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...

Excerpt: ...ses to the orm interrogatories and to deem the requests or admission as admitted. (Code Civ. Proc., §§ 2030.290, 2033.280.) The motions and notice o hearing were served by mail on Plainti
¯ at his address o record and no opposition was Þled. As to the requests or admission, i a party ails to timely respond the requesting party may move or an order that the genuineness o any documents and the truth o any matters speciÞed in the requ...

Excerpt: ... Theophil (Theophil Dec.), II 15; Ex. 3.) Honda responded, serving its verification on August 14, 2023, but no documents have been produced. 1 (ld. 17, 18, 23, Exs. 4, 5; Declaration of Jeanette Suarez (Suarez Dec.), 116; Ex. C.) Specifically, Plaintiff moves to compel further responses to request for production (RFP) nos.: 1-3, 7, 9, 12, 17, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 31, 32, 39, 40, 41, 46, 49, 51,54, 56, 57, 74, 75, 82, 84, 85, and 86. Honda oppo...

Excerpt: ... Springer dba Patriot Plumbing and Drain Cleaning (Patriot) and Tracy Ann Fairchild; Patriot has instituted its own cross-action against Defendants. As against the Defendants, Plainti
¯s assert causes of action for (1) violation of the Mobilehome Residency Law (MRL); (2) negligence; (3) negligence per se; (4) breach of contract—written agreement; (5) breach of contract—oral promise; (6) breach of implied covenant—quiet enjoyment; (7) breac...

Excerpt: ...treet and Specialty entered into a contract in April 2015 (the Prime Contract). In furtherance of the Project, Specialty hired subcontractors. At some point, for disputed reasons, payments stopped, resulting in Specialty and various subcontractors recording mechanics' liens. Those liens in turn led to this litigation and the consolidation of several related actions, all of which involve the Project. Trial is set to begin on April 3, 2024. Under t...

Excerpt: ...ER LEGAL STANDARD A demurrer tests the legal su
¯iciency of the allegations in a complaint. It raises issues of law, not fact, regarding the complaint's form or content. (Code Civ. Proc. § 430.10; Donabedian v. Mercury Ins. Co. (2004) 116 Cal.App.4th 968, 994; Lewis v. Safeway (2015) 235 Cal.App.4th 385, 388.) A demurrer “admits the truth of all material factual allegations in the complaint...the question of plainti
¯'s ability to prove thes...

Excerpt: ...housed (“ASH”). 1. DEMURRER LEGAL STANDARD A demurrer tests the legal su
¯iciency of the allegations in a complaint. It raises issues of law, not fact, regarding the complaints form or content. (Code Civ. Proc. § 430.10; Donabedian v. Mercury Ins. Co. (2004) 116 Cal.App.4th 968, 994; Lewis v. Safeway (2015) 235 Cal.App.4th 385, 388.) A demurrer “admits the truth of all material factual allegations in the complaint...the question of plain...

Excerpt: ...obate Code section 850 to determine ownership of certain shares of stock.1 On March 19, 2020, Andreoli Þled a counterpetition against Siegenthaler alleging Þnancial abuse and fraud. The counterpetition alleged Siegenthaler and her husband had coerced Decedent out of approximately $3.5 million prior to his death. Andreoli supplemented her counterpetition in June 2022, alleging additional wrongful takings by Siegenthaler. On June 24, 2022, Andreo...

Excerpt: ... to confirm the arbitration award. No opposition is on file; however the petition was not properly served. A copy of the petition and written notice of the time and place of the hearing thereof and any other papers upon which the petition is based must be served. (Code Civ. Proc., S 1290.4, subd. (a).) Service must be in the manner provided in the arbitration agreement for the service of such petition and notice. (Ibid.) Ifthe arbitration agreeme...

