Excerpt: ...ry M. Crosner For Defendant Ventura Investment Co.: Brier Miron Setlur TENTATIVE RULING: The motion for approval of settlement under the private attorney's general act is granted. The court will sign the proposed order. Background: Plaintiff Matt Del Campo, on behalf of himself, the State of California, and others similarly situated and aggrieved, filed his complaint on June 7, 2022. The complaint alleges a single cause of action for violation of...

Excerpt: ...o set aside default is granted. The Court orders the default entered on March 17, 2023, vacated. Any response to plaintiff's complaint or challenge to service must be filed and served on or before September 13, 2023. No request for entry of default, if appropriate, as against defendant may be filed by plaintiff prior to September 14, 2023. Background: Plaintiff Brett Lauter filed a complaint in this matter on December 22, 2022, alleging eight cau...

Excerpt: ...nt on Sister State Judgment, by plaintiff Gary Dachis. Pursuant to a judgment in the total amount of $6,695.00, entered in favor of Dachis and against defendant Kay Lemke on May 24, 2021, by the Conciliation Court, Fourth Judicial District, in the County of Hennepin, State of Minnesota, Case No. 27-CO-19-8203, Dachis sought entry of a California judgment. The California judgment was entered on that date in the amount of $6,695.00, plus accrued in...

Excerpt: ...s (2) Plaintiff's Motion To Compel Compliance And Request For Sanctions ATTORNEYS: For Plaintiff Yvonne Saldana: Elliot J. Siegel, Margaret R. Wright, Tiffany Nguyen, King & Siegel LLP For Defendants Brown & Brown Insurance Services of California, Inc., Brown & Brown, Inc., and John Esposito: Daniel B. Chammas, Jennifer S. McGeorge, Hilda Aguilar, Ford & Harrison LLP TENTATIVE RULING: (1) The court continues the hearing on plaintiff's motion to c...

Excerpt: ...: August 7, 2023 MATTER: (1) Defendant Heirloom Valley, LLC's Motion For Order Compelling Plaintiff To Answer First Set Of Special Interrogatories and For Monetary Sanctions (2) Defendant Heirloom Valley, LLC's Motion For Order Compelling Plaintiff To Answer First Set Of Demand For Production Of Documents and For Monetary Sanctions (3) Defendant Heirloom Valley, LLC's Motion For Order Compelling Plaintiff's Further Responses To Employment Form In...

Excerpt: ...tions, LLC: Catherine L. Deter and Briana J. Kutinsky For Defendant and Cross-Complainant Judith H. Wood: Thomas S. Gelini and Jennifer A. Kung Gelini For Defendant Wood Environmental Services, LLC: No appearance TENTATIVE RULING: The motion to strike is granted with leave to amend. Plaintiff shall file and serve her second amended complaint no later than August 21, 2023. Background: This action commenced on February 7, 2023, by the filing of the...

Excerpt: ... denied in part as follows: (1) The motion is granted as to Requests for Admissions Nos_ 4, 5, 11, 12, and 18. It will also be granted as to Special Interrogatories Nos. 13: 14: 15: 16: 17 1. The granting of the protective order with respect to these requests for admissions and special interrogatories is without prejudice should further discovery put plaintiff's physical health, mental health, or alcohol use at issue as it pertains to this action...

Excerpt: ...ve to amend. Judgment shall be entered in favor of plaintiff and against defendant in the amount of $6,164.34. Plaintiff is entitled to recover its prevailing party costs. Background: Plaintiff Capital One, N.A. (Capital One) filed its complaint in this action on April 10, 2023. The complaint alleges causes of action for common counts (open book account, money lent, money paid) against defendant Miraya M. Ramirez (Ramirez). The complaint sought d...

Excerpt: ...l and Mark Campbell: Marc S. Shapiro, Jonathan P. Cyr, Bridget K. Hockaday, Hanger, Steinberg, Shapiro & Ash TENTATIVE RULING: (1) The demurrer of defendants to the fifth cause of action alleged in plaintiff's second amended complaint is sustained with leave to amend. (2) Defendants' motion to strike portions of plaintiff's second amended complaint is granted, in part, with leave to amend. The allegations of paragraph 59 of the second amended com...

Excerpt: ...demurrer to the FAC is overruled as to the statute of limitations bar, and is sustained as to the failure to specifically allege facts constituting the breach of the policy, with leave to amend. The motion to strike the prayer for attorneys' fees is granted, with leave to amend, to permit plaintiff one further opportunity to allege a proper basis for the attorneys' fees claim. The prayer was stricken by this Court from plaintiff's original compla...

