Excerpt: ...ries, request for admissions, request for production of documents, and form interrogatory 17.1. DFS GREEN argues that the discovery requests exceed the scope of permissible discovery because they exceed the limitations of GALICHA's PAGA Notice and partially pertain to claims outside of the one‐year limitations period that applies to GALICHA's personal claims. The arguments are unpersuasive. 1. The Statute of Limitations Does not Preclude Discov...

Excerpt: ...e Defendant ARE's 11‐3‐22 Request for Judicial Notice (Lease) is GRANTED, to the extent stated below. Evid. Code Sect. 452(d), (h). Incelldx's Opposition brief argues that as Plaintiff, Incelldx was not obligated to attached the Lease to the Complaint in order to state a cause of action for breach of contract. True or not, that is a separate issue from whether Defendant may properly seek judicial notice of the Lease to support its Demurrer. H...

Excerpt: ... and Second Cause of Action for Negligent Misrepresentation is OVERRULED on the ground that these claims are preempted by the Railway Labor Act (“RLA”) because they arise under or require interpretation of the collective bargaining agreement (“CBA”) between United and Defendant Association of Flight Attendants‐CWA, AFL‐CIO (“AFA”). The Court previously overruled United's Demurrer on this same ground as to the First Amended Complai...

Excerpt: ...3rd COA for Fraud or Non‐Disclosure; 4th COA for Fraud – Intentional Misrepresentation; 5th COA for Fraud – Negligent Misrepresentation As in the case of Defendant Snowflake's Demurrer, these fraud causes of action do not state a claim for relief. Taking Plaintiff's allegations as true that Defendants had decided to hold an IPO, knew that the IPO would increase the price per share, and withheld the information from Plaintiff in order to ind...

Excerpt: ...s of fraudulent concealment with sufficient specificity and therefore may not recover punitive damages. According to Defendant, “As outlined in AHM's demurrer (filed concurrently with this motion to strike), the fraudulent concealment claim is barred for a myriad of reasons, including that AHM did not owe a duty of disclosure as a matter of law and the claim is barred by the Economic Loss Doctrine.” MPA, p.3. Defendant asserts that “Because...

Excerpt: ... defective because none of the supporting medical/hospital records or the depositions transcripts is properly cited. Dr. Kao's Separate Statement, and the 10‐21‐22 Declaration of Dr. Marcus, both repeatedly cite to decedent's medical records, and to portions of deposition transcripts. (See Exhibits to the 10‐21‐22 Kanter Declaration). But none of the medical records or transcripts is properly cited. Code Civ. Proc. Sect. 437c(b)(1) (the S...

Excerpt: ...ction for fraudulent concealment on the grounds that Defendant did not have a duty to disclose material facts relating to the alleged sensing defect. According to Defendant, it did not have a duty of disclosure because it did not have exclusive knowledge of the alleged defect and because there was no direct transaction between the parties. A failure to disclose can constitute actionable fraud in four circumstances: (1) when the defendant is in a ...

Excerpt: ...e First Cause of Action for Intentional Misrepresentation, Second Cause of Action for Negligent Misrepresentation, Third Cause of Action for Interference with Economic Advantage and Opportunity, and Fourth Cause of Action for Intentional Interference with Contractual Relationship is OVERRULED on the ground that the collective bargaining agreement (“CBA”) between Defendant and United Airlines, Inc. (“United”) governs these claims such that...

Excerpt: ... or by telephone due to delays caused by injuries to Plaintiff's counsel. The Court, in its discretion, has opted to reach the merits of the Demurrer. Basis for Defense on Face of Pleading Defendant argues that Plaintiff's statements in Plaintiff's March 2, 2021 letter, attached as Exh. B to the First Amended Complaint, that his Senior Inspector position was temporary, create a bar to recovery because they contradict the allegations that Plaintif...

Excerpt: ... 2022 on the grounds of excusable neglect under CCP § 473(b). According to Mr. Bulaya, who is doing business as KJ Millworks, he did not file a timely response to the Complaint “due to the fact that he was unfamiliar with the United States legal system and he was also in an emotional state which was affected by the recent death of his father‐in‐law.” MPA, p.4. Defendants' motion is procedurally defective. Defendants have not attached a p...

