Excerpt: ...Management Services, LLC (Partners), published and disseminated a letter dated December 4, 2020 (the letter or subject letter), directly to BaronHR West's clients and business partners, and to a professional network in the staffing industry. (Complaint, ¶¶ 7, 22 & Exh. A.) In the letter, Partners made statements against BaronHR and its principal shareholder that were false and misleading, including that BaronHR was affiliated with “Checkmate ...

Excerpt: ... (MTD) in 2006. (Plaintiff's Response Separate Statement [PSS], undisputed fact 1.) Olivera worked continuously for MTD from 2006 until March 2020. (PSS, undisputed fact 2.) During his employment with MTD, Olivera was represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 186 (Union). (PSS, undisputed fact 3.) Olivera's employment with MTD was covered by a collective bargaining agreement between MTD and the Union (CBA). (PSS, undisputed...

Excerpt: ...ological father. Pursuant to a domestic violence restraining order issued by the Santa Clara County Superior Court, Case No. 1-08-CP- 016402, In the Matter of Theresa Colosi, Petitioner, and Christian Guier, Respondent, defendant was not allowed to have any unsupervised contact with John Doe. Starting in May 2019, defendant Cynthia Hann (Hann) was designated and hired to supervise Colosi's scheduled visitations with John Doe. On December 8, 2019,...

Excerpt: ...inal case 20CR07068, American Surety Company (ASC), through its bail agent Santa Barbara Bail Bonds, issued bail bond No. AS25-319743, in the amount of $25,000.00, on behalf of criminal Defendant Craig Glardon. On August 20, 2021, Glardon failed to appear at hearing and the Court ordered forfeiture of the bail. Notice of the forfeiture was mailed to ASC and Santa Barbara Bail Bonds on August 31, 2021. After being granted an extension, ASC filed a...

Excerpt: ...Brown & Schwartz, Lisa J. Brown, Law Offices of Lisa J. Brown For Defendants Shoreline Farms, LLC and Aviana Kjos: Lora D. Hemphill, Hager & Dowling RULING (1) For all reasons discussed herein, the motion of Defendant Dr. Steven Goss, D.V.M., to strike portions of Plaintiff's first amended complaint is ordered off-calendar. (2) Defendant's Motion to Compel Responses to Special Interrogatories (Set One) is granted. Plaintiff shall serve complete, ...

Excerpt: ...o Defendant entered on March 20, 2023, vacated. Service of the summons on Defendant as set forth in the proof of service filed on February 23, 2023, is ordered quashed. Any response to Plaintiff's complaint or challenge to service must be filed and served on or before August 16, 2023. No request for entry of default, if appropriate, as against Defendant may be filed prior to August 17, 2023. Background This action arises out of an alleged theft o...

Excerpt: ...ation and were privy to attorney-client communications and attorney work product, which was subsequently shared with plaintiff's counsel. On April 24, 2023, the court denied the motion, indicating it was going to ratify its tentative “without prejudice until it's too late.” (Rough transcript of April 24, 2023 Hearing, p. 3, ll. 13-26.) The tentative adopted by the court concluded that Union Oil failed to carry its burden to identify the natur...

Excerpt: ...es of Christian Younger: R. Chris Kroes, Linda Elias-Wheelock, Law Offices of McCarthy & Kroes TENTATIVE RULING: The court continues the hearing on the motion of defendants Christian Younger and the Law Offices of Christian Younger to compel plaintiff to further respond to defendants' request for production of documents to August 21, 2023. On or before August 14, 2023, the parties shall submit a joint status report, or individual status reports, ...

Excerpt: ...B. McCloskey, Audrey Hendricks, Luke A. Schamel, Yetter Coleman LLP; Brian E. Klein, Theresa L. Huggins, Emily Steirwalt, Waymaker LLP For Defendants Plains Pipeline, L.P., Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., Plains GP Holdings, L.P., Plains AAP, L.P., Plains All American GP LLC, and PAA GP LLC: Henry Weissmann, Daniel B. Levin, Grant A. Davis-Denny, Robyn K. Bacon, Jeremy A. Lawrence, Colin A. Devine, Allison M. Day, Shannon Aminirad, Abraham Dy...

Excerpt: ...ion and PAGA Settlement ATTORNEYS: For Plaintiff Josefina Quiroz and all others similarly situated: Mehrdad Bokhour and Michelle Eshaghian For Plaintiffs Christian P. Adame Prado and Maria Torres: Kashif Haque and Joseph M. Szilagyi For Defendant Natural Pack, Inc.: Nicholas Kanter TENTATIVE RULING: The motion for leave to intervene is denied as moot. The motion for preliminary approval of class action and PAGA settlement is granted as follows: T...

Excerpt: ...ological father. Pursuant to a domestic violence restraining order issued by the Santa Clara County Superior Court, Case No. 1-08-CP- 016402, In the Matter of Theresa Colosi, Petitioner, and Christian Guier, Respondent, defendant was not allowed to have any unsupervised contact with John Doe. Starting in May 2019, defendant Cynthia Hann (Hann) was designated and hired to supervise Colosi's scheduled visitations with John Doe. On December 8, 2019,...

Excerpt: ...ff, is $335,000.00. (3) Plaintiff's counsel shall attempt to reduce the child-support lien and Medi-Cal lien and provide those amounts to defense counsel. Defense counsel shall issue separate checks to satisfy the liens. Plaintiff is responsible for any and all other liens that may exist. (4) There is a waiver of the provisions of Civil Code section 1542. (5) Defendants shall prepare a formal judgment, on these terms, and submit it to the court, ...

