Excerpt: ...e a motion to quash service of summons on the following grounds: (1) lack of jurisdiction; (2) inconvenient forum; or (3) dismissal pursuant to a delay in prosecution. CCP §418.10(d) provides that a motion to quash filed by a defendant is not a general appearance. This motion must be made on or before the last day to plead “or within any further time that the court may for good cause allow ….” (CCP §418.10(a)(1).) When a defendant challe...

Excerpt: ...ntiffs, tog ether with Defendants Walter Jones III (“Jones”) and Mark Douglas (“Douglas”), put together a business plan to form and operate Green America, Inc. In 2018, Douglas and Jones unilaterally converted Green America from a non- profit mutual benefit corporation to a general stock corporation by refiling a Restated Articles of Incorporation with the Secretary of State, which removed Plaintiffs from the business, divesting them o...

Excerpt: ...d by the court to have been reasonably incurred by the buyer in connection with the commencement and prosecution of such action.” The parties agree Plaintiff is the prevailing party. Page 8 of 10 At issue in this motion is the reasonableness of Plaintiff's request. The matter of reasonableness of a party's attorney's fees is within the sound discretion of the trial judge. (Bruckman v. Parliament Escrow Co. (1989) 190 Cal.App.3d 1051, 10...

Excerpt: ... vehicle is equipped w ith a defective Hydra-Matic 8L90 transmission. (Id.) The vehicle came with a warranty, which included a bumper to bumper warranty, powertrain warranty covering the engine and the transmission, and various emission warranties. (FAC, ¶ 9.) Before purchasin g the subject vehicle, Plaintiff communicated directly with a sales rep at Rotolo and specifically inquired about the transmission in the vehicle and whether any prior is...

Excerpt: ...standard treatment” for C OVID, Decedent was sent home, where his symptoms worsened. Decedent returned to the emergency department of the Medical Center multiple times, but was not informed of the standard treatment. Eventually, Decedent was admitted to the Medical Center. Defendan ts Ramin Akhavan, MD, Ali Varasteh, MD, Taral Patel, MD, and Aimee French, MD (collectively “Physician Defendants”) concealed the “standard treatment” and in...

Excerpt: ...nstructi on project. Plaintiff moves the court for leave to file a Third Amended Complaint to make changes to the Second Amended Complaint. Plaintiff asserts that recent depositions revealed the foregoing facts and egregious extent of ARB's misconduct in its dealin gs with JOHNSON-PELTIER, the owner, and others working on the project. Plaintiff, JOHNSON- PELTIER, therefore, seeks to file a Third Amended Complaint to allege facts and claims supp...

Excerpt: ...ction ar ises out of a business deal between Plaintiffs JTLH Enterprises, LLC (“JTLH”); Jeffery Heimer; Linda Heimer; and Tyler Heimer (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) and numerous Defendants named in this case. Plaintiffs' action is based on seven causes of action as alleged in their Second Amended Complaint (“SAC”), which is the operative pleading: (1) Account Stated; (2) Money Had and Received; (3) Action for Rescission; (4) Breach of ...

Excerpt: ...se after tria l against the PC and now seeks to amend the judgment to add Gurvits individually. CCP § 187 “grants to every court the power to use all means to carry its jurisdiction into effect, even if those processes are not set out in the code.” (McClellan v. Northri dge Park Townhome Owners Ass'n (2001) 89 Cal.App.4th 746, 752.) This statute has been interpreted to give a trial court the jurisdiction to modify a judgment to add additiona...

Excerpt: ...erine Page as Doe 1 (“Page”). Plaintiff, a Canadian citizen, was a passenger in a truck driven by Page at the time of the accident. In the instant motion, Plaintiff now moves for a protective order that prevents the taking of her deposition until her treating doctor, Dr. Margaret Watty, determines she is not in a “very fragile state both physically and emotionally.” (C.C.P., § 2025.420.) On January 26, 2024, Page noticed Plaintiff's depo...

Excerpt: ...54 Cal.App.4th 918, 924. “The trial court has jurisdiction to award them, regardless of the lack of specific instructions in the opinion or the remittitur.” Id. When authorized by statute, contract, or law, reasonable attorney's fees are allowed as costs. CCP § 1033.5(a)(10) (A), (B), and (C). Under Civil Code §1717(a), “[i]n any action on a contract, where the contract specifically provides that attorney's fees and costs, which are inc...

