Excerpt: ...nity, breach of contract, express contractual indemnity, breach of contract re: insurance requirements, negligence, declaratory relief: duty to defend, and declaratory relief: duty to indemnify against Roes 1‐300 (the “Cross‐Complaint”). On April 29, 2020, Legacy filed a Roe amendment to the Cross‐Complaint naming the following cross‐defendants: Stuart Installation Team, Inc. (Roe 1), Charlie Dean Kalin Painting (Roe 2), Cuesta Drywal...

Excerpt: ...h her company Wapita, was Machado's bookkeeper for more than 20 years and during that time, misappropriated over $3 million worth of Machado's assets. Ginger and Wapita (collectively, “Defendants”) filed an answer on March 26, 2020, and Mark filed a demurrer. Mark's demurrer was taken off calendar after the matter was stayed on June 19, 2020, due to pending criminal proceedings (Case No. 20F‐00984) related to the same alleged fraud. The cri...

Excerpt: ...ookkeeper for more than 20 years and during that time, misappropriated over $3 million worth of Machado's assets. Ginger and Wapita (collectively, “Defendants”) filed an answer on March 26, 2020, and Mark filed a demurrer. Mark's demurrer was taken off calendar after the matter was stayed on June 19, 2020, due to pending criminal proceedings (Case No. 20F‐00984) related to the same alleged fraud. The criminal complaint was filed on February...

Excerpt: ...Fears”) are David Fear's children and sole heirs. Long and the Fears (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) filed this action on September 28, 2017, and named the City of Exeter and its police department (the “City”) as defendants.1 Plaintiffs allege the City and two of its employees were negligent in selling one of the dogs from the City's K‐9 unit to its handler, who then left the City's employment. On February 28, 2018, Plaintiffs filed a se...

Excerpt: ...initially awarded Petitioner sufficient points to put it in line for a Permit, Petitioner was disqualified under San Luis Obispo Municipal Code section 9.10.070(C)4, which provides for automatic disqualification if the applicant made one or more false or misleading statements or omissions in the application process. Petitioner now petitions pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 1094.5 for administrative mandamus. The Petition seeks a writ o...

Excerpt: ...ervatee's motion for a new trial on Michalle's petition for appointment of a temporary conservator of the Estate of Diane McCoy. A motion for new trial requests the trial court to reexamine one or more issues of fact or law after a trial and decision by the judge or jury. (Code Civ. Proc., § 657.) Relevant to this motion, a new trial may be awarded where there is “newly discovered evidence, material for the party making the application, which ...

Excerpt: ...eges that after assuming the running of the Business, the revenue was not that as indicated in the profit and loss statements provided by Defendants prior to entering into the contract. On February 13, 2020, Plaintiff filed its First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) against SMTMS II, Inc. (“Seller”), SMTMS, Inc., Jana Takaoka, Danny Takaoka, Phillip Hosch, and Karen Hosch. The first five causes of action are alleged against all Defendants, and t...

Excerpt: ...o Code of Civil Procedure section 473.5, on the grounds of lack of actual notice of the proceedings in time to defend. Pinnacle opposes the motion. Wek declares that he was not in the country at the time that Plaintiff filed suit, that he had no knowledge of the case due to the inability to be served, and that he was living in a foreign country from 2009 to 2017. Defendant provides no further details as to where he was living, the precise dates, ...

Excerpt: ...ld administer the trust.” Petitioner is particularly concerned about two amendments to the Trust; the Second Amendment and Third Amendment. Thomas K. Thompson (Objector), one of the Thompsons' children, is a Trust beneficiary and filed an objection to the petition. Now before the Court is Petitioner's motion for summary judgment or, in the alternative, summary adjudication. The motion is unopposed. Legal Authority. “The purpose of a summary j...

Excerpt: ...��ZLG”), jointly and severally. On April 10, 2020, Collect Access, LLC (“Collect Access”) filed a motion to set aside the default and the default judgment entered against it, pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure sections 473 and 473.5 on the grounds that the judgment was void as a matter of law because Plaintiff failed to properly serve Collect Access. On June 17, 2020 a writ of execution was entered against ZLG and Collect Access. Plaintiff...

Excerpt: ...her husband Kurt Tom during their marriage, and that Kurt Tom pled no contest to one count of false imprisonment and one count of criminal threats. Plaintiff filed for divorce and has obtained a criminal protective order against Kurt Tom. Defendants served their Special Interrogatories, Set One on Plaintiff on May 15, 2020 (“the “Interrogatories”). On June 16, 2020, Plaintiff requested an extension of time to respond through July 7, 2020, w...

Excerpt: ...n the motion was continued to December 1, 2020, to allow for any further supporting documents to be filed by either party. Plaintiffs did file additional supporting documents, verifying by declarations that Plaintiffs had taken the necessary steps to place Defendant and his partner, Sean Ptaszenski, on the company's bank account with payments then to be made directly from that account to the Plaintiffs' personal accounts. Attached bank records co...

Excerpt: ...ks termination of the Trust, interpretation of the duty report and to compel trustee to report, breach of fiduciary duty and removal of trustee, financial elder abuse, and Probate Code section 850 relief (the “Petition”). Borja now moves on a preliminary basis to (1) remove Trustee and appoint a licensed private fiduciary in her place or, in the alternative, and (2) enjoin Trustee from distributing, disbursing, or selling any income or princi...

