Excerpt: ...tiff was approximately seven to eight years old. (First Amended Complaint [FAC], ¶ 1.) Plaintiff alleges that Mr. Ilger, now deceased, was convicted in 1988 of molesting underage children in his classroom, and was sentenced to eight years in prison. (Id. at ¶¶ 12, 24.) Plaintiff further alleges that Mr. Ilger was arrested against in 2002 for failing to register as a sex offender and sentenced to 32 months in prison. (Id. at ¶ 24.) Plaintiff's...

Excerpt: ..., 2024, def endants Rockport Administrative Services, LLC (Rockport), Boardwalk West Financial Services, LLC (Boardwalk) and Shlomo Rechnitz (collectively Managing Defendants) represented by Gordon Rees Scully Manshukhani, LLP (Gordon Rees) demurred to the complaint. The County of San Mateo was not listed on the caption as a defendant represented by Gordon Rees. On April 4, 2024, Gordon Rees filed an amended notice of demurrer and amended suppor...

Excerpt: ...urt are papers John's filed demurring to the unjust enrichment cause of action on the ground that it is not a cause of action and seeking to strike the cross -complaint on the ground that Baker did not obtain leave of court to file it. There are irregularities in the moving papers, however, Baker had sufficient time to file substantive oppositions to the motions. The Court will consider the motions on the merits. 1. Demurrer Johns argues that ...

Excerpt: ...(Tri -Counties), Louis Carnesale (Louis) 1 , John Carnesale (John), and the City of Atascadero (the City). 10850, Tri Counties and John Carnesale demurred to the FAC, and that demurrer was partially sustained with leave to amend. On December 21, 2023, Plaintiff filed her Second Amended Complaint (SAC), which alleges causes of action for 1) negligence [against all defendants other than the City]; 2) nuisance and trespass [against all defendants o...

Excerpt: ...s needed before any records could be produced. In an attempt to obtain Plaintiff's signature on the authorizations, Defendants served Plaintiff with a Request for Production of Documents attaching the requisite authorizations (the RFPs), and asking Plaintiff to sign and return the authorizations. Defendants' counsel explained the authorizations were served as part of a request for production “so there is a mechanism to compel a response, if nee...

Excerpt: ...sher Dec.), ¶ 5.) Plaintiff served RFP, Set Three, on Smart72 and RFP, Set One, on DeVries, on July 10, 2023. (Id., ¶ 8.) Both sets of requests sought documents relating to Angela DeVries' role in the Smart72 business and her communications relating to Plaintiff. (Ibid.) Plaintiff now moves to compel further responses from Smart72 as to Request No. 12 from RFP Set Two, and Request Nos. 21 -28 from RFP Set Three. Plaintiff also moves to compel f...

Excerpt: ...ided that BCP would provide labor, services, equipment, and materials for installation of HVAC systems for five different projects. BCP now moves for summary adjudication of its fifth and eighth causes of action for breach of written contract, and ABC moves to continue trial of this matter, currently scheduled for June 24, 2024. Both motions are opposed. Motion for Summary Adjudication BCP's fifth cause of action arises out of a June 27, 2019 ...

Excerpt: ... light, causing his vehicle to hit Plaintiff's vehicle. Plaintiff alleges one count of negligence against Dunbar, and one count of negligence (Gov. Code, § 815.2) against the State. In the complaint, Plaintiff alleges that he timely served government claims against the State, which claim was rejected. (Compl., ¶ 10.) Now before the Court is Defendants' demurrer to the complaint. Legal Authority. Under the California Tort Claims Act (the Act), n...

Excerpt: ...ds and that the rodents caused significant damage to the Property. On December 16, 2022, the Court (Hon. Donald G. Umhofer, presiding) granted Defendants OiC Real Estate Services, Inc. and Kristenann Murchison's motion to strike Plaintiffs' expert witness designation. In their motion, Defendants argued that Plaintiffs' expert designation was tardy and failed to include a required declaration from counsel describing the expert witnesses' areas of...

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: ...) fraud and deceit (against both Defendants). On October 2, 2020, Plaintiffs filed a “notice of pending action” with the County Recorder's office, indicating this lawsuit had been filed, which lawsuit affects title to and the right to possession of real property located at 1475 New Cuyama Highway in San Luis Obispo County (the Cuyama Highway Property or the Property). Plaintiffs filed another “notice of pending action” on February 23, ...

