Excerpt: ...yment, he signed various documents, including an Arbitration Agreement, which purportedly requires the arbitration of any and all claims arising out of or related to Plaintiff's employment with Defendant. (Shanks Decl., ¶ 3 and Exh. A.) Plaintiff was employed until approximately July 2021. (Compl. ¶ 20.) On January 14, 2022, Plaintiff filed the instant representative action under the California Attorneys General Act (PAGA) alleging causes of ac...

Excerpt: ...niel Johnson Jr. (“Plaintiff” or “Conservator”), appointed conservator of Arletha Johnson (“Arletha”) failed to comply with California Rules of Court, rule 3.1110(f)(3) which requires that each paper exhibit must be separated by a hard 8 ½” x 11” sheet with hard paper or plastic tabs extending below the bottom of the page, bearing the exhibit designation. Francis Realty's requests for judicial notice of exhibit nos. 1, 9, and 17 ...

Excerpt: ...stem, as required by Local Rule 1.06. Moving counsel is directed to contact the counsel for all other parties and advise them 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 by Zoom or by telephone. Defendant has indicated the incorrect address in its notice of motion. The ...

Excerpt: ...edure 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 by Zoom or by telephone. Plaintiff has indicated the incorrect address in its notice of motion. The correct address for Department 54 of the Sacramento County Superior Court is 813 6th Street, Sacramento, California 95814. Plaintiff's counsel shall notify the nonparties or their co...

Excerpt: ...., ¶ 2, Exh. A (“Compl.”), ¶¶ 6‐8, 23‐26.) Plaintiff was transferred to a different facility on June 1, 2017 and died on July 7, 2017. (Compl., ¶¶ 26, 32.) Plaintiffs allege that Ms. Perry's skin breakdown and death were the result of the acts and omissions of Defendants as her caretakers. (Compl., ¶¶ 1, 35, 45, 56.) The Plaintiffs in this action consist of Ms. Perry's surviving husband, Dennis E. Perry, who is pursuing claims indi...

Excerpt: ...uant to local Court rules, only limited oral argument is permitted on law and motion matters. *** Opposing counsel failed to comply with CRC Rule 3.1110(b)(4). Factual Background This “lemon law” action commenced in March 2019 arises from plaintiffs' purchase of a new 2010 Chrysler minivan back in August 2010. It is alleged that this vehicle is defective in various respects including but not limited to its sliding doors that these defects “...

Excerpt: ...eir existence, not the truth of their contents. (Herrera v. Deutsche Bank Nat'l Trust Co. (2011) 196 Cal.App.4th 1366, 1375; Kalnoki v. First American Trustee Servicing Solutions LLC (2017) 8 Cal.App.5th 23, 36‐37 [proper for to take judicial notice of recorded land documents and find that the recorded deed of trust was the "legally operative document designating the beneficiary”]; see Professional Engineers v. Dep't of Transp. (1997) 15 Cal....

Excerpt: ...rty forthwith and advise counsel of Local Rule 1.06 and the Court's tentative ruling procedure. If counsel for moving party is unable to contact counsel for opposing party prior to hearing, counsel for moving party shall be available at the hearing, in person or by telephone, in the event opposing party appears without following the procedures set forth in Local Rule 1.06(B). This litigation arises out of construction of a multi‐story parking g...

Excerpt: ...tor America and Hyundai of Roseville LLC (“Defendants”) filed a motion to compel arbitration. (ROA 9.) Though Plaintiffs served standard discovery requests on March 22, 2021, the Court granted the motion to compel arbitration on April 1, 2021 (ROA 27), thereby rendering the matter stayed and discovery moot in this court. It is unclear by in the parties' papers whether the arbitration ever occurred. On November 9, 2021, Defendants extended an ...

Excerpt: ...osing counsel of the specific issues or causes of action that will be addressed at the hearing. Counsel are also reminded that pursuant to local rules, only limited oral argument is permitted on law and motion matters. *** The opposition fails to comply with CRC Rule CRC Rule 3.1113(f), requiring a Table of Contents and Table of Authorities when the points & authorities exceed 10 pages, and CRC Rule 3.1110(b)(3)‐(4), requiring the dates the act...

