Excerpt: ... as a Forensic Liaison in the Department of Alcohol, Drug, and Mental Health Services (ADMHS). (Complaint, ¶ 6.) On July 15, 2014, McCrory voluntarily resigned her employment with ADMHS. (Complaint, ¶ 7.) On August 17, 2015, McCrory was again hired by County, this time in the role of Forensic Manager in the Department of Behavior Wellness. (Complaint, ¶ 9.) McCrory has performed her job as Forensic Manager satisfactorily at all times. (Complai...

Excerpt: ...prenatal care, and that defendants negligently failed to properly examine, care for, screen, or inform her of MS-AFP testing, or otherwise diagnose his Down Syndrome and give her the option of abortion. The action is currently scheduled for a Trial Confirmation Conference on June 13, 2018. When the parties exchanged expert witness information, defendants designated Marc Incerpi, M.D., a perinatologist, and Paul Weber, M.D., an OB/GYN, to testify ...

Excerpt: ...Landing MHP, LLC, and Waterhouse Management Corp. Plaintiffs' operative pleading, their first amended complaint (FAC), alleges that defendants have failed to provide and maintain conditions at the Park as legally required and that defendants have interfered with plaintiffs' rights in the Park. Defendants generally deny the allegations of the FAC and assert affirmative defenses to the claims of the FAC. The parties have engaged in substantial disc...

Excerpt: ...at it as a nonstatutory motion despite doubts that the nonstatutory motion survives the recent adoption of section 439. The Court denies the Motion. Background: On October 29, 2015, plaintiffs Bagdasarian Insurance Group and Christopher Bagdasarian filed their original complaint in this action against defendant E. & J. Gallo Winery (Gallo). Following multiple demurrers, plaintiffs filed their operative pleading, their third amended complaint on J...

Excerpt: ...Family Trust (the Trust). (Complaint, ¶ 2.) In that capacity, San Pasqual owns an undivided 90 percent interest in real property located at 1015 Laguna Street, Santa Barbara (the Property). (Complaint, ¶¶ 1-2.) San Pasqual's interest in the Property is as tenant in common with defendant Candis Houser, who owns the remaining undivided 10 percent interest. (Complaint, ¶ 3.) Houser has expressed unhappiness with the recent efforts of San Pasqual...

Excerpt: ...itials only are used), a custody deputy with SBSO. On June 17, 2013, RK was involved in an incident at the Santa Barbara County Jail in which he and another custody deputy allegedly used excessive force against an inmate while escorting the inmate from his regular cell to a more secure cell. Following an investigation of the incident, SBSO terminated RK from his employment. RK appealed his termination to respondent Civil Service Commission for th...

Excerpt: ... SBB Villas LLC and Kiran Pande (collectively, "Defendants") shall appear on June 12, 2018, at 9:30 am, in Department 3 of this Court, located at 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, to show cause, if any exists, why the Court should not issue a preliminary injunction restraining and enjoining Defendants, and anyone acting on their behalf or in concert with them: (a) from transferring, or otherwise encumbering real property locat...

Excerpt: ...d service of the TRO and OSC were not accomplished within the time required by Code of Civil Procedure section 527. As a result, the TRO must be dissolved. However, as described below, it may be reissued upon receipt of a declaration pursuant to Section 527(d)(5), and the OSC may then again be set for hearing. Court records do not show that any such declaration has yet been submitted by plaintiffs. However, there remains ample time to do so prior...

Excerpt: ... complete verified responses, without objections, to Request for Production, Set No. One, served on plaintiff on November 6, 2017, within thirty (30) days of the hearing on this motion. The second motion [filed 3/2/18] is to serve full and complete verified answers, without objections, to Form Interrogatories, Set No. One, served on plaintiff on November 6, 2017, within thirty (30) days of the hearing on this motion. The motions were set for 4/3/...

Excerpt: ...s Plaintiff moves to file a First Amended Complaint to include negligent entrustment language, thereby making the limitations on owner liability pursuant to the California Vehicle Code inapplicable, and making Defendant Ana Maria Oliva and DOES and any one of them, jointly and severally liable for the full amount of Plaintiff's damages, to wit: $27,324.90; attaches a copy of Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint for Subrogation Recovery; propos...

Excerpt: ...Inc.: Eric Berg For Cross-Defendant and Cross-Complainant Schock Contracting Corporation: Steven W. Sedach Ruling: For the reasons set forth herein, the motion of Schock Contracting Corporation for determination of good faith settlement is denied without prejudice to the filing of a renewed motion following the close of discovery in this action. Background: On April 26, 2017, plaintiff City of Santa Barbara (City) filed its original complaint in ...

