Excerpt: ...d notify Department 4 and all other parties by 4:00 p.m. on August 21, 2023. In these motons in these related cases, defendant/judgment debtor Josefina A. Manalo seeks pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 473 to vacate the clerk's judgments confirming orders of the Labor Commissioner on the basis of fraud and for a new trial pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure secton 657. Both the Labor Commissioner and plaintiffs/judgment creditors agree ...

Excerpt: ...lass Action Settlement Agreement (2) Approval of Notice to Class Members and Related Materials; (3) Approval of Settlement Administrator; and (4) Setting Hearing For Final Approval of Settlement ("Motion") is ruled upon as follows. The Court appreciates the work engaged in by the parties in revising its requests for approval. The Court has conducted an independent review of the request to determine whether the settlement is fair, reasonable and a...

Excerpt: ... Coalition for Pacificans for an Updated Plan and Kristen Cramer (plaintiffs) filed this action which inwlves a CEQA challenge to a proposed project called Vista Mar located in Pacifica, California ("the Project"). Both plaintiffs sued on both causes of action. Plaintiffs sued the City of Pacifica (the City) and real parties in interest Monterey Road Pacifica, LLC, Vistamar Development, and Javier Chavarria (real parties). On January 21, 2021, th...

Excerpt: ...(California Rule of Court, rule 3.1320(g); Code of Civ. Proc., S 472b.) If Plaintiff decides not to amend, Plaintiff's counsel shall so notify defense counsel and the parties shall meet-and-confer on a date where defendant County of San Mateo's answer is due. Plaintiff John JV Doe's Request for Judicial Notce is GRANTED. Defendant County of San Mateo's Request for Judicial Notice is GRANTED. The Second Amended Complaint (the "SAC") asserts nine c...

Excerpt: ...elf when he fell through an inadequately secured piece of plywood flooring. Plaintiff served Bomel with Set One of his Requests for Admission ("RFAs"), which included the three requests (the "subject RFAs") at issue: Request Number 39: Admit that YOLI were the creating employer pursuant to Labor Code S 6400 at the time of the SUBJECT INCIDENT. Request Number 40: Admit that YOU were the controlling employer pursuant to Labor Code S 6400 at the tim...

Excerpt: ...tate and International Depositions and Subpoena Discovery Act, a motion to enforce a subpoena may be filed in the superior court for the county in which the discovery is to be conducted, and shall comply with the rules and statutes of this state. Cal. Code of Civil Procedure Section 2029.3CL Here, Petitioners' California subpoena was served on Respondent Meta Platforms, Inc. on May 9, 2023. Franklin-Murdock Decl., 97, Exh. E. Respondent thereafte...

Excerpt: ... across the parking area, an unknown third-party assaulted Plaintiff, who then asked a manager at the hotel to call the police. The manager allegedly refused. Plaintiff brings this action against Defendants as the owners and operators of the hotel, alleging inter alia that they were negligent in failing to provide adequate lighting in the parking area, and should have known of the danger posed to Plaintiff by the unknown third-party. On December ...

Excerpt: ...r responses to the Special Interrogatories is GRANTED as to Special Interrogatory Nos. 1-3, 6-10, 15, 17, 22-23, and 25-26, and DENIED as to Special Interrogatory Nos. 12-14, and 19. Within three weeks of this Order, Plaintiff shall serve further, written responses, without objections, to Special Interrogatory Nos. 1-3, 5-10, 15, 17, 22-23, and 25-26. All objections to these Interrogatories are overruled. Because Nos. 12-14, and 19 contain typogr...

Excerpt: ... to Form Interrogatories that were served in November 2021. The Court granted Defendant's motion to compel verified responses and ordered Plaintiff to provide verified responses and to pay a monetary sanction of $5,101.00 "within fourteen days of notice of entry of this order." (Order, April 26, 2023 (filed May 1, 2023.) Defendant served Notce of Entry of Order on May 3, 2023. As of the date Defendant filed the present motion on June 14, 2023, Pl...

Excerpt: ...ended Complaint ("SAC") by Plaintiffs Lori Slicton ("Slicton") and George Buckingham ("Buckingham") (also collectively "Plaintiffs"), is ruled on as follows: (1) The Demurrer is OVERRULED on the ground that Slicton fails to allege an adverse employment action in support of her claims. "Adverse employment actons are not limited to ultimate actions such as termination or demotion." (Judicial Council Of California Civil Jury Instructon 2509.) "An ad...

Excerpt: ...hrough fourth causes of action asserted in Plaintiffs First Amended Complaint on the grounds that the causes of action were barred by the two-year statute of limitations applicable to claims for breach of an oral contract under CCP S 339.1. (1/19/23 Minute Order.) The Court noted that Plaintiff did not dispute that the two-year statute of limitations was applicable, but rather contended that the claim was timely under the continuous accrual doctr...

Excerpt: ...intiff is reminded to comply with California Rules of Court and Local Rules of Court regarding electronically filed documents. Specifically, exhibits must be bookmarked. (CRC Rule 3.1110(f)(4) ["electronic exhibits must include electronic bookmarks with links to the first page of each exhibit and with bookmark titles that identify the exhibit number or letter and briefly describe the exhibit"]; San Mateo County Superior Court Local Rule 3.3 [same...

