Excerpt: ...ant fails to show that plaintiff could waive the representative PAGA claims. "A PAGA claim is legally and conceptually different from an employee's own suit for damages and statutory penalties. An employee suing under PAGA 'does so as the proxy or agent of the state's labor law enforcement agencies.' [citation] Every PAGA claim is 'a dispute between an employer and the state. "' (Kim v. Reins International California, Inc. (2020) 9 Cal.5th 73 [em...

Excerpt: ...ropriety of summary judgment are to be resolved in favor of the opposing party." (Kulesa v. Castleberry (1996) 47 Cal.App.4th 103, 112; see also Statoners Corp. v. Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. (1965) 62 cal.2d 412, 417; Crouse v. Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison (1998) 67 cal.App.4th 1509, 1524.) As a general rule, the insured's settlement with and release of the tortfeasor cuts off the subrogation rights of the insured's insurer against the tortfeasor. How...

Excerpt: ... a member of the California State Bar who meets all the requirements set forth in CRC 2.812 to serve as a temporary judge, has been assigned to hear this motion. Prior to the hearing all parties to the motion will be asked to sign a stipulation agreeing that the motion may be heard by the Pro Tem Judge. If all parties to the motion sign the stipulation, the hearing will proceed before the Judge Pro Tem who will decide the motion with the same aut...

Excerpt: ... Amended Complaint [C.C.P. 438, Et Seq.]. Defendant California College of the Arts' (CCA) "motion for judgment on the pleadings as to causes of action number one through seven in plaintiff's second amended complaint" (SAC) is granted with leave to amend. CCA hired pro per plaintiff June Beltran in 2017. Part of her job was to direct CCAls Center for Art & Public Life, later renamed the Center for Impact (the Center). Beltran was fired in November...

Excerpt: ...fs "motion to temporarily lift stay to declare that Lyft, Inc.'s arbitration agreement controls the parties' dispute" is denied. On March 22, 2023, Stripe, Inc.'s motion to compel plaintiff to arbitration was granted based on multiple arbitration agreements. This court's order stayed the litigation "pending the outcome of arbitration." Plaintiff now seeks to "temporarily lift stay" based on CCP 1281.4's provision that a court shall "stay the acti...

Excerpt: ...stock options. The noton was that plaintiffs would eventually get their money back and split any gain with defendant 50-50. The employer went public and its stock price rose, but plaintiffs have gotten no money. The demurrer's first argument is that the entre FAC is precluded by a New York court's dismissal ofa "nearly identical" case. Plaintiffs respond that the New York case regarded their supposed right to compel defendant to sell her stock (w...

Excerpt: ...And 2 In Plaintiff'S Complaint Defendants Epic Sightseeing, LLC and Extranomical Tours, LLC's Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings Re Causes Of Action 1 and 2 in Plaintiff's Complaint is DENIED. A motion for judgment on the pleadings is treated the same as a demurrer. It is limited to the "four corners" of the pleading (including exhibits) and matters that are judicially noticeable. The complaint is read as a whole, and material facts properly pl...

Excerpt: ... IN PART AND DENIED IN PART. Petitioner has demonstrated a right to recover attorney's fees and costs from Respondent San Francisco Housing Authority. This is a Public Records Act matter. The Act mandates a fees and costs award in petitioner's favor payable by the public agency, if the petitioner "prevails in litigation." (Gov. Code, 7923.115, subd, (a).) Petitioner made PRA requests on October 6 and 13, 2022. Respondent did not substantially com...

Excerpt: ... Univ. (2015) 243 Cal.App.4th 427, 432 n.3 ["Generally, a party moving for summary judgment may not rely on new evidence filed with its reply papers."]; San Diego Watercrafts, Inc. v. Wells Fargo Bank (2W2) 102 Cal.App.4th 308, 316 [noting due process issue when considering reply evidence].) "The papers are to be construed strictly against the moving party and liberally in favor of the opposing party; any doubts regarding the propriety of summary...

Excerpt: ...dgment is denied. Defendant's alternative motion for summary adjudication is granted and denied as follows: The motion for summary adjudication is denied as to issue 1 (ability to perform essential job functions), issue 2 (legitimate reason) and issue 3 (failure to engage in interactive process). Defendant does not deny that it previously modified plaintiffs work structure because of plaintiffs disabilities. (Amended Complaint, par. 21; Pfeilschi...

