Excerpt: ...ration assigned their judgment and lien to LA Lease Holding, LLC on 10/14/14. Also, filed on 12/28/17 was an assignment of the judgment and judgment lien from LA Lease Holding, LLC to Butler Capital, Inc. dated 1/20/17. On 3/22/18, a notarized assignment, dated 12/16/14, was filed with the court reflecting that Butler Capital Corporation assigned its judgment to LA Lease Holding, LLC. Filed on 5/21/18 is the acknowledgment of assignment of judgme...

Excerpt: ...ation (2nd, 4th, 6th), and a cause of action for breach of fiduciary duty and another for negligence. Chang alleges all 8 causes of action against Peter Zarenejad and the 7th and 8th causes of action against Hilgenberg Realty Inc. Defendants Peter Zarenejad and Hilgenberg Realty Inc. demur to each cause of action (1st – 8 th causes of action) in Plaintiff Sophia Chang's First Amended Complaint on the grounds that they fail to state facts on whi...

Excerpt: ...g to the police report attached to the claim, the Izuzu was towed and it appears that the other named items were located in the vehicle. The citation states that the vehicle is “stored” pursuant to the driver being cited with a violation of Vehicle Code section 22651(p). Vehicle Code Section 22651 is a statutory provision sets for circumstances that permit a peace officer to remove a vehicle. Subsection (p) provides that one of those circumst...

Excerpt: ... court to compel Plaintiff Donnelly to arbitrate her claims and to stay these proceedings. DISCUSSION: Dr. Torian asserts that the dispute in this action is subject to a valid and enforceable arbitration agreement and that Donnelly has refused to arbitrate her claims. However, the claims made by Donnelly for sexual assault do not arise “out of or in any way” relate to her physician‐patient relationship with Dr. Torian. (Victoria v. Superior...

Excerpt: ...promissory note in its Cross‐Complaint against Healing Nature, LLC. Summary judgment is granted when a moving party establishes the right to entry of judgment on a particular cause of action as a matter of law. (Code Civ. Proc. § 437c(c).) A defendant moving for summary judgment bears the initial burden of proving that there is no merit to a cause of action by showing that one or more elements of the cause of action cannot be established or th...

Excerpt: ...seeking treatment by Dr. Torian, his behavior was inappropriate by exposing Donnelly's breasts and staring at them. Each visit Dr. Torian's exposure of Donnelly's breasts became longer. On one visit Dr. Torian asked Donnelly if her pain went to her groin and although she responded no Dr. Torian touched Donnelly in the crease of her upper inner thigh near her vaginal region. When Donnelly pulled back from the improper touching Dr. Torian said he w...

Excerpt: ...e a proper cause of action for negligent hiring. The 2nd cause of action in the Cross‐Complainants Pug and Meza's First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) alleges that Field Asset Services owed Cross‐Complainants a duty to ensure that inspections they were ordering were appropriate for the work to be complete don the project such that their funds would not prematurely be dispersed to Plaintiff/Cross‐Defendant F.I.R. Affiliates, Inc. (“F.I.R.�...

Excerpt: ...presented that she was Dr. Bass's personal assistant. That misrepresentation caused Cross‐Complainant embarrassment and humiliation destroying his reputation in having to explain to his wife Page 8 of 9 and Servpro who his “assistant” Audrey was and the fact that he did not have an assistant and was not having an affair. In addition, when the Servpro documents could not be acquired by the phone ruse, Jurak served an Subpoena Ducts Tecum (�...

Excerpt: ...ers for relief contained in Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) in paragraphs 35 (3rd cause of action), 45 (4th cause of action) and 55 (5th cause of action) and prayer for relief related to the 3rd , 4 th and 5th causes of action. A motion to strike lies where the facts alleged in a pleading do not rise to the level of “malice, fraud or oppression” required to support a punitive damages claim. (Turman vs. Turning Point of Central...

Excerpt: ...ers requiring her to respond. The court's orders directing Plaintiff to answer discovery were entered March 6, 2018. The court directed Plaintiff to serve verified responses without objection within 15 days and granted monetary sanctions. The notice of the court's ruling was mailed on March 8, 2018, for effective service on March 13, 2018. Therefore, Plaintiff was ordered to serve her responses on or before March 28, 2018. As of April 5, 2018, th...