Excerpt: ... in this action on October 20, 2020. On October 30, without any response having been filed by any party, Stiglmier filed his first amended complaint (FAC). The FAC asserted eight causes of action: (1) false arrest; (2) false imprisonment; (3) negligence; (4) battery; (5) intentional infliction of emotional distress; (6) violation of statutory duty to properly train officers; (7) violation of statutory duty to properly supervise officers in the fi...

Excerpt: ...is action was commenced on August 3, 2018, with the filing of Plaintiff's original complaint. The operative pleading is Plaintiff's Fourth Amended Complaint (4AC), filed February 4, 2022. It alleges that Plaintiff Grant Beall (Beall) was a tenant of 6606-6608 Del Playa, HSE, in Isla Vista, owned by Defendant Ronald L. Wolfe and Associates, Incorporated, a California Corporation dba Wolfe & Associates, Property Services (Wolfe). It is styled as a ...

Excerpt: ...st All Defendants, Or, In the Alternative, to Compel Compliance with the Court's June 21, 2023 Order Requiring Defendants to Appear for Deposition and Produce Documents. Ruling Time is of the essence; the trial date is July 26, 2023. 1. Plaintiffs' Motion for Terminating Sanctions and Monetary Sanctions [$5,312] Against All Defendants is denied. 2. Plaintiffs' Alternative Motion to Compel Compliance with the Court's June 21, 2023 Order Requiring ...

Excerpt: ...nd Frank Alfino, jointly and severally, in the amount of $109,088.53. Plaintiff shall present to the Court a judgment for entry consistent with this order. There is a pending discovery motion to deem matters admitted that is set for hearing on July 26. This is mooted by the grant of summary judgment against these parties and that date is vacated. Similarly, trial is now moot and the trial date is vacated. Background On January 26, 2022, Plaintiff...

Excerpt: ...esorts, LLC. RULING The motion is granted as follows: The Court has reviewed the proposed order submitted with the motion and intends on signing the same, as modified, to include Case No. 21CV04034. The relevant terms include: (1) Preliminary approval of the settlement set forth in the Class Action and PAGA Settlement Agreement is granted; (2) The proposed settlement class is conditionally certified; (3) Carmen Martinez is appointed as the repres...

Excerpt: ...es (Set One) ATTORNEYS: For Plaintiff Storke Ranch Master Association: Christopher E. Haskell and Shannon D. Boyd For Defendant Janice Bilotti, Individually and as Trustee of the Janice Bilotti Revocable Trust Dated May 19, 2005: Self-Represented TENTATIVE RULING: (1) The motion to compel inspection of the real property located at 6838 Silkberry Lane, Goleta, California will be granted. 1. The par
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Excerpt: ...uiz.: Robert J. Stoll For Defendants Ace-High Trucking, LLC and William Placencia: David K. Dorenfeld and Mazyar H. Mazarei TENTATIVE RULING: The motion of Ace-High Trucking, LLC and William Placencia to compel further responses to Form Interrogatories, Set One, from plaintiff Elvira Custodio Ruiz is granted in part and denied in part as follows: 1. The motion to compel further responses to form interrogatories 2.3, 12.2, 12.3, 12.7, and 14.1 is ...

Excerpt: ...rafi, Brandon DuPree, Weitz & Luxenberg, P.C. For Defendant Schooner Enterprises Inc.: Robert A. Curtis, Aaron L. Arndt, Foley Bezek Behle & Curtis, LLP TENTATIVE RULING: The motion of defendant Schooner Enterprises Inc. for determination of good faith settlement is granted and the court determines that the settlement is in good faith within the meaning of Code of Civil Procedure sections 877 and 877.6. Background: On December 2, 2020, plaintiff ...

Excerpt: ...efore July 24, 2023. Defendant Fiore Management shall concurrently serve a privilege log as to all responsive documents withheld from production on the grounds of privilege, which privilege log shall include a statement of all facts necessary for the court to determine the application of the asserted privilege to each withheld document. Defendant Fiore Management shall concurrently produce for inspection all responsive documents to these requests...

Excerpt: ...r the reasons more fully articulated below, the motion will be denied with respect to service by publication as to Respondent Dusty Berke, as Trustee of the Stuart Rubin Children's Trust dated December 21, 2001. For the reasons more fully articulated below, the motion will be denied with respect to service of any defendant by email. Background: In this proceeding, filed on November 14, 2022, Petitioner/Plaintiff Cappello & Noël LLP (Cappello) se...

Excerpt: ...rt prior to the continued hearing date. Background: As alleged in the complaint filed February 25, 2022, in the late-night hours of October 15, 2021, through the early morning hours of October 16, 2021, defendant Jrake Stanley (Stanley) patronized a restaurant and lounge operated by plaintiff located at 21 9th Avenue, New York, New York 10014. Stanley ordered and consumed a total of $21,020.42 worth of alcohol, consisting of $15,400 in beverages,...

Excerpt: ...ants Shari's Management Company, Shari's Management Corporation, FRI-M, LLC, and Shari's CP, LLC, to set aside the judgment, entered on December 21, 2022, and the defaults entered on November 9, 2022, and December 20, 2022, is granted. The judgment is ordered vacated, and the defaults are ordered set aside. The proposed answer attached as exhibit G to the motion is deemed filed and served as of the date of this order. (2) Attorney for Defendants,...

Excerpt: ... to strike punitive damages from Plaintiffs' complaint is denied. Defendant will file its Answer by July 25, 2023. Background This action was commenced on November 4, 2022, by the filing of the original complaint for violation of statutory obligations by Plaintiff Teddy Broussard against General Motors, LLC ("GM"). The original complaint contains the followng causes of action: (1) Violation of Civil Code section 1793.2, subdivision (D); (2) Viola...