Excerpt: ...validity of fts claim. (CCP 512.060(a)(1).) Defendant's hearsay objection to the Motosko declaration is sustained. (Opposition 8:15-25.) That is the only evidence that supports this application. The declaration is based on 'company records," but there is no showing that they are business records excepted from the hearsay rule. (Evidence Code sec. 1271 ["Evidence of a wrting made as a record of an act, condition, or event is not made inadmissible ...

Excerpt: ...fendant Comcast to address the noise emanating from a vault cover near plaintiffs residence. Plaintiff alleges that when a vehicle runs over the vault cover, it make an extremely loud noise. 1. Comcast asserts that plaintiff is a vexatious litigant and has not posted the required security. If this is so, the court questions why a motion based on that failure has not been made. See CCP 391.4 (dismissal for failure to furnish security). This does n...

Excerpt: .... The court has nevertheless reviewed the moving papers and the opposition filed July 5, 2023 which includes documents plaintiff apparently contends supports his allegations. In particular, the court has reviewed the July opposition for evidence that Protacio was operating within the course and scope of his employment with the defendant Regents. His employment consisted of working as an HR employment lead at USFC Health, and his duties consisted ...

Excerpt: ...To Requests For Production Of Dcmaments And Tangible Things, Production Of Documents And Request For Monetary Sanctions. Pro Tem Judge Aaron Minnis, a member of the California State Bar who meets all the requirements set forth in CRC 2.812 to serve as a temporary judge, has been assigned to hear this motion. Prior to the hearing all parties to the motion will be asked to sign a stipulation agreeing that the motion may be heard by the Pro Tem Judg...

Excerpt: ...Award Based On Failure To Post Bond Or Undertaking Respondent Gerona's mo
Ÿon to dismiss is granted. As this court already ruled in its order of July 21, 2023, the bond requirement is mandatory and jurisdic
Ÿonal. (Palagin v. Paniagua Construc
Ÿon Inc. (2013) 222 Cal.App.4th 124, 140.) Gerona is therefore en
Ÿtled to a dismissal. (Id.; Labor Code sec. 98.2(b); Burkes v. Robertson (2018) 26 Cal.App.5th 334, 347, fn 10 ["a necessary consequence...

Excerpt: ...et forth in CRC 2.812 to serve as a temporary judge, has been assigned to hear this moton. Prior to the hearing all parties to the motion will be asked to sign a stipulation agreeing that the motion may be heard by the Pro Tem Judge. If all parties to the motion sign the stipulation, the hearing will proceed before the Judge Pro Tem who will decide the motion with the same authority as a Superior Court Judge. If a party appears by telephone, the ...

Excerpt: ...o not suffice." (Lazar v. Superior Court (1996) 12 Cal.4th 631, 645; Hamilton v. Greenwich Investors XXVI, LLC (2011) 195 Cal.App.4th 1602, 1614.) To satisfy '"[t]his particularity requirement,"' a plaintiff must plead facts that show "how, when, where, to whom, and by what means the representations were tendered." (Lazar, supra, 12 Cal.4th at 645.) Here, plaintiff does not meet the heightened pleading requirement. For example, Paragraph 19 does ...

Excerpt: ...Cal. Rule Of Court 2.551; (2) Plaintiffs' Application Pursuant To Code Provision 2031.285, and (3) Defendant Glydways, Inc.'s Cross-Motion to Disqualify Plaintiff's Counsel. Plaintiff's rule 2.551 application, which is unopposed, is GRANTED. On Plaintiff's application under section 2031.285 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the court finds the subject document is privileged. The court finds that Plaintiffs did not establish a waiver of the privileg...

Excerpt: ...ff's Application To Amend Abstract Of Judgment With Defendant's Alias (CCP Sec 680.135), for which no opposition has been filed, is DENIED. Plaintiff seeks to amend the abstract of judgment to add "Light Mary J Trust," which plaintiff identifies as a revocable trust. Section 680.135 is limited to adding to judgments "aliases" of known debtors. In this context, an alias is a name by which the natural person who is the debtor is or has been known a...

Excerpt: ...dba Rightworks Insurance Services's mo
Ÿon for relief under Code of Civil Procedure sec
Ÿon 473, which is unopposed in substance, is GRANTED. Good cause appearing, moving party is relieved from the s
Ÿpulated deadline to Þle a Mo
Ÿon to Compel Community Loans to Supplement Its Responses to Requests for Produc
Ÿon of Documents, Set One, and any such mo
Ÿon Þled before August 31, 2023, shall be deemed
Ÿmely. The court is aware of the disp...

