Excerpt: ...f to be Chief Operating Officer (COO) for MLV's new venture of opening The Human Bean coffee shop franchises. (Declaration of Pat Mitchell (Mitchell Dec), ¶¶ 5, 6.) Plaintiff alleges he became seriously ill and had to use a wheelchair at work. He claims he was wrongfully terminated due to his disability. Defendants seek to compel arbitration pursuant to the employee handbook that includes an arbitration agreement. They do not present a signed a...

Excerpt: ...ligent Infliction of Emotional Distress. Plaintiff alleges that she has been suffered heart palpitations, tremors and shortness of breath due to the crowing of roosters and barking, whining and crying of dogs at property owned by Beltran. (Cmpl., passim.) Plaintiff alleges that Puckett and Ochoa assist in the care and maintenance of the dogs and roosters. (Cmpl., ¶ 9.) She alleges that this complaint “follows in continuous succession of, and ...

Excerpt: ...mine Ownership of Estate Property and for Order Authorizing and Directing Executor to Transfer Estate Property to Petitioner (the Petition). The Petition was brought pursuant to Probate Code section 850, and seeks a determination of ownership of USG stock. The basis of Siegenthaler's claim is a June 16, 2016 gift letter signed by Decedent and attached as exhibit C to the Petition. (Pet., ¶¶ 4 -6.) Currently on calendar is Andreoli's motion for ...

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: ...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: ...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: ...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: ... 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: ...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: ...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: ... 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: ...ds duties to disclose under multiple theories. (Warner Constr. Corp v. City of Los Angeles (1970) 2 Cal.3d 285. 294; Jones v. ConocoPhillips Co. (2011) 198 Cal.App.4th 1187.) Defendant argues that the corporation's role and intent must be pled "with specificity," but the fraud, being concealed, i s far better known to defendant than to plaintiffs. (Alfaro v. Community Housing Improvement System & Planning Assn., Inc. (2009) 171 Cal.Ap...

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 ...

Excerpt: ..., p. 4.) Plaintiff alleges that an employee of Quinn Rental Services was getting the skid steer ready for pickup when he caused a portion to fall on Plaintiff's head, causing him serious injury. (Ibid.) A jury trial is scheduled to begin April 9, 2024. Now before the Court is Defendants' motion to strike Plaintiff's experts, Steven Hamilton, Ph.D.; Murray A. Solomon, M.D.; and Jeff Bruno; or, in the alternative, to limit the experts' testimony to...

Excerpt: ...endant seeks to set aside the judgment. The court GRANTS both motions. Plaintiff's Motion to Set Aside Dismissal “That a court of general jurisdiction has the power to correct clerical error in its judgment so that the judgment will conform to and speak the truth, regardless of the lapse of time and whether made by the clerk, counsel or the court itself, is a principle so established as to be beyond argument.” (Bowden v. Green (1982) 128 Cal....

Excerpt: ...x causes of action for 1) cancellation of instrument; 2) quiet title to real property; 3) constructive trust; 4) conversion; 5) theft; and 6) declaratory judgment. This action is consolidated with three other actions, with Live Oak, LLC v. Nevis, 22CV -0429 as the lead action. Now on calendar is Manji's motion for summary adjudication of its first cause of action for cancellation of instruments and as to each of the grant deeds alleged in the FA...

Excerpt: ... including disputing Nielsen's alleged title to the Property. Hobe argued that Nielsen had unduly influenced and wrongfully induced Hobe's mother (Jacqueline Hobe)1 to sell the Property. The answer further alleged that as Jacqueline's heir, Hobe was entitled to possession of the Property. On November 7, 2019, Hobe and the Estate of Jacqueline Hobe (the Estate) filed a civil action against Nielsen. The civil action and unlawful detainer matter w...

Excerpt: ...d to collectively as “Petitioners.” The parties reside in a rural neighborhood in Atascadero, and have been at odds for several years.1 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 ...