Excerpt: ...f's lawsuit centers around sexual abuse she alleges she suffered while attending a high school in Roe 1 District. Plaintiff alleges beginning in or around 1984, Plaintiff was sexually harassed and abused by Roe 2 Teacher, an employee and agent of Roe 1 District. (FAC, ¶ 2.) Plaintiff alleges Roe 2 Teacher began grooming Plaintiff when she was a 15 -year -old freshman. (FAC, ¶ 14.) Plaintiff alleges Roe 2 Teacher often flirted with Plaintiff 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: ...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: ...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: ... 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: ...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: ...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: ...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: ...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: ...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: ...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: ...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: ...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: ...n January 25, 2024, the Court entered an order continuing the hearing on the petition so that Plaintiffs could properly serve all defendants. On February 13, 2024, Plaintiffs filed an amended petition to confirm the arbitration award and served it by email to attorneys Wesley Bonnheim and Travis Bonnheim. As explained in the Court's January 25, 2024, court order, emailing the petition to attorneys who have never appeared on behalf of Dos Osos a...

Excerpt: ...aintiff alleges Warrantor violated the Song- Beverly Warranty Act (Civil Code sections 1790 et seq.) (“Song -Beverly Act”) by failing to repair Vehicle defects. (Ameripour Decl., Exh. 1.)1 Warrantor seeks to compel arbitration and stay this action until the conclusion of arbitration. Warrantor relies on the arbitration provision in the RISC between Plaintiff and Dealer (Ameripour Decl., Exh. 2) and arbitration language in the Owner's Handbook...

Excerpt: ...d a First Amended Fraud Complaint (“FAC”). Plaintiff added the Santa Barbara Superior Court and City Attorney Denny Wei as defendants in the FAC. On October 5, 2023, the Court sustained Denny Wei's demurrer to the FAC without leave to amend and sustained the City Defendants' 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)...

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: ... 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: ...d a First Amended Fraud Complaint (“FAC”). Plaintiff added the Santa Barbara Superior Court and City Attorney Denny Wei as defendants in the FAC. On October 5, 2023, the Court sustained Denny Wei's demurrer to the FAC without leave to amend and sustained the City Defendants' 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)...

Excerpt: ...aintiff alleges Warrantor violated the Song- Beverly Warranty Act (Civil Code sections 1790 et seq.) (“Song -Beverly Act”) by failing to repair Vehicle defects. (Ameripour Decl., Exh. 1.)1 Warrantor seeks to compel arbitration and stay this action until the conclusion of arbitration. Warrantor relies on the arbitration provision in the RISC between Plaintiff and Dealer (Ameripour Decl., Exh. 2) and arbitration language in the Owner's Handbook...

Excerpt: ...n January 25, 2024, the Court entered an order continuing the hearing on the petition so that Plaintiffs could properly serve all defendants. On February 13, 2024, Plaintiffs filed an amended petition to confirm the arbitration award and served it by email to attorneys Wesley Bonnheim and Travis Bonnheim. As explained in the Court's January 25, 2024, court order, emailing the petition to attorneys who have never appeared on behalf of Dos Osos a...

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: ...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: ...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: ...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: ...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: ...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: ...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: ... 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: ...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: ... Plaintiff, serve as Plaintiff's pest control advisor, and would arrange for the use of a cannabis distribution license to store and care for Plaintiff's cannabis material. Plaintiff's first amended complaint asserts causes of action for (1) breach of contract, (2) conversion, (3) breach of implied contract, (4) unfair competition, (5) negligence, (6) accounting, (7) unjust enrichment, and (8) fraud. Now before the Court is Defendants' motion fo...

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: ...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: ...of the house, heavy rains caused flooding and mold. Plaintiffs filed this fraud action alleging Defendants misrepresented in the sale disclosures that they were unaware of any water intrusion and mold when in fact Defendants had extensive flooding and mold remediation done only two years earlier. The parties signed the Sale Agreement and initialed the arbitration clause. (Blackford Decl., Exh. 1, ¶ 22(B).) The arbitration clause applies to �...

