Excerpt: ...8490; defects requiring the updating and/or reprogramming of the power steering control module (“PSCM”), transmission control module (“TCM”), and/or electronic brake control module (“EBCM”); defects causing shuttering; defects causing the failure and/or replacement of the torque converter; defects causing a vibration at highway speeds; defects causing a vibration upon acceleration; defects causing a hesitation upon acceleration; defec...

Excerpt: ...ication for preferential trial setting under Code of Civil Procedure section 36 (Section 36). After discussing the matter with the parties, the Court set the request for a hearing and stated the ex parte application would be treated as the moving papers. (Misc. Minute Order, 12/07/23.) Plaintiffs filed an opposition to the trial preference request on January 2, 2024, noting the ex parte application failed to attach the referenced exhibits. Defen...

Excerpt: ...fraud obtained after a jury trial in the Twentieth Judicial District in the District Court of Barton County, Kansas, Case No. 2015 -CV -000055. Schaefers filed an appeal, and on April 19, 2019, the Kansas Court of Appeals issued a 31 -page opinion affirming the trial court's fraud judgment against Schaefers. On May 17, 2019, Schaefers filed a Petition for Review with the Kansas Superior Court. On December 19, 2019, the Kansas Supreme Court deni...

Excerpt: ...f December 21, 2020, Spano and Harmony Bluffs held a “Burning Man” type festival on their premises during which they permitted guests to operate a high- performance recreational vehicle. One of the guests who drove the vehicle was Arayza -Alvarez. The complaint alleges that Arayza -Alvarez had no experience driving such a vehicle, was under the influence when she did so, and was unaware that the property was near a sheer cliff. Arayza -Alvar...

Excerpt: ...n January 25, 2024, the Court entered an order continuing the hearing on the petition so that Plaintiffs could properly serve all defendants. On February 13, 2024, Plaintiffs filed an amended petition to confirm the arbitration award and served it by email to attorneys Wesley Bonnheim and Travis Bonnheim. As explained in the Court's January 25, 2024, court order, emailing the petition to attorneys who have never appeared on behalf of Dos Osos a...

Excerpt: ...aintiff alleges Warrantor violated the Song- Beverly Warranty Act (Civil Code sections 1790 et seq.) (“Song -Beverly Act”) by failing to repair Vehicle defects. (Ameripour Decl., Exh. 1.)1 Warrantor seeks to compel arbitration and stay this action until the conclusion of arbitration. Warrantor relies on the arbitration provision in the RISC between Plaintiff and Dealer (Ameripour Decl., Exh. 2) and arbitration language in the Owner's Handbook...

Excerpt: ...d a First Amended Fraud Complaint (“FAC”). Plaintiff added the Santa Barbara Superior Court and City Attorney Denny Wei as defendants in the FAC. On October 5, 2023, the Court sustained Denny Wei's demurrer to the FAC without leave to amend and sustained the City Defendants' demurrers to the FAC with leave to amend. On October 17, 2023, Plaintiff filed a Second Amended Complaint for Abuse of Process, Civil Perjury, and Civil Conspiracy (SAC)...

Excerpt: ...ed Mathis to provide partial responses without objections by May 31, 2023, and full responses by June 30, 2023. Mathis served responses on June 30, 2023. Natali states the responses include objections. Her counsel sent a meet and confer letter on August 3, 2023. Over the next several months, Mathis' counsel represented that he was working on replying to the meet and confer letters and supplemental responses. (See Declaration of Jonas Bailey ISO M...

Excerpt: ...bjections to each of the RFPs. Natali moved to compel further responses to the RFPs, which the Court granted, ordering further responses be served by Friday, July 28, 2023. On August 4, 2023, Natali belatedly served supplemental responses. Natali contends that the supplemental responses are insufficient, and seeks evidence and issue sanctions against Mathis, as it relates to RFP Nos. 24 -33, 40, 50- 54, 58-59, 65, 78, 97- 98, 177, 181 -182, and 1...

Excerpt: ... the early morning hours of December 21, 2020, Spano and Harmony Bluffs held a “Burning Man” type festival on their premises during which they permitted guests to operate a high -performance recreational vehicle. One of the guests who drove the vehicle was Arayza- Alvarez. The complaint alleges that Arayza -Alvarez had no experience driving such vehicle, was under the influence when she did so, and was unaware that the property was near a sh...

Excerpt: ...idual defendants were named only in the third and fifth causes of action. Prior to trial, Martin agreed to withdraw the eleventh cause of action (misclassification as independent contractor) in exchange for Defendants withdrawing certain defenses. Trial took place in September 2023. During the trial, the Court granted nonsuit on the sixth, seventh, eighth, and twelfth causes of action (accommodation related claims and whistleblower retaliation)...

Excerpt: ...he Court then provided a detailed outline of the categories of documents that it generally regarded as relevant and properly to be produced in cases such as this. Finally, the court provided a briefing schedule for supplemental briefs if the good faith meet and confer efforts it was ordering did not fully resolve the dispute. Plaintiffs brief was due by March 22, 2024; Defendants brief was due by March 27, 2024. Plaintiff contends in a declarati...

Excerpt: ...d a First Amended Fraud Complaint (“FAC”). Plaintiff added the Santa Barbara Superior Court and City Attorney Denny Wei as defendants in the FAC. On October 5, 2023, the Court sustained Denny Wei's demurrer to the FAC without leave to amend and sustained the City Defendants' demurrers to the FAC with leave to amend. On October 17, 2023, Plaintiff filed a Second Amended Complaint for Abuse of Process, Civil Perjury, and Civil Conspiracy (SAC)...

