Excerpt: ...m interrogatories without objection and within thirty days of this order. Granted as Plaintiff's request to compel Defendant Del Toro to appear for deposition and he is to appear for deposition within the next thirty days at date and time as noticed by Plaintiff. Granted as to the award of monetary sanctions payable by Defendant Del Toro to Plaintiff in the amount of $2,835, which amount the court finds reasonable. Granted as to the request to co...

Excerpt: ...rejudgment possession is denied. Analysis: Evidentiary Objection The portion of the Cosper declaration to which the defendant objects is inadmissible to prove the contents of the Cooperative Agreement. (Evid. Code, § 1523, subd. (a).) The City's Entitlement to Take the Property The Court may grant a motion for prejudgment possession over the objection of the property owner only if the Court finds, inter alia, that “[t]he plaintiff is entitled ...

Excerpt: ...ry and proper, when the facts giving rise to the amended allegations were discovered and the reasons why the request was not made earlier. There is no declaration of counsel, and, as a result, it is not clear what Plaintiff is seeking to amend. Is it merely to substitute the plaintiff? If so, it is unclear why K Hovnanian and First Residential oppose the motion—they were dismissed after the court sustained demurrers in March 2020. Generally, th...

Excerpt: ... Judgment, (3) December 2, 2020 Order in the present action, (4) Order granting Lieberg's Request to be Relieved as Counsel, (5) Substitution of Attorney, and (6) Order Granting Dismissal of bankruptcy case. These documents may be judicially noticed pursuant to Cal. Evid. Code §452(d), which permits judicial notice of court records. However, “although the existence of a document may be judicially noticeable, the truth of statements contained i...

Excerpt: ...this section of the Evidence Code cannot be taken of documents prepared by a private person, which are merely on file with state agencies. (See People v. Thacker (1985) 175 Cal.App.3d 594, 598.) Exh. 2 (Certificate of Status): The request is granted. The court may take judicial notice of “Official acts of the legislature, executive, and judicial departments of…any state of the United States.” (Evid. Code, §452(c); Fellom v. Adams (1969) 27...

Excerpt: ...ter); (3) intent to deceive and induce reliance; (4) justifiable and actual reliance on the misrepresentation; and (5) resulting damage. Fraud actions are subject to strict requirements of particularity in pleading. (Committee on Children's Television, Inc. v. General Foods Corp. (1983) 35 Cal. 3d 197, 216.) The Second Amended Complaint alleges that St. Pierre, the President of the Community Water Agency misrepresented facts regarding the Water A...

Excerpt: ...analysis the court must ignore the unprotected acts and focus on the protected activity. However, the court must still determine whether the protected acts constitute the gravamen of the actions alleged in the Cross‐Complaint. The court agrees with Cross‐Defendant that she is being sued for her filing of the complaint and lis pendens, which caused, in part, the breach of the settlement agreement for which Cross‐Complainant is seeking damage...

Excerpt: ...ended claim and rejection notice. The court also takes judicial notice of Plaintiff's filing of her complaint with the U.S. District Court on 6/6/19. Plaintiff submitted a claim on 3/27/19, and an amended claim on 4/30/19. District's notice, dated 6/19/19, indicates that the District rejected the claim on 6/11/19. The dispute is essentially whether 6/11/19 or 6/19/19 is the controlling date. Government Code §912.4(a) merely requires the board to...

Excerpt: ... the records of any court of record, a lower court's unpublished decision made under New York law will not aid the court in resolving the present demurrer. (See Aquila, Inc. v. Superior Court (2007) 148 Cal.App.5th 556, 569.) Plaintiff's request that the court take judicial notice of various articles obtained from the Internet (Exhibits A‐E) is denied. The court accepts as true Plaintiff's allegation in the FAC that the insurance industry was a...

Excerpt: ...Civil Procedure sections 430.41 and 435.5 by meeting and conferring with plaintiffs' counsel, either in person or by telephone, concerning the sufficiency of the First Amended Complaint. If the plaintiffs do not agree to amend further, the defendant shall file either an answer or a new demurrer, motion to strike, or both, no later than April 15, 2020. If the defendant fails to file and serve a responsive pleading on or before that date, the plain...

Excerpt: ...s department. Analysis: The FAC, which asserts a PAGA claim for the first time, has not been filed. However, a copy of the proposed FAC is for some reason attached to the proposed order granting preliminary approval. The FAC could have been filed at any time without leave of court. (Lab Code § 2699.3, subd. (a)(2)(C) [“Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a plaintiff may as a matter of right amend an existing complaint to add a cause of...

Excerpt: ...ract, plaintiff's performance or excuse for failure to perform, defendant's breach and damage to plaintiff resulting therefrom.” (Spinks v. Equity Residential Briarwood Apartments (2009) 171 Cal. App. 4th 1004, 1031.) A contact will be enforced if it is sufficiently definite for the court to ascertain the parties' obligations and to determine whether there has been a breach. (Bustamante v. Intuit Inc. (2006) 141 Cal. App. 4th 199, 209.) To plea...

