Excerpt: ...o the Complaint and filed it on 3/15/18. On 4/17/18 Michler timely filed and served his Anti‐SLAPP Motion to Strike the Complaint. An Anti‐SLAPP motion “may be filed within 60 days of the service of the complaint or, in the court's discretion, at any later time upon terms it deems proper. The motion shall be scheduled by the clerk of the court for a hearing not more than 30 days after the service of the motion unless the docket conditions o...

Excerpt: ...tigant. However, there was a question as to whether or not the Court has recognized new counsel Attorney David Wilkirson, who was not served. No opposition was filed, but was due May 1, 2018. To the extent that the minutes from this Court's February 15, 2018 did not make clear, this Court pursuant to its authority under Code of Civil Procedure section 284 recognized Attorney David Wilkirson as Plaintiff's counsel of record. To the extent that thi...

Excerpt: ...moves the court for leave to file a Second Amended Cross‐Complaint (“SACC”) which adds a cause of action for fraud and prayer for exemplary damages, adds five new exhibits to demonstrate the alleged alterations of the Lease, and pleads with specificity the facts previously pleaded in order to allege a fraud cause of action. As opposing party correctly points out, the motion fails to comply with CRC, rule 3.1324 which requires that the motio...

Excerpt: ... the contract at issue and fails to plead verbatim the terms alleged to have been breached. As pointed out by Cross‐Complainants, however, the written contract does not necessarily need to be attached to the complaint, and its terms may be pleaded generally “according to its legal intendment and effect.” (Construction Protective Services, Inc. v. TIG Specialty Ins. Co. (2002) 29 Cal.4th 189, 198‐199.) CrossComplainants properly allege tha...

Excerpt: ... cause of action for declaratory relief and damages. The facts alleged in the SAC are as follows: Plaintiffs Scott and Carmella Bryan (“the Bryans”) owned two residences and golf memberships at Citrus Club in La Quinta. In June 2017 the Bryans were in the process of selling the residence at 79760 Citrus and transferring their Heritage Golf Membership to the prospective buyers under the terms and conditions of the Club's membership Page 5 of 8...

Excerpt: ...was insufficient. Finally, the form interrogatories appear to have been adequately answered. Finally, any clarification can best be dealt with in the form of a PMK deposition and deposition subpoena. ...

Excerpt: ... Implied in Fact Contract, 4) Imposition of a Constructive Trust, 5)Promissory Estoppel/Quantum Meruit, 6) False Promise, 7) Fraud and Deceit, 8)Intentional/Negligent Misrepresentation, 9) Intentional/Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress, 10) Negligence, 11) Slander/Slander Per Se, 12) Libel/Libel Per Se, 13) Invasion of Privacy, 14) Intrusion into Private Affairs, and 15) Declaratory Relief. On March 5, 2018, McQuary filed her First Amende...

Excerpt: ...ount of $291,074.00. This motion and number 3 below, are competing motions, and are therefore, analyzed under the heading of the motion for reimbursement. Plaintiffs initially sued numerous Defendants. Plaintiffs settled with Cessna in the amount of $100,000. Other defendants were dismissed because they had no liability (Aviation Group; Aerohoff), and some were determined to be insolvent or lacked sufficient assets (Buckley; Century; Aircraftsman...

Excerpt: ...power to permit defendant to file or amend a cross‐complaint to avoid forfeiture of defendant's “related” claim. Indeed, the court “shall grant” leave as long as defendant is acting in good faith. (Code Civ. Proc. § 426.50; see Silver Organizations Ltd. v. Frank (1990) 217 Cal.App.3d 94, 98‐99—even on “eve of trial,” leave to file compulsory cross‐complaint mandatory absent bad faith.) Because trial on Stabilis's action h...

