Excerpt: ...ority on this issue, and that the First Appellate District has recently held, in Dhital v. Nissan North America, Inc., 84 Cal.App.5th 828 (2022), that the economic loss rule does not bar fraudulent inducement claims based on concealment. Nonetheless, Defendant asserts that the Court should follow federal decisions, including Catherine Petersen v. FCA US LLC, No. CV 21-1386 OSF (EX), 2021 WL 3207960, at *5 (C.D. cal. July 8, 2021) and Tappana v. A...

Excerpt: ...dwood City, CA, 94063, Courtroom 2B. Any party contesting this tentative ruling must also give notice to all other parties of the correct location for the hearing in case any party intends to appear in person. The Demurrer of Defendants Cenlar FSB ("Cenlar") and Citibank, N.A. ("Citibank") (collectively "Defendants") to the First Amended Complaint ("FAC") of Plaintiffs Christopher R. Dhillon and Marissa A. Dhillon ("Plaintiffs") is SUSTAINED IN P...

Excerpt: ...fendants' Request for Judicial Notice is GRANTED pursuant to Cal. Evidence Code section 452(d). Defendants argue that the demurrer should be sustained on the ground that there is another achon pending between the same parties on the same cause of action, pursuant to Cal. Code of Civil Procedure Secton 430.10(c). In the related probate action, Case No. 23-PRO-00327, there are three causes of action for (1) Breach of Fiduciary Duty and Removal of T...

Excerpt: ...ional infliction of emotional distress. Defendants' Mohon for Summary Adjudication is DENIED as to Plaintiff's remaining claims for the reasons set forth below. Statute of Limitations — Relation Back Doctrine Defendants contend, first, that Plaintiff's causes of action are time-barred by the applicable statutes of limitations. Defendants cite Scherer v. Mark (1976) 64 Cal. App 3d 834, 842 for the rule that "Where no effort has been made to alle...

Excerpt: ...ault and Default Judgment, is ruled upon as set forth below. The Court agrees to reconsider the Feb. 9, 2023 Order and has considered Plaintiff's opposing arguments. "Reconsidering" the Feb. 9 ruling does not mean changing the result. It means the Court believes Plaintiff has satisfied Sect. 1008's requirements for the Court to reconsider its prior ruling. (See Corns v. Miller (1986) 181 Cal.App.3d 195, 202 [reconsidering a prior ruling does not ...

Excerpt: ...t as set forth below. A. Second Cause of Action — Interference with Contract Sustained with leave to amend. For delayed discovery to apply, the plaintiff must plead and prove that "a reasonable investigation at that time would not have revealed a factual basis for that particular cause of action." (Fox v. Ethicon Endo-surgery, Inc. (2W5) 35 Cal.4th 797, 803.) The SAC does not meet this requirement. Paragraph 13 alleges that Plaintiff discovered...

Excerpt: .... Cal. Code of Civ. Proc. S437c(p)(1). When the moving party has met its burden, the burden shifts to the opposing party to show the existence of a triable issue of material fact as to the cause of action, or a defense to the cause of action. ld. Here, Plaintiff moves for summary judgment and/or summary adjudication of the First Cause of Action for Breach of Contract, Second Cause of Acton for Money Lent, and Third Cause of Action for Money Had a...

Excerpt: ...nt and claims asserted in Defendant Ying (Cathy) Xue and ICEC, Inc.'s ("Xue") 12-8- 20 Cross-complaint, is GRANTED. Code Civ. Proc. Sect. 437c. EAC's alternative Motion for Summary Adjudication is therefore DENIED AS MOOT. Request for Judicial Notice. plaintiff/Cross-Defendant EAC's 1- 26-20 Request for Judicial Notice is GRANTED as to the referenced documents that were either filed with or issued by the Court (Evid. Code Sect. 452(d)), and GRANT...

Excerpt: ... City's Beach Front Boulevard right-of-way adjacent to Plaintiff's property. According to Plaintiff, during the construction, Shimmick graded a dirt roadway along the side of the levee and built a fence near the roadway. Plaintiff claims that Shimmick is using the roadway to store constructon materials for the levee project, and that both the fence and the roadway are on Plaintiff's property. Plaintiff refers to this alleged encroachment as "Tres...

Excerpt: ...f written notce of this order. Plaintiff's Request for Judicial Notice is GRANTED. Defendants demur to the First Amended Complaint's two contract claims generally, on the basis that neither states facts sufficient to consttute a cause of action, and specially, on the bases that Haskell is not a proper party and that the counts are uncertain. (See Code of Civ. Proc., S 430.10, subds. (d)—(f).) hey also generally demur to the First Amended Compla...

Excerpt: ...nd the Court of Appeals' award of costs of appeal, Plaintiff seeks its attorney's fees and costs incurred in the proceedings relating to Defendant's unsuccessful Motion to Enforce Settlement Agreement and Defendant's unsuccessful appeal of that ruling. Plaintiff seeks an award of $21,318.50 in attorney fees, representing a total of 97 hours expended in connection with Defendants' Motion and the subsequent appeal, and $2,588.17 in costs. Salassi D...

Excerpt: ...d the gift card. The argument lacks merit. Plaintiff alleges that he read Nordstrom's representations about how secure the gift cards are. (9AC Para. 15.) Plaintiff alleges that in reliance on those statements, he asked Mr. Devorkin to buy him a Nordstrom gift card for his 50th birthday. (ld. Para. 18.) Mr. Devorkin did so. Under the liberal pleading standard for demurrers, these allegations are sufficient to allege that Devorkin was acting as Pl...