Excerpt: ... of Civil Code section 1793.2(b); (3) violation of Civil Code section 1793.2(a)(3); (4) breach of the implied warranty of merchantability; (5) negligent repair; and (6) violation of the Magnuson -Moss Warranty Act. Plaintiff alleges that on August 1, 2020, she entered into a warranty contract with Volkswagen regarding a 2018 Volkswagen Atlas (the Vehicle). (Compl., ¶ 8.) Plaintiff alleges the Vehicle suffered from defects and non -conformities, ...

Excerpt: ...ment in favor of Defendant on Plaintiff's three causes of action for Negligent Misrepresentation; Fraud (False Promise); and Professional Negligence. Plaintiff now seeks reconsideration of the summary judgment order, leave to file three amended statements of material undisputed facts, and a monetary or terminating sanction against Defendant for failing to produce a document pursuant to court order. Plaintiff intends to amend the sanctions motion...

Excerpt: ...eges was provided through the County's Social Services Agency. Plaintiff alleges that in 1992, Defendants placed Plaintiff in the foster home of non -party Carol Wong, in Cambria. (FAC, ¶ 23.) Plaintiff alleges that from approximately 1992 to 1994, when Plaintiff was five to six years old, she was sexually abused and assaulted by “Plaintiff's foster mother's boyfriend,” known as “Enrique,” identified in the FAC as “Perpetrator 1,” ...

Excerpt: ...resentation; 5) conversion; 6) voluntary waste; 7) private nuisance; 8) intentional infliction of emotional distress; 9) intentional misrepresentation, fraud and deceit outside of the contract; and 10) exemplary and punitive damages. This action arises out of Defendant's tenancy with Plaintiff. Defendant now demurs to the FAC as a whole, and separately to each cause of action, and moves to strike the request for punitive damages. Defendant faile...

Excerpt: ...ss than $10.00. Such failure is alleged to be in violation of Civil Code section 1749.5, subd. (b)(2). The action primarily seeks equitable relief. The parties reached a settlement consisting of several steps Defendant will take to comply with law regarding redemption of gift cards with a cash value less than $10.00; issuance of $10 e -gift cards to class members who meet specified requirements; an incentive award of $1,500.00 to Plaintiff; atto...

Excerpt: ...itioners generally allege that Respondents took advantage of Sylvia June Asavis (Decedent) 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 recently met. At issue are Petitioners' four motions seeking protective orders relieving Petitioners from having to respond to discovery requests1 and for sanctions against Respondent John Dougherty. Petitioners argue that...

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: ...(Civ. Code, §§ 1790 et seq., “the Act”) by failing to repair defects in the Subject Vehicle after a reasonable number of attempts and failing to promptly repurchase the Subject Vehicle. Defendants assert that Plaintiff cannot establish a required element of his claims, i.e., that Ford failed to promptly offer to repurchase the Subject Vehicle. Defendants also seek summary judgment of their equitable estoppel affirmative defenses. 1. Summary...

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...

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: ...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: ...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: ...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: ...ctice; and 8) exemplary and punitive damages. Defendant demurred to the complaint. The Court overruled the demurrer on the grounds that it failed to include any analysis or authority, and without making any comment on the substance of Defendant's contentions or defenses. I. Demurrer On August 7, 2023, Plaintiff filed a first amended complaint (FAC). Defendant now demurs to the FAC. Defendant filed a declaration concurrently with his demurrer, ...

Excerpt: ...ss than $10.00. Such failure is alleged to be in violation of Civil Code section 1749.5, subd. (b)(2). The action primarily seeks equitable relief. The parties reached a settlement consisting of several steps Defendant will take to comply with law regarding redemption of gift cards with a cash value less than $10.00; issuance of $10 e -gift cards to class members who meet specified requirements; an incentive award of $1,500.00 to Plaintiff; atto...

Excerpt: ...ment in favor of Defendant on Plaintiff's three causes of action for Negligent Misrepresentation; Fraud (False Promise); and Professional Negligence. Plaintiff now seeks reconsideration of the summary judgment order, leave to file three amended statements of material undisputed facts, and a monetary or terminating sanction against Defendant for failing to produce a document pursuant to court order. Plaintiff intends to amend the sanctions motion...