Excerpt: ... 8:30 p.m., Plaintiff Bercharis McGill (“Plaintiff”) was lawfully riding his motorcycle on Highway 49 near Defendant's property when his motorcycle hit some aggregate on the road, spun out of control and then crashed into a car traveling in the opposite direction. (Register of Actions [“ROA”] 1 [“Complaint”], p. 4.) This incident occurred within 100‐200 yards from the exit driveway of Defendant's property. Defendant owns, controls, ...

Excerpt: ... Green (“Tracy”) (collectively, the “Greens”). This action arises out of an investment account with RBC that was numbered initially as Account No. ‐8808 and later changed to Account No. ‐5042 (the “Account”). The Account was a joint tenant account in the names of Lopez and her son ‐in‐law Jason. Lopez alleges the Account was opened with an initial deposit of $200,000. (1AC ¶ 9.) Lopez alleges unauthorized withdrawals were mad...

Excerpt: ...tion and to allow Ford to file a reply. In this action Ford filed a Judicial Council form complaint alleging causes of action for breach of contract and for common counts. The action arises from allegations that Boyd failed to make the required payments pursuant to a motor vehicle lease agreement (“Lease”). Ford alleged that the subject lease was assigned to it and that it is the owner of the leased vehicle. In the FACC Boyd alleges causes of...

Excerpt: ...uest for judicial notice in support of its motion is granted. Plaintiff's request for judicial notice and Defendants' supplemental request for judicial notice are denied as the subject documents were not relevant to the Court's decision on the motion. II. Defendants' Objections Defendants' objections to Plaintiff's evidence submitted in opposition to the instant motion are ruled as follows. Declaration of Leta Nichols Objection No. 1 – ¶ 2, Li...

Excerpt: ...tted on law and motion matters. *** Plaintiffs Ronald Bingham, et al.'s motion to compel Defendant Central Valley Specialty Hospital's (“CVSH”) further responses to form interrogatories is ruled upon as follows. In this elder abuse action, Plaintiffs allege claims against Defendants CVSH and others for elder abuse, fraud, and wrongful death arising out of the care and treatment of decedent Ronald Bingham. Plaintiffs allege that the Decedent w...

Excerpt: ...g with approximately 46 other notices) on April 7, 2022, for a May 2, 2022, deposition. Defendant's petition to compel arbitration was scheduled for May 12, 2022. On April 26, 2022, the parties entered an agreement to stay discovery pending a ruling on the petition to compel arbitration. The Court denied the petition on May 12, 2022. (ROA 47.) Plaintiffs' counsel contacted Defendant's counsel on May 13, 2022 seeking deposition dates regarding the...

Excerpt: ...right, a sheriff deputy, operating a Ford Explorer patrol vehicle, lost control of his vehicle and collided with Plaintiff's minivan. Plaintiff alleges she sustained serious physical, emotional, and psychological injuries as a result and has continuing symptoms for which medical treatment is ongoing. Plaintiff's injuries included a herniated cervical disc; injury to her back, shoulders, hips, legs, and jaw; PTSD; and traumatic brain injury with s...

Excerpt: ...rally before the court, for settlement of the case, or part thereof, the court, upon motion, may enter judgment pursuant to the terms of the settlement. If requested by the parties, the court may retain jurisdiction over the parties to enforce the settlement until performance in full of the terms of the settlement.” Thus, CCP § 664.6 allows the Court upon motion to enter judgment pursuant to the terms of a settlement where the parties stipulat...

Excerpt: ...ness records to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., or in the alternative, for a protective order is ruled upon as follows. I. Overview a. Nivano's Complaint In its action, Nivano alleges that Defendants and Cross‐Complainants Mitesh Patel, R.PH (“Patel”) and David Kyle D.O. (“Kyle”) (collectively “Defendants”) schemed to “illegally gain control of Nivano and to then illegally profit from its providers and their patients. Defendants did so by...

Excerpt: ...int, ¶ 4.) Defendant Comcopious Limited (“iCanPay”) is a Hong Kong shell company that does business under the name ICanPay through various subsidiaries. (Complaint, ¶¶ 5 and 17‐19; Shimogori Decl., ¶ 1.) Plaintiff alleges ComCopious' principal place of business is the home of its director and controlling shareholder, Defendant Kotaro Shimogori (“Shimogori”) located at 1506 Gorman Drive, Carmichael, California 95608. (Complaint, ¶ 6...