Excerpt: ...ts' 10‐17‐22 Demurrer to Plaintiff Samantha Ai's 8‐30‐ 22 Complaint is SUSTAINED‐IN‐PART and OVERRULED‐IN‐PART, as set forth below. The Demurrer to the Second Cause of Action (breach of contract) is SUSTAINED with leave to amend, for the following reasons. First, the Complaint does not allege/identify whether Plaintiff's alleged 2017 contract with Shoreline Education, Inc. was oral or written. See Code Civ. Proc. Sect. 430.10(g). ...

Excerpt: ...Allegations re Antitrust Plaintiff seeks to strike the portions of Defendant's FACC alleging that Defendant engaged in antitrust activity on the grounds that Defendant has not asserted an antitrust claim. Defendant responds that “The details of the alleged or believed antitrust constitute the factual pleading elements of her claims under the first, and second causes of action.” Opp., p.4. While Defendant has not alleged an antitrust claim, De...

Excerpt: ...reasons set forth below. 1st COA – Whistleblower Retaliation Plaintiff contends that Defendant cannot establish a claim for whistleblower retaliation in violation of Labor Code § 1102.5 because Defendant fails to allege facts establishing that she was subjected to an “adverse employment action.” In response, Defendant points to the allegation, at Paragraph 110 of the FACC, that “her prospective deals were not approved, she was denied the...

Excerpt: ...hments referenced therein. The Court, on its own Motion, takes judicial notice of the pleadings filed in this action, including the attachments to Plaintiff's verified Complaint, the Dutra Decl. filed October 6, 2022 in support of Plaintiff's prior Motion to Compel, including its attachments, and this Court's November 10, 2022 Order, pursuant to Cal. Evidence Code § 452(d). Plaintiff's Complaint alleges three causes of action (COA), all for fail...

Excerpt: ... not party to an arbitration agreement between purchaser and Dealer, when the Dealer brings a motion to compel arbitration. The Felisilda case does not, however, address the primary issue, which is whether the nonparty automobile manufacturer itself (rather than the Dealer) may bring a motion to compel arbitration. Ford cannot bring this motion. In Felisilda, the auto Dealer moved to compel arbitration. The court granted the motion, including the...

Excerpt: ...rther Responses to Requests for Production of Document is DENIED AS MOOT and the Request for Sanctions GRANTED. By this Motion, Plaintiff Banc of America Leasing & Capital, LLC (“BALC”) sought to compel the further responses of Defendant and Cross‐ Complainant St Giab Inc. (“SG”) to a set of requests for production propounded by BALC on December 8, 2021. After the Motion was filed, SG served verified amended responses along with a privi...

Excerpt: ...(b); Grappo v. Coventry Financial Corp. (1991) 235 Cal.App.3d 496, 504. The moving parties seek a court order bifurcating and ordering separate trials of the Second Amended Complaint (SAC) and the Second Amended Cross‐Complaint (SACC). Having reviewed the parties' briefing and exercising its discretion, the Court declines to do so, for the reasons stated below. First, this is not a case in which, if bifurcation were ordered, the first trial wou...

Excerpt: ...(FAC), filed 8‐29‐22, is DENIED. Code Civ. Proc. Sect. 435; 436. Cirrus' failure to meet and confer. Code Civ. Proc. Sect. 435.5 required that Cirrus, prior to filing this Motion, discuss the substance of the Motion with Plaintiffs, either in‐person or by telephone, in an effort to resolve the dispute without the need for court intervention. The 8‐ 29‐22 declaration of Cirrus' counsel Patrick Bradley does not state how the parties met a...

Excerpt: ...ims raised in the Complaint. This action is STAYED pending resolution of the arbitration proceedings. In this Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”) action, Plaintiff asserts a single cause of action seeking civil penalties against Defendants for alleged violations of the Labor Code with respect to himself and to other workers. Defendants seek to compel a portion of this action to arbitration, pursuant to an arbitration agreement contained in...

Excerpt: ... and found Defendant to be the prevailing party. (Defendant's Request for Judicial Notice, Exh. 4.) In any action on a contract where the contract provides for an award of attorney's fees and costs, the prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorney's fees. (Civil Code § 1717(a).) Defendant establishes that it is entitled to recover reasonable attorney's fees as the prevailing party in this action pursuant to Civil Code section 1717. ...