Excerpt: ...rounds in G avaldon v. DaimlerChrysler Corp. (2004) 32 Cal.4th 1246.) Post - 998 Offer Attorney Fees However, Defendant is correct that all costs and fees incurred after Plaintiffs rejected Defendant's 998 Offer was served are not recoverable. Pursuant to CCP § 998(c), if the plaintiffs reject a defendant's offer to compromise and then fail to win a more favorable judgment or award, the plaintiffs cannot recover their postoffer costs and must pa...

Excerpt: ...pped on a greasy piz za box and fell at least six stairs causing serious injuries. On October 10, 2023, Plaintiff filed her Complaint against the Garage and the City of Riverside (“City”). She asserts two cause of action for: (1) Negligence —Premises Liability; and (2) Acts and Omission of Public Employees within the Scope of Employment. The City now demurs to the second cause of action against it. The City argues that a pizza box is not a...

Excerpt: ...eyond the sco pe of the allegations of the Complaint. Judgment was entered on January 3, 2024. While Section 473 allows the court to grant leave to amend at any stage of the proceeding, amendments proffered after judgment is rendered are allowed only if the judgment i s vacated as by granting a motion for a new trial. (Young v. Berry Equip. Rentals, Inc. (1976) 55 Cal. App. 3d 35, 38; see also M.B. v. City of San Diego (1991) 233 Cal. App. 3d 699...

Excerpt: ...underlying d ebt of the Chapter 11 bankruptcy debtor. The automatic stay does not apply to nondebtors such as corporate affiliates, corporate officers, codefendants, guarantors, or general partners. (See Higgins v. Superior Court (2017) 15 Cal.App.5th 973, 979 -980, italics added; Otoe County Nat. Bank v. W & P Trucking, Inc. (10th Cir. 1986) 754 F.2d 881, 883 [“[s]ection 362(a) automatically stays proceedings against the debtor only and not co...

Excerpt: ...ing lack of, or improper service of, the summons. (Ellard v. Conway (2001) 94 Cal.App.4th 540, 544.) “[C]ompliance with the statutory procedures for service of process is essential to establish personal jurisdiction. Thus, a default judgment entered against a defendan t who was not served with a summons in the manner prescribed by statute is void.” (Dill v. Berquist Construction Co. (1994) 24 Cal.App.4th 1426, 1444 (internal citations omitted...

Excerpt: ...99.58 reduced by $11,925 to $266,902.83 Item No. 11 (court reporter fees) is reserved for Plaintiff to provide evidence to support that it was necessary to expedite final transcripts. Hearing on this sole issue is set for 4/5/24 at 8:30 a.m., Department 5. Plaintiff to provide her Supplemental Declaration at least 16 court days Page 9 of 12 before the hearing and Defendant to provide a Supplemental Reply, if any, at least 5 court days before the...

Excerpt: ...ity should b e retained. The attractiveness of consolidation varies widely, depending on the characteristics of the actions involved. Accordingly, there are no fixed rules on when permissive consolidation is desirable. The principal statute regulating permissive cons olidation, CCP §1048(a), specifies only one factor to be considered: whether the actions proposed to be consolidated involve "a common question of law or fact." Therefore,...

Excerpt: ...from nonconformities, which could not be fixed despite providing GM and its representatives sufficient opportunity to repair the vehicle. (Complaint, ¶¶ 10, 12.) The nonconformities Plaintiff complains of include defects of the engine, check engine light, lifters, cylinder s, and other defects. (Complaint, ¶ 10.) Plaintiff alleges that Defendant and its representatives failed to conform the vehicle to the applicable warranties, but failed to ...

Excerpt: ...i and Si Li u and their agents, employees, officers, representatives, successors, partners, assigns, and those acting in concert or in participation with them, whether acting directly or through a corporation, subsidiary, division, or other device from: 1. Receiving, using, or transferring any funds resulting from the proceeds of any sale, including any foreclosure sales, (collectively, “Funds”) of the following properties: 6286 Nobury Ct., E...

Excerpt: ...ptr. 766 (3d Dist. 1 990); Wolf v. Walt Disney Pictures & Television, 162 Cal. App. 4th 1107, 1138, 76 Cal. Rptr. 3d 585 (2d Dist. 2008)) The motion may be made by any party or the court sua sponte, and allows the court to grant judgment in favor of the party against whom the jury has rendered a verdict whenever a motion for nonsuit or directed verdict should have been granted if such a motion had been made. (CCP § 629) A motion for JNOV is esse...