Excerpt: ...n January 25, 2024, the Court entered an order continuing the hearing on the petition so that Plaintiffs could properly serve all defendants. On February 13, 2024, Plaintiffs filed an amended petition to confirm the arbitration award and served it by email to attorneys Wesley Bonnheim and Travis Bonnheim. As explained in the Court's January 25, 2024, court order, emailing the petition to attorneys who have never appeared on behalf of Dos Osos a...

Excerpt: ...aintiff alleges Warrantor violated the Song- Beverly Warranty Act (Civil Code sections 1790 et seq.) (“Song -Beverly Act”) by failing to repair Vehicle defects. (Ameripour Decl., Exh. 1.)1 Warrantor seeks to compel arbitration and stay this action until the conclusion of arbitration. Warrantor relies on the arbitration provision in the RISC between Plaintiff and Dealer (Ameripour Decl., Exh. 2) and arbitration language in the Owner's Handbook...

Excerpt: ...th the CVT transmission.” On May 26, 2023, Plaintiffs served requests for production of documents (RFP) on Honda. Honda responded on August 11, 2023, and served verifications three days later. Plaintiffs now move to compel further responses to RFPs: 1 -3, 7, 9, 12, 17, 20, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 32, 33, 40, 42, 43, 47, 51, 53, 56, 58, 59, 76, 77, 84, and 86- 91.1 The 33 RFPs at issue are grouped into the following categories: • RFPs 1 -3, 7, 9,...

Excerpt: ...tate, lien, or interest in the property located at 490 Country Club Drive, San Luis Obispo, 93401 (the Property). Plaintiff asserts causes of action for (1) quiet title, (2) intentional misrepresentation and fraudulent concealment, (3) declaratory relief, and (4) injunctive relief. Plaintiffs' Allegations. Plaintiff alleges it is a California limited liability company in San Luis Obispo. (Compl., ¶ 10.) Plaintiff alleges it purchased the Propert...

Excerpt: ...ndant's demurrer to the complaint on the basis that the complaint was uncertain. Plaintiff filed a first amended complaint, Defendant demurrered, and on July 19, 2023, the Court sustained the demurrer with leave to amend on the ground that Plaintiff failed to state a cause of action. On July 25, 2023, Plaintiff filed a second amended complaint (SAC). The SAC specifies that it is for “breach of oral contract.” Plaintiff also checked the bo...

Excerpt: ...legal or equitable right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the property located at 490 Country Club Drive, San Luis Obispo, 93401 (the Subject Property). Plaintiff asserts causes of action for (1) quiet title, (2) intentional misrepresentation and fraudulent concealment, (3) declaratory relief, and (4) injunctive relief. Plaintiffs' Allegations. Plaintiff alleges it is a California limited liability company in San Luis Obispo. (Compl., ¶ 10.)...

Excerpt: ...process is essential to establish personal jurisdiction.' [Citation.]” (Kremerman v. White (2021) 71 Cal.App.5th 358, 371.) The statutory procedures for effective service of process are set forth in Code of Civil Procedure section 415.10 et seq. “A summons may be served by personal delivery of a copy of the summons and of the complaint to the person to be served. Service of a summons in this manner is deemed complete at the time of such deliv...

Excerpt: ...th the CVT transmission.” On May 26, 2023, Plaintiffs served requests for production of documents (RFP) on Honda. Honda responded on August 11, 2023, and served verifications three days later. Plaintiffs now move to compel further responses to RFPs: 1 -3, 7, 9, 12, 17, 20, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 32, 33, 40, 42, 43, 47, 51, 53, 56, 58, 59, 76, 77, 84, and 86- 91.1 The 33 RFPs at issue are grouped into the following categories: • RFPs 1 -3, 7, 9,...

Excerpt: ...tate, lien, or interest in the property located at 490 Country Club Drive, San Luis Obispo, 93401 (the Property). Plaintiff asserts causes of action for (1) quiet title, (2) intentional misrepresentation and fraudulent concealment, (3) declaratory relief, and (4) injunctive relief. Plaintiffs' Allegations. Plaintiff alleges it is a California limited liability company in San Luis Obispo. (Compl., ¶ 10.) Plaintiff alleges it purchased the Propert...

Excerpt: ...legal or equitable right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the property located at 490 Country Club Drive, San Luis Obispo, 93401 (the Subject Property). Plaintiff asserts causes of action for (1) quiet title, (2) intentional misrepresentation and fraudulent concealment, (3) declaratory relief, and (4) injunctive relief. Plaintiffs' Allegations. Plaintiff alleges it is a California limited liability company in San Luis Obispo. (Compl., ¶ 10.)...

Excerpt: ...ing State Route 1 when Elk allegedly owned, kept or harbored by the defendants entered the road in front of her and her vehicle collided with the Elk, causing her serious injuries. (Cmp., ¶¶ 6, 15 -20.) The State of California, acting by and through the Department of Parks and Recreation (the Department) now demurs to the complaint and each cause of action alleged against it in the complaint, namely the first and third causes of action for dan...

Excerpt: ...rt and overruled in part the District's demurrer to the complaint. Likewise, the Court granted in part and denied in part the District's motion to strike the complaint. Plaintiffs filed their first amended complaint (FAC) on March 30, 2023. As against the District, Plaintiffs' FAC asserted causes of action for violation of the Unruh Civil Rights Act (Unruh), violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), respondeat superior liability u...