Excerpt: ...defendant has filed an answer to a prior complaint. (See Code of Civ. Proc., S 430.10.) And here, contrary to Plaintiff's contention, the Demurrer is a general one rather than a special one, which is explicit in the notice and readily apparent from the supporting papers. (See, e.g„ Jan. 25, 2023 Notice of Demurrer, pp. 1—2.) A general demurrer is made on the basis that the complaint "does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of ac...

Excerpt: ...t Defendants did not give Plaintiff Gloria Rodriguez a thirty-day notice before the locks were changed and she was refused reentry to a residence located at 237 Poplar Avenue in Redwood City (the "Property"). By this Motion, Defendants contend that the action has no merit because Plaintiff cannot establish that Defendants were landlords nor establish that she was entitled to a thirty day notice. A. Legal Standard on Summary Judgment "A party may ...

Excerpt: ...the Third Cause of Action ("intentional infliction of emotional distress"), the demurrer is SUSTAINED with leave to amend. Code Civ. Proc. Sect. 430.10(e). Plaintiff's Complaint alleges that Defendant is guilty of "extreme and outrageous" conduct because Defendant had "actual and constructive knowledge" of a bed bug problem in its hotel, yet failed to disclose the problem to Plaintiffs, which resulted in Plaintiffs' allegedly sustaining personal ...

Excerpt: ...edia Inc. v. Superior Court (1999) 20 Cal.4th 449,457, fn. 9. Defendant's Request for Judicial Notice in support of the Reply is DENIED. General Demurrer for Failure to Comply with Tort Claims Act Defendant's unopposed General Demurrer to the entire Complaint for failure to comply with tort claims requirements is SUSTAINED without leave to amend pursuant to Cal. Code of Civ. Proc. S 430.10(e). Plaintiff's Complaint fails to comply with the requir...

Excerpt: ...de that the parties agreed to permit discovery on issues pertaining to enforceability of the Arbitration Agreement. The discovery at issue falls into nine general categories: formation of the arbitration agreement, presentation of arbitration agreements to residents, withdrawal of arbitration agreements, arbitration costs, conduct of arbitration, ownership of arbitration entities, motions to compel arbitration, initiation of arbitration, and the ...

Excerpt: ... cautioned regarding signing declarations under oath absent personal knowledge of the facts stated therein. The 1-5-23 Karen Evans declaration does not appear to be based on personal knowledge. If counsel did not participate in the alleged phone call, then she should not be stating, under penalty of perjury, based on alleged personal knowledge, that the phone call took place. Nonetheless, the Court deems the meet and confer to have been sufficien...

Excerpt: ...ration and Proposed Order. The court starts with the presumption that court records are open unless confidentiality is required by law. (See Cal. Court Rule 2.550(c).) A court may order that a record be filed under seal if it expressly finds facts establishing that: (1) there exists an overriding interest that overcomes the right of public access to the record; (2) the overriding interest supports sealing the record; (3) a substantial probability...

Excerpt: ... seventh and eighth causes of action with prejudice on September 23, 2020. Thus, Defendant's motion for summary judgment is moot as to those claims. First Cause of Action – Wrongful Constructive Termination As to the First Cause of Action for “wrongful constructive termination,” Plaintiff must show that he resigned as a result of intolerable working conditions, and that those working conditions violated public policy. (See CACI No. 2432.) D...

Excerpt: ...im of newly discovered evidence, Plaintiff notes that, just prior to the Court's ruling granting Dane's motion for summary judgment, Frederick Tate, a Target employee, testified at his deposition that Dane sent a representative to Target on a quarterly basis in 2016 to perform “preventative maintenance” on the smartKART shopping carts. According to Plaintiff, this evidence suggests that Dane did, in fact, have possession and control over the ...

Excerpt: ...k of Am., N.A. (2015) 243 Cal. App. 4th 1293, 1305–06 [tender not required when claim is based on allegations that Defendant foreclosed during time that plaintiff was seeking loan modification].) B. First Cause of Action (Wrongful Foreclosure) Demurrer to the first cause of action is sustained. An element of the claim for wrongful foreclosure is that the foreclosure sale occurred. (Miles v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. (2015) 236 Cal.App.4t...

Excerpt: ...pecific personal jurisdiction over them, claiming they do not have the necessary minimum contacts with this forum. According to Defendants, “the Complaint is devoid of any facts that establish the Lewiners ‘purposefully availed themselves' of California's benefits, or that the controversy is related to any of the Lewiners' extremely limited contacts with California.” MPA, p.3. However, Plaintiffs' verified Complaint alleges that Plaintiff I...

Excerpt: ...facts and supporting evidence establishes a prima facie showing that Defendant CHICAGO TITLE did not breach any duty that it owed to Plaintiff. Plaintiff has not demonstrated that a triable issue of material fact exists. Escrow instructions govern the rights and liabilities of the parties and the escrow holder. The parties are entitled to only the performance that is provided in their instructions, and the escrow holder is obligated to perform on...

Excerpt: ...d be characterized as an argument based more on semantics than substance. However, the Court sustains the Demurrer with leave to amend, for the following reasons. First, while various California courts have disagreed on this point, more recent California Supreme Court cases have concluded that “unjust enrichment” is not a proper cause of action, at least where the claim can be re‐ stated as a “quasi‐contract” claim that seeks “resti...