Excerpt: ...tiffs Claim For Writ Of Mandate Against The Commissioner Of The California Department Of Insurance The "motion to sever plaintiff's claim for writ of mandate against the Commissioner of the California Department of Insurance" is granted. Joining a writ action against the insurance commissioner to a bad faith case against an insurer is a recurring tactic by this plaintiffs' counsel. (Memo. 3:3-5:15.) The tactic has been rejected by severance four ...

Excerpt: ...s. Pro Tem Judge William Lynn, a member of the California State Bar who meets all the requirements set forth in CRC 2.812 to serve as a temporary judge, has been assigned to hear this mo
Ÿon. Prior to the hearing all par
Ÿes to the mo
Ÿon will be asked to sign a s
Ÿpula
Ÿon agreeing that the mo
Ÿon may be heard by the Pro Tem Judge. If all par
Ÿes to the mo
Ÿon sign the s
Ÿpula
Ÿon, the hearing will proceed before the Judge Pro Tem who ...

Excerpt: ...ce Highman, a member of the California State Bar who meets all the requirements set forth in CRC 2.812 to serve as a temporary judge, has been assigned to hear this motion. Prior to the hearing all parties to the motion will be asked to sign a stipulation agreeing that the motion may be heard by the Pro Tem Judge. If all parties to the motion sign the stipulation, the hearing will proceed before the Judge Pro Tem who will decide the motion with t...

Excerpt: ...hman, a member of the California State Bar who meets all the requirements set forth in CRC 2.812 to serve as a temporary judge, has been assigned to hear this mo
Ÿon. Prior to the hearing all par
Ÿes to the mo
Ÿon will be asked to sign a s
Ÿpula
Ÿon agreeing that the mo
Ÿon may be heard by the Pro Tem Judge. If all par
Ÿes to the mo
Ÿon sign the s
Ÿpula
Ÿon, the hearing will proceed before the Judge Pro Tem who will decide the mo
Ÿon w...

Excerpt: ...INATING SANCTIONS, STRIKING DEFENDANTS ANSWER AND ENTERING DEFAULT; REQUEST FOR MONETARY SANCTIONS OF $1,572.95; Pro Tem Judge Scott Borrowman, a member of the California State Bar who meets all the requirements set forth in CRC 2.812 to serve as a temporary judge, has been assigned to hear this motion. Prior to the hearing all parties to the motion will be asked to sign a stipulation agreeing that the moton may be heard by the Pro Tem Judge. If ...

Excerpt: ...dge Scott Borrowman, a member of the California State Bar who meets all the requirements set forth in CRC 2.812 to serve as a temporary judge, has been assigned to hear this motion. Prior to the hearing all parties to the motion will be asked to sign a stipulation agreeing that the motion may be heard by the Pro Tem Judge. If all parties to the motion sign the stipulation, the hearing will proceed before the Judge Pro Tem who will decide the moti...

Excerpt: ...ing whether an action is a SLAPP. First, the court decides whether the defendant has made a threshold showing that the challenged cause of action is one arising from protected activity If the court finds that such a showing has been made, it must then determine whether the plaintiff has demonstrated a probability of prevailing on the claim." (Navellier v. Sletten (2002) 29 Cal.4th 82, 88.) This action arises from an uninsured motorist arbitration...

Excerpt: ...Partners, LLC, TurbineOne, LLC, and Matthew Amacker's (collectively "SEP") motion for summary adjudication is denied. SEP presents some new evidence that was unavailable at the time the court originally heard this motion, e.g., testimony of cross-complainant's PMQ witness, amended/supplemental discovery response, and the declaration of Mr. Camp. Therefore SEP may renew the motion under CCP secs. 1008(b) and 437c(f)(2). *The Court's full and compl...

Excerpt: ... of fault was prov-ded, relief is discretionary and must be based on a showing of "mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect." (CCP 473(b).) The party moving for relief on the basis of "mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect" must show specific facts demonstrating that one of these conditions was met. (Hopkins & Carley v. Gens (2011) 200 Cal.App.4th 1401, 1410, 135 [defendant's burden to demonstrate "that due to some mi...

Excerpt: ...c)(1).) Plaintiffs appealed and lost again. Defendants' motion for appellate fees and costs is adjudged as follows. First, as to hourly rates, the 7/29/21 Order's findings are adopted; in sum: "The hourly rates that defendants were charged were $330 for partners, $255 for associates and $170 for legal assistants, which the Court finds to be reasonable." (ld. at 3:9-10.) Second, defense counsels' hours worked on the appeal are also reasonable. Pla...