Excerpt: ...ing State Route 1 when Elk allegedly owned, kept or harbored by the defendants entered the road in front of her and her vehicle collided with the Elk, causing her serious injuries. (Cmp., ¶¶ 6, 15 -20.) The State of California, acting by and through the Department of Parks and Recreation (the Department) now demurs to the complaint and each cause of action alleged against it in the complaint, namely the first and third causes of action for dan...

Excerpt: ...ed by Key Health Medical Solutions, Inc., a litigation funding company (Key Health). On February 18, 2022, Defendants served Key Health with a Deposition Subpoena for Personal Appearance and Production of Documents and Things for the Person Most Knowledgeable. On February 23, 2023, Key Health produced the person most knowledgeable (PMK) and responsive documents. Defendant asserts that the custodian affidavits were not signed and that the records ...

Excerpt: ... and into the early morning hours of December 21, 2020, Spano and Harmony Bluffs held a “Burning Man” type festival on their premises during which they permitted guests to operate a high performance recreational vehicle. One of the guests who drove the vehicle was Arayza- Alvarez. The complaint alleges that Arayza -Alvarez had no experience driving such vehicle, was under the influence when she did so, and was unaware that the property was n...

Excerpt: ...ed by Key Health Medical Solutions, Inc., a litigation funding company (Key Health). On February 18, 2022, Defendants served Key Health with a Deposition Subpoena for Personal Appearance and Production of Documents and Things for the Person Most Knowledgeable. On February 23, 2023, Key Health produced the person most knowledgeable (PMK) and responsive documents. Defendant asserts that the custodian affidavits were not signed and that the records ...

Excerpt: ... Plaintiff, serve as Plaintiff's pest control advisor, and would arrange for the use of a cannabis distribution license to store and care for Plaintiff's cannabis material. Plaintiff's first amended complaint asserts causes of action for (1) breach of contract, (2) conversion, (3) breach of implied contract, (4) unfair competition, (5) negligence, (6) accounting, (7) unjust enrichment, and (8) fraud. Now before the Court is Defendants' motion fo...

Excerpt: ...rs. The three plaintiffs are the adult children of Pyong Yun Song (Decedent). On April 13, 2023, Plaintiffs filed a FAC, alleging nine causes of action. Two causes of action are alleged against the State: the eighth cause of action for dangerous condition of public property, and the ninth cause of action for public employee/contractor liability for dangerous condition (a new cause of action in the FAC that was not included in the original compla...

Excerpt: ...d asserted derivative claims on its behalf. Steve and Robert each hold a fifty percent interest in BBC and are the only two directors on the board. Robert now alleges that Steve is attempting to unilaterally transfer BBC's vehicles and equipment (the Fleet) to Steve's solely owned entity, Steve C. Boneso Construction, Inc. (SCBC), dba Boneso Plumbing & Mechanical (BPM). Robert seeks a preliminary injunction prohibiting Steve from transferring ti...

Excerpt: ...e, Plaintiff challenged the validity of ASH's Protocol 30, a policy requiring physician approval before certain patient medications could be crushed to prevent abuse. On August 3, 2021, the Court (Hon. Linda D. Hurst, presiding) granted Defendant's motion for summary judgment on Plaintiff's first cause of action and denied summary adjudication of Plaintiff's second and third causes of action. A court trial was held April 8, 2022 (Hon. Hernaldo J...

Excerpt: ...dants demurred to the FAC1 , and on September 27, 2022, the demurrers were partially overruled and partially sustained without leave to amend. On October 10, 2023, after obtaining leave to amend, Plaintiff filed her Second Amended Complaint (SAC). Defendants now demur to and move to strike portions of the SAC. The SAC alleges an escalating feud between the parties regarding noise issues. Plaintiff opposes the motions. No replies are on file. Co...

Excerpt: ...of the house, heavy rains caused flooding and mold. Plaintiffs filed this fraud action alleging Defendants misrepresented in the sale disclosures that they were unaware of any water intrusion and mold when in fact Defendants had extensive flooding and mold remediation done only two years earlier. The parties signed the Sale Agreement and initialed the arbitration clause. (Blackford Decl., Exh. 1, ¶ 22(B).) The arbitration clause applies to �...

Excerpt: ... of Civil Code section 1793.2(b); (3) violation of Civil Code section 1793.2(a)(3); (4) breach of the implied warranty of merchantability; (5) negligent repair; and (6) violation of the Magnuson -Moss Warranty Act. Plaintiff alleges that on August 1, 2020, she entered into a warranty contract with Volkswagen regarding a 2018 Volkswagen Atlas (the Vehicle). (Compl., ¶ 8.) Plaintiff alleges the Vehicle suffered from defects and non -conformities, ...

Excerpt: ...ment in favor of Defendant on Plaintiff's three causes of action for Negligent Misrepresentation; Fraud (False Promise); and Professional Negligence. Plaintiff now seeks reconsideration of the summary judgment order, leave to file three amended statements of material undisputed facts, and a monetary or terminating sanction against Defendant for failing to produce a document pursuant to court order. Plaintiff intends to amend the sanctions motion...