Excerpt: ...ff alleges that automobile accident caused a variety of injuries, including headaches, dizziness, post‐concussion syndrome and TBI. (Response to Form Interrogatory No. 6.2, Jacoby Decl., Exh. B.) Plaintiff alleges the above complaints persist and that Plaintiff continues to suffer other complaints such as “[d]iminished attention, concentration/conversations, fatigue, difficulty w/ focus, multi‐tasking, finding words, feeling off balance, po...

Excerpt: ...ices of depositions for persons most qualified (PMQ Nos. 3‐6) to Leisure Care. (McLaughlin Decl., ¶ 5, Exh. B.) Plaintiff served seven notices of depositions to Woodlake (PMQ Nos. 1‐ 7), four of which related to the same categories as those served on Leisure Care. (Ibid.) The depositions were noticed on dates between August 12‐16. (McLaughlin Decl., Exh. B.) Between August 8 and 12, Defendants served objections. (McLaughlin Decl., ¶ 6, Ex...

Excerpt: ...vidence which is claimed to show the existence or nonexistence of a triable issue of material fact. *** Plaintiff Daniel Tiamu Avegalio's (“Plaintiff”) motion for partial summary adjudication is ruled upon as follows. I. Overview This action arises from Plaintiff's purchase of a used vehicle (“Vehicle”) from Defendant SAII Enterprises, LLC (“Defendant”). Plaintiff alleges that Defendant misrepresented the Vehicle's true accident histo...

Excerpt: .... *** Defendant Sutter Valley Hospitals dba Sutter Roseville Medical Center's (“Sutter”) demurrer to the Fifth and Eighth causes of action in Plaintiff Barbara Young's (“Plaintiff”) second amended complaint (“SAC”) is ruled upon as follows. Overview This is an employment action. At issue in this demurrer are the causes of action for failure to make reasonable accommodations (COA 5), and violation of Labor Code section 1102.5 (COA 8.) ...

Excerpt: ... abetting; (6) "malicious (vindictive) prosecution"; (7) abuse of process; (8) wrongful use of civil proceedings; (9) defamation; (10) false light; (11) intentional infliction of emotional distress; (12) negligent infliction of emotional distress and (13) public disclosure of private facts. (Complaint.) Only the third, fourth, fifth, eleventh and twelfth causes of action are asserted against Moving Defendants. (Complaint.) Plaintiff and Defendant...

Excerpt: ... (2) fraud. CONTENTIONS Defendants filed this unopposed demurrer to both causes of action on the basis that they fail to state a cause of action and are uncertain. As to the first cause of action, Defendants argue that it fails because the alleged 20 percent interest on the promissory note is usurious in violation of article XV of the California Constitution, which caps interest in cases such as this at 10 percent. Defendants further argue that t...

Excerpt: ...he tentative ruling to the litigation coordinator on or before the date of the scheduled hearing. The litigation coordinator shall provide the tentative ruling to Plaintiff within 48 hours of receiving it. The hearing date shall automatically be continued one week plus one court day for oral argument. The continuance date will always be an appearance required hearing so that Plaintiff need not request oral argument. The Litigation Coordinator sha...

Excerpt: ...LC, dba Laguna Woods, RCFE when Defendant Mee Lai Fong attacked Patton with a metal cane, ultimately leading to her death. CONTENTIONS 1. Moving Papers Defendants move to quash a deposition subpoena issued by Plaintiffs. The subpoena at issue is a records‐only subpoena under Code of Civil Procedure section 2020.410 issued on June 22, 2022 to Morrison & Garritano, an insurance broker that helped Defendants obtain insurance coverage for their nur...

Excerpt: ...ofit public benefit corporation. A trial is currently set for March 6, 2023. CONTENTIONS Defendants Move America Forward, Salvatore Russo, Melanie Swanson, Howard Kaloogian, and Shawn Callahan move for leave to amend their answer to the first amended complaint to allege an additional affirmative defense of selective prosecution. Defendants assert that recently completed depositions, which were noticed in April 2022, provided Defendants sufficient...

Excerpt: ...edecessor to Patelco Credit Union) secured by a deed of trust on the property. In 2008, Cal State 9 Credit Union assigned the beneficial interest under this deed of trust to Plaintiff. In 2009, an erroneous substitution of trustee was recorded on the deed of trust, purporting to appoint T.D. Service Company (predecessor to First American Title Insurance Company) as the new trustee and averring that Patelco was the beneficiary on the deed of trust...