Excerpt: ... LS Home Development, LLC from the SAC on the grounds that the new y added defendant and cause of action exceed the scope of the amendment #rmitted by the Court in its ruling on Defendants' demurrer to Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint. Generally, where a court grants leave to amend after sustaining a demurrer, the scope of permissible amendment is limited to the causes of achon to which the demurrer has been sustained: "[Sluch granting of leav...

Excerpt: ...Complaint is DENIED. Defendants shall file and serve their Answers to the Complaint on or before September 1, 2023. Evidence and facts external to the Complaint cannot be considered on a Motion to Strike. In their briefing, both parties assert arguments based on the "Traffic Collision and other supposed "evidence," including a declaration from Plaintiff's counsel. None of this, however, is part of the Complaint. On a Motion to Strike, the Court o...

Excerpt: ... Civil Procedure Section 340.5, which begins to run after the plaintiff discovers, or through the use of reasonable diligence should have discovered, the injury. See MP&A ISO Motion, 5:6-8; Opp. 2:16-20. As used in Section 340.5, discovery of the injury means discovery of both the physical condition and also the negligent cause of condition; it refers to the damaging effect of the alleged wrongful act and not the act itself, and no cause of actio...

Excerpt: ...assaulted at defendants' massage franchise, and she asserts numerous causes of action and requests punitive damages. Defendants bring this Motion to Strike parts of Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint ("FAC"), seeking to remove "all language regarding fraud, misrepresentation, concealment, and conspiracy." (Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Support of Motion to Strike ("MPA") at 4.) Specifically, inter alia, Defendants request that the Cour...

Excerpt: ... p.m. on August 21, 2023. In these motions in these related cases, defendant/judgment debtor Josefina A. Manalo seeks pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 473 to vacate the clerk's judgments confirming orders of the Labor Commissioner on the basis of fraud and for a new trial pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 657. Both the Labor Commissioner and plaintiffs/judgment creditors agree that there was an error in having two judgments e...

Excerpt: ...In a civil cause a jury may be waived by the consent of the parties expressed as prescribed by statute." One such statute, section 631, states that "[iln civil cases, a jury may only be waived pursuant to subdivision (f)." (Code Civ. Proc., S 631, subd. (a).) Subdivision (f) then enumerates the ways in which "[a] party waives trial by jury ... One way is "[b]y failing to timely pay the fee described in subdivision (b), unless another party on the...

Excerpt: ...r to specified causes of action or defenses." Defendants' has failed to failed to comply with this rule. The court overlooks that deficiency because plaintiffs have not raised it, but it has made it more difficult for the court to review the demurrer. Plaintiffs object that the demurrer was untimely, but in its discretion, the court is considering the demurrer because there is no prejudice to plaintiffs. Further, it appears that defendants made a...

Excerpt: ...ion against the claimants compelling them to interplead and litigate such claims. (Code Civ. Proc., S 386, subd. (b).) "The purpose of interpleader is to prevent a multiplicity of suits and double vexation." (City of Morgan Hill v. Brown (1999) 71 Cal.App.4th 1114, 1122.) Accordingly, the existence of at least two competing claims on the same property or obligation is required to maintain an interpleader acton. The Complaint alleges that Defendan...

Excerpt: ...n of a party to an arbitration agreement alleging the existence of a written agreement to arbitrate a controversy and that a party to the agreement refuses to arbitrate that controversy, the court shall order the petitioner and the respondent to arbitrate the controversy if it determines that an agreement to arbitrate the controversy exists, unless it determines that the right to compel arbitration has been waived by the petitioner, or grounds ex...

Excerpt: ...f for legal services performed on an hourly rate basis for attorney Cary Kletter at $550 per hour. (UMF, Nos. 1, 3.) Defendant also does not dispute that (1) in April 2022, Plaintiff resolved the underlying matter with Defendant's express consent which resulted in a settlement agreement with the opposing party signed by Defendant, or that (2) Defendant has not paid any portion of the $23,116.77 in legal fees and costs billed to him under the part...

Excerpt: ...tatutory notice requirements will not support an unlawful detainer action. (Code Civ. Proc., S 1162, see also Kwok v. Bergren (1982) 130 Cal.App.3d 596, 600 (Kwok) ["The statutory procedure must be strictly followed."l.) Proper service of a valid notice is a prerequisite, and invalid notice will not support a judgment. Code Civ. Proc., S 1161; Kwok, supra, 130 Cal.App.3d, at p. 599.) Plaintiffs three-day notice to pay rent or quit is fatally defe...

Excerpt: ...d. (e). These causes of action are tme barred by the applicable statute of limitations under Code of Civil Procedure, section 337, subd. (a), and therefore fail to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. The gravamen of Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint arises out of alleged overcharges on Plaintiff's real estate loan from Defendant Bank of America, in which Plaintiff purportedly received a misstated HUD-I statement when he signed the l...

Excerpt: ...n on the same cause of action as alleged in Plaintiffs complaint." (Demurrer, at p. 2: 15-17.) The other action is the marital dissolution case, FAM 08648. The record shows that final judgment was entered in 21W6, with no further activity in that matter since then. Therefore, no claim of partition between the parties is pending in any other action. The Demurrer quotes Section l, Paragraph 5 of the Marital Settlement Agreement ("MSA"), providing t...