Excerpt: ...ion is GRANTED. Plaintiff has submitted a Judgment that provides “that Plaintiffs motion shall be granted, and judgment shall be entered.” The Court wants a judgment consistent with the analysis below; to wit: Judgment in the amount of $86,424.97 including costs pursuant to a memorandum of costs. Background This is a debt collection action. On October 20, 2017, plaintiff SoFi Professional Loan Program Grantor Trust 2014-B filed a complaint al...

Excerpt: ...h a first amended complaint filed on November 19, 2019, leading to (following a stipulation); a second amended complaint was filed on December 22, 2021. The second amended complaint (the operative pleading) advances three survivor causes of action, with battery as the first, negligence as the second, and dependent care abuse as the third. Plaintiff is the decedent Charles Primbs' brother, who filed an affidavit/declaration showing he is the deced...

Excerpt: ...9 (“$170,000”), 22 through 25 (“Moreover … Defendants.”), and 28 (“$2,000,000,000”), at page 10, lines 2 (“$13,500”), 17 (“$13,500”), and 20 (“$100,000”), at page 13, lines 9 to 24 (“since Plaintiff also … by the Defendants.”), at page 14, line 27 (“The failure to act …”) to page 15, line 9 (“… of the Defendants).”), at page 15, line 11 (“Federal law gives …”) to page 17, line 12 (“… on July 9...

Excerpt: ...d complaint in this action against defendant William Charles Conway, M.D., alleging causes of action for professional negligence arising out of post-surgical treatment of Wideman following surgery performed by Dr. Conway. On April 8, 2022, the court granted Dr. Conway's motion to compel production of documents in connection with the deposition of plaintiff Wideman's expert, Farzad Alemi, M.D. In its ruling, the Court ordered plaintiffs to provide...

Excerpt: ...omplaint seeks, among other things, late fees pursuant to the Rental Agreement. [Complaint at ¶ 19.i.(2).] There are no further allegations related to the request for late fees against defendant. The Rental Agreement, attached as Exhibit 1 to the Complaint, provides for a Late Rent Charge of “$35.00 after 3 days”, at Section G. It provides further, at ¶ 3: Late Payment Charge/Insufficient Funds: If rent is paid after 3 days after the rent d...

Excerpt: ...dant Raytheon Company (Raytheon) for violation of the California Fair Housing and Employment Act (FEHA) (Gov. Code, § 12900 et seq.) and other statutes, alleging, among other things, that she was not paid as much as other comparable employees on account of her age and gender. On July 29, 2021, plaintiff served on Raytheon plaintiff's requests for production of documents, set two (RFP). Those requests sought, among other things, production of ele...

Excerpt: ...ent shall be filed only in the lead case. All subsequently filed documents in the consolidated case must include the caption and case number of the lead case, followed by the case numbers of the other consolidated case. Background: On September 28, 2021, plaintiff Diego Urbina-Javier filed his original complaint in Urbina-Javier v. Smith, case number 21CV03850, against defendants Batte Thomas Lowe Smith and Nebhut Smith (collectively, defendants)...

Excerpt: ...s and Kathleen M. Copus, individually and as Trustees of the Copus Family Trust (“Copus Defendants”), on February 4, 2022. The FAC alleges fourteen causes of action against the Copus Defendants for (1) failure to pay wages; (2) rest period violations, (3) failure to reimburse work-related expenses, (4) violations of California Labor Code section 226, (5) unfair competition/violation of Business and Professions Code section 17200, (6) willful ...

Excerpt: ...hen plaintiff was injured when loosely-stacked railroad ties tumbled down, knocking plaintiff to the ground and causing her injuries. The property on which the incident occurred was located at 285 Sherwood Drive, Santa Barbara, CA, which consists of three separate residential units, a 4-bedroom unit, a 2-bedroom unit, and a studio unit over a 2-car garage. The studio unit is legally a part of this property, but has a separate postal address of 29...

Excerpt: [email protected]; johnn yru n @victims.ca.gov HEARING Motion of Defendant Justin Sell to Quash Deposition Subpoena. RULING As set forth herein, the motion of defendant Justin Sell to limit the business records depos i business records of the California Victim Compensation Board for which the custodian of records relatin g to criminal conduct (alle ged or otherwise) between Justin Sell and an y un d disclosed except as required in connection with t...

Excerpt: ...any, LLC, Mediscore, LLC, Todd Kaplan, Jeff Silver, Bill Sutman, and Smoke Wallin: Elyse S. Kaplan Emails: [email protected];[email protected];[email protected] MATTERS Plaintiffs' Motion For Leave To File First Amended Complaint; and Plaintiffs' Motion To Compel Further Responses To Request For Production, Set Two, and for Monetary Sanctions. RULING (1) Plaintiffs' motion for leave to file a first amended complaint is granted. Plaintiffs ...

Excerpt: ...efendant) under the FEHA; (6) quid pro quo sexual harassment; (7) failure to prevent discrimination and harassment; (8) intentional infliction of emotional distress; (9) negligence. Defendants Good Samaritan Shelter and Frank Souza filed an answer on April 20, 2022 and an amended answer on April 29, 2022, in which they assert seventy (70) affirmative defenses. On May 11, 2022, plaintiff filed a demurrer to the first amended answer, asserting that...

Excerpt: ...esentative class. Plaintiff's counsel, Mr. Escobedo, describes the overall value of the lawsuit as one involving “seven figure[s] [in] civil penalties”; he also describes the value as one involving “approximately 60,000 pay period/work weeks during the relevant statutory period, with the maximum PAGA penalties in the tens of millions of dollars.” Which is it? No other figures are provided. This is contradictory and therefore inadequate. A...