Excerpt: ... or ordered to be paid by the probate court, and the complaint defects are incurable. Plaintiff argues that defendants agreed to seek the attorneys' fees in probate court but have not done so in over two years. (Opp., 5:8-9.) Plaintiff also argues that defendant Trammell agreed to advance out of pocket expenses. (See Cmplnt. at p. 3.) Each cause of action refers to the $3,500 in costs for court reporter fees, that is still outstanding, in additio...

Excerpt: ...fferent court location within the same superior court as provided in this section, proceedings shall be held as provided by local rules of the superior court." (CCP sec. 396a(f).) The Lual Rule of San Francisco provides that this department hears all pretrial motions except for certain matters including "probate law and motion matters." (Lual Rule 8.1(A)(1), Plaintiffs' complaint alleges breach of contract and account stated from a settlement agr...

Excerpt: ...ned to hear this motion. Prior to the hearing all parties to the motion will be asked to sign a stipulation agreeing that the motion may be heard by the Pro Tem Judge. If all parties to the motion sign the stipulation, the hearing will proceed before the Judge Pro Tem who will decide the motion with the same authority as a Superior Court Judge. If a party appears by telephone, the stipulation may be signed via fax or consent to sign given by emai...

Excerpt: ...s motion. Prior to the hearing all parties to the motion will be asked to sign a stipulation agreeing that the moton may be heard by the Pro Tem Judge. If all parties to the motion sign the stipulation, the hearing will proceed before the Judge Pro Tem who will decide the motion with the same authority as a Superior Court Judge. If a party appears by telephone, the stipulation may be signed via fax or consent to sign given by email. If not all pa...

Excerpt: ... Complaint, 1:23-24.) Plaintiff alleges that defendant continues to have a uniform policy that violates the Labor Code. (Amended Complaint, pars. 16, 18, 22.) Under Johnson v. Maxim Healthcare Services, Inc. (2021) 66 Cal.App.5th 924, 930, PAGA standing does not depend on maintaining an individual claim and an aggrieved employee can maintain a representative PAGA achon even where the individual claim is time barred. Plaintiffs representative alle...

Excerpt: ...ants' demurrer is sustained with leave to amend. The Court's complete tenta
Ÿve ruling is emailed to the par
Ÿes. For the 9:30 a.m. Law & Mo
Ÿon calendar, all a
©orneys and par
Ÿes may appear in Department 302 remotely. Remote hearings will be conducted by videoconference using Zoom. To appear remotely at the hearing, go to the court's website at sfsuperiorcourt.org under "Online Services," navigate to "Tenta
Ÿve Rulings," and click on the ...

Excerpt: ...ely treat plaintiffs fall; (4) did not implement a wound prevention program and caused a wound to reach into the base of his spine; (5) did not provide adequate food and liquids; (6) repeatedly did not assist with hygiene and meet plaintiffs basic needs; (7) regulatory violations; and (8) defendant's purposeful decision (through fts officers, directors, and/or managing agents) to understaff the facility plead sufficient facts to support a claim f...

Excerpt: ...as a temporary judge, has been assigned to hear this motion. Prior to the hearing all parties to the motion will be asked to sign a stipulation agreeing that the motion may be heard by the Pro Tem Judge. If all parties to the motion sign the stipulation, the hearing will proceed before the Judge Pro Tem who will decide the motion with the same authority as a Superior Court Judge. If a party appears by telephone, the stipulation may be signed via ...

Excerpt: ...N THOMPSON, CRISTIAN ZAPATA Notice Of Hearing on Petition To Compel Arbitration And Award Relief under Cal. Code Civ. Proc. Sec. 1281.97 Petitioners' motion to compel arbitration and award relief under CCP 1281.97 is denied. The weight of authority holds that the Federal Arbitration Act ("FAN') does not preempt CCP 1281.97. (See Espinoza v. Superior Ct. of Los Angeles cnty. (2022) 83 cal.App.5th 761; Gallo v. wood Ranch USA, Inc. (2022) 81 cal.Ap...

Excerpt: ...nted from Colorado-resident defendant over Airbnb, which is headquartered in San Francisco. The parties dispute whether plaintiff was resident at the time in Arizona or California. Defendant appears to concede that a contract can be formed over Airbnb. Defendant says he has been in California twice in his life, for a Disneyland trip and first aid training - both many years ago. "When a defendant moves to quash on jurisdictional grounds, the plain...

