Excerpt: ...��nding that Petitioner was driving with a BAC of 0.08% or higher. Although not contested, for completeness, the Court notes that it also finds the evidence supports reasonable suspicion for the stop and probable cause for the arrest and requiring Petitioner to submit to a BAC test. Second, DSO Medina's decision to suspend Petitioner's CDL was supported by her findings. Third, DSO Medina acted lawfully as a neutral factfinder and not as an adv...

Excerpt: ...) Pursuant To CCP §425.16 (Motion or anti -SLAPP Motion) is GRANTED. Defendant Stiles filed a first anti -SLAPP motion regarding the original Cross -Complaint's claim for abuse of process. Cross -Complainant then filed the FACC, which includes as its Ninth Cause of Action a re vised claim for Abuse of Process. This Court granted the anti -SLAPP motion as to the original Cross -Complaint. However, because Cross -Complainant's opposition to tha...

Excerpt: .... Defendants' o bjection to Plaintiff's Exh. 4 is SUSTAINED in part, in that the text messages contained in the exhibit that discuss offers to pay may not be used to prove liability for breach of contract, though they are admissible to show that the promissory note has no t been paid. Plaintiff objects to the Declaration of Bogdan Ryczkowski as unsupported by proper foundation and substantially hearsay. The foundation and hearsay objections are O...

Excerpt: ...osing party. (Hi ggins v. Del Faro (1981) 123 Cal.App.3d 558, 564- 565.) Accordingly, the Motion is only granted with respect to adding parties. The remainder of the Motion is denied for failing to comply with CRC Rule 3.1324. Defendants Cory L. Cooper and Dwell Realtors, Inc.'s (“Defendants”) position regarding the Motion being untimely is obviously well taken. Nevertheless, Defendants have been able to file a substantive response and have ...

Excerpt: ...the imprope r address for the hearing. Department 24 is not located in San Mateo, but instead at the Hall of Justice, Courtroom 2F, 400 County Center, Redwood City, CA 94063. (See CRC Rule 3.1110 [the Notice “must specify” the location of the hearing].) This is like ly moot in light of the fact almost all counsel appear via Zoom, but the Court notes it here just in case and for counsel's future reference. The Court now addresses the merits. T...

Excerpt: ...ious causes of action related to alleged abuse by former Deputy Probation Officer John Domeniconi. In this particular case, John JV Doe's allegations arise out of conduct that occurred between 2000 and 2003. (Second Amended Complaint (SAC) ¶33, 41.) By this Motion, Plaintiff seeks records from the San Mateo County Probation Department related to former Chief Probation Officer Stuart Forrest. Forrest was employed by the Probation Department from ...

Excerpt: ...ollision Inc. shall provide further responses to Plaintiff Joel Gomes' requests for production, set one, Nos. 38 and 46 no later than fifteen (15) days after service of written notice of this motion. Defendant AW Collision of SSF, Inc. shall provide further responses to Plai ntiff Joel Gomes' requests for production, set two, Nos. 39 and 45 no later than fifteen (15) days after service of written notice of this motion. Defendants Bobby Ali and ...

Excerpt: ...uses of action on the grounds that these claims should be brought derivatively by Plaintiff and she has no standing to bring them as direct claims. Defendant demurs to the third cause of action on the grounds that this claim fails to state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. CCP § 430.10(e). Plaintiff's single page, cursory Opposition is without merit A. Legal Standard on Demurrer The purpose of a demurrer is to test the legal suff...

Excerpt: ...ia influencer with an Instagram account through which she manages personal and business matters. In June 2022, Plaintiff realized her Instagram account Anickamcfall was hacked and then deleted. The hacker absconded with $16,000.00 that was held in the monetized accou nt linked to “the social media platform” and further held the accounts hostage to extort Plaintiff into paying money to restore them. The hacker did so by impersonating Instagra...

Excerpt: ...ted two additio nal supplemental briefs and this tentative addresses those additional arguments and evaluates several authorities not cited in the last tentative and expands upon some authorities cited before. The Court very much appreciates the parties' additional work. The Court GRANTS the parties' requests for judicial notice. Evid. C. §§451 - 453. This action concerns the founding of two aerospace companies: “Original Firefly,” in whic...

Excerpt: ...plaint (“FAC”) by Pla intiffs 400 Concar Drive Tenant LLC (“Tenant”) and WeWork Companies U.S. LLC (“WeWork”) (also collectively “Plaintiffs”) is ruled on as follows: (1) Demurrer to the First Cause of Action for Breach of Contract and Second Cause of Action is OVERRULED on the ground that WeWork lacks standing to bring this action. “Every action must be prosecuted in the name of the real party in interest, except as otherwise p...

Excerpt: ...: BACKGROUND Plaintiff brings this action against her former real estate agent Cooper, arising from the sale of her former residence at 236 24th Avenue in San Mateo (“property”). At the time Plaintiff lived at the property for over 50 years and was 87 years old. Plaintiff retained Cooper, who worked for Dwell at the time, to assist her with selling the property. Plaintiff claims that Cooper pressured her not to list the property on the multip...

Excerpt: ...t culminated with j ury verdicts on February 29, 2024, awarding damages to Plaintiff as follows: • Late charges and interest • Tenant expenses • Lost rent from 11/2018 to 6/2022 • Repair and remediation expenses $5,0621 $91,284 $8,425 $9,875 Prior to trial, Plaintiff s ettled with co-defendants the Polettis, for $400,000, and Alexander Malaspina, for $187,500, for a total of $587,500. Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint (FAC) alleged a nu...