Excerpt: ...itioners generally allege that Respondents took advantage of Sylvia June Asavis (Decedent) 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 recently met. At issue are Petitioners' four motions seeking protective orders relieving Petitioners from having to respond to discovery requests1 and for sanctions against Respondent John Dougherty. Petitioners argue that...

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: ...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 ...

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: ...aint (FAC) on May 29, 2020, and now moves for leave to file a Second Amended Complaint (SAC) to correct alleged factual errors in the FAC. Defendants oppose the motion. I. Legal Standard The Court may allow the amendment of any pleading at any time in the furtherance of justice, and upon such terms as may be proper. (Code Civ. Proc., §§ 473, subd. (a)(1), 576.) The Court's discretion is to be exercised liberally to permit amendment of pleading...

Excerpt: ...ch 2017 to March 2019. Defendants filed an answer generally denying all allegations and asserting affirmative defenses. On July 28, 2023, the Court granted preliminary approval of the parties' Settlement Agreement. The Court preliminarily certified the class of “all non -exempt employees who are or previously were employed by Defendants and performed work in California during the period from September 16, 2017 to October 17, 2022.” The clas...

Excerpt: ...icial proceeding (Case No 19F -05075). On November 4, 2021, the Court (Hon. Rita Federman) granted MacDonald's special motion to strike under Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16.1 Judgment was issued on December 27, 2021. Orcutt appealed. On March 16, 2023, the Second Appellate District Court denied Orcutt's appeal, affirmed this court's judgment, and found MacDonald to be the prevailing party entitled to attorneys' fees and costs on appeal (t...

Excerpt: ...ices of Defendants to perform medical treatment and services for Plaintiff. On said date, Defendants undertook to handle and control the medical care and treatment of Plaintiff. 14. Defendants failed to use the level of skill, knowledge, and care in the diagnosis and treatment of Plaintiff that other reasonably careful medical practitioners and/or specialists of the same type would use in the same or similar circumstances. Defendants made unreaso...

Excerpt: ..., 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.) Plaintiff alleges it purchased...

Excerpt: ...Defendant's demurrer to the complaint on the basis that the complaint was uncertain. Plaintiff filed a first amended complaint, Defendant demurred, 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 ...

Excerpt: ...ment in favor of Defendant on Plaintiff's three causes of action for Negligent Misrepresentation; Fraud (False Promise); and Professional Negligence. Plaintiff now seeks reconsideration of the summary judgment order, leave to file three amended statements of material undisputed facts, and a monetary or terminating sanction against Defendant for failing to produce a document pursuant to court order. Plaintiff intends to amend the sanctions motion...

Excerpt: ... Defendants) seek to quash a subpoena issued by Plaintiffs to Ogden & Fricks, to the extent it involves records subject to the attorney client privilege. Kurkeyerian opposes the motion. Kurkeyerian notes that Defendants did not attempt to meet and confer before filing this motion. Although Defendants' motion fails to cite the statutory authority relied on for the relief sought, the Court assumes it is brought pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure ...

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: ...on, (5) negligence, (6) accounting, (7) unjust enrichment, and (8) fraud. The parties' dispute centers around their agreement that, in exchange for his use of Plaintiff's cannabis business licenses and equipment, Poswillo agreed to provide farming services for Plaintiff, serve as Plaintiff's pest control advisor, and would arrange for the use of a cannabis distribution license to store and care for Plaintiff's cannabis material. Now before the Co...

Excerpt: ...icial proceeding (Case No 19F -05075). On November 4, 2021, the Court (Hon. Rita Federman) granted MacDonald's special motion to strike under Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16.1 Judgment was issued on December 27, 2021. Orcutt appealed. On March 16, 2023, the Second Appellate District Court denied Orcutt's appeal, affirmed this court's judgment, and found MacDonald to be the prevailing party entitled to attorneys' fees and costs on appeal (t...

Excerpt: ...cation Code sections 44113 and 44114, and Labor Code section 1102.5. On August 10, 2023, the Court (Hon. Rita C. Federman, presiding) sustained Defendants' demurrer with leave to amend. Plaintiff filed a first amended complaint (FAC) on September 13, 2023. Now before the Court is Defendants' demurrer to the FAC. Factual Allegations. In his complaint, Plaintiff alleges that on September 18, 2017, he filed a complaint against his then- employer,...