Excerpt: ... cause of action for accounting and twelfth cause of action for negligent misrepresentation; and (2) OVERRULED on all other grounds. (Code Civ. Proc. § 430.10, subd. (e), (f).) In this case, plaintiffs allege in their first amended complaint thirteen causes of action with over 50 pages of allegations and 40 pages of exhibits arising out of their purchase of a house. Defendants demurrer to all causes of action except the second cause of action. ...

Excerpt: ...ach of quiet enjoyment (Civ. Code, § 1927); (4) private nuisance (Civ. Code, § 3501 et seq.); (5) premises liability (Civ. Code, § 1714); (6) retaliation; (7) negligence; (8) retaliatory eviction; (9) violation of Civil Code section 1940.2; (10) intentional infliction of emotional distress; (11) negligent infliction of emotional distress; (12) violation of Business and Professions Code section 17200 et seq.; and (13) fraud. This lawsuit aris...

Excerpt: ...omplaint against Plaintiff; PRCCC, Inc.; and 1144 Black Oak Associates, LLC (Cross -Defendants). Plaintiff also has a pending cross- complaint against other parties. The parties' dispute centers around their agreement concerning the sale of Plaintiff's restaurant in Paso Robles to Defendant Ayrapetian. Plaintiff asserts one cause of action for breach of contract against Defendant Ayrapetian, alleging Defendant failed to pay the cash purchase pric...

Excerpt: ...ied, operated, controlled, supervised, patrolled, monitored, managed, and maintained a parking lot in Paso Robles. Plaintiff alleges the parking lot included a “posted warning sign1 regarding no overnight camping.” Plaintiff alleges the parking lot was open for use by members of the public including shoppers and pedestrians, like the Plaintiff, using the premises in its normally intended and foreseeable manner for foot traffic and passage. Pl...

Excerpt: ...kid steer with an auger attachment. (Compl., p. 4.) Plainti
¯ alleges that an employee o Quinn Rental Services was getting the skid steer ready or pickup when he caused a portion to all on Plainti
¯'s head, causing him serious injury. (Ibid.) A jury trial is scheduled to begin April 9, 2024. On December 12, 2023, this Court granted Plainti
¯'s motion to amend the complaint to add a claim or punitive damages. Plainti
¯'s motion was based o...

Excerpt: ...pley (Decedent) was driving through the intersection of 34th Street and Spring Street in Paso Robles on January 13, 2022, when his vehicle was struck by another car driven by Galvez. The complaint alleges that Galvez failed to yield because his visibility and sightline of oncoming tra
¯ic was blocked or impaired due to improper design, construction, and/or maintenance of the intersection. Currently on calendar is the City's demurrer to the secon...

Excerpt: ...s proposed project (the Project) to establish up to three acres of outdoor cannabis cultivation within hoop houses and a 10,000-square foot (sf) ancillary processing building on Real Party's 41-acre property located at 8770 Carrisa Highway, Santa Margarita, California 93453 (the Site). (Administrative Record [AR], at AR00055.) A. The Project. Real Party submitted their initial minor use permit application on February 19, 2018. (AR 541.) The Proje...

Excerpt: ...by Deendant Hyundai Motor America (“Warrantor”). Plainti
¯ alleges both deendants violated the Song- Beverly Warranty Act (Civil Code sections 1790 et seq.) by ailing to repair Vehicle deects. Dealer and Warrantor are represented by the same attorneys and have each Þled a motion to compel arbitration and or stay o this action until the conclusion o arbitration. Warrantor relies on the arbitration provision in the RISC between Plainti...

Excerpt: ...breached its warranty by failing to repair defects in the vehicle within a reasonable number of attempts and refusing to repurchase the Vehicle. Morales served GM with Plainti
¯'s Requests for Production of Documents, Set One (“RFP”), and GM timely served Morales with responses. GM objected to all of the requests and agreed to produce some documents in response to some of the requests “subject to” the objections. Even if the objections w...

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: ...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: ...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...