Excerpt: ... - 437.) Defendants' No tice of Motion incorrectly states that the hearing on this Motion will take place in Department 21. This matter will be heard in Department 24, located of 400 County Center, Redwood City, Ca. Defendants' Request for Judicial Notice (RJN) is GRANTED as foll ows: As to the document(s) filed in prior court proceedings, and as to the documents recorded with a County Recorder's office, the RJN is GRANTED. (Evid. C. § 452(...

Excerpt: ...ortation Holdings, L LC's and Akira Takei's Unopposed Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Prosecution, joined by Cross -Defendants Philip White and Brandon Lawrence, dba Sportscars Italiano, is GRANTED. Code of Civil Procedure § 583.360 provides than an action shall be brought to tr ial within five years after it was commenced. The five- year period begins to run on the date the action is filed against the defendant. Davalos v. County of Los Angele...

Excerpt: ...alleged in th e operative complaint to see whether they state a cause of action under any legal theory, as a matter of law. (New Livable California v. Association of Bay Area Governments (2020) 59 Cal.App.5th 709, 714 –715.) The demurrer may be made to the entire complai nt or to any of the cause of action therein. (CCP § 430.50(a).) To properly state a cause of action, a complaint must allege every element of that cause of action. (Shaeffer v...

Excerpt: ...ossession of the Property without permission of Plaintiff. Defendant's Demurrer is SUSTAINED with leave to amend. A. Legal standard on demurrer The purpose of a demurrer is to test the legal sufficiency of the facts alleged in the operative complaint to see whether they state a cause of action under any legal theory, as a matter of law. New Livable California v. Association of Bay Area Governments (2020) 59 Cal.App.5th 709, 714 –715. The demurr...

Excerpt: ... Song and Kooyeon Son g (collectively, “the Songs”). On January 18, 2023, the Songs crosscomplained against Streamlined and added Cross -defendant Paul Hugh Johnson, “the principal and officer” of Streamlined, in his personal capacity. (Jan. 31, 2024 Declaration of Paul Johnson (“Johnson Decl.”), ¶ 2; see id., at ¶¶ 4– 5 [referring to Streamlined as “my corporation”].) The Songs attempted to serve process on Johnson via Strea...

Excerpt: ...in April 2019, ab out five years ago. In February 2020, Defendant served Plaintiff with Form Interrogatories, Special Interrogatories, and Requests for Production of Documents, which broadly asked Plaintiff to explain the claims that Plaintiff was asserting against Defendan t, and the basis therefore. Plaintiff did not … and has never … serve(d) responses to the discovery requests. In May 2020 and again in Jan. 2021, Defendant's counsel sent...

Excerpt: ... of Action for Medical Malpr actice is SUSTAINED with leave to amend based on failure to allege facts sufficient to support this cause of action. The elements of a cause of action for medical malpractice are: “(1) the duty of the professional to use such skill, prudence, and diligence as other members of his profession commonly possess and exercise; (2) a breach of that duty; (3) a proximate causal connection between the negligent conduct and t...

Excerpt: ...r. (CCP § 430.41.) Cross -D efendant also failed to file a declaration regarding its meet and confer obligations. (CCP § 430.41(a)(3).) Since insufficient meet and confer efforts are not grounds to overrule or sustain a demurrer (CCP § 430.41(a)(4)), and Cross - Defendant's special dem urrer is without merit, the Court will reach those merits and OVERRULE the demurrer on those ground separate and apart from the failure to meet and confer. Col...

Excerpt: ... liberal allow ance of amendments should prevail. Nestle v. Santa Monica (1971) 6 Cal.2d 920, 939. California courts have held that for an original complaint, whether or not the plaintiff has requested leave to amend, denial of leave to amend constitutes an abuse of disc retion unless the complaint is clearly incapable of amendment. Tarrar Enterprises, Inc. v. Associated Indemnity Corp. (2022) 83 Cal.App.5th 685, 688 (quoting King v. Mortimer (19...

Excerpt: ...nants Christopher Campanile's and David Espie's Request for Judicial Notice is GRANTED as to all items. Amiseq moves here to dismiss Cross - complainants' operative cross -complaint for a failure to serve process within three years. A summons and complaint must be served within thr ee years after the action is commenced, and the proof thereof must be filed within sixty days thereafter. (CCP §583.210.) When service has not been made within this ...

Excerpt: ...the Court notes that although both Plaintiffs bring the present Motion to Compel (see 1 -12- 24 Notice of Motion [Plaintiffs Leonidas and Nestor Quezada will move this Court … for an Order compelling Defendant Jing Yuan to provide further response …]), Plaintiff Nestor Quezada did not serve the subject Special Interrogatories, and therefore has no standing to bring this Motion. This is noteworthy given Plaintiffs' repeated argument, both duri...

Excerpt: ...olo now moves for s ummary judgment (the “Motion”) pursuant to CCP § 437c as to the only cause of action in the Complaint on grounds that Lawrence is an independent contractor rather than Wonolo's employee, and thus Wonolo cannot be held vicariously liable for her torts. Plaintiff does not oppose the Motion. Only co - defendant Good Eggs opposes the Motion. For the reasons set forth below, the motion is GRANTED. Defendant's request for judic...