Excerpt: ...ds even if statutory relief is unavailable.” (Luxury Asset Lending, LLC v. Philadelphia Television Network, Inc. (2020) 56 Cal.App.5th 894, 910, reh'g denied (Nov. 24, 2020), review denied (Feb. 10, 2021), quoting Rappleyea v. Campbell (1994) 8 Cal.4th 975 [quotation marks, brackets, and ellipses omitted].) “One ground for equitable relief is extrinsic mistake—a term broadly applied when circumstances extrinsic to the litigation have unfair...

Excerpt: ... this in her MP&A, where she requests a new trial at 3:12, and in her proposed order which requests a new trial rather than proposing a change to an order. Defendant's Notice of Motion provides notice only of a request pursuant to §1008 and not a request for a new trial. However, courts may interpret a motion bearing one label as a different type of motion, including in the case of a motion for reconsideration being construed as a motion for a n...

Excerpt: ...tion is DENIED. Defendants seek to compel a portion of this PAGA action to arbitration, pursuant to the an arbitration agreement set forth in Field Nation, LLC's “Provider Terms and Conditions.” Agreements to arbitrate are valid, irrevocable, and enforceable. (9 U.S.C. § 2.) And, when litigating parties have agreed to arbitrate a dispute, either party may petition for an order compelling the dispute to arbitration and staying judicial procee...

Excerpt: ...IE WONG. Plaintiff properly served Defendants B. CLAIRMONT, M. CLAIRMONT, and DENISE RUBEY by electronic service, pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 1010.6(e).) Each of these defendants is represented by counsel, and Plaintiff's counsel confirmed the validity of their respective attorneys' email addresses. Defendant YANNIE WONG is self‐represented. Section 1010.6 is silent on the subject of e‐service on unrepresented parties, other t...

Excerpt: ... PORTFOLIO SERVICING, INC. TENTATIVE RULING: Defendants' Demurrer to Plaintiff's Complaint is SUSTAINED as to each Cause of Action (“COA”) with leave to amend pursuant to Cal. Code of Civ. Proc. § 430.30(e). 1st COA – Negligence Plaintiff alleges that “On or around the year, 2007, Plaintiff via Elizabeth B. Shoaga, was approved and accepted to purchase the same property subject to the existing loan or liens or the alternative pursue a �...

Excerpt: ...ty or Second Cause of Action for Negligence pursuant to Cal. Code of Civ. Proc. § 437c(p). Plaintiff's Request for Judicial Notice is GRANTED pursuant to Cal. Evidence Code §452(a), (b). Defendant's Objections Nos. 2 and 3 to the Wong Decl., ¶6, and Rencher Decl., ¶9, respectively, each relating to Exh. E in Defendant's Compendium of Evidence are SUSTAINED. Defendant's remaining objections are OVERRULED. Plaintiff's objections presented only ...

Excerpt: ...ndant seeks to tax various costs identified in Plaintiff's memorandum of costs. If items on their face appear to be proper charges, the verified memorandum of costs is prima facie evidence of their propriety, and the burden is on the party seeking to tax costs to show they were not reasonable or necessary. Citing Ladas v. California State Auto. Assn. (1993) 19 Cal.App.4th 761, 774‐776, Defendant notes that “Items that are properly objected to...

Excerpt: ...the arbitration fee provision is enforceable is immaterial because nothing in the arbitration clause suggests that attorney's fees are recoverable by either party in a civil action. The provision states, “Any arbitration award” shall include an award of reasonable attorney's fees and costs to the prevailing party. It is silent on whether fees are recoverable in a civil action. The arbitration provision has nothing to do with entitlement to at...

Excerpt: ...ichael Szelenyi and Jeffrey Wallace's 6‐21‐22 Demurrer to Cross‐ Complainants Andrew Oldham, Jennifer Siem, and Revis, Inc.'s 5‐25‐22 Second Amended Cross‐Complaint (SACC), is SUSTAINED WITH LEAVE TO AMEND as to all asserted claims. Standing/Assertion of Derivative Suit Cross‐Defendants Szelenyi and Jeffrey Wallace argue Cross‐Complainants Oldham and Siem lack “standing” to assert the SACC as a derivative lawsuit, and they dem...

Excerpt: ... complaint does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action or is uncertain, inter alia. (Id., at § 430.10, subds. (e)–(f).) Defects in the notice to quit are properly challenged on demurrer. (See Borsuk v. Appellate Div. of Superior Court (2015) 242 Cal.App.4th 607, 617, fn. 7.) Here, Defendants have demurred to the Complaint on the grounds that the notice of termination of the tenancy (the “Notice”) attached to the Complai...