Excerpt: ...A2"); 3. Plaintiff's Form Interrogatories, Set Three (FROG3"); and 4. Plaintiff's Request for Production of Documents, Set 5 ("RFP5") 1. SROG3 and RFP5 On June 14, 2023, pursuant to the parties' informal discovery conference, the Court ordered Defendant to answer SROG3 and RFP4 ("6/14/23 Ruling"). Plaintiff relies on the 6/14/23 Ruling (Reply SROG3, p. 2, Ins. 12-13) without acknowledging that the current objections were asserted after June 14, 2...

Excerpt: ...ce of se
©lement, which was granted on December 7, 2022. On December 16, 2022, State Farm Þled a s
Ÿpula
Ÿon for se
©lement and entry of judgment (the S
Ÿpula
Ÿon or Se
©lement Agreement). On December 20, 2022, the Court signed an order dismissing the ac
Ÿon without prejudice and, pursuant to the request of the par
Ÿes in the S
Ÿpula
Ÿon, retaining jurisdic
Ÿon to enforce the Se
©lement Agreement pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure ...

Excerpt: ... (FAC), alleges two causes of action for 1) negligence, malicious, gross negligent and/or reckless wanton conduct, and 2) negligent hiring and supervision. Sun Buggie now moves for summary adjudication of its affrmative defense of express waiver because the relevant waiver is valid and enforceable under California law. Sun Buggie's eighth affrmative defense for express waiver is alleged as follows: As a separate and affirmative defense to the Com...

Excerpt: ...reached her duties with respect to medical liens submitted against the settlement funds.l Harris filed this interpleader achon on April 20, 2022, and deposited with the Court the remainder of the settlement funds after deducting legal costs and her forty percent contingent fee. Metzner filed the malpractice cross-complaint on October 4, 2022. Harris argues that the attorney-client relationship ended on January 19, 2021, the date Harris filed a no...

Excerpt: ...ollectively as "Petitioners." The parties reside in a rural neighborhood in Atascadero, and have been at odds for several years.l 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 expire on Au...

Excerpt: ...amages due to the accident. The parties have a contractual arbitration agreement and are arbitrating the claim. Insurance Code section 11580.2, subdivision (f), expressly commits the resolution of discovery disputes in uninsured motorist arbitrations to the jurisdiction of the superior court. (Miranda v. 21st Century Ins. Co. (2004) 117 Cal.App.4th 913, 920.) Before the Court are three motions to compel initial discovery responses and for sanctio...

Excerpt: ... Theophil (Theophil Dec.), '1 15; Ex. 3.) Honda responded, serving its verification on August 14, 2023, but no documents have been produced.l (ld," 17, 18, 23, Exs. 4, 5; Declaration of Jeanette Suarez (Suarez Dec.), 6; Ex. C.) Specifically, Plaintiff moves to compel further responses to request for production (RFP) nos.: 1-3, 7, 9, 12, 17, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 31, 32, 39, 40, 41, 46, 49, 51, 54, 55, 57, 74, 75, 82, 84, 85, and 86. Honda oppos...

Excerpt: ...ion 134 (fraudulent writing). On July 12, 2019, the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney's office filed felony charges against Orcutt in connection with four cardsl sent to different local real estate agencies that rented properties in Orcutt and Vice's neighborhood (Cavalier Lane in the City of San Luis Obispo). The complaint alleges the cards warned the recipient real estate agencies not to rent neighborhood properties to racial minorities ...

Excerpt: ...PAGA), Labor Code section 2699 et seq. Plaintiff and Defendant have settled, and Plaintiff moves for preliminary approval of the class action settlement pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 382 and California Rules of Court, rule 3.769. Plaintiff seeks an order: 1. Granting preliminary approval of the Class Acton and PAGA Settlement Agreement (the Settlement Agreement, Declaration of David Winston (Winston Dec.), 19; Ex. 1); 2. Approving t...

Excerpt: ...ach of contract; (5) slander of title; and (7) infliction of emotional distress. The body of Plaintiff's complaint is one page long. The purported causes of action are not separated as required by the Rules of Court. (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 2.112.) In his complaint, Plaintiff makes the following allegations: - PWB is "a California state-chartered bank and at the time of this complaint a resident of Los Angeles, CA." (Compl., 2.) - On October 8...