Excerpt: ... (which entity was subsequently stricken from the complaint on 6/29/17 because Plaintiff Paige Linn opted to pursue the matter in pro per without counsel and could not represent the interest of the corporation as she is not a licensed attorney) and Defendant Heidi Hustedt. In addition, the prior pleadings arose out of a March 28, 2014 fire in the adjacent premises, leased by defendant Armando's Bar and Grill, Inc., as well as an April 23, 2014 pi...

Excerpt: ...acle noted in its original opposition some of the work that was solely related to the contract claims. The Court notes other entries such as: (1) July 22, 2016 “Review and analysis re July 21, 2016 Pinnacle's response to Crawford discovery”; (2) August 21, 2016 “Review and analysis re August 17, 2016 letter re agreement re discovery and Crawford claim”; (3) November 11, 2016 “Review and analysis re November 8, 2016 letter from developer...

Excerpt: ...equest for a flat fee without any attempt to explain the services rendered is not sufficient to support an award. (Id.) Counsel's original declaration filed with the moving papers merely states they divide the number of case files with the overhead. He provides no information as to how much time spent. Nor does he provide any authority that flat rate billing is sufficient to justify fees. Because moving parties failed to provide evidence to estab...

Excerpt: ...and Lenni Ayres are to give notice pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 1019.5, forthwith. On November 21, 2017, Plaintiff Gail McQuary (“McQuary”) filed her Complaint against Defendants Peter Kirkis and Lennie Ayres alleging 15 causes of action for: 1) Breach of Contract, 2) Breach of Quasi‐Contract, 3) Breach of Implied in Fact Contract, 4) Imposition of a Constructive Trust, 5) Promissory Estoppel/Quantum Meruit, 6) False Promise,...

Excerpt: ...) days of the date of the hearing on this motion. The proposed order will be signed after being modified to conform to the terms of the Court's ruling. Defendants Stabilis Fund II, LLC and Indio Funding, LLC are is to give notice pursuant to CCP 1019.5, forthwith. Defendants Stabilis Fund II LLC and Indio Funding LLC move the court for an award of $14,892.27 in attorneys' fees and costs against Plaintiff Valley and Mountain, LLC pursuant to CCP �...

Excerpt: ...n shall be joined as a party in the action if (1) in his absence complete relief cannot be accorded among those already parties or (2) he claims an interest relating to the subject of the action and is so situated that the disposition of the action in his absence may (i) as a practical matter impair or impede his ability to protect that interest or (ii) leave any of the persons already parties subject to a substantial risk of incurring double, mu...

Excerpt: ...ive notice pursuant to CCP 1019.5, forthwith. This Court sustained with leave to amend as to the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 6th and 7th causes of action in the First Amended Complaint. The Second Amended Complaint (“SAC”) added the following allegations: ‐ Defendants failed to eradicate prior bedbug infestations in the hotel, including in Room 3111, the room where the Mundts were bitten by bed bugs. (¶18, SAC) ‐ Defendants deliberately chose not to ...

Excerpt: ...rbitrate her individual claims and to stay prosecution of the class claims pending the result of that arbitration. On 12‐ 1‐11 and 2‐2‐12, the trial court granted the motion to arbitrate as to all claims except for the claims for injunctive relief under B&P Code sections 17200 (unfair competition) and 17500 (false advertising) and Civil Code section 1750 (consumer legal remedies), and stayed those three claims pending the result of the ar...

Excerpt: ...ns listed below. Page 5 of 6 Analysis: By an order filed December 18, 2017, the Court preliminarily approved the settlement in this case. That order provides that the “Final Approval Hearing” would be conducted on May 20, 2018, at which the court would decide whether to grant final approval, and would also decide whether to grant any request for attorney's fees and costs, and for enhancements. The court's case management order provides at ¶ ...

Excerpt: ...no more than one month's dues of $10.  Are all memberships terminable without penalty with one month's notice or less?  If so, was that true during the entire class period? 2. The Court had asked whether any evidence supported the plaintiff's assertion that: “Defendant does not possess sufficient assets to pay an award of statutory damages exceeding [$750,000]. Accordingly, there is a 100 percent probability that the defendant could not p...

