Excerpt: ... counsel at the hearing on this motion. Factual and procedural background: On 5/1/23, pedestrian, Pla Khang (“decedent”), was struck by Defendant Gabriel Guzman, during his employment with Defendant Rancho Ready Mix and died shortly after the collision. On 6/23/23, Plaintiffs, decedents children and step -children, filed their initial Complaint against the Defendants for Wrongful Death and Survival Damages. Plaintiff Pang Yang, seventy -four...

Excerpt: ...ng Veva' s direct care ne eds (Complaint ¶ 9). Plaintiff alleges that Rod interviewed and hired Plaintiff to care for Veva on 9/23/16 and that Defendant at some unspecified time thereafter promised to provide Plaintiff with free room and board and to pay the Plaintiff a salary in an unspecified amount to care for Veva. (Complaint ¶¶ 10 & 17); Plaintiff alleges Defendant had no intention of fulfilling that promise, and made the promise t...

Excerpt: ... the pandemi c, Decedent Raul Galindo (“Decedent”) was a healthy 40 -year - old who presented to Defendant Corona Regional Medical Center (“Medical Center”) with symptoms of COVID -19. Instead of being prescribed a safe, low -risk “standard treatment” for COVID, Decedent wa s sent home, where his symptoms worsened. Decedent returned to the emergency department of the Medical Center multiple times, but was not informed about the low -r...

Excerpt: ... of the Second Amended Cross- Complaint is sustained with 20 days leave to amend. Page 6 of 11 Plaintiff/Cross -Defendant Robert Marquez's Demurrer as to the seventh (breach of fiduciary duty) and eighth (unfair business practices) causes of action of the Second Amended Cr oss-Complaint is overruled. Plaintiff/Cross - Defendant's Unopposed Motion to Strike is granted. A general demurrer lies where the pleading does not state facts sufficient to ...

Excerpt: ...eclaration which complies with CRC Rule 3.1324. Plaintiff filed a declaration on 3/11/24. Problematically, as with the prior declarations and as pointed out by Defendants in their 3/20/24 and 3/24/24 oppositions, it still does not comply with CRC Rule 3.1324 as the decl aration does not discuss when the facts were discovered, why its necessary/proper and why the amendment was not made earlier. In addition, the proposed FAC attached to the curren...

Excerpt: ...e was wrongfully terminated for r aising workplace safety complaints and reporting safety issues to government authorities. On 10/4/23, Plaintiff filed his Complaint alleging the following causes of action: (1) Whistleblower Retaliation in Violation of § 1102.5; (2) Whistleblower Retaliat ion in Violation of § 6310; (3) Whistleblower Retaliation in Violation of § 6311; (4) Wrongful Termination in Violation of Public Policy; (5) Failure to Pro...

Excerpt: ...alleges, among other things, that the City, and other public entities, are liable for wrongful death and the decedents' fatal injuries for a dangerous condition of public property. The Complaint alleges that on the evening of December 28, 2022, the two vehicles collide d at or near the intersection of Fred Waring Drive and Adonis Drive in the City of Palm Desert, California. (Complaint, ¶ 20.) It alleges that while the vehicle transporting the d...

Excerpt: ...in 5 court days. Overall Factual/Procedural Context On February 26, 2007, Plaintiffs Martha Clohecy and Darcy L. Clohecy (“Plaintiffs”) filed a Complaint against multiple Defendants, including Marlene Z. Robertson (“Robertson”), alleging (1) Dependent Adult Abuse, (2) Negligence (Custodial Care), (3) Fraud (Misrepresentation and Concealment), and (4) Violation of Patients' Rights (Health & Safety Code § 1430). On March 13, 2009, the Cou...

Excerpt: ... Amended Compla int, which is entitled “fraudulent inducement -concealment,” alleged as against Ford, and the sixth cause of action for negligent repair alleged as against Fiesta Ford. 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, ...

Excerpt: ...nal appearan ce next week, regardless whether either side requests oral argument on the motion, the Court shall order the parties to appear to address the TSC. Factual / Procedural Context: This is a personal injury action arising out of a motor vehicle accident that o ccurred on January 13, 2022. Jonathon Lee Byrd (“Plaintiff”) alleges that he was a passenger in a vehicle driven by defendant Mark Hansen (“Defendant”). While driving eastb...

Excerpt: ... of the Song Page 2 of 6 Beverly Consumer Warranty Act (the “Song Beverly Act”). In the Complaint, Plaintiffs allege that on February 25, 2018, they purchased a 2018 Honda Accord (the “vehicle”), and entered into a bumper to bumper warranty agreement on the vehicle with Defendant. (Complaint at ¶¶ 7, 15.) Defects and nonconformities manifested that impaired the use, value, and safety of the vehicle. (Complaint at ¶ 16.) Plaintiffs fir...

Excerpt: ...owing: (1) The org anization of the limited liability company, its internal affairs, and the authority of its members and managers.” This recognizes the internal affairs doctrine, which was originally created in response to corporations. As explained by one court, ‘The int ernal affairs doctrine is a conflict of laws principle which recognizes that only one State should have the authority to regulate a corporation's internal affairs —m...