Excerpt: ...iciently alleges facts to support a declaratory relief claim in that an actual controversy exists CrossDefendant and Cross‐Complainant Carl Steinke over how to distribute the proceeds from the sale of the property that are currently being held in escrow. (See C.C.P. § 1060; see also Cross‐Complaint ¶ 9.) Cross‐Defendant further has not established that this declaratory relief claim fails because the rescission claim would fully resolve th...

Excerpt: ... of the Unruh Civil Rights Act (“Unruh Act”). Any violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) is a per se violation of the Unruh Civil Rights Act. (See Complaint ¶ 35; see also Civil Code § 51(f).) Plaintiff alleges that the hotel's website fails to comply with the ADA under 28 C.F.R. section 36.302(e)(1)(ii) (“Reservations Rule”), and therefore violates the Unruh Act. Defendants assert that the Complaint fails to state...

Excerpt: ...ike was moot in light of those rulings. On August 5, 2022, the Court found that Plaintiff did not timely contest the tentative ruling or notify Defendants of his intention to contest due to Plaintiff's counsel's claimed confusion regarding the hearing date for Defendants' Demurrers and Motion to Strike, but that the parties nevertheless appeared at the hearing. Following that hearing, the Court continued the hearing on the demurrers and motion to...

Excerpt: ... Abrego, a Section 8 tenant, both (a) failed to pay his portion of the monthly rent (95% of which is being paid by the San Mateo County Housing Authority) for April and May 2022, and (b) permitted, in violation of the Lease, three unauthorized persons to live in the property. In the two months preceding the July 6, 2022 service of the Summons & Complaint, Defendant Abrego was served with four separate Notices from Plaintiff/landlord, stating that...

Excerpt: ...ake Health Care Center (2018) 6 Cal.5th 474, 482, 483. Here, Defendant's demurrer is based in part on the argument that Plaintiff's Complaint does not include a “[t]he requisite documents in order to establish a foundation for the ownership of the subject property.” Opp. 3:5‐7. To the extent this argument is based on more than whether the landlord acquired the property at a regularly conducted sale and thereafter duly perfected its title, i...

Excerpt: ... in connection with the anti‐SLAPP motion (including a related motion for fees and costs), not those incurred in other aspects of the action.” (Tukes v. Richard (2022) 81 Cal.App.5th 1, 6.) “[B]ecause the anti‐SLAPP provisions refer to attorney fees and costs without indicating any restrictions on how they are to be calculated, we accordingly presume that the Legislature intended courts use the prevailing lodestar adjustment method.” (K...

Excerpt: ...sserted in Case No. 17CIV03349, for unpaid legal fees. Plaintiff alleges that Defendant agreed to submit three separate payments of $25,000, with the final payment to be made “from the settlement or judgment proceeds received by Syed Ali Husain from the resolution of a separate action captioned Husain v Wasau Business Insurance Company, et al., Los Angeles County Superior Court, Case no. BC691736, in which Syed Ali Hussain and his wife, Khurshe...

Excerpt: ...le statutes of limitations, barred for failure to plead exhaustion of administrative remedies in compliance with the Government Claims Act, and barred by prosecutorial immunity. Defendant is correct as to each point, and Plaintiff has not demonstrated a reasonable probability that his Complaint can be successfully amended. Statute of Limitations Plaintiff's Complaint alleges acts or omissions causing damage to Plaintiff on February 8, 2016, more ...

Excerpt: ...”) and Laurel Elementary School's (“School”) unopposed Demurrer to the First and Second Causes of Action (“COA's”) in Plaintiff's Second Amended Complaint is SUSTAINED without leave to amend pursuant to Cal. Code of Civ. Proc. § 430.10(e). First COA for Negligent Supervision The requisite duty of care that the School and District owed to Plaintiff was to protect from foreseeable injury at the hands of third parties. C.A. v. William S. ...

Excerpt: ...nnot assert claims for breach of express and implied warranties under the Song‐Beverly Act because the Act does not apply to used vehicles, even where the applicable manufacturer's warranties have not expired. Defendant relies on the recent decision in Rodriguez v. FCA US, LLC (2022) 77 Cal.App.5th 209, 219–221. In that case, the court held that vehicles with a remaining balance on the original warranty do not meet the Act's definition of a �...

