384; 5 Witkin, cal. Proc. 5th (2008) Pleading, S 1082, p...

Excerpt: ...h this Guaranty and the other Loan Documents shall be tried and litigated only in the state courts located in the county in which notice shall be sent to Lender pursuant to this Guaranty, or the applicable federal district court that covers said County." (FAC, Exhibit 2, '1 26.) Paragraph 1 of the Guaranty provides in part that Plaintiff Pramukh Financial Services' address for purposes of the Guaranty is in Union City, California, in the County o...

Excerpt: ...) the fourth cause of action is time-barred, (2) the fourth cause of action fails to plead with the required specificity, (3) the fourth cause of action fails to plead facts giving rise to a duty to disclose. 171. Statute of Limitatons Defendant contends the Complaint should have been filed by no later than July 2022 because it alleges Plaintiffs purchased the Vehicle on 7-27 - 19. (Demurrer, 7:7-20.) Further, the delayed discovery rule does not ...

Excerpt: ...ts that may be implied or inferred from those expressly alleged in the complaint. [Citations.]" City of Atascadero v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. (1998) 68 Cal.App.4th 445, 459. Code of Civil Procedure section 452, states, "In the construction of a pleading, for the purpose of determining its effect, its allegations must be liberally construed, with a view to substantial justice between the parties." Perez v. Golden Empire Transpo...

Excerpt: ... to Defendant's improper evidence. Given that Plaintiffs have had an opportunity to respond, the Court considers the Declaration on Reply and Plaintiffs' Sur-Reply. A. Legal Authority Code of Civil Procedure § 425.16 provides for a “special motion to strike” when a plaintiff asserts claims against a person “arising from any act of that person in furtherance of the person's right of petition or free speech under the United States Constituti...

Excerpt: ...discloses a complete defense.” Id. The Court assumes “the truth of the properly pleaded factual allegations, facts that reasonably can be inferred from those expressly pleaded and matters of which judicial notice has been taken.” Id. “A demurrer must dispose of an entire cause of action to be sustained.” Fremont Indemnity Co. v. Fremont General Corp. (2007) 148 Cal. App. 4th 97, 119. Defendant demurs to the Complaint's second cause of a...

Excerpt: ...n, filed under ROA No. 744. Objections 6 and 9-11 are SUSTAINED. The Court declines to rule on ROI's Objections to Evidence in Support of Reply filed under ROA 756 as such objections are not dispositive to the Court's ruling on this motion. ROI's Request for Judicial Notice in Support Opposition, filed under ROA No. 752, is GRANTED pursuant to Evidence Code section 452, subdivisions (d) and (h). INC moves for an order striking ROI's Cross-Complai...

Excerpt: ...n of Matthew Pardo, filed 3-1-23 under ROA No. 240 are OVERRULED. A motion for summary judgment shall be granted where there is no triable issue of any material fact and the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. Code of Civil Procedure § 437c, subd. (c).) “A defendant moving for summary judgment meets his burden of showing that there is no merit to a cause of action if that party has shown that one or more elements of the ca...

Excerpt: ...on, and upon terms it deems proper: (a) Strike out any irrelevant, false, or improper matter inserted in any pleading.” “Irrelevant matter” includes allegations not essential to the claim. Code of Civil Procedure §431.10(b).) A motion to strike can also strike legal conclusions. (Weil & Brown, Cal. Prac. Guide, Civil Proc. before Trial, ¶ 7:179 (2010).) Conclusory allegations are permitted, however, if they are supported by other factual ...

Excerpt: ..., LLC v. Jaman Properties 8 LLC (2020) 46 Cal.App.5th 337, the parties to an agreement may incorporate the FAA into its terms. Id. at 346-348. Moreover, the undisputed Declaration of Tabraz Rashid establishes 24 Hour Fitness is headquartered in Carlsbad, California and is a leading fitness industry pioneer with nearly four million members that span in 11 states. 24 Hour Fitness owns and operates approximately 300 clubs throughout 11 states.” (R...