Excerpt: ...id Foundation of Santa Barbara County TENTATIVE RULING: For all reasons discussed herein, defendant's demurrer to plaintiff's complaint is sustained with leave to amend. Plaintiff shall file its second amended complaint, if any, on or before August 7, 2023. Background: Plaintiff Dario L. Pini dba DP Investments filed an original complaint for unlawful detainer on April 27, 2023. On May 10, 2023, defendant Amber Asher (Asher) filed a general demur...

Excerpt: ...mmary judgment is granted. The court has reviewed the proposed judgment submitted by Wells Fargo. Wells Fargo shall modify the proposed judgment to remove the costs. Costs are appropriately claimed by way of a memorandum of costs pursuant to California Rules of Court, rule 3.1700. Background: This action commenced on October 26, 2022, by the filing of the complaint by plaintiff Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (“Wells Fargo”) against defendant Emma C. ...

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: ...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: ...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
Ÿes shall meet and confer, either in person or t...

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: ...tipulated Protective Order For Plaintiffs Janice Feldman and 661 Park Lane LLC: Fred J. Knez, Andrew J. Knez, Matthew J. Knez, Knez Law Group, LLP For Defendants The Viking Corporation, Viking Group, Inc., and Supply Network, Inc.: John W. McConnell, III, Kenton L. Robinson, Meyers McConnell Reisz Siderman TENTATIVE RULING: The motion of plaintiffs for order that certain documents designated by defendants as protected material be filed under seal...

Excerpt: ...arroll, Rebecca E. Neubauer, Strategic Legal Practices, APC For Defendant General Motors, LLC: Mary Arens McBride, Arash Yaraghchian, Erskine Law Group, PC TENTATIVE RULING: (1) The court continues the hearing on plaintiffs' motion to compel further responses to set one requests for production of documents and for monetary sanctions to August 28, 2023, or another date to be determined at the hearing on this matter. On or before August 14, 2023, t...

Excerpt: ... Matthew Olufs TENTATIVE RULING: For the reasons set forth herein, the motion of defendants Mikki Reilly and Fitness Transform, LLC, to strike portions of plaintiff's second amended complaint is denied. Defendants shall file and serve their answer to the second amended complaint on or before June 27, 2023. Background: As alleged in plaintiff's second amended complaint (SAC): Plaintiff Ann Fristoe, M.D., hired defendants Mikki Reilly and Fitness T...

Excerpt: ...seng, H. Daniel Burrows, Tseng & Associates TENTATIVE RULING: For the reasons set forth herein, the motion of plaintiff Margaret O'Brien to deem matters admitted with respect to requests for admission directed to defendant Margarito Avila is denied. Background: This is an action arising out of a motor vehicle collision occurring on October 10, 2017. On August 29, 2019, plaintiff Margaret O'Brien filed the complaint in this action against defendan...

Excerpt: ...tiff shall file a first amended complaint, if any, on or before June 20, 2023. Background: This action was commenced on April 27, 2023, by the filing of the complaint for unlawful detainer by Dario L. Pini dba DP Investments (“Plaintiff”) against Amber Asher (“Defendant”). The complaint alleges that defendant has been renting premises located at 1515 Laguna Street, Unit 2, Santa Barbara, within the city limits of Santa Barbara, since Marc...

Excerpt: ... L Grodan; Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP TENTATIVE RULING: The petition of The Ritz-Carlton to compel arbitration and stay judicial proceedings is granted Background: This action was commenced on January 20, 2023 by the filing of the complaint by plaintiff Jeff Cifuentes ("plaintiff) against defendant Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, LLC ("defendant") for (1) Retaliation, (2) Failure to Provide Accurate Itemized Wage Statements: (3) Failure to Timely Fur...

Excerpt: ...5: 2023 MATTER: (1) Motion ofDefendant Heirloom Valley, LLC For Order Compelling Plaintiff To Answer First Set Of Special Interrogatories And Imposing Reasonable Expenses Including Attorney: s Fees (2) Motion of Defendant Heirloom Valley: LLC For Order Compelling Plaintiff To Answer First Set Of Demand For Production Of Documents And Imposing Reasonable Expenses Including Attorney' s F ees (3) Motion of Defendant Heirloom Valley, LLC For Order Co...