Excerpt: ... or about March 20, 2018, and presented to Dr. Rasul at Bishop's Peak Women's Health Center and advised Dr. Rasul that she suspected she was pregnant. (Compl., ¶ 15.) Plaintiff alleges that Dr. Rasul confirmed Plaintiff's pregnancy, discharged Plaintiff, and “carelessly and negligently prescribed Plaintiff misoprostol 200 mcg oral tablet.” (Ibid.) Plaintiff alleges that misoprostol is also known by the brand name Cytotec and “is commonly r...

Excerpt: ...d. On June 23, 2015, Plaintiffs entered into a New Construction Residential Purchase Agreement and Joint Escrow Instructions with the owner of the property. Phoenix acted as the general building contractor regarding the construction of Plaintiff's home. On September 17, 2019, Plaintiffs filed two motions pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 2030.300 and 2031.310, for orders compelling Phoenix to serve further written responses to Plaintiff...

Excerpt: ...laintiff filed his First Amended Complaint later that same day (“FAC”). Quest demurred to Plaintiff's FAC and moved to strike the relief requested by Plaintiff. Plaintiff opposed the demurrer and motion to strike. Quest's demurrer was overruled as to Plaintiff's second cause of action under the UCL and sustained with leave to amend as to Plaintiff's first cause of action for declaratory relief. Quest's motion to strike was granted in its enti...

Excerpt: ... County) owned, operated, and controlled catch basins, storm drain systems, drainage systems, and/or street improvements on North Oak Park Boulevard adjacent to CCS, which caused or contributed to the flooding. Plaintiffs' First Amended Complaint (FAC) alleges seven causes of action against Defendants CCS, the County, and the City of Arroyo Grande (the City). After Plaintiffs dismissed two causes of action pled against the County, two causes of a...

Excerpt: ...d. On June 23, 2015, Plaintiffs entered into a New Construction Residential Purchase Agreement and Joint Escrow Instructions with the owner of the property. Phoenix acted as the general building contractor regarding the construction of Plaintiff's home. On September 17, 2019, Plaintiffs filed two motions pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 2030.300 and 2031.310, for orders compelling Phoenix to serve further written responses to Plaintiff...

Excerpt: ...S. Highway 101. On June 7, 2019, Coleman filed a Notice of Settlement and an Application for Determination of Good Faith Settlement which reported that he had settled with Plaintiffs in the amount of $15,000. The Court approved the application 26 days later, on July 3, 2019. On July 5, 2019, Defendant filed three declarations in opposition to the application; and a week later, on July 10, 2019, filed an opposition to the application. The Code of ...

Excerpt: ... Off Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation (State Parks) is a real party in interest because the complained‐of activity occurred partially on its land. Petitioner's allegations. This action centers around the County's alleged mismanagement of a lagoon at the mouth of the Arroyo Grande Creek in San Luis Obispo County (the Lagoon). Petitioner alleges the County has “manipulated this Lagoon primarily during the rainy season for flood control purposes...

Excerpt: ... Robles. Plaintiffs' complaint alleges causes of action for (1) tortious breach of the implied warranty of habitability; (2) breach of implied warranty of habitability; (3) specific performance of lease agreements; (4) violation of Civil Code section 1942.4; (5) bad faith retention of security deposits; (6) damages for nuisance; (7) abatement of nuisance – injunctive relief; (8) violation of Business and Professions Code section 17200 – resti...

Excerpt: ... Probate Conservator of the Person on December 11, 2018 (the “Amended Petition”.) The Court grants the Department's request that it take judicial notice of the Amended Petition and Notice of Hearing. Findley now demurs to the Petition filed on October 19, 2018. In the alternative, Findley moves to quash the Petition. The Department opposes both motions. As to Findley's motion to quash, Findley cites no authority that such a motion is proper, ...

Excerpt: ...st amended complaint filed on October 30, 2019 added a cause of action for fraud. Prior to that on January 22, 2019, IVDC had filed a cross‐complaint for breach of contract, breach of duty of good faith and fair dealing, breach of fiduciary duty, injunctive relief, declaratory relief, receipt of stolen property, negligence, and unfair competition. Sterling and Ciano Real Estate, Inc. are named as the cross‐defendants. The parties dispute aris...

Excerpt: ...d cause of action is pleaded against Geico Insurance Company; and his third cause of action is pleaded against Pasadena Hospital Association, Ltd., sued as Huntington Memorial Hospital (“PHA”). Since the complaint was filed, the Court has ruled on the Defendants' following motions: • A demurrer by PHA, which was sustained without leave to amend on April 25, 2019, and for which notice of order was served on May 1, 2019; • A demurrer by McK...

Excerpt: ...and (5) negligence under the general maritime Law. (FAC, passim.) Plaintiff alleges that on March 11, 2016, and while employed with the Port, he was injured in a fall while attempting to board a vessel moored at a pier. (FAC, ¶¶ 21, 23.) On March 29, 2019, the Port filed a motion for judgment on the pleadings, which the Court granted, without leave to amend, on June 20, 2019. The Port served notice of entry of judgment on July 15, 2019. On Augu...