Excerpt: ...�led its Com plaint on 7/13/22 alleging a single cause of action for subrogation. *** Defendant, Rachelle Stanisci, brings this motion to set aside the default entered against her on 6/16/23, and to vacate the default judgment entered on 12/6/23 so, she can file an ans w e r, a n d defend the action. Defendant asserts that proper service was not made on her as the service address was wrong so, the default judgment is void. (CCP § 473(d).) The m...

Excerpt: ...case, the Wac hters argue that Defendants should not recover their post -offer expert fees because Defendants' 998 Offer was made jointly to the Wachters, and failed to specify the sum offered to each Plaintiff individually. (Motion, 2:5 -9; 4:20 -22; 5:10- 12.) The Wachter s also argue that, even if the section 998 Offer is deemed valid, a significant portion of the fees should still be stricken or taxed as nonrecoverable, because they were inc...

Excerpt: ...ning of September 15, 2018. Tyler was taken to the hospital where he died the next day. Plaintiffs Myesha Kimble and William Hilliard (collectively “Plaintiffs”) allege that Tyler had been pledging to become a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity and had endured variou s forms of abusive hazing rituals. They allege that the Regents of the University of California (“Regent”) was aware of the fraternity's history of hazing and its emplo...

Excerpt: ...igin/religious hara ssment; (2) discrimination based on religion/national origin; (3) retaliation in violation of Gov. Code § 12940; and (4) retaliation in violation of Labor Code § 1102.5, arising out of his employment with the Riverside County Sheriff's Office. Page 3 of 5 On December 19, 2023, Defendants served their first sets of discovery on Plaintiff, including general form interrogatories (“FROGs”), employment law form interrogatori...

Excerpt: ... complaint fo r: (1) breach of contract; (2) open book account; (3) account stated; (4) restitution; and (5) goods and services rendered. Defendants move for judgment on the pleadings contending that the contract attached to the complaint says that there is an additiona l form, yet no form is attached. Therefore, there is no complete copy of the contract. In opposition, Plaintiff contends that there is no issue with the terms of the contract alle...

Excerpt: ...ee of the T rust. Therefore, Defendant, as successor trustee is not liable for Vander Molen's misconduct. On the Court's own motion, the Case Management Conference currently set for 5/7/24 is continued to 7/24/24 at 8:30 a.m., Department 5. Factual and procedural ba ckground: Plaintiff Michelle Stindtman as Personal Representative of the Estate of John Luther Martin (“Plaintiff”) alleges that John Luther Martin (“Martin”) was the sole sha...

Excerpt: ...vehicle, w hich was manufactured and/or distributed by Defendant. (Compl. ¶ 6.) The subject vehicle came with various warranties, including but not limited to the bumper -to - bumper warranty, powertrain warranty, emission warranty, etc. (Id.) During the warranty perio d, the subject vehicle contained or developed serious defects and nonconformities to warranty including, but not limited to engine defects, transmission defects, electrical defect...

Excerpt: ...or various acts of fi nancial elder abuse. The alleged financial elder abuse purportedly resulted in the loss to Plaintiff of several hundred thousand dollars, immediately following the tragic and unexpected passing of Plaintiff's wife, who was his bedrock and who handled the family finances, including a substantial seven figure settlement obtained from Plaintiff's former employer for catastrophic personal injuries arising from an incident wh...

Excerpt: ...ble within 30 d ays. Where a response to a request for documents has been made, which is unsatisfactory, the demanding party may move to compel further responses on following grounds: (1) “A statement of compliance with the demand is incomplete”; (2) “A representation of inability to comply is inadequate, incomplete, or evasive”; or (3) “An objection in response is without merit or too general.” (C.C.P. §2031.310(a).) The moving part...

Excerpt: ...ator from January 27, 2019 to the present, and was subjected to numerous Labor Code violations. On May 18, 2023, Plaintiff filed this action for individual wage and hour claims and asserted a Private Attorney General Act (“PAGA”) claim. On February 8, 2024, Plaintiff file d his operative First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) alleging class allegations and asserting the following causes of action: 1) Failure to Pay Wages; 2) Failure to Provide...

Excerpt: ...tiffs' cause of action cannot be established. Once the burden shifted to Plaintiffs to produce admissible evidence showing a triable issue of material fact exists, they have met their burden by producing evidence to raise a triable issue of fact, to wit; with respec t to the failure to repair element, Plaintiff has presented evidence raising a triable issue as to whether the vehicle had a nonconformity involving the vibration of the vehicle and t...

Excerpt: ...legations we re discovered; and (4) The reasons why the request for amendment was not made earlier. Here, the supporting Picozzi Decl. states the effect of the amendment (without using those words) in ¶1. Mr. Picozzi declares that the amendment is necessary and prop er to allow Plaintiff to present all remedies available for damages alleged in the original complaint arising from Defendant's wrongful acts related to the subject matter of this act...

Excerpt: ...emurrer to the 3rd cause of action for fraud is sustained as to CrossDefendant Sarnowski, only, with leave to amend within 20 days. As to the remainder of the demurrer to the fraud cause of action, it is overruled. Responsive Pleadings must be filed 30 days from this or der. Motion to Strike is denied as moot. REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE Cross -Defendants request that the Court take judicial notice of 17 documents. These documents include variou...