Excerpt: ...fied by numbers 14 and 15. Defendants Vistana California Management, Inc. and Desert Willow Condominium Association, Inc. are to give notice pursuant to CCP 1019.5, forthwith. Defendants seek to strike paragraphs 20, 32, 41, 42, 47(e), 48, 49, 53, 59, 69, 94 and the phrase “Defendants … deliberate choice not to notify Plaintiffs of the presence of Cimex Lectularius in Room 3111, within paragraph 37 and 55 and prayer for relief for punitive da...

Excerpt: ...tising) and Civil Code section 1750 (consumer legal remedies). The defendant contends that those claims for injunctive relief are preempted by federal law, and in any event are barred by a consent decree issued by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and are therefore “irrelevant, false, or improper” allegations subject to a motion to strike. As described above, the prosecution of those statutory claims for injunctive relief has bee...

Excerpt: ... section 1019.5, forthwith. The owners/partners of Saxony Land Company, LP (“Saxony”) are Plaintiff the Estate of Ross Mangano (“Estate”) and Defendant Martec Investments, LP (“Martec”). Defendant Martin Dolemo (“Dolemo”) is the manager of Martec Investments, LP. Saxony's First Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement provided Mr. Mangano with a “Put” right, which is the subject of this case. Each of the parties to p...

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Excerpt: ...cates that as of the date of the opposition, no policy is in defendant's possession and that it will produce the policy when in possession of it. Page 2 of 2 Demands 7, 18, and 19 (as to attorney client privilege and/or work product objections): Defendant failed to comply with C.C.P. §2031.240(b) and (c). Defendant did not identify with particularity documents falling within any category of item in the Demands to which the objection is being mad...

Excerpt: ... (“FAC”) alleges two causes of action against Defendant Coachella Valley Water District (“CVWD”) for declaratory relief and inverse condemnation. The FAC alleges that Rancho has approximately 80 mobile home spaces (out of 288 total spaces) which are either vacant or have on them uninhabited mobile homes which do not use sewer services. CVWD charges a monthly sewer fee for each space in the park regardless of whether the space is vacant or...

Excerpt: ...re material and relevant to the case. There appears to be no dispute that Plaintiff has an extensive medical history, some of which may be relevant to her claims of injury. While Plaintiff may not have been required to meet and confer before bringing the present motion, Plaintiff notably provided no guidance to the Defendants or to the court with regard to the injuries for which Plaintiff actually seeks to recover. On or about 2‐19‐18, Plaint...

Excerpt: ...as discussed at the hearing, that the Court's concern was the necessity of a receivership and whether there is need for determination of the motion for reconsideration in light of the Stipulation and Order filed on 1‐16‐18, paragraph 4: “A City inspection of the Respondent's property on August 15, 2017 revealed that Respondent had sufficiently abated all of the violations identified in the City's Petition and Motion for Appointment of the R...

Excerpt: ...chael's admissions against other parties. While it is possible that there is insufficient evidence for seeking damages in excess of an owner's liability, the issue is not decided since this is a MSJ and not a MSAI. Motion for Summary Judgment denied. ...

Excerpt: ... adjudication denied as to punitive damages. Plaintiffs Tracy Randall, Jamie Macknicki, Andrea Mills and Denise Pierce filed a complaint on 9/30/16 alleging 6 causes of action against Defendants Cambria Company, LLC and Karen Alciatore for: 1) Retaliation in Violation of Government Code section 12940(h), 2) Hostile Work Environment Harassment in Violation of Government Code section 12940(j), 3) Associational Harassment in Violation of Government ...

Excerpt: ...served on 11/18/17. Defendants served their responses on 12/28/17, more than 30 days after the responses were due. Thus, all objections to the Demands for Production were waived by Defendants. (CCP § 2031.300(a).) Plaintiff's Separate Statements indicate that Demand Numbers 2 ‐ 15 and 18 ‐ 21 contained objections. As such, Defendants are Ordered to provide further responses without objections to these Demands within 20 days. Defendants' resp...

