Excerpt: ...ndant the California Grange Foundation's (“Foundation”) motion for judgment on the pleadings is ruled upon as follows. Overview This case arises indirectly from a dispute between a national fraternal organization ("National Grange") and individuals formerly operating its subordinate, constituent unit in plaintiff the California State Grange. On April 5, 2013, the National Grange revoked the State Grange's charter and restored it, ...

Excerpt: ...al Masonry Builders, Inc.'s demurrer to Plaintiff Bay Cities Paving & Grading, Inc.'s first amended complaint (“FAC”) is ruled upon as follows. In this action, Plaintiff alleges that it entered into a joint venture (“Bay Cities/Myers JV”) with C.C. Meyers, Inc. (“CCMI”) to bid and construct the Hillcrest Project for CalTrans. The Bay Cities/Myers JV won the bid and entered into a prime contract with CalTrans. Plaintiff and CCMI indivi...

Excerpt: ...es that in April 2006, she financed her property which was secured by a Deed of Trust (“DOT”). In early 2018, due to financial hardship, Plaintiff was unable to make timely mortgage payments. She alleges that she contacted “Defendants” for foreclosure alternatives. However, “Defendants” were nonresponsive, nor did they provide a contact for Plaintiff to speak to regarding a loan modification or other foreclosure alternatives. When Pla...

Excerpt: ... in Department 53 instead of Department 54. As a result of the error, defense counsel was not permitted to argue in Department 54 on 10/15/18, and the tentative rulings automatically became the court's orders. In the interests of justice, defense counsel will be permitted to appear for oral argument. The tentative ruling on Plaintiff's motions to strike supplemental witness designation and to quash deposition notice is reprinted below and...

Excerpt: ...trict” or “SCUSD”), Matthew Schlager (“Schlager” or “Asst. Principal Schlager”), Iyuanna Pease and Mirna Perez (collectively “Defendants”) is OVERRULED in part and SUSTAINED in part. The court takes judicial notice of the Claim for Damages (Claim) filed with the District on or about 7/28/17. The document is an official record. Although neither side filed a request for judicial notice of the document, both sides submitted a copy ...

Excerpt: ... (collectively “Defendants”) for summary judgment or, in the alternative, summary adjudication of issues is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. Defendants' request for judicial notice of the first amended complaint (FAC) is GRANTED. Defendants' objection to Plaintiff Lisa Stellmacher's (Stellmacher) Notice of Errata, which contains pages missing from deposition transcripts cited in the opposition, is OVERRULED. Because Defendants possessed th...

Excerpt: ... ("SPA"). In the First Amended CrossComplaint ("FACC"), Martinez alleges that Alhambra is the one that breached the SPA. Martinez's FACC also alleges that he and Alhambra entered into a written Offer to Compromise Alhambra's known claims against Martinez in exchange for Martinez paying $100,000 to Alhambra. Martinez allegedly paid the $100,000 to Alhambra pursuant to the Offer to Compromise, which Alhambra accepted, and Al...

Excerpt: ...r to request a hearing. If moving counsel is unable to contact opposing counsel prior to hearing, moving counsel is ordered to appear at the hearing in person or by telephone. Opposing counsel failed to comply with CRC Rule 3.1110(b)(3)‐(4). Factual Background This is a personal injury action. Plaintiffs Seanne and Steven Villanueva allege that Seanne has worked as a graphic designer for California Professional Firefighters since 1986 and durin...

Excerpt: ...cted to contact opposing counsel and advise him/her of Local Rule 1.06 and the court's tentative ruling procedure and the manner to request a hearing. If moving counsel is unable to contact opposing counsel prior to hearing, moving counsel is ordered to appear at the hearing in person or by telephone. Factual Background This action was filed on 6/11/2018 by plaintiff Voogd against SFM, which operates a “Sprouts Farmers Market,” and one of its...

Excerpt: ...ment is permitted on law and motion matters. *** Plaintiffs' motion to compel defendant General Motors' (“GM”) further responses to the former's Request for Production, Set One, is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART, as follows. Both moving and opposing counsel failed to comply with CRC Rule 3.1110(b)(3)‐(4). Factual Background This is a lemon law case relating to a 2010 Chevrolet Equinox purchased by plaintiffs. The complaint asserts cause...

Excerpt: ...tion does not comply with Code of Civil Procedure §1010 or CRC Rule 3.1110(a). Plaintiff failed to comply with CRC Rule 3.1110(b)(3)‐(4). The court notes that plaintiff paid only one $60 filing fee in connection with these motions, although it seeks at least two (2) different orders (i.e., reconsideration/clarification and a stay of enforcement). A separate filing fee is required for each. (Gov. Code §70617(f).) No later than 11/16/2018, plai...

Excerpt: ... a $139,500 secured loan made by New Century Mortgage Corporation to plaintiff Roddie McElhaney (“Plaintiff”) on May 23, 2003. The Deed of Trust was assigned to defendant U.S. Bank on June 10, 2013. On November 1, 2011, defendant Ocwen began servicing the loan. Between late 2011 and 2013, Plaintiff failed to make timely mortgage payments on multiple occasions, and refused to pay certain fees imposed in connection with her failure to obtain ha...