Excerpt: ...Cotta Street in Lake Elsinore, for which they obtained a loan on 6/26/07 secured by a Deed of Trust (DOT.) The property also has a second mortgage for $50,000, which was recorded on 6/26/81. Plaintiffs allege that Defendant, PLM Lender Services, Inc. (PLM) is the c urrent servicer of the loan. PLM allegedly issued a Notice of Default (NOD) on 7/5/23. Plaintiffs had filed a Chapter 7 bankruptcy and allege that the second mortgage was included in ...

Excerpt: ...rroneously named and served as County of Riverside Tax Assessor's Office (the “County”). Plaintiff alleges that on 2/10/23, he paid property tax on the property located at 850 North Florida Street, Banning, California (the “Property”) using the same tax basis his parents used based on his filing of form BOE -58 -AH, Reassessment Exclusion for Property Transfer Between a Parent and Child (“Reassessment Exclusion Claim”). (Complaint at...

Excerpt: ....76 acre s and located in a W-2 zone. Municipal Code §9.205.020 provides 42 exceptions to the general low -density requirements with either a Site Development Permit or Conditional Use Permit (CUP). One acceptable exception is a CUP for a mobile home park developed under §9.260.030. Plaintiff applied for a CUP to develop a mobile home park, in which City's Planning Director, Thomas Merrell, refused to accept the application until Plaintiff obta...

Excerpt: ...y Wash Bri dge 560168R (bridge) in Whitewater. Plaintiff alleges that on 2/15/23, the premises were in a dangerous condition that created a substantial risk of the type of injury he sustained. Plaintiff alleges he was a passenger in a vehicle driven by Veronica Rivas , who was driving eastbound on I -10 when she hit a black object in her lane that she could not avoid. The black object was the bottom of an orange plastic traffic/construction drum ...

Excerpt: ...tained the real property of 5302 Mission Boulevard, Jurupa Valley, California 92509 (the “Property”) as a public nuisance, in violation of California law and the Jurupa Valley Municipal Code (the “Municipal Code”). In the Complaint, the City prayed for payment of its costs and a ttorney's fees. (Complaint, page 22; Civil Code § 3496(c).) On July 3, 2023, the Court entered a Judgment for Permanent Injunction (the “Judgment”) against D...

Excerpt: ...express limited w arranty and implied warranty of merchantability. Plaintiff alleges the vehicle came equipped with material defects that Kia's authorized repair facility was unable to repair, and Kia refused to buyback or replace the vehicle. Plaintiff filed the Complaint on February 10, 2023, alleging 1) violation of the Song Beverly Consumer Warranty Act; and 2) violation of the Magnuson- Moss Consumer Warranty Act. Defendants now move for ju...

Excerpt: ...es of actio n for: (1) private nuisance; (2) public nuisance; (3) intentional interference with prospective economic relations; (4) preliminary and permanent injunctive relief, and (5) declaratory judgment. Plaintiff alleges in its verified Complaint that, since the early morning of November 1, 2023, Defendant union, its agents, officers, and employees, and persons acting in concert with it (e.g., picketers), have intentionally blocked access to...

Excerpt: ...eement”) with Def endant Rene Delgado Hernandez (“Defendant”) pursuant to which Plaintiff, as the sole shareholder of Ultimate Tint & Wheel, Inc. (“Corporation”) agreed to sell her 10,000 shares in the Corporation to Defendant for $600,000. Under the terms of the Agreement, Defendant was to transfer interest in real property valued at $100,000 to Plaintiff on the date of execution of the Agreement, and thereafter make monthly payments o...

Excerpt: ...Ayala Flores (“Mr. A yala” per moving papers) who they allege caused an automobile accident while driving that vehicle that resulted in the death of their daughter, Decedent Chelsea Dringenberg, and her unborn baby. Also named as a defendant is Defendant EAN Holdings, LLC (“E AN”), the owner of the rented vehicle (a Ford Fusion). EAN Holdings has requested that the Court rule on its Motion in Limine No. 1 regarding the standard of care of...

Excerpt: ...w brings a moti on to exclude Defendant's designated expert witness, James Oaks, at trial as it has not produced him for deposition despite attempts to meet and confer. In the alternative, Plaintiff requests that Defendant be ordered to provide dates for deposition to occ ur immediately. In Opposition, Defendant contends that Plaintiff did not meet and confer. In addition, it asserts the categories and document requests are overbroad and its obje...