Excerpt: ...On December 18, 1970, Sedgwick and plaintiff David Weisman, a film producer and director, entered into a contract in which Sedgwick granted to Weisman “all rights, worldwide, in perpetuity, in media and in all means whether presently known or unknown, to the results and proceeds of [Sedgwick's] services, and grants [Weisman] the right to utilize [Sedgwick's] name, likeness and biography in connection with advertising or publicizing the motion p...

Excerpt: ...nd: On December 20, 2017, plaintiff Rancho Las Cruces, LLC, filed a complaint in unlawful detainer. Defendant Robert Allen Ramirez filed a demurrer and motion to quash service of summons. The court sustained the demurrer with leave to amend. On April 2, 2018, plaintiff filed its Verified First Amended Complaint for Forcible Entry (“FAC”) alleging: On April 20, 2017, plaintiff was entitled to possession of real property described as APN 081-08...

Excerpt: ...t further sought reasonable attorneys' fees, and forfeiture of the agreement. A default was entered against one of the four named defendants on March 29, 2018, but was set aside by order obtained after an ex parte application, and defendants were permitted to answer on April 10, 2018. Motion: Plaintiff now seek to file a First Amended Complaint, on the ground that possession of the property is no longer at issue. Consequently, the case is no long...

Excerpt: ... the trial court granted terminating sanctions against Davidson, based upon her failure to respond to discovery, after several successful motions to compel. Davidson contends that defendant Hopps never advised her of the filing of the motions to compel or motion for terminating sanctions, nor did he advise her that the latter motion had been granted and the action dismissed. That dismissal was later reversed on appeal, but plaintiff in this actio...

Excerpt: ...Micheltorena Street. When Mr. Birdsall attempted to make a right turn onto northbound Santa Barbara Street (Santa Barbara Street is a one-way street in that area, going northbound only), his vehicle and the southbound Mr. Loza collided. Mr. Loza sustained injuries in the collision. The complaint was filed on February 3, 2017. On November 22, 2017, defendants served a settlement offer pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 998. The offer soug...

Excerpt: ...h & Whatley, PC [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; tshapiro@Santa Ruling: For the reasons set forth herein, the motion of defendant City of Santa Barbara to strike from the first amended complaint plaintiffs' req u Background: Plaintiffs Rolland Jacks and Rove Enterprises, Inc., dba Hotel Santa Barbara, on their own behalf and on behalf of all others similarly si t the first amended comp...

Excerpt: ...it corporation and the owner of Rancho Del Cielo, the former home and retreat of President Ronald Reagan (the “Reagan Ranch”), located in the Santa Ynez Mountains north of Santa Barbara. The Reagan Ranch consists of 688 acres and includes an adobe residence and related structures. The Reagans purchased the ranch in 1974, shortly before Ronald Reagan completed his second term as governor of California. Numerous artifacts of the Reagan governor...

Excerpt: ...hern California Edison Company Ruling: For the reasons set forth herein, the motion of defendant Southern California Edison to strike portions of the complaint is granted, without leave to amend, to strike paragraphs 42, 50, 54, and 66 of the text of the complaint and to strike paragraph 7 of the prayer on page 14 of the complaint. This ruling is without prejudice to the filing of a noticed motion to amend to allege claims for punitive damages at...

Excerpt: ...ril 4, 2018; vacates the forfeiture of Bail Bond #FCS1001668951 in People v. Joel Michael Mears, Case No. 1444629; and exonerates Bail Bond #FCS1001668951. Background: On July 12, 2016, in People v. Joel Michael Mears, Case No. 1444629 (the “criminal case”), Financial Casualty & Surety, Inc. (“Surety”) filed Bail Bond # FCS1001668951 in the amount of $100,000. The docket and records of the criminal case reveal the following activity: On A...

Excerpt: ...ager & Dowling Ruling: The motion of cross-complainants Charles S. Crail and Charles S. Crail Automobiles for leave to file an amended cross- complaint is granted as qualified herein. There are two issues of form that the Court has with the proposed amended cross-complaint. First, the amended cross- complaint as proposed does not state in its caption that it is the first amended cross-complaint rather than an original cross-complaint as required ...

Excerpt: ...OA3: Steven M. Daily, Rebecca L. Wilson, Kutak Rock LLP Ruling The Court continues the hearing on the demurrer and motion to strike of defendants to June 26, 2018. Background On March 9, 2018, plaintiff David Fee, then represented by counsel, filed his original complaint in this action against defendants Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc., (erroneously sued as Select Portfolio Services) and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee for WaMu Mortga...

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...