Excerpt: ...'s Declaration – Overrule on 1‐10, Sustain on Objections11 and 12; Lotze Declaration – Objection 13 – Overrule as to the first sentence and sustain as to the second sentence. Overrule on 14‐21; Erdman Declaration—Overrule on 22, 24, 25 and 28. Sustain on 23, 26 and 27; Hamilton Declaration—Overrule on 29, 30, 32‐35. On 31, Sustain as to the last two sentences, otherwise overrule; Griffin Declaration – Overrule on 36, 39, and 40....

Excerpt: ...for an order shortening time. Defendant then filed objections to remote jury trial and a renewed request to continue trial. First, the court points out that while the amended trial setting order informs the parties that the matter may need to proceed remotely, that decision is made on the basis of the circumstances in existence at the time of trial. In‐ Person Jury Trials Defendant's unopposed motion argued that a jury trial conducted remotely ...

Excerpt: ...on's utilization of the corporate form, the party harmed will not be adequately compensated for its damages.” (Doney v. TRW, Inc. (1995) 33 Cal.App.4th 245, 249.) The SAC incorporated each of the prior allegations, as if set forth in full, in the alter ego claim. Each of the first three causes of action, thereby, allege liability against Klein by way of the fourth cause of action for alter ego. Plaintiff's claim against Klein (and EPR CA) is id...

Excerpt: ...dly worked on the subject toilet. Plaintiff alleges the following in support of her punitive damages claim: As of late January 2020, Defendants knew the toilet at the subject Circle K was unsafe and detaching from the floor at the base. Defendants knew the toilet was missing the metal bolt used to fasten the toilet to the ground. Defendants knew the left side of the toilet was completely disconnected from the floor. Defendants knew the caulking s...

Excerpt: ...privileged information “that is relevant to the subject matter involved…” (Code Civ. Proc., §2017.010.) It is discoverable if it either would be admissible evidence or “appears reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence.” Page 3 of 6 Doubts as to relevance should generally be resolved in favor of permitting discovery. (Id.; see Williams v. Sup. Ct. (Marshalls of CA, LLC) (2017) 3 Cal.5th 531, 542.) Documents ...

Excerpt: ...ions regarding Hendrix and other employees at any of their properties. Any similar acts of sexual impropriety by any employee before or after Plaintiff's incident are discoverable under Lopez v. Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc. (2016) 246 Cal.App.4th 566 and similar cases. Defendants rely on boilerplate objections that fail to comply with the requirements set forth in Code of Civil Procedure section 2031.240. The motion is gra...

Excerpt: ...provides the requested documents. A party may move for an order to compel a further response if it deems the responding party's objections are without merit or too general. (CCP §2031.310.) “Absent a claim of privilege or attorney work product, the party who seeks to compel production has met his burden of showing good cause simply by a fact‐specific showing of relevance.” (Kirkland v. Superior Court (2002) 95 Cal. App.4th 92, 98.) Informa...

Excerpt: ..., concerning the strict products liability claims, the negligent products liability claims, and the breach of warranty claims, respectively. As to the first issue, concerning the negligent claims, the Court has no tentative ruling. The parties shall be prepared to discuss the following issues: 1. As Southstar notes, the issue is whether the Privette‐Toland doctrine shields Southstar from liability. That shield is provided to the landowner who h...

Excerpt: ... exists. Declaratory Relief: The COA for Declaratory Relief fails because there is no actual or present controversy between Plaintiff and Defendant “with respect to their interests in the Subject Property and their rights and duties under the Oral Agreement.” First, in a prior unlawful detainer action filed by Defendant against Plaintiff in November 21, 2018, relating to the sublease of the subject property, a judgment was entered in favor of...

Excerpt: ...tion, affirmative defense, claim for punitive damages or duty. (CCP §437c(f)(1).) A defendant can meet his initial burden by showing that on or more elements of the cause of action cannot be established, or that there is a complete defense. (CCP §437c(p)(2).) To demonstrate that a cause of action cannot be established, the defendant must either negate an essential element of the plaintiff's cause of action, or show that the plaintiff lacks evid...

Excerpt: ...ossell filed a Supplemental Declaration on 3/2/21, and plaintiff filed his opposition on 3/10/21. This tentative ruling addresses only the request on behalf of Wayne Siggard. The motion of defendant Wayne Siggard for his post‐appeal attorney's fees is granted in the amount of $11,250.00. The court finds that the hourly charge of $250.00 per hour is reasonable and that a total of 45 hours of attorney time was reasonably incurred. The declaration...

Excerpt: ... days leave to amend as to the 6th cause of action. Plaintiff Glenn Melvin resides in Alberta, Canada. He brings the instant action against Defendants Glen Brayshaw, Michael Nyhuis, Sean Runnels, Vanguard Leisure Properties Real Estate Investment Trust, and VLP Management, Ltd. (collectively, “Defendants”). Vanguard Leisure Properties Real Estate Investment Trust is a Real Estate Investment Trust (“REIT”) created under Canadian law and op...

Excerpt: ... issue in this demurrer. In relation to demurring Defendant Aceves, the First Amended Complaint alleges that she was Plaintiff's employer, manager, corporate agent, and supervisor and, on information and believe, that Aceves dictated Plaintiff's compensation and participated in hiring and firing Plaintiff. It alleges that Aceves controlled Plaintiff's work and set corporate policies and that Plaintiff believed that Aceves was her employer. Plaint...