Excerpt: ...essive Casualty Insurance Company) for defendant Madison Nicholas TENTATIVE RULING: The motion is granted; the action is ordered dismissed. Background: This action arises from an automobile accident which occurred on March 27, 2017. Plaintiff filed her complaint on March 26, 2019. When there were no appearances for multiple Case Management Conferences, the Court dismissed the case without prejudice on December 23, 2019. One day short of 6 months ...

Excerpt: ...IVE RULING: The motion is granted. Background: This is a collections action, which arose from credit extended by plaintiff to defendant on a credit account. The complaint was filed on December 2, 2021, and alleges causes of action for common counts (open book account, account stated, goods sold, and credit extended), and seeks damages of $10,432.09, as the amount due and unpaid. Defendant Francisco de Las Heras answered the complaint on December ...

Excerpt: ...Wright LLP For Defendants Dario L. Pini, D.L.P. Properties, Dario L. Pini, trustee of the Dario L. Pini Trust dated March 2, 2015, Nonnie Investments, LLC, 104 Las Aguajes, LLC, Alamar II, LLC, and Alamar III, LLC: Paul R. Burns, Solange D. Sanhueza, Law Offices of Paul R. Burns, P.C. For Defendant JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.: John M. Sorich, Matthew S. Henderson, Parker Ibrahim & Berg LLP For Defendant Colony American Finance 2015-1 LTD: David M. ...

Excerpt: ...this action. As alleged in the complaint, on March 31, 2017, plaintiff Stephen Duneier was a patient under the care of William C. Koonce, M.D. (as well as other named but now dismissed defendants) when he suffered injury and damages due to the negligence of defendants through their diagnosis, treatment and care. (For purposes of this ruling, and for ease of reference, and not out of disrespect to plaintiffs, plaintiff Stephen Duneier will be refe...

Excerpt: .... Hilf Company LLC (“Hilf LLC”) and Peter F. Hilf (“Hilf”) filed a complaint for money damages and injunctive relief, alleging eight causes of action for (1) intentional trespass to timber, (2) negligent trespass to timber, (3) intentional trespass, (4) negligent trespass, (5) negligence, (6) conversion, (7) trespass to chattels, and (8) elder financial abuse. As alleged in the complaint, on March 14, 1989, Hilf acquired a fee simple inte...

Excerpt: ...n and proposed order to approve a settlement agreement. A copy of the settlement agreement was attached to the stipulation as Exhibit A. On the same date, the Court entered its order approving the settlement agreement and retaining jurisdiction to enforce its terms pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 664.6. Under the terms of the settlement agreement, defendant Mark Romasanta agreed to continue to administer decedent's estate. Robert Tray...

Excerpt: ...t on or about October 30, 2016, and which defendant used. Plaintiff's complaint, filed October 31, 2019, alleges that defendant breached the agreement on or about April 4, 2019, by failing to remit any further payments on the credit card account. The complaint alleges causes of action for breach of contract and common counts (money lent, money paid, open book account, and account stated), and seeks damages of $6,160.67, and attorneys' fees. The c...

Excerpt: ...Wright LLP For Defendants Dario L. Pini, D.L.P. Properties, Dario L. Pini, trustee of the Dario L. Pini Trust dated March 2, 2015, Nonnie Investments, LLC, 104 Las Aguajes, LLC, Alamar II, LLC, and Alamar III, LLC: Paul R. Burns, Solange D. Sanhueza, Law Offices of Paul R. Burns, P.C. For Defendant JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.: John M. Sorich, Matthew S. Henderson, Parker Ibrahim & Berg LLP For Defendant Colony American Finance 2015-1 LTD: David M. ...

Excerpt: ... theories), and one count of negligent hiring. On March 8, 2022, in a detailed order, the court sustained Jacquelin Lucas's demurrer to the first cause of action for intentional infliction of emotional distress, without leave to amend. Ms. Lucas in her demurrer challenged only the first cause of action only; no other defendant filed a demurrer. The court additionally granted Ms. Lucas's request to strike all references to punitive damages and att...

Excerpt: ...mmon Counts: Book Account, Account Stated and (2) Quantum Meruit – Reasonable Value, against defendants Derek P Sieber, aka Derek Paul Sieber, aka Derek Sieber, an individual (“Sieber”) and California Trike Company, LLC (“Trike”) seeking to recover the amount of $8,742.48 as a balance due from Sieber and Trike in connection with a credit card issued to Sieber. On June 9, 2020, a stipulation for conditional entry of judgment was filed pu...

Excerpt: ...two, request Nos. 11 and 16, on or before June 13, 2022. Background: In its operative pleading, the first amended complaint (FAC), plaintiff DAIVID Pty Ltd. (DAIVID) asserts six causes of action against defendant Deep AI, Inc. (Deep AI): (1) breach of contract; (2) breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing; (3) promissory estoppel; (4) misrepresentation; (5) conversion; and (6) trespass to chattels. The complaint arises from allegatio...

Excerpt: ...rivilege, on or before June 13, 2022. As to any information or document withheld on the grounds of privilege, FCP Corporate Ltd. shall concurrently serve a privilege log identifying the information or document withheld and providing sufficient additional information for the court to rule on the claim of privilege. The court awards monetary sanctions in the amount of $6,500.00 in favor of plaintiff Mark Schaub and against defendant FCP Corporate L...