Excerpt: ...eges was provided through the County's Social Services Agency. Plaintiff alleges that in 1992, Defendants placed Plaintiff in the foster home of non -party Carol Wong, in Cambria. (FAC, ¶ 23.) Plaintiff alleges that from approximately 1992 to 1994, when Plaintiff was five to six years old, she was sexually abused and assaulted by “Plaintiff's foster mother's boyfriend,” known as “Enrique,” identified in the FAC as “Perpetrator 1,” ...

Excerpt: ...resentation; 5) conversion; 6) voluntary waste; 7) private nuisance; 8) intentional infliction of emotional distress; 9) intentional misrepresentation, fraud and deceit outside of the contract; and 10) exemplary and punitive damages. This action arises out of Defendant's tenancy with Plaintiff. Defendant now demurs to the FAC as a whole, and separately to each cause of action, and moves to strike the request for punitive damages. Defendant faile...

Excerpt: ...ss than $10.00. Such failure is alleged to be in violation of Civil Code section 1749.5, subd. (b)(2). The action primarily seeks equitable relief. The parties reached a settlement consisting of several steps Defendant will take to comply with law regarding redemption of gift cards with a cash value less than $10.00; issuance of $10 e -gift cards to class members who meet specified requirements; an incentive award of $1,500.00 to Plaintiff; atto...

Excerpt: ...itioners generally allege that Respondents took advantage of Sylvia June Asavis (Decedent) during the last month of her life and coerced her into changing her estate plan to leave the bulk of the estate to Respondents, whom she recently met. At issue are Petitioners' four motions seeking protective orders relieving Petitioners from having to respond to discovery requests1 and for sanctions against Respondent John Dougherty. Petitioners argue that...

Excerpt: ...nnis Leonard (Leonard) as an additional respondent to the first, second, and third causes of action. Respondents filed an objection to the petition on November 6, 2023. Petitioner's mother, Janice Pankey Tannehill (the Trustor), filed opposition to the petition that same day.1 Leonard responded with the current motion to strike under Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16. The petition alleges as follows: The Trustor updated her estate plannin...

Excerpt: ...(Civ. Code, §§ 1790 et seq., “the Act”) by failing to repair defects in the Subject Vehicle after a reasonable number of attempts and failing to promptly repurchase the Subject Vehicle. Defendants assert that Plaintiff cannot establish a required element of his claims, i.e., that Ford failed to promptly offer to repurchase the Subject Vehicle. Defendants also seek summary judgment of their equitable estoppel affirmative defenses. 1. Summary...

Excerpt: ...d third causes of action. Respondents filed an objection to the petition on November 6, 2023. Petitioner's mother, Janice Pankey Tannehill (Trustor), filed opposition to the petition that same day.1 Petitioner now seeks the appointment of a neuropsychologist pursuant to Evidence Code section 730 as an expert to aid in determining the Petition, i.e., whether Janice's capacity and susceptibility to undue influence is grounds for appointment of a...

Excerpt: ...edent's son, Keith McKibben (Petitioner), filed a petition under Probate Code section 17200 seeking Respondent's removal as trustee for various alleged breaches of trust. Petitioner filed an amended petition in July 2017. Phase I of the trial began on March 18, 2021, and the Court issued its “Ruling on Phase I of Trial,” on May 9, 2021 (the Phase I Ruling). Phase II of the trial is set to begin on June 3, 2024. Currently before the Court is...

Excerpt: ...t of $60,000. (Penner decl., Ex. 1.) The 998 Offer stated in relevant part: “The parties will sign a settlement agreement with a mutual release of the claims made in this lawsuit to include their agents and attorneys[.]” (Ibid.) Plaintiff did not accept the 998 Offer. A bench trial was held March 13 -16, 2023. The Court issued its final Statement of Decision (SOD) on August 21, 2023. Judgment was entered on September 18, 2023. On October 2, ...

Excerpt: ...took advantage of Sylvia June Asavis during the last month of her life and coerced her into changing her estate plan to leave the bulk of the estate to Respondents, whom she had recently met. On November 21, 2022, the Court issued a ruling on Petitioners' motion for a preliminary injunction. The Court granted Petitioners' motion, ordering Petitioners to furnish an undertaking in the amount of $193,566.70 within 30 days. Petitioners never deposite...

Excerpt: ...Mid -State Fair Heritage Foundation, Inc. (the Foundation). Plaintiff's lawsuit alleges that on July 23, 2022, she was in line at the Paso Robles Event Center (PREC) to enter the California Mid -State Fair (the Fair) along a narrow, unpaved, uneven, and dangerous embankment. Plaintiff alleges she was injured when she lost her footing and careened down a slippery steep gravel embankment and slammed into a fence. Now before the Court are three moti...

Excerpt: ...ctice; and 8) exemplary and punitive damages. Defendant demurred to the complaint. The Court overruled the demurrer on the grounds that it failed to include any analysis or authority, and without making any comment on the substance of Defendant's contentions or defenses. I. Demurrer On August 7, 2023, Plaintiff filed a first amended complaint (FAC). Defendant now demurs to the FAC. Defendant filed a declaration concurrently with his demurrer, ...

Excerpt: ...ss than $10.00. Such failure is alleged to be in violation of Civil Code section 1749.5, subd. (b)(2). The action primarily seeks equitable relief. The parties reached a settlement consisting of several steps Defendant will take to comply with law regarding redemption of gift cards with a cash value less than $10.00; issuance of $10 e -gift cards to class members who meet specified requirements; an incentive award of $1,500.00 to Plaintiff; atto...