Excerpt: ...omplaint (FAC) adding causes of action under the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), and for failure to produce personnel and payroll records upon request. Defendant was served with the FAC and other relevant documents on July 23, 2019. A default was entered against Defendant on September 18, 2019. Now, before the Court is Plaintiff's motion for leave to file a second amended complaint. “The court may, in furtherance of justice, and on any te...

Excerpt: ...cted that a warrant be issued for Ms. Bagley's arrest. On May 1, 2018, notice of the forfeiture was sent to ABC's agent and its surety, Lexington National Insurance Company (Lexington). This notice informed ABC's agent and Lexington that the forfeiture would become absolute on November 2, 2018, following the 180‐day statutory timeframe outlined in Penal Code section 1305. On December 10, 2018, after the 180‐day period ran, this Court entered ...

Excerpt: ..., 3) violation of California Business and Professions Code section 17200 et seq., 4) fraud and 5) quiet title. This action arises out of the foreclosure and sales of two properties owned by Plaintiff: Plaintiff's primary residence, located at 775 San Marcos Road, Paso Robles, California (the “San Marcos Property”) and a second property located at 425 Pacific Avenue, Cayucos, California (the “Cayucos Property”). On November 15, 2018, this ...

Excerpt: ...ause of action under the Private Attorneys General Act, Labor Code section 2698, et seq. (“PAGA”). Defendant now brings a Motion to Transfer Venue, or in the Alternative, to Compel Arbitration (“Motion”). Plaintiff opposes the Motion. Defendant first moves to transfer venue for this action pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 397(a), on the ground that this is not the proper court for trial of this action because venue is not prope...

Excerpt: ...e Civ. Proc., § 2018.030); and (C) thirty‐seven (37) documents referenced by The Tribune which have been produced with redactions. The Court issued instructions with respect to each of these categories, and this hearing was set to address and narrow the issues further. A. Documents Withheld Based on the Official Information Privilege The parties note there are approximately 12 documents currently being withheld based on the official informatio...

Excerpt: ...orentino, Dan Neff1 , the Arroyo Grande Police Department, the City of Arroyo Grande, and Michael Smiley. Plaintiff's lawsuit asserts causes of action for (1) retaliation in violation of Labor Code section 1102.5; (2) retaliation in violation of Education Code section 44114; (3) invasion of privacy; (4) intentional infliction of emotional distress; (5) negligent infliction of emotional distress; and (6) negligent hiring, supervision, and retentio...

Excerpt: ...seling in connection with his drug addiction. The Starr Defendants were leasing commercial space from Bonaire Investments (“Bonaire”) in Los Osos, California. Garland's mother and father, Julie Stahl and James Garland (“Plaintiffs”), filed separate but virtually identical complaints in April and June 2015, respectively. The Court ordered the matters consolidated in September 2015. First amended complaints were filed in May 2018. Plaintiff...

Excerpt: ...actory completion of specified terms that were not to be performed within 45 days of the settlement, but that a request for dismissal would be filed no later than December 13, 2018. This Court retained jurisdiction pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 664.6, and set the matter for dismissal on January 28, 2019, absent a motion prior to that date. On January 4, 2019, Plaintiff filed this motion pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 66...

Excerpt: ...arson”) is liable. Trial is set for February 19, 2019. Defendant has filed a Motion for Leave to Conduct Second Deposition of Plaintiff, and a Motion for Leave to Conduct a Medical Examination of Plaintiff. Plaintiff opposes both motions. Motion for Leave to Conduct a Medical Examination of Plaintiff Defendant moves for leave to conduct a second medical examination of Plaintiff on February 11, 2019, with Dr. Mary Genevieve, a board‐certified ...

Excerpt: ...LaBarre is the Supervising Environmental Health Specialist with the CUPA. Linnea Faulkner is an Environmental Health Specialist III with San Luis Obispo County Environmental Health Services (EHS), and works in the CUPA program to ensure compliance with state, federal, and local regulations as they apply to (among other things) UST. Beginning in 2006, EHS employees observed a series of violations at facilities (the Facilities) owned by Plaintiff B...

Excerpt: ...Judgment was renewed on August 19, 2013. Plaintiff has now received an employment verification showing that Defendant also goes by Yesenia Vela. (Chen Decl., ¶ 9; Exhibit 6.) Plaintiff moves to amend the Judgment to add the name Yesenia Vela to the Judgment, along with Yesenia Yela. Plaintiff asserts that Yesenia Yela and Yesenia Vela are the same individual, and Plaintiff is not adding a new party to the Judgment. A California court may use “...

Excerpt: ...precertification discovery, including form interrogatories, special interrogatories, and Requests for Production (“RFPs”). Paloma provided responses, but Plaintiff argued that some of those responses were incomplete because they failed to disclose contact information about putative class members. About a year later, in September 2016, Plaintiffs filed motions to compel further responses in connection with that discovery (“September 2016 Mot...

Excerpt: ...dants”).1 Currently on calendar are eight discovery motions. This tentative ruling covers (1) Plaintiffs' Motion to Compel Further Responses from the corporate Defendants to Requests for Production (“RFP”; Set Two) Nos. 38‐77; and Nos. 44, 48, 52‐54, 56‐69, and 74‐77 for Mr. Maldonado; and (2) Plaintiffs' Motion to Compel Further Responses to Special Interrogatories (Set Two) Nos. 70‐72 from all of the Defendants. Plaintiffs argue...