Excerpt: ...EE”) TENTATIVE RULING: The Petition of Honeybee Foods Corporation/Red Ribbon Bakeshop Inc./Tokyo Teriyaki Corporation (“Jollibee”) for an Order to Release Property from Claim of Lien is DROPPED as MOOT. Respondent All Pro Services dba 1‐ 877‐DUMP‐PRO (“Respondent”) demonstrates that Releases of the Mechanic's Liens were recorded in May 2022. (Mattuch Decl. ¶ 2, and Exh. B.) Jollibee's request for $4,567.50 in attorney's fees is D...

Excerpt: ...ition relies on 17 exhibits, comprising 140 pages. Of that evidence, 120 pages (15 exhibits) are redacted in their entirety. The unredacted evidence is merely lodged under seal, but not filed. Similarly, Plaintiff's Opposing Separate Statement is lodged under seal, but not filed. The parties stipulated to a Protective Order, which requires that when filing any documents designated as “CONFIDENTIAL,” “the filing party shall follow the proced...

Excerpt: ...SBs) and NHTSA complaints regarding the allegedly defective transmission, including those relating to Honda Odysseys. According to Defendant, “This case has nothing to do with Honda Odysseys, nothing to do with prior Honda Pilot models, and indeed nothing to do with any vehicles other than the Subject Vehicle.” MPA, p.2. However, as set forth in the analysis of Defendant's demurrer, Plaintiff alleges that “These defective transmissions were...

Excerpt: ... that Defendant had an intent to defraud Plaintiff, a necessary element for both causes of action. According to Defendant, “Weiss has no evidence that Gupta had any intent to defraud her beyond his failure to deliver on his alleged promises.” MPA, p.5. Defendant also notes that he “sent an email to his superior, the Chief Executive Officer, requesting permission to hire Weiss, which negates any argument he never intended to hire Weiss.” I...

Excerpt: ...pursuant to Cal. Code of Civ. Proc. § 437c(p). Defendant's Objections to paragraphs 10 and 11 of the Moore Decl. are SUSTAINED. The remaining objections are OVERRULED. Cal. Code of Civ. Proc. § 437c(b)(1) provides that an MSJ “shall be supported by affidavits, declarations, admissions, answers to interrogatories, depositions, and matters of which judicial notice shall or may be taken.” A defendant has met his or her burden of showing that a...

Excerpt: ...RULED on the ground that the Court has no jurisdiction over these claims. United contends that these claims are preempted by the Railway Labor Act (“RLA”) because there is a collective bargaining agreement (“CBA”) between United and Defendant Association of Flight Attendants‐CWA, AFL‐CIO (“Union”) that governs these claims. A demurrer can be used only to challenge defects that appear on the face of the pleading under attack, or fr...

Excerpt: ..., is GRANTED‐IN‐PART and DENIED‐IN‐PART, for the reasons stated below. Background. Petitioner Husain is a former BPPD police officer. The Second Cause of Action in Petitioner's 9‐30‐21 Amended Petition alleges that Respondent BPPD violated provisions of the Brown Act by improperly holding “closed session meetings” to discuss and decide disciplinary actions against officers (alleged “whistleblowers”) who challenged/raised conce...

Excerpt: ...er responses (Interrogatories) And rules as follows: As for request for documents: A. Privilege Log Required As to: OBG: 4, 5 Siem 4, 5, 24, 31, 32, 35 reVIS 6, 8, 9, 18 Andrew Oldham 4, 24, 35: The motion is granted in part, denied in part. All defendants state that they will produce all nonprivileged documents, implying that privileged documents will not be produced. Therefore, Defendants must supply a privilege log. (Code of Civ. Proc. § 2031...

Excerpt: ...s (“Plaintiff”) Complaint. The Complaint alleges that Plaintiff purchased a vehicle from Hyundai Burlingame (“dealership”), and that the purchase of the vehicle came with a warranty by Defendant that was breached in violation of the Act. (See Defendant's Request for Judicial Notice, Exh. 1.) Defendant contends in this Motion that the Retail Installment Sale Contract (“RISC”) between Plaintiff and the dealership contains an arbitration...

Excerpt: ...f Action for Intentional Misrepresentation, Second Cause of Action for Negligent Misrepresentation and Third Cause of Action for Interference with Economic Advantage and Opportunity is OVERRULED. Defendant raises several arguments as to why these causes of action fail, all of which rely on Defendant's contention that there is a collective bargaining agreement (“CBA”) between Defendant and United Airlines, Inc. (“United”) such that these c...