Excerpt: ...count) The FAC pleads an agreement that the parties would each deposit 10% of their monthly salaries into the account, with each to "own" half the balance. (ld. at 6:1-7.) Defendant later withdrew "near the entirety" of the account balance and refuses to return plaintiffs share, thus converting his half. (ld. at 1:8-20.) No "right to payment" seems to be at issue, nor is the parties' ownership based on each's contributions, so defendants' cited a...

Excerpt: ...tion And Motion To Re-Open And Compel Targeted Discovery Regarding Spoliation. (Part 1 of 2 for purposes of entry of tentative ruling) Pro Tem Judge William Lynn, a member of the California State Bar who meets all the requirements set forth in CRC 2.812 to serve as a temporary judge, has been assigned to hear this motion. Prior to the hearing all parties to the motion will be asked to sign a stipulation agreeing that the motion may be heard by th...

Excerpt: ...rve as a temporary judge, has been assigned to hear this motion. Prior to the hearing all parties to the motion will be asked to sign a stipulation agreeing that the motion may be heard by the Pro Tem Judge. If all parties to the motion sign the stipulation, the hearing will proceed before the Judge Pro Tem who will decide the motion with the same authority as a Superior Court Judge. If a party appears by telephone, the stipulation may be signed ...

Excerpt: ...n the three-year statutory deadline of December 31, 2022. (MPA, 6:1-7.) CCP 340.1(f) requires that any plaintiff who is 40 years of age or older at the time the action is filed, must file certificates of merit together with the complaint. At the tme plaintiff filed this action, she was over 50 years old. (Cmplnt. 1:28-2:1.) Pursuant to the provisions of CCP 340.1(f) plaintiff was required to file a certificate of merit at the time the action is f...

Excerpt: ...se the number of card/gambling tables it could operate at its cardroom because the enabling ballot measure (Measure H) allegedly did not comply with Bus. & Prof. Code sec. 19961(c). Facts and Procedural History This is not petitioner s first time to appear before this court regarding its desire to add card tables. In CPF-21-517433, petitioner filed a petition for writ of mandate alleging that respondent misinterpreted several ordinances and statu...

Excerpt: ...1) provides that if, as here, "a trust is created by more than one settlor, each settlor may revoke the trust as to the portion of the trust contributed by that settlor." (ld.; see also Estate of Powell (2000) 83 Cal.App.4th 1434, 1440 [1994 legislative amendment to Probate Code 15401 "reversed prior judicial decisions holding that a trust could not be revoked by less than all joint settlors"].) Plaintiff adequately pleads she revoked the portion...

Excerpt: ...tiffs' mistaken belief that two defendants then resided here. In fact, the two defendants' December 2022 interrogatory responses show they had moved to Texas in January 2022, before "the commencement of the action." (Bains Dec. Ex. D 3:36-4:7, Ex. E 3:25-4:5; CCP 395(a).) Thus, ours is nota "proper court for the trial of the action." (ld.; see also CCP 397.) Plaintiffs apparently concede the relevant facts, but argue that movants "waived their ri...

Excerpt: ...on Of Plaintiff Mark Shukens Claims, And (2) Stay The Proceedings. Defendants' (PAC-12 ENTERPRISES, LLC, PAC-12 NETWORK, LLC, PAC-12 CONFERENCE) motion to compel arbitration of plaintiff Shuken's claims and stay this action is granted. Shuken entered into a broad arbitration agreement with defendant Pac-12 Enterprises. (Lockett Decl., Ex. 1, sec. 14.) The FAA applies to Shuken's agreement based on the express terms of the agreement and because th...

Excerpt: ...1:19-22) is supported by no authority. In any event, fraud by movants is also specified using their names. (ld. at 7:18-8:6, 9:15-10:2.) Second, movants argue that their alleged fraudulent statements regarded future events. But the complaint alleges false statements by movants in the context of the sales transactions themselves. (ld. at 17:18-8:2.) Even if all the false statements were made earlier, the complaint pleads they were already "false w...

Excerpt: ...udge, has been assigned to hear this mo
Ÿon. Prior to the hearing all par
Ÿes to the mo
Ÿon will be asked to sign a s
Ÿpula
Ÿon agreeing that the mo
Ÿon may be heard by the Pro Tem Judge. If all par
Ÿes to the mo
Ÿon sign the s
Ÿpula
Ÿon, the hearing will proceed before the Judge Pro Tem who will decide the mo
Ÿon with the same authority as a Superior Court Judge. If a party appears by telephone, the s
Ÿpula
Ÿon may be signed via fax...