Excerpt: ...ment in favor of Defendant on Plaintiff's three causes of action for Negligent Misrepresentation; Fraud (False Promise); and Professional Negligence. Plaintiff now seeks reconsideration of the summary judgment order, leave to file three amended statements of material undisputed facts, and a monetary or terminating sanction against Defendant for failing to produce a document pursuant to court order. Plaintiff intends to amend the sanctions motion...

Excerpt: ...itioners generally allege that Respondents took advantage of Sylvia June Asavis (Decedent) during the last month of her life and coerced her into changing her estate plan to leave the bulk of the estate to Respondents, whom she recently met. At issue are Petitioners' four motions seeking protective orders relieving Petitioners from having to respond to discovery requests1 and for sanctions against Respondent John Dougherty. Petitioners argue that...

Excerpt: ...t of $60,000. (Penner decl., Ex. 1.) The 998 Offer stated in relevant part: “The parties will sign a settlement agreement with a mutual release of the claims made in this lawsuit to include their agents and attorneys[.]” (Ibid.) Plaintiff did not accept the 998 Offer. A bench trial was held March 13 -16, 2023. The Court issued its final Statement of Decision (SOD) on August 21, 2023. Judgment was entered on September 18, 2023. On October 2, ...

Excerpt: ...nd Cameron Bonner ("individual defendants") in 2023 after they allegedly created defendants Athena Paytech LLC and Pluto Hub, LLC, in violation of their employment agreements. After SpotOn sued, ind ividual defendants cross-complained for violations of the Labor Code and other statutes. SpotOn now moves to compel arbitration of the cross- complaint based on the mandatory arbitration provision within individual defendants' employment a...

Excerpt: ...Code of Civil Procedure section 36 (Section 36). After discussing the matter with the parties, the Court set the request for a hearing and stated the ex parte application would be treated as the moving papers. (Misc. Minute Order, 12/07/23.) Plaintiffs filed an opposition to the trial preference request on January 2, 2024, noting the ex parte application failed to attach the referenced exhibits. Defendant attempted to fix this issue by filing ...

Excerpt: ...ds duties to disclose under multiple theories. (Warner Constr. Corp v. City of Los Angeles (1970) 2 Cal.3d 285. 294; Jones v. ConocoPhillips Co. (2011) 198 Cal.App.4th 1187.) Defendant argues that the corporation's role and intent must be pled "with specificity," but the fraud, being concealed, i s far better known to defendant than to plaintiffs. (Alfaro v. Community Housing Improvement System & Planning Assn., Inc. (2009) 171 Cal.Ap...

Excerpt: ...aint (FAC) on May 29, 2020, and now moves for leave to file a Second Amended Complaint (SAC) to correct alleged factual errors in the FAC. Defendants oppose the motion. I. Legal Standard The Court may allow the amendment of any pleading at any time in the furtherance of justice, and upon such terms as may be proper. (Code Civ. Proc., §§ 473, subd. (a)(1), 576.) The Court's discretion is to be exercised liberally to permit amendment of pleading...

Excerpt: ...ch 2017 to March 2019. Defendants filed an answer generally denying all allegations and asserting affirmative defenses. On July 28, 2023, the Court granted preliminary approval of the parties' Settlement Agreement. The Court preliminarily certified the class of “all non -exempt employees who are or previously were employed by Defendants and performed work in California during the period from September 16, 2017 to October 17, 2022.” The clas...

Excerpt: ...icial proceeding (Case No 19F -05075). On November 4, 2021, the Court (Hon. Rita Federman) granted MacDonald's special motion to strike under Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16.1 Judgment was issued on December 27, 2021. Orcutt appealed. On March 16, 2023, the Second Appellate District Court denied Orcutt's appeal, affirmed this court's judgment, and found MacDonald to be the prevailing party entitled to attorneys' fees and costs on appeal (t...

Excerpt: ...ices of Defendants to perform medical treatment and services for Plaintiff. On said date, Defendants undertook to handle and control the medical care and treatment of Plaintiff. 14. Defendants failed to use the level of skill, knowledge, and care in the diagnosis and treatment of Plaintiff that other reasonably careful medical practitioners and/or specialists of the same type would use in the same or similar circumstances. Defendants made unreaso...

Excerpt: ..., estate, lien, or interest in the property located at 490 Country Club Drive, San Luis Obispo, 93401 (the Subject Property). Plaintiff asserts causes of action for (1) quiet title, (2) intentional misrepresentation and fraudulent concealment, (3) declaratory relief, and (4) injunctive relief. Plaintiffs' Allegations. Plaintiff alleges it is a California limited liability company in San Luis Obispo. (Compl., ¶ 10.) Plaintiff alleges it purchased...

Excerpt: ...Defendant's demurrer to the complaint on the basis that the complaint was uncertain. Plaintiff filed a first amended complaint, Defendant demurred, and on July 19, 2023, the Court sustained the demurrer with leave to amend on the ground that Plaintiff failed to state a cause of action. On July 25, 2023, Plaintiff filed a second amended complaint (SAC). The SAC specifies that it is for “breach of oral contract.” Plaintiff also checked the ...

Excerpt: ...ment in favor of Defendant on Plaintiff's three causes of action for Negligent Misrepresentation; Fraud (False Promise); and Professional Negligence. Plaintiff now seeks reconsideration of the summary judgment order, leave to file three amended statements of material undisputed facts, and a monetary or terminating sanction against Defendant for failing to produce a document pursuant to court order. Plaintiff intends to amend the sanctions motion...

