Excerpt: ...ively approve the employment of a legal secretary. This motion involves Plaintiffs' counsel, the Law Office, Ed Dudensing attorney‐at‐law (“TLO”) and TLO's hiring of Margaret Mallough as a legal secretary. TLO has hired Ms. Mallough, but apparently she has not yet started working at TLO. TLO indicates Ms. Mallough will not begin work until this Court issues an order on this motion. By this motion, Plaintiffs seek “an order that the empl...

Excerpt: ...de at the time of hearing, the Court rules as follows on Plaintiff Richard Smigelski's (Smigelski) motion to compel further responses to form interrogatories, special interrogatories and document requests: Overview This is a putative wage and hour class action. Smigelski is the sole named plaintiff. The named defendants are PennyMac Financial Services, Inc., PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust, and Private National Mortgage Acceptance Company, LLC...

Excerpt: ...he tentative ruling system and to be available at the hearing, in person or by telephone, in the event Plaintiff appears without following the procedures set forth in Local Rule 1.06(B). This action arises from the termination of Plaintiff David Goudie's (“Plaintiff”) employment by Defendant. Plaintiff filed the complaint on September 8, 2017, alleging causes of action for defamation, violation of Labor Code sections 98.6, 1102.5, and 6310, a...

Excerpt: ...iff Sherif Hakeem filed a class action Complaint in Alameda County Superior Court (“Hakeem I”) against defendant Universal Protection Service (“Defendant” or “Universal”). In that action, plaintiff Hakeem sought individual and class‐ wide damages and penalties for (1) unlawful failure to pay wages, (2) failure to provide meal and rest periods, (3) failure to provide accurate itemized wage statements, (4) failure to pay wages upon te...

Excerpt: ... Defendant has indicated the incorrect address in its notice of motion. The correct address for Department 53 of the Sacramento County Superior Court is 813 6th Street, Sacramento, California 95814. Defendant shall notify Plaintiffs immediately. Defendant's request for judicial notice on reply is GRANTED only as to exhibits G and H (Court documents), but DENIED as to the remaining exhibits, which consist of email communications between the partie...

Excerpt: ...anuary 14 and 15, 2020 before arbitrator William Diffenderfer located in Contra Costa County. Previously, respondent had requested arbitration in Los Angeles. At the last moment, after experts had been disclosed and the matter had been significantly prepared for arbitration, claimant's attorney requested to return to mediation. This mediation was unsuccessful and ended with Respondent's counsel leaving the mediation. (Declaration of Andrew C. Obe...

Excerpt: ...ahed Harb approached slowing and stopped traffic from behind on west bound U.S. 50 at speeds in excess of 70 miles per hour, and that he intentionally failed to slow for the vehicles ahead and veered across 3 lanes of the highway without braking or slowing, then struck plaintiffs stopped vehicle from behind at 70 miles per hour. (See Judicial Council Form Complaint) Although there is no Exemplary Damages attachment to the Complaint, under Section...

Excerpt: ...sale after the home was cited as an illegal marijuana grow operation and allegedly failed to disclose the mold problems arising from the illegal operation. The subpoenas seek all of Plaintiff Alicia Tutt's medical records from the last ten (10) years. Plaintiffs contend the subpoenas are overbroad, and are not limited to the conditions put at issue in this lawsuit. Plaintiffs contend the subpoenas invade plaintiff's constitutional right of privac...

Excerpt: ... 50‐50 tenancy and common agreement. (See FAC ¶ 16) Defendants seek to expunge the lis pendens on the basis that the First Amended Complaint does not contain a real property claim. A "real property claim" as defined in Title 4.5, Recording Notice of Certain Actions, is "a cause of causes of action in a pleading which would, if meritorious, affect (a) title to, or the right to possession of, specific real property." CCP 405.4) A lis pendens may...

Excerpt: ...ent to constitute a cause of action. This action arises from a dispute between plaintiff and the SVMA over plaintiff's claimed priority in the selection of exhibits spaces at the annual Sacramento Boat Show. The SVMA is a non profit mutual benefit member organization that promotes the interests of its members. SVMA hosts the Boat Show where members of the boating industry can present their products to consumers and other members of the industry. ...

Excerpt: ...d declaration was filed and the Court therefore presumes that the parties were unable to resolve the issues raised by the demurrer. In this action, Plaintiff alleges that his home was damaged in a fire and that he engaged Defendant, who is engaged in fire restoration and recovery services, to create a loss inventory of damaged property for the purpose of reporting the loss and creating a claim with Plaintiff's insurance company. (Comp. ¶¶ 6‐8...

Excerpt: ...ant Cobalt Real Estate Brokers Inc. (“Cobalt”) is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART, WITHOUT PREJUDICE. Riverland and Cobalt filed separate Oppositions to the instant motion. Plaintiffs filed a Reply to each Opposition. No separate evidentiary objections were filed. Background Plaintiffs filed a Complaint ‐ on behalf of themselves individually and on behalf of others similarly situated ‐ against Riverland and Cobalt, alleging that these ...

Excerpt: ...g on Plaintiff's third motion to compel compliance ordering Defendant to “serve written, Codecompliant responses to RFPs 19, 22, 23, 26, 28, 31, 32, 35, 76, 79, 89, and 91, without objections, and shall produce all documents in Defendant's possession, custody, or control that are responsive thereto” on or before November 27, 2019. The Court also indicated that the previously‐ordered $500‐per‐day prospective monetary sanctions would rema...

