Excerpt: ... process of building a modern, multifamily residential apartment complex and mixed-use project comprised of two 28-story towers and a below grade parking garage (the "Project"). (FAC, '1 2.) As a result of groundwater intrusion and flood events, SJSC was forced to halt and/or delay construction of the SJSC Towers Project and incur substantial groundwater flood related mitigation, remediation, and restoration/repair costs. (ld. at 3, 5, 42, & 51-5...

Excerpt: ...th describes his proposed amendments as follows: (1) addition of Doe Defendant 1 Gilberto Garcia, who is being added since defendant ("Maria Garcia") signed an Interspousal Grant Deed transferring her entire interest in her property to this individual ("Gilberto Garcia"), (2) An addition of a cause of action, expanding to clarify existing cause of actions, based on facts that have already been pleaded (3) Additions to Plaintiffs prayer based on t...

Excerpt: ...s claim to VTA nearly a year later, on September 6, 2023, which claim VTA rejected as untimely. Petitioner then filed this action on October 13, 2023. Because Petitioner failed to present his claim to VTA within the required six months from the date of injury, Petitioner now seeks relief from that requirement so that his case may proceed on the merits. II. Legal Standard and Analysis Before a suit for damages may be maintained against a public en...

Excerpt: ...ative first amended complaint ("FAC") on May 5, 2023. The FAC states causes of achon for: (1) Sexual Assault of a Minor (alleged against Doe 2 only, who is referred to as the "Perpetrator"); and (2) Negligence of District and Employees (alleged against Doe 1 only). Plaintiffs allege that the sexual abuse and assaults took place during the 1973-1974 school year and that some of the alleged sexual abuse of Rodvold and all of the alleged abuse of Me...

Excerpt: ...ed by GM. (FAC, 6.) In connection with the purchase, Plaintiff entered a warranty contract with GM. (FAC, '1 7.) During the express warranty period, defects, and nonconformities, such as transmission, suspension, electrical defects, manifested. (FAC, '1 11.) Plaintiff specifically alleges defects with the 8-speed transmission ("Transmission Defect"). (FAC, '160.) Plaintiff alleges GM and its representatives were unable to service or repair the Ve...

Excerpt: ...saw GM's window sticker that contained important information about the subject vehicle and spoke with the salespeople at Courtesy Chevrolet who told her about the vehicle's key features, components and reliability but failed to inform Plaintiff about the Cooling System Defect. (See FAC, 8.) However, GM knew since 2010 that the 2011 and newer Chevrolet Cruze vehicles contained design and/or manufacturing defects in their engine cooling system that...

Excerpt: ..."SCSC") located in Santa Clara County, upon recruitment by her swim coach, Mitch Ivey ("Ivey") in 1976. (ld., 4, 16-17.) Plaintiff was 16 years old when she first joined SCSC. (ld., 11.) While Ivey coached at SCSC, he "quickly gained a reputation for making inappropriate advances towards his young, female swimmers." (ld., 11.) Plaintiff further alleges that beginning in 1976 both SCSC and the City knew or had reason to know "that Ivey was engagin...

Excerpt: ...ed recorded on August 23, 2017, Madeleine Tashjian and Dutchints Development, LLC ("Dutchints") acquired title and interest to the Property. (Declaration of Brent Roles ["Roles Decl."l, 2, Ex. 1; UMF No. 1.) In December 2017, Madeleine and Dutchints entered a loan agreement with a group of private lenders that was secured by a deed of trust recorded against the Property ("First DOT"). (Roles Decl. '1 3, Ex. 2; UMF No. 2.) In December 2017, Madele...

Excerpt: ... plush 10% interest. Gorilla Circuits disputes that it ever agreed to pay a higher price for stencils and therefore that the money is owed. In the present motion, Gorilla Circuits seeks to compel Stencil Master's further responses to Request for Production Nos. 1-9. II. Legal Standard Discovery is generally permitted "regarding any matter, not privileged, that is relevant to the subject matter inwlved in the pending action or to the determination...

Excerpt: ...ant executed an agreement for purchase of real property located in Washington D.C. (the "Property"). (Complaint, '1 11.) Defendant sought to finance the purchase with a conventional residential loan and 403 agreed to apply and obtain a residential occupancy' permit for the ground unit. (Complaint, '1 13.) At the time of the agreement, the parties contemplated obtaining a residential permit and agreed on a settlement date 30 days from the executio...