Excerpt: ...otice to a party in time to defend the action and a default or default judgment has been entered against him or her in the action, he or she may serve and file a notice of motion to set aside the default or default judgment and for leave to defend the action. The notice of motion shall be served and filed within a reasonable time, but in no event exceeding the earlier of: (i) two years after entry of a default judgment against him or her; or (ii)...

Excerpt: ...amination, the party shall obtain leave of court. (b) A motion for an examination under subdivision (a) shall specify the time, place, manner, conditions, scope, and nature of the examination, as well as the identity and the specialty, if any, of the person or persons who will perform the examination. The motion shall be accompanied by a meet and confer declaration under Section 2016.040.” “The court shall grant a motion for a physical or men...

Excerpt: ...iff entered into on 05-12-2020 (the “Lease”). The Lease contained an indemnification clause which required OCCA to indemnify Ostraka from any losses, claims or damages caused by the misuse of the Property. Ostraka hired a general contractor Service First to renovate the Property. Service First was required to obtain approval from Plaintiff for the specific work. After the Lease was entered into, OCCA instructed Service First to perform other ...

Excerpt: ...ch are incurred to enforce that contract, shall be awarded either to one of the parties or to the prevailing party, then the party who is determined to be the party prevailing on the contract, whether he or she is the party specified in the contract or not, shall be entitled to reasonable attorney's fees in addition to other costs. . . Reasonable attorney's fees shall be fixed by the court, and shall be an element of the costs of suit.” Further...

Excerpt: ... granted. The Complaint alleges Plaintiff is a T-Mobile dealer which operated on premises owned by Defendant. (¶¶ 6-7.) Plaintiff and Defendant executed a License Agreement allowing Plaintiff to operate on the premises between 2/1/22 and 4/30/22. (Complaint, Ex. A.) Plaintiff discovered that in November 2021, Defendant entered into a lease agreement with non- party Pokeworks. (¶ 8.) Plaintiff reached an agreement with Pokeworks wherein Pokewor...

Excerpt: ...the fifth cause of action for inducing breach of contract and the sixth cause of action for intentional interference with contractual relationship. First, Defendants contend that as officers/directors of Defendant Festival of Arts of Laguna Beach (Festival), they cannot be held liable for interference with a contract to which Festival was a party. Second, Defendants contend the FAC fails to allege facts supporting elements of the fifth and sixth ...

Excerpt: ...1018, 1027. Civil Code § 1717 provides as follows: “(a) In any action on a contract, where the contract specifically provides that attorney's fees and costs, which are incurred to enforce that contract, shall be awarded ... to the prevailing party, then the party who is determined to be the party prevailing on the contract ... shall be entitled to reasonable attorney's fees in addition to other costs ... Reasonable attorneys' fees shall be fix...

Excerpt: ...ueras v. BAC Home Loan Servicing, LP (2013) 221 Cal.App.4th 49, 62. “‘Duty is not universal; not every defendant owes every plaintiff a duty of care. A duty exists only if “ ‘the plaintiff's interests are entitled to legal protection against the defendant's conduct.' ” [Citation.] Whether a duty exists is a question of law to be resolved by the court.' [Citation.] ‘A duty of care may arise through statute' or by operation of the commo...

Excerpt: ...mplication, but not conclusions of fact or law, are deemed admitted by the demurring party. The complaint must be construed liberally by drawing reasonable inferences from the facts pleaded. [¶] In addition to the facts actually pleaded, the court considers facts of which it may or must take judicial notice. Moreover, a party may not avoid demurrer by omitting facts pleaded in the original complaint or by suppressing facts which prove the pleade...

Excerpt: ...es and request for documents. According to the Proof of Service, on 12-19- 2022 at 7:30 AM Defendant was served with the post judgment written interrogatories as follows: “Substitute served documents to "John Doe", front desk / security (description: Asian, male, 55 yrs., 5'9”, black hair, 190 lbs.). He told me that they would let me up at 9:00 AM, but not before. I told them that I had made previous attempts at other times and that I wanted ...