Excerpt: ... § 17200. In the Complaint, Plaintiff alleges that on February 15, 2009, Defendant purchased the property located at 16749 Cresent Glen Court, Riverside, California (the “Riverside Property”), and the parties agreed that Defendant would transfer title to the Riverside Property to Plaintiff in 2022, when she graduated medical school. (Complaint at ¶¶ 7, 9.) At the time of purchase, Plaintiff paid $100,000 toward the down payment on the Rive...

Excerpt: ...r a total reduction of $10,186.63. Factual and procedural background: On 11/1/20, a vehicle driven by Plaintiff George Adams (“Plaintiff”) crashed into the rear of a parked vehicle owned and/or operated by Defendants Tom Chow and SPR Logistics, Inc. (“Defendants”). Plaintiff alleges that Defendants' vehicle was negligently parked so as to cause the accident. Plaintiff suffered personal injuries. On 6/22/21, Plaintiff filed his Complaint ...

Excerpt: ...ealer, Unicars Honda. (Complaint, ¶ 6; Declaration of Catherine Song (“Song Decl.”), Exhibit A.) Plaintiff alleges that serious defects and nonconformities to warranty manifested within the applicable warranty period, which AHM's authorized facility was unable to repair. (Com plaint, ¶¶ 11-16.) The Complaint sets forth five causes of action: (1) Violation of Civil Code § 1793.2(D); (2) Violation of Civil Code § 1793.2(B); (3) Violation ...

Excerpt: ...unlawful sexual conduct against Plaintiff, to meet the extended statute of limitation pleading requirements of CCP § 340.1(c). (FAC Paras. 26 -28,30.) The FAC alleges that Sharp groomed Plaintiff while attending bible study at Sharp's home, that the Defendant church el ders saw Sharp follow Plaintiff into and out of a single person bathroom unsupervised for extended periods of time, and failed to investigate, terminate or take any actions agains...

Excerpt: ...February 2, 2023, this court heard and sustained all three causes of action in Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint alleging for 1) cancelation of written instruments, 2) quiet title, and 3) declaratory relief and granted Plaintiff leave to amend. Page 4 of 8 Thereafter on February 16, 2023, Plaintiff filed a Second Amended Complaint alleging the same three causes of action for 1) cancellation of written instructions, 2) quiet title, and 3) decla...

Excerpt: ...ly Act – Breach of Express Warranty; (2) Violation of Song -Beverly Act – Breach of Implied Warranty; (3) Violation of Song -Beverly Act, Section 1793.2; and (4) Fraud -Fraudulent Inducement – Concealment. Page 4 of 7 Defendant demurrers to the fourth cause of action for Fraud -Fraudul ent InducementConcealment on grounds of failure to state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action pursuant to CCP § 430.10 (e) and because the claim...

Excerpt: ...fication inspection on the sub ject vehicle and advertised the vehicle for sale as “certified. (Id., ¶¶ 6, 7.) The vehicle came with Defendant's 90 -day or 4,000 miles express warranty. (Id., ¶ 13.) At the time of sale, Defendant's employee Daniel Lomeli (“Lomeli”) gave Plaintiff the Cer tified Inspection Report, which stated that the air conditioning system had been thoroughly inspected, that the evaporator met Defendant's standards ...

Excerpt: ...er Medical Center (“EMC”). Defendant Massiello is alleged to have been EMC's administrator and managing agent during this time. Seatrice Foster, as the administrator of the decedent is asserting, in the form of a survival action, the claims the decedent would have had had he lived, for injuries allegedly suffered prior to death. Additionally, the individual claims of the surviving family members of Clarence Johnson are being asserted in the f...

Excerpt: ... value/work, labor and services; and (6) foreclosure of mechanics lien. In the Complaint, SIS alleges that on 8/29/22, it and the Tolivers entered into a written agreement, pursuant to which SIS provided emergency water damage repair work at the Tolivers' property (the “A g r e ement”), located at 386 Yellowstone Circle, Corona, California (the “Property”). (Complaint at ¶ 6.) SIS performed all conditions and obligations required of it u...

Excerpt: ...” notwithstanding the s tay. (CCP §425.16(g).) The court should allow reasonable and specified discovery “when evidence to establish a prima facie case is reasonably shown to be held, or known, by defendant or its agents and employees.” (Lafayette Morehouse, Inc. v. Chronicle Pub lishing Co. (1995) 37 Cal.App.4th 855, 868.) To show good cause, however, plaintiff must make a prima facie showing at least as to the elements of the claim for ...

