Excerpt: ...Self-represented Tentative Ruling: The hearing on the motion to determine prevailing party and to fix attorney fees and costs is continued to July 16, 2018, at 9:30 a.m. Petitioner is to serve this order on respondent and file proof of service no later than June 20, 2018. Any opposition to this motion shall be filed and served on or before July 2, 2018. Petitioner shall also file and serve a response as set forth herein on or before July 2, 2018....

Excerpt: ...orneys: For Plaintiff Isabel C., by and through Sandra N., her guardian ad litem, and Sierra Saragosa: Timothy C. Hale, Nye, Peabody, Stirling, Hale & Miller, LLP For Defendant Carpinteria Community Church: Thomas E. Beach, Sean D. Cowdrey, John Tullis, Beach Cowdrey Jenkins, LLP Tentative Ruling: (1) The motion of defendant Carpinteria Community Church to compel production of plaintiff Isabel C.'s records from CALM is granted in part and denied ...

Excerpt: ...fter his attorneys were allowed to withdraw Christopher E. Haskell / Cameron Goodman of Price, Postel & Parma LLP for Casa Blanca Beach Estates Owners' Association Mack S. Staton of Mullen & Henzell LLP for defendants Love Lambs II LLC, Courtney Fishkin, and Cal Fishkin TENTATIVE RULINGS: The motions are both granted. Background: This case involved a dispute over an easement and access over plaintiff Ravindra K. Pande's property at 871 Sand Point...

Excerpt: ...efendant Sherie A. Taylor Randall J. Taylor, Defendant in Pro Per TENTATIVE RULING: The demurrer of defendant Sherie Taylor to plaintiff's third cause of action for breach of fiduciary duty is overruled. Defendant shall file and serve her answer to the first amended complaint on or before June 21, 2018. BACKGROUND: This action stems from a business dispute between plaintiff and her three siblings. Plaintiff Colleen Taylor and defendants Randall T...

Excerpt: ...Secrest (Santa Barbara); Carney R. Shegerian (Shegerian & Assoc. – Santa Monica) For Defendants: Janice P. Brown, et al. (Brown Law Group – San Diego); Apalla U. Chopra, Adam J. Karr (O'Melveny & Myers – Los Angeles) Tentative Ruling: 1. The court denies defendants Bank of America N. A. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith, Inc.'s motion for summary judgment or, in the alternative, summary adjudication. 2. The court grants, in part, ...

Excerpt: ... Steenberge, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP For Plaintiffs Tim Behunin, Trustee of the Behunin Family Trust, Carolyn Pappas, Patrick L. Connelly, individually and on behalf of the Plaintiff Classes: Marcus S. Bird, Hollister & Brace For Defendants California Coastal Commission and State Coastal Conservancy: Xavier Becerra, Jamee Jordan Patterson, Office of the California Attorney General For Defendant Rancho Cuarta: Joseph Liebman Tentative...

Excerpt: ...TATIVE RULING: Plaintiff's motion for summary judgment or, in the alternative, summary adjudication is denied. BACKGROUND: Plaintiff Michael S. Little is an oil and gas attorney licensed in Louisiana and a close friend of Matthew Martin, a former employee and director of Gente Oil U.S.A. (“GOUSA”). In 2015, plaintiff referred Mr. Martin to defendant Edward G. Mannion and his firm, defendant Mannion & Lowe, a Professional Corporation, for repr...

Excerpt: ...WFBM, LLP Tentative Ruling: For the reasons set forth herein, the demurrer of defendant Fiore Management LLC to the first cause of action and to the complaint is overruled, and the demurrer of defendant Adrian Z. Sedlin is sustained, with leave to amend, as to the second and third causes of action and to the complaint as a whole. Plaintiffs Canndescent JV, L.L.C., and MSLTD, L.L.C., shall file and serve their first amended complaint on or before ...