Excerpt: ... met that burden, the burden shifts to the defendant or cross-defendant to show that a triable issue of one or more material facts exists as to the cause of action or a defense thereto. The defendant or cross- defendant shall not rely upon the allegations or denials of its pleadings to show that a triable issue of material fact exists but, instead, shall set forth the specific facts showing that a triable issue of material fact exists as to the c...

Excerpt: ...ng party may move for an order compelling responses and for a monetary sanction. Code Civ. Proc § 2030.290(b). With regard to sanctions, the court “shall” impose a monetary sanction against the losing party on a motion to compel unless it finds that party acted “with substantial justification” or other circumstances render the sanction “unjust.” Code Civ. Proc. § 2030.290. No meet and confer is necessary when a party has failed to r...

Excerpt: ..., the court “shall” grant the motion if it determines that a written agreement to arbitrate exists. Plaintiff makes two arguments attacking the showing of the existence of the Agreement. The first is the document has not been properly authenticated. The second is there was no mutual asset because the document presented to Lopez Cruz was in English, and Plaintiff does not read or understand English. Spanish is his native language. With respect...

Excerpt: ... Victrola 89, LLC v. Jaman Properties 8 LLC (2020) 46 Cal.App.5th 337, the parties to an agreement may incorporate the FAA into its terms. Id. at 346-348. Moreover, the undisputed Declaration of Tabraz Rashid establishes 24 Hour Fitness is headquartered in Carlsbad, California and is a leading fitness industry pioneer with nearly four million members that span in 11 states. 24 Hour Fitness owns and operates approximately 300 clubs throughout 11 s...

Excerpt: ...itted with Reply: “The general rule of motion practice, which applies here, is that new evidence is not permitted with reply papers.” Jay v. Mahaffey (2013) 218 Cal. App. 4th 1522, 1537. However, where the evidence is to fill in gaps raised by the opposition or goes to the admissibility of evidence submitted in opposition to the motion, the evidence may be properly considered. (Id. at 1538 [“[t]o the extent defendants argue they had the rig...

Excerpt: ...spondents' evidentiary objections to the Serrano Declaration. The Court sustains Respondents' evidentiary objections 1 through 21 to the late-filed Mendez Declaration. Code of Civil Procedure, § 527 (a) provides: “A preliminary injunction may be granted at any time before judgment upon a verified complaint, or upon affidavits if the complaint in the one case, or the affidavits in the other, show satisfactorily that sufficient grounds exist the...

Excerpt: ...ty's interest in the litigation.” Plaintiff's complaint was filed on 6/22/22, alleging causes of action against Defendant for (1) domestic violence, (2) intentional infliction of emotional distress, (3) false imprisonment, and (4) negligent infliction of emotional distress. In support of the motion, Plaintiff declares the following: “3. I was born January 12, 1947, making me 76 years old. 4. I have multiple health issues, which are as follows...

Excerpt: ..., or a mistake in any other respect; and may, upon like terms, enlarge the time for answer or demurrer. The court may likewise, in its discretion, after notice to the adverse party, allow, upon any terms as may be just, an amendment to any pleading or proceeding in other particulars; and may upon like terms allow an answer to be made after the time limited by this code.” Additionally, any judge, at any time before or after commencement of trial...

Excerpt: ...7 provides: “(a) A lawyer shall not act as an advocate in a trial in which the lawyer is likely to be a witness unless: [¶] (1) the lawyer's testimony relates to an uncontested issue or matter; [¶] (2) the lawyer's testimony relates to the nature and value of legal services rendered in the case; or [¶] (3) the lawyer has obtained informed written consent from the client. If the lawyer represents the People or a governmental entity, the conse...

Excerpt: ...s 2, 5-8 and 10 are sustained. Objections 1 and 9 are sustained in part as follows:  Objection 1: sustained in part as to first sentence of paragraph 10 and Figure 1. Lacks personal knowledge as to figure 1, lacks authentication.  Objection 9 sustained in part as to “It is well known that large trees near sidewalks cause damage resulting in uplifts that pose a danger to pedestrians. The City knew or should have known about the change in e...