Excerpt: ...m. Plaintiff alleges claims of retaliation and discrimination arising out the termination of his employment. On June 29, 2021, Plaintiff served Defendants with the discovery requests that are the subject of this motion. Webber Decl. ¶ 2, Ex. 2‐9. In August 2021, plaintiff contends Defendants served incomplete, non code‐compliant responses to Plaintiffs discovery requests. Webber Decl. ¶ 3, Ex. 10‐17. On September 30, 2021, Defendants' cou...

Excerpt: ...ment Housing Foundation's ("corporate defendants" or "moving parties") Motion for Summary Judgment/Summary Adjudication is granted as to the facility defendants but denied as to the corporate defendants. Plaintiff's Evidentiary Objections The Court is not ruling on the written objections as they did not comply with either of the formats required by California Rules of Court, Rule 3.1354(b) in that plaintiff failed to number the evidentiary object...

Excerpt: ...lices against racial discrimination and harassment. Safeway alleges they conducted a thorough investigation into allegations of race discrimination against Plaintiff. Based on that investigation, Safeway terminated Bister's employment. On December 8, 2021, Plaintiff Victor Gonzalez ("Plaintiff') served a Person Most Knowledgeable ("PMK") deposition seeking, for the second time, testimony regarding "Safeway's policies against discrimination, haras...

Excerpt: ...lure to Prevent Discrimination in Violation of the California Fair Employment and Housing Act and Attorney's Fees.” The complaint alleges that plaintiff was wrongfully terminated as a police recruit and from the Sacramento Police Academy. Plaintiff names as defendants, the City of Sacramento, and Does 1 through 20. Exhibit A to the complaint is a Department of Fair Employment and Housing right to sue letter. According to the complaint, plaintif...

Excerpt: ...h they contend was settled for an unreasonably low amount. Plaintiffs assert that they were essentially coerced into settling the underlying matter. Among other things, Plaintiffs have alleged that Scheidt failed to disclose in December 2015 that his cancer and that the treatment he received for “that condition” rendered him physically and mentally unable to try the underlying action. (Comp. ¶ 40(v).) At issue on this motion is a subpoena fo...

Excerpt: ...r the production of business records issued by Respondent American Family Connect Property and Casualty Insurance Company. At the outset, while Claimant bases her motion on the contention that Respondent is inappropriately seeking her employment records, the motion refers to a number of subpoenas, but only one relates to employments records. The subpoena to Health Services Advisory Group seeks those records. The remaining subpoenas relate to medi...

Excerpt: ...can but he was terminated after Defendant contacted First American and lied about him. Plaintiff moves to compel Defendant Gateway Insurance Group, Inc. to provide further responses to requests for admission 4, 7‐ 20, 24, 25, 28 and 29. Plaintiff's approximately four page memorandum of points and authorities fails to discuss these subjects requests in any manner other than simply stating that Defendant “has evaded properly responding” to th...

Excerpt: ...sed various nuisances, health and safety risks, and environmental degradation. Plaintiffs allege that they have suffered emotional distress. The parties entered into a protective order which was entered by this Court on May 19, 2020. (Minasian Decl. Exh. 1) The protective order provides that parties shall not file protected materials in the public record absent a motion to seal being filed or prior written authorization is given by the party that...

Excerpt: ...oad discretion to determine whether a proposed settlement in a class action is fair. (Rebney v. Wells Fargo Bank (1990) 220 Cal. App.3rd 1117, 1138.) The law favors settlement, particularly in class actions and other complex cases where substantial resources can be conserved by avoiding the time, cost, and rigors of formal litigation. (See Newberg on Class Actions 4th (4th ed. 2002) § 11.41 (and cases cited therein); Class Plaintiffs v. City of ...

Excerpt: ....) Plaintiff's Complaint against Defendants alleges: (1) violation of Labor Code sections 510 and 1198 (unpaid overtime wages); (2) violation of Labor Code sections 226.7 and 512(a) (unpaid meal premiums); (3) violation of Labor Code section 226.7 (unpaid rest premiums); (4) violation of Labor Code sections 1194 and 1197 (unpaid minimum wages); (5) violation of Labor Code sections 201 and 202 (final wages not timely paid); (6) violation of Labor ...