Excerpt: ... consider the Moua Declaration filed in opposition to this demurer since such extrinsic evidence is beyond the permissible scope of a demurrer, where the court's consideration is limited to those facts alleged in the challenged pleading and those for which judicial notice is both requested and granted. Factual Background This action arises out of a commercial construction site injury whereby a worker fell through the roof and died. Plaintiffs are...

Excerpt: ...�) is SUSTAINED in part and OVERRULED in part. Overview This case presents a hybrid business dispute and attorney‐client dispute. Plaintiff Eric White's (White) first amended complaint (FAC) contains allegations that Burton misused his position as legal advisor to engage in self‐dealing. White alleges that the other Attorney Defendants abetted the scheme. Although the allegations describe a somewhat intricate series of transactions involving ...

Excerpt: ... Larry Stauffer's diagnosis of and resulting death from lung cancer following over 40 years of employment with Defendant. Defendants' motion for summary judgment and alternative motion for summary adjudication are DENIED as follows. Request for Judicial Notice Defendant's request for judicial notice is unopposed and granted. Factual Background Decedent Larry Stauffer (“Stauffer”) worked as a conductor/brakeman for Defendant for over 40 years ...

Excerpt: ... is GRANTED. The discovery and motion cut‐offs are RESET based on the existing trial date of 3/4/2019. Crisan commenced this employment action in April 2014. (Because the matter was transferred to this county from Butte County Superior Court, the Sacramento County Superior Court case no. indicates 2015 instead of 2014.) Crisan filed the first amended complaint (FAC) in July 2014. The causes of action in the FAC were disability discrimination un...

Excerpt: ...l Rule 1.06(d) nor provides adequate notice of the tentative ruling system.) Moving counsel is directed to contact opposing counsel and advise him/her of Local Rule 1.06 and the court's tentative ruling procedure and the manner to request a hearing. If moving counsel is unable to contact opposing counsel prior to hearing, moving counsel is ordered to appear at the hearing in person or by telephone. The notice of motion also does not comply with C...

Excerpt: ...4/18 plaintiff Taylor filed a memorandum of costs claiming attorney fees in the amount of $6,164 and costs of $137 pursuant to Labor Code §98.2(k), providing that a judgment creditor in an action on a complaint with the Labor Commissioner is entitled to court costs and reasonable attorney's fees for enforcing a judgment rendered pursuant to this section. WSH thereafter filed a motion to tax the fees and costs, which was ultimately granted on 7/3...

Excerpt: ...Courtney Lee Shinn's demurrer to Plaintiff Edith Montanez's first amended complaint (“FAC”) is ruled upon as follows. Defendant's request for judicial notice is granted with the exception of Exhibits O and P (Google search results for the terms “cleanouts” and “cleanout inspection.”) In taking judicial notice of the recorded land documents, the court accepts the fact of their existence, not the truth of their contents. (Herrera v. Deu...

Excerpt: ...ion. Thus, Weaver is now the only opposing party. Weaver's request for judicial notice of court documents is GRANTED. Overview This is Airco's second motion for good faith settlement. In its ruling on Airco's first motion, the Court rejected most of EFEE's and Weaver's arguments in opposition to the motion. The Court, however agreed with EFEE and Weaver that Airco's failure to assign values to its obligation to cooperate with, and ass...

Excerpt: ...ral requirements for the filing of motions, including proper notice. Here, Plaintiff served and filed her joinder by mail on October 19, 2018, this provided only 12 court days notice. Additionally, the joinder was not served on Kaiser. The Court disagrees with Defendant that Kaiser's response was not timely served. Kaiser's proof of service shows that its response was served via email and mail on Thursday, October 24, 2018. Defendant'...

Excerpt: ... GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. Judicial Notice Broker's request for judicial notice of the FAC is GRANTED. Broker's further request for judicial notice of three written agreements is DENIED. Plaintiffs Jose Martinez (Martinez), Alejandro Marquez (Marquez) and Jesus Amezcua (Amezcua) (collectively “Plaintiffs”) attached several documents to the original complaint and characterized those documents as agreements supporting their allega...

Excerpt: ...has been one for motor vehicle negligence. Among the defendants are One Call Medical, Inc. (NJ) dba One Call Care Management, and Zonecare USA of Delray, LLC (FL) dba One Call Care Transport + Translate (collectively “One Call”) (sued as One Call Care Management, One Call Medical, Inc. and Coral Acquisitions, Inc.). Shacklefoot alleges that “One Call provides services to the workers' compensation insurance industry [… including…] transp...

Excerpt: ...and SUSTAINED in part with leave to amend. The Parker Declaration and the attached copy of a minute order entered in another department of this court are STRICKEN. The court may not consider evidence on demurrer. Judicial Notice Broker's request for judicial notice of the FAC is GRANTED. Broker's further request for judicial notice of three written agreements is DENIED. Plaintiffs Jose Martinez (Martinez), Alejandro Marquez (Marquez) and Jesu...

Excerpt: ...urder trial. (See Bourdon Decl., ¶ 2‐4.) On or about 11/01/13, Bourdon learned that while plaintiff herein Frank Dearwester (Dearwester) was incarcerated on unrelated charges, Dearwester heard a third party confess to the crimes of which Ortez was accused. (Id., ¶ 5.) Bourdon's investigator interviewed Dearwester on 11/15/13. (Compl., ¶ 12.) On the investigator's request, Dearwester mailed documents related to the Ortez matter to the investi...