Excerpt: ...hase of nut products. The contracts provided that “[a]ny claim relating to this contract, shall be settled by arbitration by the DFA [Dried Fruit Association of California] with its rules and judgment may be entered upon the award.” Petitioner claimed Respondents ordered nut products from it which they did not pay for. Petitioner initiated arbitration with the DPA and arbitration was held on January 20, 2022 before a three‐person panel of t...

Excerpt: ...is 42 years old. Plaintiff's motion is difficult to decipher, but from what the Court can glean, Case No. 714520 was a case wherein James E. Puiia sued Betty M. Puiaa for declaratory relief in 1976. Part of that case was apparently sealed in 1980 for unknown reasons. Attorney Weldon R. Reeves prepared a judgment in that case. Mr. Reeves was later disbarred in 1996 due to a false statement made in bankruptcy court. Both Mr. and Mrs. Puiia are dece...

Excerpt: ...considered Defendant's untimely reply brief filed on August 29, 2022 only two days before the hearing. Reply briefs in support of motions for summary judgment shall be filed "not less than five days" before the hearing "unless the court for good cause orders otherwise." (CCP § 437c(b)(4).) Given that five days before the August 31, 2022 hearing was Saturday August 27, 2022, Defendant was required to file the reply no later than August 26, 2022 i...

Excerpt: ...�) request for judicial notice of the Court's Minute Order on Defendants' demurrer to Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint in 34‐2019‐ 00262456 is granted. A court may take judicial notice of the existence of each document in a court file, and can take judicial notice of the truth of facts asserted in documents such as orders, findings of fact and conclusions of law, and judgments." (Bach v. McNelis (1989) 207 Cal.App.3d 852, 865.) Objections ...

Excerpt: ...ff Davita, Inc. was ordered to provide verified responses, without objections, to Defendant's form interrogatories (set one) no later than May 19, 2022. No sanctions were awarded though the Court indicated that further failures to comply with discovery could result in sanctions. Defendant now seeks terminating sanctions on the basis that Plaintiff has not provided the Court ordered responses. Defendant also requests issue and evidentiary sanction...

Excerpt: ...m telephonically, call (833) 568‐8864 and enter the Zoom ID: 16146506749. Incarcerated plaintiff in pro per Michael L. Garcia's ("Plaintiff") Motion for Appointment of Counsel is DENIED. Plaintiff is currently incarcerated in San Quentin, California. He filed his Complaint alleging excessive use of force and cruel and unusual punishment on June 16, 2022. This case is still at the pleading stage. Plaintiff has not filed a Proof of Service of Sum...

Excerpt: ... Aguilar's (collectively, “Plaintiffs”). Defendants' demurrer is ruled upon as follows: I. BACKGROUND This action was initiated on November 10, 2015 (Register of Actions ("ROA") 1) and was granted preference on March 15, 2016 (ROA 28) while Decedent was still living. Decedent died on May 26, 2017. The case was assigned for trial to this Court (Judge Richard K. Sueyoshi) in February 2020. In accordance with the Court's prior orders and COVID�...

Excerpt: ...e alleges he left his position with Defendant Gateway and obtained employment with First American but he was terminated after Defendants contacted First American and lied about him. In the TAC Plaintiff alleges causes of action for (1) breach of contract; (2) defamation; (3) tortious interference with contractual relationship; (4) intentional interference with prospective economic relations; (5) negligent interference with prospective economic re...

Excerpt: ...ew This is a personal injury action. Pursuant to CCP §§ 2025.420, 2034.430(b) and 2034.450(a), Plaintiff moves for a protective order to compel Defendant to pay the fees of Plaintiff's expert witness, Dr. Rakesh Donthineni, whom Defendant deposed. Dr. Donthineni is a board‐certified orthopedic surgeon specializing in spinal surgery. Dr. Donthineni appeared at an August 4, 2022 for three hours. Defendant did not complete Dr. Donthineni's depos...

Excerpt: ...let Cruze (“Vehicle”) which was manufactured and/or distributed by GM. Plaintiff received an express warranty, including, a 3‐ year/36,000‐mile express bumper to bumper warranty and a 5‐ year/100,000‐ mile powertrain warranty which, inter alia, covered the engine and transmission; and subsequently received a 10‐year/150,000‐ mile special coverage adjustment (i.e., extended warranty), which covers the water pump and/or related cool...