Excerpt: ...urance committees and by counsel. Evidence Code section 1157, 1157.6 and attorney client/work product privileges protect from discovery. ...

Excerpt: ...R.S. v. Superior Court, supra, 172 Cal. App. 4th at 1056.) The Juvenile Court previously determined that Defendants could use the subject juvenile case files to defend this litigation. ...

Excerpt: ... of 2 The Supplemental Declaration filed by Plaintiff on April 4, 2018 and by Defendant Jayco, Inc. (Jayco) on April 5, 2018 were not considered on ground of their lack of timeliness. There is no dispute that the warranty included an Indiana State choice of forum provision because manufacturer Jayco, Inc. is located there. The relevant issues here is whether the provision should or should not be enforced because defendants waited too long to enfo...

Excerpt: ...to advance an interest that it and defendant Chambless shared in securing legal advice on a common matter. (OXY Resources California LLC v. Superior Court (2004) 115 Cal.App.4th 874.) The further responses of defendant Chambless shall be served on or before April 30, 2018. No sanctions are awarded in this discovery dispute in which plaintiff Daly and defendant Chambless both acted with substantial justification. The Court will complete and file t...

Excerpt: ...tion as the City's PMQ on a mutually agreeable date no later than April 30, 2018. If the City chooses to produce only Mr. Smith, he shall come prepared with all information reasonably available to him on the topics in the deposition notice to which the defendant did not object. The City shall pay to plaintiffs monetary sanctions in the sum of $3,290. In addition, the City shall bear the cost of court reporter and videographer for the renewed PMQ ...

Excerpt: ...hedral City Police Department via the School's Resource Officers. Case Number 1604C‐3145 reflects the contents of the police investigation based on those reports. On November 22, 2017, Plaintiffs issued a SDT requesting the documents relating to the police investigation. In response the police department responded that the documents were exempt form disclosure pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 15633. In response, Plaintiffs E.G....

Excerpt: ...nd 3) fraud. Plaintiffs' thereafter filed a First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) asserting five causes of action against Defendant Benjamin Sullivan (“Sullivan”) alleging five causes of action for: 1) breach of contract, 2) negligence, 3) negligent misrepresentation, 4) negligent supervision, and 5) return of funds violation of Business and Professions Code section 7031. As to Defendant Benjamin Sullivan the FAC asserts that he is the owner of...

Excerpt: ... Robinson because the facts in Robinson were extreme, unlike the facts here. This argument fails because it was not the extremity of the facts upon which the Robinson court based that part of its opinion that addressed the setting of the hearing date. In fact, the relevant facts here are not as favorable to Defendants as they claim and are more similar to those in Robinson than they are dissimilar. Most notably, if the court were to find good cau...

Excerpt: ...he Fourth Amended Complaint (“FAC”) alleges four causes of action as follows: 1) Breach of Contract, 2) Breach of Contract, 3) Fraud, and 4) Negligent Misrepresentation. The FAC was filed 7/10/14. On 11/19/14, Plaintiff filed a proof of service reflecting personal service on 11/11/14 on Equity Trust Company FBO Scott McKhann Traditional IRA (“Equity”) as to the summons and FAC. On 12/12/14, default was entered as to Equity. On 3/5/15, a c...

Excerpt: ...dant Michael Cintas' 2nd, 3rd, 7th, 8th and 14th affirmative defenses. A party may move for summary adjudication of one or more affirmative defenses if the party contends that there is no merit to the affirmative defenses as to any cause of action. (Code Civ Proc. § 437c(f)(1).) “A motion for summary adjudication shall be granted only if it completely disposes of … an affirmative defense.” (Id.) A party moving for summary adjudication bear...