Excerpt: ... production Nos. 2, 5, 7‐11, 17, 20‐22, 24, 32, 36, 37, 40, 41, 47, 48, 50, 52, 53, 55, 56‐59, 62, 63, 65, and 70‐73. The Court ordered Defendant to provide further responses and to produce responsive documents by December 2, 2019. Plaintiffs first argue that Defendant has not served code‐compliant further responses. Plaintiffs argue that the further responses actually only demonstrate compliance in part because the further responses re...

Excerpt: ...��Engine Defects”), Plaintiffs seek to compel Defendant to provide full and complete responses to certain requests for production. Requests Nos. 1, 9, 16, 18, 20‐23, 35, 57, and 70‐73 relate to Defendant's investigation and analysis regarding the defects. Requests Nos. 7, 30, 37‐40, 44, and 52 relate to Defendant's warranty and repurchase policies. Defendant interposed numerous objections to the requests for production, including objectio...

Excerpt: ...y at a trustee sale. Bakey should have received a trustee's deed to the property following the trustee's sale, but learned on September 27, 2017 that Zarate and Defendant Maria Camacho had recorded a grant deed four days prior to the trustee's sale which purported to convey the property to Defendants Robert Sedlar and Steven Rogers. On September 28, 2017, Bakey filed the instant litigation seeking to, inter alia, quiet title to the property. Zara...

Excerpt: ...ations in Plaintiff's complaint, as well as language related to Plaintiff's UCL claims. The Court rules as follows. The notice of motion does not provide notice of the Court's tentative ruling system, as required by Local Rule 1.06(A). Defendants' counsel is directed to contact Plaintiff's counsel forthwith and advise counsel of Local Rule 1.06 and the Court's tentative ruling procedure. If Defendants' counsel is unable to contact Plaintiff's cou...

Excerpt: ... July 29, 2013, and May 15, 2015. In the first accident, which occurred on July 29, 2013, Gurpreet Sidhu and his wife, Plaintiff, were rear‐ended by Ms. Nishimura. In the second accident, which occurred on May 15, 2015, Plaintiff, her husband, and their son were hit by a tractor‐trailer driven by defendant Juan Antonio Castaneda (“Mr. Castaneda”) while in the course and scope of his employment with defendant Fast Lane Transportation, Inc....

Excerpt: ...ento, California (the “Real Property”). The following provides background facts relevant to this instant motion. In late 2005, Defendant and his then wife, Anita Korbelik, discussed retaining the law firm of Drobny Law Offices, Inc. (“Drobny Law”) to represent them with regard to preparing an estate plan. On November 23, 2005, Drobny Law mailed a letter to Defendant and Mrs. Korbelik, titled “Waiver of Potential Conflict of Interest/Fee...

Excerpt: ...inancing of a used 2008 Suzuki XL7 from Car Hop in July 2016. Plaintiff signed a Motor Vehicle Retail Installment Contract (“RISC”) with Car Hop, which Car Hop then assigned to UAC. (Complaint ¶¶ 3, 4, 9, 13, Exh. A; Griffin Car Hop Decl. ¶ 3, Exh. A.) Plaintiff filed her complaint on July 11, 2019 alleging claims for fraud, intentional misrepresentation, concealment, breach of contract, and breach of good faith and fair dealing. Plaintiff...

Excerpt: ...dress in its notice of motion. The correct address for Department 53 of the Sacramento County Superior Court is 813 6th Street, Sacramento, California 95814. Plaintiffs shall notify Defendants immediately. On June 12, 2018, Plaintiff Araz Parseghian (“Parseghiah”) filed a class action complaint against defendant HomeStreet Bank (“Defendant”) in the Superior Court for the State of California, County of Alameda, entitled Araz Parseghian, in...

Excerpt: ...arises from Plaintiff's employment with Defendant, a franchisee of Mod Pizza restaurants in the Sacramento Valley region. Plaintiff was employed by Defendant from mid‐2017 until after the commencement of this action. Plaintiff filed this action on June 26, 2019, alleging wage and hour violations against Defendant on a class wide basis. (ROA 1.) Defendant was served on July 15, 2019. (ROA 14.) Defendant terminated Plaintiff's employment on July ...

Excerpt: ...for violation of Civil Code section 2941 [Certificate of discharge; Request for full reconveyance; Damages for violations; Fee for services connected with reconveyance]. Cross‐defendant contends that the cause of action for violation of Civil Code Section 2941 arises out of her litigation conduct in representing HSBC Bank USA and in filing the Complaint for quiet title on behalf of HSBC Bank USA. Hamilton contends this litigation activity is co...

Excerpt: ...sustained as to Nos. 1‐3, Overruled as to No. 4. Defendant's Evidentiary objections to the Alex Reyter are sustained. Defendant's Evidentiary objections to the Corey Travis are sustained as to No. 1, No. 2 as to (a) ‐ (d). overruled as to 2(e). Overruled as to No. 3. At the outset, no party contests that a real property claim is presented here. A brief overview of the salient legal authority is perhaps appropriate as a backdrop to the Court's...

Excerpt: ...lure to name an indispensable party. In this case arising out of foreclosure proceedings, plaintiff alleges causes of action for wrongful foreclosure, fraud, Violation of Business & Professions Code section 17200, and quiet title. The demurrer is sustained with leave to amend for failure to state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. (CCP § 430.10(e).) The demurrer is also sustained for a defect or misjoinder of parties. CCP 430.10(d...