Excerpt: ... Defendants) seek to quash a subpoena issued by Plaintiffs to Ogden & Fricks, to the extent it involves records subject to the attorney client privilege. Kurkeyerian opposes the motion. Kurkeyerian notes that Defendants did not attempt to meet and confer before filing this motion. Although Defendants' motion fails to cite the statutory authority relied on for the relief sought, the Court assumes it is brought pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure ...

Excerpt: ..., p. 4.) Plaintiff alleges that an employee of Quinn Rental Services was getting the skid steer ready for pickup when he caused a portion to fall on Plaintiff's head, causing him serious injury. (Ibid.) A jury trial is scheduled to begin April 9, 2024. Now before the Court is Defendants' motion to strike Plaintiff's experts, Steven Hamilton, Ph.D.; Murray A. Solomon, M.D.; and Jeff Bruno; or, in the alternative, to limit the experts' testimony to...

Excerpt: ...endant seeks to set aside the judgment. The court GRANTS both motions. Plaintiff's Motion to Set Aside Dismissal “That a court of general jurisdiction has the power to correct clerical error in its judgment so that the judgment will conform to and speak the truth, regardless of the lapse of time and whether made by the clerk, counsel or the court itself, is a principle so established as to be beyond argument.” (Bowden v. Green (1982) 128 Cal....

Excerpt: ...x causes of action for 1) cancellation of instrument; 2) quiet title to real property; 3) constructive trust; 4) conversion; 5) theft; and 6) declaratory judgment. This action is consolidated with three other actions, with Live Oak, LLC v. Nevis, 22CV -0429 as the lead action. Now on calendar is Manji's motion for summary adjudication of its first cause of action for cancellation of instruments and as to each of the grant deeds alleged in the FA...

Excerpt: ... including disputing Nielsen's alleged title to the Property. Hobe argued that Nielsen had unduly influenced and wrongfully induced Hobe's mother (Jacqueline Hobe)1 to sell the Property. The answer further alleged that as Jacqueline's heir, Hobe was entitled to possession of the Property. On November 7, 2019, Hobe and the Estate of Jacqueline Hobe (the Estate) filed a civil action against Nielsen. The civil action and unlawful detainer matter w...

Excerpt: ...d to collectively as “Petitioners.” The parties reside in a rural neighborhood in Atascadero, and have been at odds for several years.1 On July 12, 2021, the Court (Hon. Linda D. Hurst) issued a temporary restraining order. A year later, after a ten- day evidentiary hearing held over the months of February, March, April, May, and July 2022, the Court (Hon. Hernaldo J. Baltodano) issued a three -year Civil Harassment Restraining Order, set to ...

Excerpt: ... cause of action for accounting and twelfth cause of action for negligent misrepresentation; and (2) OVERRULED on all other grounds. (Code Civ. Proc. § 430.10, subd. (e), (f).) In this case, plaintiffs allege in their first amended complaint thirteen causes of action with over 50 pages of allegations and 40 pages of exhibits arising out of their purchase of a house. Defendants demurrer to all causes of action except the second cause of action. ...

Excerpt: ...ach of quiet enjoyment (Civ. Code, § 1927); (4) private nuisance (Civ. Code, § 3501 et seq.); (5) premises liability (Civ. Code, § 1714); (6) retaliation; (7) negligence; (8) retaliatory eviction; (9) violation of Civil Code section 1940.2; (10) intentional infliction of emotional distress; (11) negligent infliction of emotional distress; (12) violation of Business and Professions Code section 17200 et seq.; and (13) fraud. This lawsuit aris...

Excerpt: ...on, (5) negligence, (6) accounting, (7) unjust enrichment, and (8) fraud. The parties' dispute centers around their agreement that, in exchange for his use of Plaintiff's cannabis business licenses and equipment, Poswillo agreed to provide farming services for Plaintiff, serve as Plaintiff's pest control advisor, and would arrange for the use of a cannabis distribution license to store and care for Plaintiff's cannabis material. Now before the Co...

Excerpt: ...icial proceeding (Case No 19F -05075). On November 4, 2021, the Court (Hon. Rita Federman) granted MacDonald's special motion to strike under Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16.1 Judgment was issued on December 27, 2021. Orcutt appealed. On March 16, 2023, the Second Appellate District Court denied Orcutt's appeal, affirmed this court's judgment, and found MacDonald to be the prevailing party entitled to attorneys' fees and costs on appeal (t...

Excerpt: ...cation Code sections 44113 and 44114, and Labor Code section 1102.5. On August 10, 2023, the Court (Hon. Rita C. Federman, presiding) sustained Defendants' demurrer with leave to amend. Plaintiff filed a first amended complaint (FAC) on September 13, 2023. Now before the Court is Defendants' demurrer to the FAC. Factual Allegations. In his complaint, Plaintiff alleges that on September 18, 2017, he filed a complaint against his then- employer,...

Excerpt: ...ied, operated, controlled, supervised, patrolled, monitored, managed, and maintained a parking lot in Paso Robles. Plaintiff alleges the parking lot included a “posted warning sign1 regarding no overnight camping.” Plaintiff alleges the parking lot was open for use by members of the public including shoppers and pedestrians, like the Plaintiff, using the premises in its normally intended and foreseeable manner for foot traffic and passage. Pl...

