Excerpt: ...rt is Defendants' motion to strike the punitive damages allegations in paragraphs 14, 29,43, 58 and prayer #3 of Plaintiff's Second Amended Complaint (SAC). Plaintiff opposes the motion. Code of Civil Procedure section 436 permits a court to strike: (1) “any irrelevant, false, or improper matter inserted in any pleading”; and (2) “all or any part of any pleading not drawn or filed in conformity with the laws of this state, a court rule, or...

Excerpt: ...iff had filed a PAGA Representative Action (Case No. 21CV -0651) (the PAGA Action). Plaintiff and Defendants reached a settlement,1 which the Court preliminarily approved on November 30, 2023. At that time, the Court also approved the following class definitions: • The Agreement defines the “Class” and its members as “all current and former non - exempt employees who worked for Defendants Drake Farms as truck drivers and/or were issued...

Excerpt: ...g) granted Natwick's special motion to strike under Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16.1 Judgment was issued on November 30, 2023. Currently on calendar is Natwick's motion for attorney's fees. Plaintiff has filed an opposition. Under section 425.16, subdivision (c), any defendant who brings a successful special motion to strike is entitled to attorney fees and costs. (Ketchum v. Moses (2001) 24 Cal.4th 1122, 1131 [Ketchum].) The determinati...

Excerpt: ...f filed a First Amended Fraud Complaint (“FAC”). Before O'Niahll and Ferreira responded to the FAC, on October 5, 2023, the Court sustained the City and its employees' 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”). The 41 -page SAC alleges a myriad of facts, statements and thoughts that are no more intelligible t...

Excerpt: ...competition, (5) negligence, (6) accounting, (7) unjust enrichment, and (8) fraud. Plaintiff alleges there is a unity of interest and ownership between both Defendants, LTGB and Poswillo, such that any individuality and separateness between such Defendants has ceased, and that LTGB is the alter -ego of Defendants in that: (a) LTGB was and is a mere shell, instrumentality, and conduit through which Defendants carry on their business in said name e...

Excerpt: ...y of Defendant PG&E, (5) loss of consortium, and (6) negligence against PG&E. Plaintiffs allege that on November 23, 2019, Mr. Szydlowski suffered severe injuries while operating a Niftylift TD34T boom lift, known as a bucket lift or “cherry picker,” at Defendant Casa Rio Atascadero. Plaintiffs allege that bucket lifts of the type Mr. Szydlowski used typically have an alarm system designed to alert the operator when the lift is close to elect...

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