Excerpt: ...6, 1996 (the Revocable Trust); Linda J. Bowlby, individually and as beneficiary under and Successor Trustee of the John L. Hindmarsh Trust Dated on or about February 9, 2017 (the February 9, 2017 Trust); and Johnny Lawrence Newton, an individual and as beneficiary under the Revocable Trust and Irrevocable Trust and as contingent beneficiary under the February 9, 2017 Trust. Plaintiffs' complaint alleges causes of action for: (1) declaratory relie...

Excerpt: ... and delivery, and (6) ejectment. Plaintiffs' lawsuit centers around a longstanding dispute between the National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry (the National Grange)1 and the California State Grange, on the one hand, and the California Guild, on the other hand. (FAC, ¶ 1.) The California State Grange is the National Grange's state‐level division, with jurisdictions over the divisions of other Granges in California, including “Su...

Excerpt: ...s causes of action for (1) wrongful termination on the basis of disability in violation of the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA); (2) failure to reasonably accommodate disability in violation of the FEHA; (3) failure to engage in the interactive process in violation of the FEHA; and (4) failure to prevent discrimination in violation of the FEHA. Now before the Court is Defendants' motion for summary judgment or summary adjudication of the is...

Excerpt: ...ted that Plaintiffs could file an amended complaint without a motion. On August 28, 2020, Plaintiffs, for the Estate of Mauricio Cardenas, filed a First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) for negligence, willful misconduct, elder abuse, and wrongful death. Plaintiffs allege that in December 2014 their father, Mauricio Cardenas, was a resident of the Manse on Marsh, and that Defendants, who owned the Manse, failed to use ordinary care in the management...

Excerpt: ...nt.1 The matter has been pending since that time. On December 27, 2019, Melanie served on Kevin2 (1) form interrogatories, set one; (2) requests for production, set one (“RFPs”); and (3) requests for admission, set one (“RFAs”). (Schroeder Decl., ¶ 2.) Because the discovery was personally served, Kevin had until January 26, 2020 to respond. (Code Civ. Proc., §§ 2030.260, 2031.260, 2033.250, 2016.050 [§ 1013 applies].) On January 21, 2...

Excerpt: ...identify the inclusive dates of the pay period. The parties have now settled, and Plaintiff moves for preliminary approval of the class action settlement. (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 3.769.) Plaintiff served the motion and supporting documents on Defendant; no opposition or objection was filed. Plaintiff's motion seeks an order: 1) Preliminarily approving the Stipulation and Settlement of Class Action Claims (“Settlement Agreement” or “Joint...

Excerpt: ...plaint (FAC) alleges one cause of action for negligence. Plaintiffs FAC's alleges that on September 16, 2018, Harley Nicole McGrew Lujan (Decedent) was riding on the back of Mr. Pavone's Harley Davidson motorcycle, proceeding eastbound on State Route 46 east of Arbor Road at approximately 65 miles per hour. (FAC, ¶ 1.) Plaintiffs allege that Mr. Pavone lost control of the motorcycle and “proceeded forward and collided with” Mr. Terrizzi's ve...

Excerpt: ...r Code section 1102.5; and (6) unfair business practices in violation of Business and Professions Code section 17200. On July 22, 2019, Columbia filed a cross‐complaint against Anthony1 ; Premier Packaging Group, LLC dba Lindamar Industries (Premier); Michael Kittredge; Peter K. Tur; Harry T. Greenhouse; Diane K. Todrin; and MK III Company, LLC. Columbia's first amended cross‐ complaint (FACC) alleges causes of action for (1) breach of writte...

Excerpt: ... termination, infliction of emotional distress, and retaliation, among other things. Finally, the complaint also states a claim under the Private Attorney's General Act (“PAGA”). On August 11, 2020, the Court designated the matter as complex under California Rules of Court, rule 3.403. Currently before the Court is Defendant's motion to compel arbitration filed pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 1281.7 (i.e., in lieu of answering the...

Excerpt: ...r about June 22, 2019 at 2515 Victoria Way in Cambria. On January 7, 2020, Roberto and Alberto Mercado (collectively Plaintiffs) filed a verified first amended complaint (FAC) against Art Dansby, again alleging causes of action for (1) breach of contract and (2) common counts. The FAC seeks $18,500 for outstanding invoices. On September 10, 2019, Defendant filed a cross‐complaint against Roberto, Alberto2 , and Mercado Gardening & Hauling3 alle...

Excerpt: ...s performed by Dr. Chalekson. Dr. Chalekson moved for an order striking those portions of the FAC that concern any medical care by Dr. Chalekson prior to October 2018, arguing that Code of Civil Procedure section 340.5 bars bringing a claim after more than a year has passed since discovering an injury. Pursuant to that motion, the Court struck the allegations from the FAC which sought to state a breach of the standard of care based on acts prior ...

Excerpt: ...ol business property located in Templeton. An altered deed of trust securing that loan had interlineations that made it appear the encumbered property was McTeer's home in Atascadero, rather than the correct Templeton property. The parties do not dispute that the loan intended the collateral to be McTeer's Templeton business property. Ditech's action seeks to correct the deed of trust to reflect the correct property. On August 31, 2018, McTeer fi...