Excerpt: ...omplaint against Plaintiff; PRCCC, Inc.; and 1144 Black Oak Associates, LLC (Cross -Defendants). Plaintiff also has a pending cross- complaint against other parties. The parties' dispute centers around their agreement concerning the sale of Plaintiff's restaurant in Paso Robles to Defendant Ayrapetian. Plaintiff asserts one cause of action for breach of contract against Defendant Ayrapetian, alleging Defendant failed to pay the cash purchase pric...

Excerpt: ...ng), and judgment was entered in her favor on June 17, 2022. On August 25, 2022, this Court (Hon. Federman, presiding) denied Plaintiff's motion for a protective order and for sanctions. The Court granted the Guimaraes Defendants' request for sanctions in the amount of $6,540. Plaintiff's counsel was ordered to pay that amount to the Guimaraes Defendants on or before September 15, 2022. The Guimaraes Defendants' motion for summary judgment was gr...

Excerpt: ... Drive, Santa Maria, California (the Property) from Defendants Joanie James and the Trust; Cornerstone is alleged to be the real estate agent for the Property. Plaintiffs assert causes of action for negligence, breach of contract, and fraud, alleging Defendants promised to undertake certain repairs to the property, that those repairs were not made, and that Plaintiffs suffered damages as a result. Now before the Court is Defendants' motion to com...

Excerpt: ...Quiky Associates), and Quiky Car Wash, LLC (Quiky LLC; collectively, Defendants). The dispute concerns the sale of substantially all of Quiky Associates' assets to Sun Day Carwash, Inc. (Sun Day). Sun Day is also named as a defendant. The complaint alleges the sale substantially damaged ownership interests in PFH and Defendants had no authority to approve the transaction under the parties' various agreements. Currently before the Court is Defenda...

Excerpt: ...s Court set an Order to Show Cause re: Dismissal for January 9, 2023. This hearing date was later continued on order of the Court to March 1, 2023. Neither party appeared on March 1, 2023. Therefore, on this date, the Court (Hon. Rita Federman, presiding) dismissed the case. Now before the Court is Plaintiff's motion for relief from dismissal. Plaintiff requests the Court set aside the March 1, 2023 dismissal and stay this case pending the outcom...

Excerpt: ...icial proceeding (Case No 19F -05075). On November 4, 2021, the Court (Hon. Rita Federman) granted MacDonald's special motion to strike under Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16.1 Judgment was issued on December 27, 2021. Orcutt appealed. On March 16, 2023, the Second Appellate District Court denied Orcutt's appeal, affirmed this court's judgment, and found MacDonald to be the prevailing party entitled to attorneys' fees and costs on appeal (t...

Excerpt: ...s proposed project (the Project) to establish up to three acres of outdoor cannabis cultivation within hoop houses and a 10,000-square foot (sf) ancillary processing building on Real Party's 41-acre property located at 8770 Carrisa Highway, Santa Margarita, California 93453 (the Site). (Administrative Record [AR], at AR00055.) A. The Project. Real Party submitted their initial minor use permit application on February 19, 2018. (AR 541.) The Proje...

Excerpt: ...breached its warranty by failing to repair defects in the vehicle within a reasonable number of attempts and refusing to repurchase the Vehicle. Morales served GM with Plainti
¯'s Requests for Production of Documents, Set One (“RFP”), and GM timely served Morales with responses. GM objected to all of the requests and agreed to produce some documents in response to some of the requests “subject to” the objections. Even if the objections w...

Excerpt: ...by Deendant Hyundai Motor America (“Warrantor”). Plainti
¯ alleges both deendants violated the Song- Beverly Warranty Act (Civil Code sections 1790 et seq.) by ailing to repair Vehicle deects. Dealer and Warrantor are represented by the same attorneys and have each Þled a motion to compel arbitration and or stay o this action until the conclusion o arbitration. Warrantor relies on the arbitration provision in the RISC between Plainti...

Excerpt: ...kid steer with an auger attachment. (Compl., p. 4.) Plainti
¯ alleges that an employee o Quinn Rental Services was getting the skid steer ready or pickup when he caused a portion to all on Plainti
¯'s head, causing him serious injury. (Ibid.) A jury trial is scheduled to begin April 9, 2024. On December 12, 2023, this Court granted Plainti
¯'s motion to amend the complaint to add a claim or punitive damages. Plainti
¯'s motion was based o...

Excerpt: ...pley (Decedent) was driving through the intersection of 34th Street and Spring Street in Paso Robles on January 13, 2022, when his vehicle was struck by another car driven by Galvez. The complaint alleges that Galvez failed to yield because his visibility and sightline of oncoming tra
¯ic was blocked or impaired due to improper design, construction, and/or maintenance of the intersection. Currently on calendar is the City's demurrer to the secon...

Excerpt: ...e owns at 849 PaciÞc Avenue in Cayucos, California (the Property). Defendants now demur to each of the four of the causes of action in the FAC pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 430.10, subdivisions (d) [misjoinder of parties], (e) [failure to state a cause of action] and (f) [uncertainty].) Counsel for Defendants declares that she sent a meet and confer letter to Plainti
¯ via email on August 23, 2023. (Declaration of Sue Carrasco, ¶...

Excerpt: ...l proceeding (Case No 19F-05075). On November 4, 2021, the Court (Hon. Rita Federman) granted MacDonald's special motion to strike under Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16.1 Judgment was issued on December 27, 2021. Orcutt appealed. On March 16, 2023, the Second Appellate District Court denied Orcutt's appeal, a
¯irmed this court's judgment, and found MacDonald to be the prevailing party entitled to attorneys' fees and costs on appeal (the A...

