Excerpt: ...ok 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 deposited ...

Excerpt: ...ort the required elements of oppression, fraud, or malice. A complaint is subject to a motion to strike if it fails to allege facts supporting punitive damages. (Grieves v. Superior Court (1984) 157 Cal.App.3d 159, 164.) The complaint must allege the elements as stated in Civil Code section 3294 and include specific factual allegations showing that defendant's conduct was oppressive, fraudulent, or malicious to support a claim for punitive damag...

Excerpt: ...n (Gordon) and Orchard City RV, LLC's (Orchard City) demurrer to Plaintiff's Third Amended Complaint (TAC). Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (Mitsubishi) also specially appears and moves pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 418.10 for an order quashing service for lack of personal jurisdiction. Plaintiff's ThirdAmended Complaint alleges that Jutila was driving a Mitsubishi Fuso FE160 truck at the time of her accident. (TAC, ¶ 3.)...

Excerpt: ...ed Home Instead for personal care services and Defendants employed unfit caregivers who stole personal property from Plaintiff and mistreated him by, among other things, committing elder neglect, financial abuse, and isolation abuse. Before the Court are four motions filed by Plaintiff seeking to compel further responses to discovery requests. The specific discovery requests are as follows: 1. Special Interrogatories to Alcantara, Set One (Al...

Excerpt: ... allegedly “without following the rules and regulations of the County relating to said Guesthouse.” (Pet, ¶ 3.) At the time the Petition was filed, the Guesthouse was under construction, but has now been built. LOGG seeks a writ of mandate under Code of Civil Procedure section 1085 directing the County to rescind the construction permit for the Subject Property and directing the County to provide public notice of the project, including a No...

Excerpt: ...roduction at hearing or trial, served on Petitioner, Bank of America, N.A., PayPal INC., Corporation Service Company, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., and William B. Dyer. (Declaration of Laura Hoffman King, ¶ 2; Ex. A.) (Code Civ. Proc., § 1987.1.) The initial hearing on the motion was continued as no proof of proper service was on file. Petitioner served notice of hearing, but there was no proof showing that the moving and supporting papers were serv...

Excerpt: ...les Bachtell (Bachtell), is one of the named individual director -defendants. Cresco Labs, Inc. is a Canadian corporation with its principal place of business in Chicago, Illinois (Canadian -Cresco). In response to the complaint, Canadian -Cresco filed a motion to quash service of the summons and complaint on the ground the Court lacks jurisdiction over it. (Code Civ. Proc., § 418.10.) The Court continued the motion to allow Plaintiffs an oppor...

Excerpt: ...l 2019. Petitioner now seeks to amend the petition to delete the request to compel an accounting and add claims for (a) financial elder abuse claim, including relief under Probate Code section 259, 1 and (b) breach of duty to follow terms of trust. In addition, Petitioner seeks to add and delete various paragraphs for clarification. I. LEGAL STANDARD The Court may allow the amendment of any pleading at any time in the furtherance of justice, an...

Excerpt: ...l 2019. Petitioner now seeks to amend the petition to delete the request to compel an accounting and add claims for (a) financial elder abuse claim, including relief under Probate Code section 259, 1 and (b) breach of duty to follow terms of trust. In addition, Petitioner seeks to add and delete various paragraphs for clarification. I. LEGAL STANDARD The Court may allow the amendment of any pleading at any time in the furtherance of justice, an...

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: ...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: ...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: ...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: ...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: ...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: ...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: ...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: ...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: ...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: ...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...