Excerpt: ...ark Baird and Bradley Baird, are ordered to serve further verified responses and to produce responsive documents to the Demand for Production of Documents, Set Two, as ordered above, without objections, within 30 days of service of notice (CCP § 2031.310). Prevailing party ordered to give notice pursuant to CCP §1019.5. This is a discrimination action based on veteran's status related to a real estate transaction. Defendants move the court for...

Excerpt: ...ocedural Context Plaintiff, Gavin Ferreira, a minor, by and through his Guardian Ad Litem, Joseph Ferreira, alleges that on 8/28/22, when he was eight years old, he was at Defendant, Barnes Ventures, LLC dba Jump N Jammin in Moreno Valley, which is an indoor c hildren's amusement center. Plaintiff was playing in the jungle gym when he fell forward and struck his mouth on an exposed beam of the play structure sustaining severe injuries to his mout...

Excerpt: ...that the Defend ants contacted her “sometime after October 25, 2023, and prior to their due date to respond to the complaint . . . to confirm that I was handing the response to the complaint pursuant to their insurance policy with Generali Global assistance,” but that def ault was entered before the insurance carrier could fully assess coverage and retain defense counsel. (Rivas Dec., ¶¶ 4, 5.) There is no declaration by any of the defenda...

Excerpt: ...Code §§ 1601 and 1602. In the FA C, Plaintiff alleges that, at all times relevant to his claims, he was a director (CEO) and 12.195% shareholder in Fleetwood. (FAC at ¶¶ 1, 7, 21.) Although the board of directors of Fleetwood attempted to remove him as a director on February 11, 2022, Fle etwood filed its Statement of Information with the Secretary of State on July 7, 2022, and identified him as a director at that time. (FAC at ¶ 8, Ex. A....

Excerpt: ...as shopping at Defendant 's store when she tripped on an unmarked and/or unsecured lumber and/or similar item on a cart, causing her to fall and sustain injuries. (Compl. ¶ 8.) On December 28, 2021, Defendant filed its Answer, denying each and every allegation in the Complaint an d asserting affirmative defenses based on the fact that Plaintiff's injuries/damages were caused by the negligence and fault of someone other than Defendant, and the c...

Excerpt: ...tes. They allege that they complained to employees and managers at the hotel and Defendants knew about the infestation based on prior reviews of the room by past guests. They allege that medical treatment was needed due to said bites. Plaintiffs allege Defendants deliberately and recklessly chose not to inspect Plaintiffs' room for bedbugs, even though they had knowledge of a prior bedbug infestation. It is alleged they failed to eradicate the pr...

Excerpt: ... 8:30am. A ll sides are ordered to file an updated CMC statement prior to the next hearing. Factual / Procedural Context Plaintiff Zohair Mesrizadeh dba VIP Style Constructions (“VIP Style”) filed the original complaint in this action on February 23, 2023 and the first amended complaint (“FAC”) on July 20, 2023 against defendants Abdallah Nazmi Abu -Samrah (“Abdallah”) and Reham Shaath (“Shaath”) (together, “Defendants”). T...

Excerpt: ...ed by the econ omic loss rule. However, the court sustained, with leave to amend, as to the fraud cause of action on the grounds that the Complaint did not plead with specificity, but rather only conclusory statements. As the concealment was based on providing false or i ncomplete statements, the court found that the pleading must at least set forth the substance of the statements at issue, which it did not. Defendant Ford Motor once again demur...

Excerpt: ...FMC), (2) Violation of Civ. Co de § 1793.2(b) of Song-Beverly Act (against FMC); (3) Violation of Civ. Code § 1793.2(a)(3) of Song -Beverly Act (against FMC); (4) Breach of the Implied Warranty of Merchantability (against FMC); (5) Fraudulent Inducement – Concealment (against FMC); and ( 6) Negligent Repair (against Palm). Plaintiff alleges that, on March 28, 2023, he entered into a warranty contract regarding a 2023 Ford F150, which was manu...

Excerpt: ...ffice manager. The complaint sets forth claims for breach of contract and common counts based upon a written contract for collection services (the “Contract”). Plaintiff seeks $5,828.02 in alleged unpaid fees. The Contract includes a forum selection clause requiring that any dispute be litigated in Superior Court of California for Los Angeles County, Riverside County or Orange County. Defendant now moves to dismiss for lack of personal jurisd...