Excerpt: ...tion for attorney's fees. Defendant does not dispute that Plainti
¯ is the prevailing party and is entitled to fees but rather objects that the requested billing rate is unreasonable, the number of attorney hours is inßated and duplicative, and the result does not justify the amount of fees requested. Plainti
¯ seeks $26,350.00 reßecting 50.3 attorney hours attributed to two attorneys. The hourly attorney billing rates are $500 and $600. (Dec...

Excerpt: ...
¯ alleges he received a judgment from a “private administrative proceeding” and seeks to enforce that judgment under the California Sister State Money Judgments Act, Code of Civil Procedure sections 1710.10 through 1710.65 (the Act). (Compl., at pp. 12, 14, 16.) Plainti
¯ alleges that, prior to Þling this lawsuit, he “initiated an action by counter claim in the Adjudicator Court, a Privat[e] Administrative Court of Record and Alternativ...

Excerpt: ...eendants oppose the motions. Plainti
¯ declares that on September 19, 2022, he served Request or Production o Documents, Set One, and Form Interrogatories (Construction), Set One, on Deendants. It is unclear i single sets directed at all Deendants were served or i separate sets were served. Deendants responded on March 16, 2023, but Plainti
¯ considered the responses non-compliant, and on March 21, 2023, Plainti
¯ sent meet and coner ...

Excerpt: ...y respond, Natali Þled motions to compel responses. The Court granted those motions on May 10, 2023, and ordered Mathis to provide responses without objections by May 31, 2023. Mathis served responses by the deadline. Natali states the responses included objections. Her counsel sent a meet and confer letter on June 29, 2023, regarding the special interrogatories and a separate letter on July 11, 2023, regarding the form interrogatories. Over the...

Excerpt: ...served on the City of San Luis Obispo, Michael Codron, John Mezzapesa and Steve Sheats (collectively the City Defendants). Plainti
¯ concurrently brings a motion to amend or set aside a court order. Both motions arise out of discovery disputes between the parties. On April 6, 2023, Plainti
¯ and the City Defendants participated in a voluntary informal discovery conference before this Court. The conference was initiated by Plainti
¯ following a...

Excerpt: ...l 2019, which included a trust accounting covering the period September 16, 2012 through January 6, 2018.1 Currently on calendar is Petitioner's Motion for Summary Adjudication on the cause of action seeking to invalidate powers of appointment exercised by his and Respondent's mother during her lifetime. The Court denies the motion. I. BACKGROUND The parties agree on the following facts:2 • On September 16, 2012, the parties' parents, Donald Ba...

Excerpt: ...yard, Inc.; Richard L. Quinn; and David Nichols (“Deendants”) Þled the subject motion to sever Geo
¯rey's and Bonnie's claims on the grounds that the claims do not meet the standard or permissive joinder and to “prevent any party rom being embarrassed, delayed, or put to undue expense.” 1. Joint Ownership or Control o the Inn and Winery Deendants have not shown that the Inn and Winery were owned and controlled by completely separat...

Excerpt: ...Pamela Pierce to Form Interrogatories, Set One, and Request for $4,000 in Monetary Sanctions (3) Plainti
¯'s Motion to Compel Further Responses from Defendants Kedrin Van Steenwyk; KMBG, LLC; and Adelaida Cellars, Inc. to Requests for Production of Documents, Set One, and Request for $4,000 in Monetary Sanctions (4) Plainti
¯'s Motion to Compel Further Responses from Defendants Applied Technologies Associates, Inc.; ATA Ranches, Inc.; Daniel Ca...

Excerpt: ...ng in physical and emotional injuries. The complaint sets orth the ollowing causes o action: (1) Battery; (2) Negligence; (3) Intentional Inßiction o Emotional Distress; (4) Fraudulent Concealment; and (5) Public Nuisance. The Hotel, Weyrich, and Guerrero (Deendants) now move or summary judgment on the ground Plainti
¯ cannot prove causation. Plainti
¯ opposes the motion. This is Deendants' second motion or summary judgment on the issu...

Excerpt: ...d that his room was contaminated with bed bugs resulting in physical and emotional injuries. The complaint sets forth causes of action for (1) Battery; (2) Negligence; (3) Intentional Inßiction of Emotional Distress; (4) Fraudulent Concealment; and (5) Public Nuisance. The Hotel, Weyrich, and Guerrero (Defendants) previously Þled a motion for summary judgment. The thrust of Defendants' motion was that they lacked notice of bed bugs at the Hotel...

Excerpt: ...hicle su
¯ered rom deects and no-ncomormities, including transmission deects and inotainment deects, and that Ford ailed to repurchase or replace the Vehicle ater a reasonable number o repair attempts. (Compl., ¶¶ 15-18.) Plainti
¯'s Þrst Þve causes o action are alleged against Ford only. Plainti
¯'s sixth cause o action alleges negligent repair by Santa Maria. (Compl., ¶¶ 72-76.) Deendants now demur to the Þth and sixth ca...

Excerpt: ...misuse o discovery. Plainti
¯ reports that during meet and coner discussions Deendant indicated it would provide urther responses once a protective order was entered. (Declaration o Alexander G.L. Davies (“Davies Decl., ¶ 10.) On July 12, 2023, the Court entered a stipulated protective order (“Protective Order”). As o the date Plainti
¯ Þled the subject motions (August 24, 2023), Deendant had not provided urther responses. The m...