Excerpt: ...Sacramento. Plaintiff alleged that the Taylor Investment Company, its predecessor in interest, entered into a lease for the Premises (the “Lease”) with GameStop, Inc. in 2003. The Lease was assigned to Defendant in April 2015. Plaintiff alleged that Defendant has breached the Lease by failing to make timely rental payments. On April 20, 2022, this Court granted Plaintiff's motion for summary judgment and a formal order indicating that judgmen...

Excerpt: ...ion. Lopez filed an anti‐SLAPP motion, arguing her petition and speech was absolutely privileged. Judge David Brown granted her motion as to her complaint to the Assembly but denied it as to her statements to the press. Lopez appealed, and the Third District Court of Appeal reversed the partial denial, instructing this Court to grant the entire anti ‐SLAPP motion and to conduct further proceedings pursuant to the anti‐SLAPP law. The parties...

Excerpt: ...iffs Edward and Ikuko Korthof's (collectively “Plaintiffs”) purchase of commercial real property (“Property”). Plaintiffs allege that Ryker Flint and Ryker Flint Commercial, Inc. (collectively “Flint”) acted as the broker for the Seller, codefendant 1530 X STREET, LLC (“LLC). Flint later acted as Plaintiffs' agent for purposes of renting, leasing, operating and managing the property. Plaintiffs allege that Vujadin Jovic is an indivi...

Excerpt: ...nto, California 95814. Plaintiff's counsel is directed to contact opposing counsel forthwith to advise counsel of Department 53's correct address, Local Rule 1.06, and the Court's tentative ruling procedure. If Plaintiff's counsel is unable to contact opposing counsel prior to the hearing, Plaintiff's counsel shall be available at the hearing, in person or remotely (telephonically or by video conference via Zoom as stated in the introductory noti...

Excerpt: ...d her client files, and was in the process of seeking new counsel. Otis need not call to rerequest oral argument upon reposting of the tentative ruling below. The tentative ruling from the July 26, 2022 hearing is reprinted below. The motion of Defendant/Cross‐Defendant Otis Elevator Company (“Otis”) for summary judgment, or in the alterative, summary adjudication, in its favor and against Plaintiff Velma Butler (“Plaintiff”) is DENIED ...

Excerpt: ...ty Group, Inc. as the only defendant. However, the parties subsequently Stipulated to the Dismissal, with prejudice, of Simon Property Group, Inc., as this entity did not own or control the property in question. The parties also stipulated that Simon Financing Partnership, L.P. is the proper entity in this matter. See Stipulation of Counsel attached as Exhibit A to the Declaration of Counsel filed concurrently herewith. Thus, Simon Financing Part...

Excerpt: ...Complaint alleged the following causes of action: (1) Easement by Necessity; (2) Declaratory Relief; (3) Injunctive Relief; (4) Intentional Misrepresentation; and (5) Negligent Misrepresentation. After conducting discovery, Plaintiff now seeks to file a Third Amended Complaint (“TAC”) to include two (2) additional causes of action for implied easement by prior use and implied easement by prescription. Trial is currently set for November 1, 20...

Excerpt: ...n does not provide notice of the Court's tentative ruling system, as required by Local Rule 1.06. 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 by Zoom or by telephone. Factual Background This conso...

Excerpt: ...not the truth of their contents. (See Professional Engineers v. Dep't of Transp. (1997) 15 Cal.4th 543, 590.) Factual Background This action was commenced on July 13, 2021 with the filing of Plaintiff's complaint. On September 27, 2021, Plaintiff filed a First Amended Complaint ("FAC") pleading five causes of action for (1) sexual harassment under Government Code § 12940(j); (2) race discrimination under Government Code § 12940(a); (3) disabili...

Excerpt: ...alment, and breach of implied warranties, while his spouse has a claim for loss of consortium. (Defendant's Statement of Undisputed Material Facts (“UMF”) No. 2.) Plaintiff alleges that he was diagnosed with Chronic Myelogenic Leukemia ("CML") in 2000 as a result of his work with and exposure to a number of chemical products listed in the complaint containing significant concentrations of benzene and other toxic chemicals from approximately 1...