Excerpt: ...ommercial lease agreement with Christopher and David Hoffman, which they breached. To withstand a demurrer the complaint must contain “a statement of the facts constituting the cause of action, in ordinary and concise language.” (Code Civ. Proc. § 425.10.) “[T]he complaint need only allege facts sufficient to state a cause of action, each evidentiary fact that might eventually form part of the plaintiff's proof need not be alleged. (C.A. v...

Excerpt: ...ef. It should be noted; however, that the notice of motion includes demurrer to the 1st cause of action for nuisance, but thereafter the demurrer is silent as to the 1st cause of action. Defendant asserts that the 3rd, 4th and 10th causes of action should be sustained without leave to amend as Plaintiffs have failed to cure the previously‐adjudicated defects in their Original Complaint after the court granted them leave to amend. Defendant Will...

Excerpt: ...) as the prevailing parties on their anti‐SLAPP motion. In opposition, Plaintiff asserts that there was no need to file 3 separate motions to strike, rather than just one. Defendants in reply stated they attempted to file a joint motion but it was rejected by the court as an entry of default had been entered against Sun Salt Sand. In addition, Defendants point out that only $985 .00 of the requested total was related to the second motion, which...

Excerpt: ...tor of the Estate was issued by the State of Texas. Code of Civil Procedure section 1913(b) states that the authority of a personal representative “does not extend beyond the jurisdiction of the government under which that person was invested with authority, except to the extent expressly authorized by Article 4 (commencing with Section 2011) of Chapter 8 of Part 3 of Division 4 of the Probate Code or another statute.” The disability of a for...

Excerpt: ...s‐Complaint. Thereafter, the notice states that “F.I.R. Affiliates, Inc., a California Corporation dba. Fire Insurance Repair Experts, Juliette Zuccolotto, an Individual, Greg Zuccolotto, an Individual, Sylvia Aden, an Individual, [sic] seek an order sustaining general and special demurrer [sic] to the [sic] all cause [sic] of action in defendant [sic] Guadalupe Puga; Jimmy Meza's 1st Amended Cross Complaint” and then, after setting forth t...

Excerpt: ...ue burden and expense.” [CCP § 2030.090(b). Plaintiff seeks myriad forms of often inconsistent relief. This motion is brought on the grounds that Defendant's discovery … involves considerable burden requiring additional time to respond; exceeds the permissible scope of discovery by seeking regarding certain personal medical information and documents of the Plaintiff as well as attorney‐client privileged and work product doctrine informatio...

Excerpt: ...on January 25, 2016. King added Defendants Cox, Castle & Nicholson, LLP, Paul Titcher and Adam Englander Page 3 of 7 (collectively “CC&N Defendants”) to his Second Amended Complaint (“SAC”) filed on April 27, 2017. The SAC alleged the causes of action against the CC&N Defendants for RICO violations, Intentional and Negligent Misrepresentation and UCL violations. On June 23, 2017, CC&N Defendants filed their demurrer to the SAC. The court ...

Excerpt: .... Receiver, Eric Beatty, was appointed as a H & S Receiver on December 12, 2011. At the CMC held on September 7, 2017, the court directed Receiver to file and serve a report addressing both the status and feasibility of rehabilitating the mobile home park. On October 27, 2017, Receiver filed a report. A further hearing was held on November 30, 2017, OSC re: Discharge of Receiver at which time the court instructed Receiver to submit a further repo...

Excerpt: ...In exercising its discretion to grant or deny the motion, the court must take into consideration any relevant matter, including the following. The necessity and reasons for the additional discovery sought: • The diligence or lack of diligence by the party seeking discovery, and the reasons why the discovery was not completed or the discovery motion heard earlier; • Whether, permitting the discovery or granting the discovery motion will likely...

Excerpt: ...r sustained without leave to amend as to the 2nd cause of action. Demurrer overruled as to remaining causes of action. The foundational premise of this combined second amended petition for: (1) writ of administrative mandate, (2) writ of mandate, and complaint for (3) breach of contractspecific performance of 2004 settlement agreement, (4) breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, (5) declaratory relief‐Sustainable Groundwater ...

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: ...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: ...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 ...