Excerpt: ...bers 19, 20 and 21. RFP Number 19: Requests a copy of the Trust of Richard M. Allen. Plaintiff's response was an objection based on invasion of privacy. JFK asserts that as Plaintiff has put her and the decedent's finances in question pertaining to the damages alleged, they are entitled to a copy of the trust to determine how Mr. Allen's assets were distributed at the time of his death. RFP Number 20: Requests a copy of the last will of decedent ...

Excerpt: ...taling $68,047.98. Plaintiff's counsel's declaration states that legal services in the amount of $42,912.50 were provided by the firm. In addition, Plaintiff seeks a lodestar enhancement of 1.5 for an additional $21,456.25 in fees, for a total award request of $64,368.75. In the billing summary attached to the declaration it reflects various hour billing rates of $200.00, $225.00, $350.00, $375.00, $400.00 and $500.00 Ford Motor opposes the attor...

Excerpt: ...ight of the significant number of administrative claims pending, the notice should expressly advise/warn those with administrative claims pending that if they wish to continue their administrative claim, they must exclude themselves from this class action and/or that if they do not exclude themselves they will lose the right to pursue their administrative claim. Plaintiffs shall submit a new proposed order with the revised forms attached and with...

Excerpt: ...issues in the case. Further, Plaintiff has asserted a basis for deposing the MERS PMK. Plaintiff alleges the loan resulted from an illegal transaction in which Sea Breeze misrepresented it was the lender when the actual lender was the unlicensed Impac. Plaintiff asserts that this allegation leads to two issues: (1) that MERS was not identified as a beneficiary in violation of California law (10 CCR §1406(b)); and (2) who owns the loan and contra...

Excerpt: ...ges that on 07/29/2015, she injured her ankle when she stepped into an uncovered, unmarked hole while walking her dog at Lake La Quinta. Plaintiff filed this action against the Association and O'Connell Landscape Maintenance, Inc. and later by Doe Amendment named Desert Resort Management, Inc., claiming that Defendants failed to maintain the premises where the incident occurred. The Association filed the subject cross‐complaint for express inde...

Excerpt: ...raneous time records, does not indicate whether such records were kept, and does not offer any explanation of why those records were not kept. Alternatively, it does not offer a detailed description of the date, nature, and time incurred to perform legal services. b. It does not comply with section H.3.b. 2. The declaration of Beaman does not comply with the CMO#2. a. It does not comply with section H.3.a. Although she admits to having such time ...

Excerpt: ...orney's failure to file a claim constitutes excusable neglect under Government Code section 946.6 excusing the claim presentation requirement under sections 905 and 945.4. Defendant Mount San Jacinto Winter Park Authority demurs to Plaintiff Paula Nuno's Amended First Amended Complaint on the grounds that the complaint fails to allege compliance with the government claims presentation requirement of Government Code sections 905 et seq. Government...

Excerpt: ... whether this Court can issue monetary sanctions for, as the Court referred to in its prior tentative ruling, “fees…incurred in the bankruptcy proceeding.” As explained more fully below, after considering the parties' supplemental briefs, the Court concludes that it does have the power to issue the requested sanctions, that the 21‐day “safe harbor” provision does not apply, but that the requested sanctions are not warranted. The Court...

Excerpt: ...lass of persons is made up by all licensed EMTs in the state. It potentially could be even a larger class of persons including all professionally licensed employees. While only a small number of EMTs are disciplined through the administrative hearing process each year, the benefit is available to all licensed EMTs. Cullen incurred significant attorneys' fees in vindicating this important right, and he had no financial gain in pursuing writ relief...

Excerpt: ...hwith. GRANT motion for attorney's fees of $29,730.00 and costs of $3,678.76 for a total award of $33,408.76. After almost two years of litigation, the parties resolved this case via an offer to compromise in the amount of $32,500.00 by Defendant Ford Motor, which was accepted by Plaintiffs. Plaintiffs now move the court for an award of attorney's fees and costs totaling $48,273.76. Plaintiffs' counsel's declaration states that legal services in ...