Excerpt: ...McManis with other counsel. The original and still-operative complaint, filed on May 4, 2023, states three causes of action: (1) Conversion; (2) Fraud; and (3) Breach of Fiduciary Duty. Cooper filed an answer to the complaint on June 20, 2023. Now before the court is Cooper's motion to strike the complaint, filed on August 16, 2023, nearly two months after his answer. Plaintiff opposes the motion. 4 II. MOTION TO STRIKE THE COMPLAINT A. General L...

Excerpt: ... Plaintiff is a general electrician of Afghan origin and the Muslim faith. Plaintiff was hired in February of 2021 and was fired three months later in April of 2021, at the age of 44. Plaintiff was again dispatched by his union to work for Redwood Electric in October of 2021, but he was not hired. During his employment, Plaintiff's foreman, Mr. Little, inappropriately commented on Plaintiff's origin and/or religion on one occasion. Plaintiff repo...

Excerpt: ...61 North First Street, San Jose. Any party opposing the tentative ruling must call Department 20 at 408.808.6856 and the opposing party no later than 4:00 PM on 22 January 2024. Please specify the issue to be contested when calling the Court and Counsel. —0000000m Orders on Defendants' Discovery Motions to Compel Plaintiff to Provide Responses; Case Management Conference. This achon involves a written lease agreement between plaintiff (who appa...

Excerpt: ...ommitted against herself and other aggrieved "non-white employees." Before the Court is Plaintiff's motion for leave to file the Third Amended Complaint ("TAC"), which is opposed by Google. As discussed below, the Court GRANTS Plaintiff's motion. IX.BACKGROUND A. Factual Google is a technology company specializing in internet- related services and products with offices in Mountain View and Sunnyvale. (Second Amended Complaint ("SAC"), 7.) Ms. Che...

Excerpt: ...hot sudden bursts of fire onto White. (Complaint, "1 25-25.) He suffered severe burns and other injuries to his chest, torso, groin area, upper thighs, left arm, left hand, ears, and face in addition to emotional and psychological injuries and other injuries which are still being treated or diagnosed. (Complaint, 27.) White alleges his employer, San Jose Water Company ("SJWC") purchased the Saw in new condition from Gardenland Power Equipment. (C...

Excerpt: ...y party opposing the tentatve ruling must call Department 20 at 408.808.5856 and the opposing party no later than 4:00 PM on 17 January 2024. Please specify the issue to be contested when calling the Court and Counsel. —0000000m Order on Demurrer of Defendant Berryessa Union School District to Plaintiff's Complaint. l. Statement of Facts. Plaintiff John Doe ("Plaintiff") is an adult who was the victim of childhood sexual assault. (Complaint, "1...

Excerpt: ...nd his law firm, the Hann Law Firm (collectively, "Hann"). The original complaint did not allege when Hann's representation ended. The operative first amended complaint ("FAC"), filed on August 3, 2022 after Minkowski obtained legal representation, similarly states claims for: (1) Breach of Contract (now styled an Attorney-Client Fee Agreement); (2) Legal Malpractice; and (3) Breach of Fiduciary Duty against both defendants. The FAC alleges (at 5...

Excerpt: ...airnryan") and is a Hong Kong SAR Limited Company. (See FAXC, '1 1.) Both David and Elizabeth (collectively, "the Chungs") have lived at 27925 Roble Blanco in Los Altos ("subject property") since June 2016; prior to June 20, 2016, the Chungs resided at a family home located at 13920 Mirou Drive in Los Altos Hills. (See FAXC, "1 3, 5, 10.) In May 2015, the Chungs became aware that the sale of their Mirou Drive home would take longer than anticipat...

Excerpt: ...idential Management, LLC and Transunion Rental Screening Solutions, Inc. (collectively, "Defendants"). The original and still- operative complaint filed on March 30, 2023 states three causes of action: (1) Violation of the ICRAA (Civ. Code, S 1786); (2) Invasion of Privacy; and (3) Declaratory Relief. According to the complaint, Plaintiffs were all prospective tenants of the Lex Apartments, an apartment complex managed and operated by Equity Resi...

Excerpt: ... party opposing the tentatve ruling must call Department 20 at 408.808.5856 and the opposing party no later than 4:00 PM on 17 January 2024. Please specify the issue to be contested when calling the Court and Counsel. —0000000m Order On Defendant County Of Santa Clara's Demurrer To Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint. l. Statement of Facts. Defendant County of Santa Clara ("County") was authorized by the State of California to place and care fo...

Excerpt: ...Any party opposing the tentatve ruling must call Department 20 at 408.808.5856 and the opposing party no later than 4:00 PM on 17 January 2024. Please specify the issue to be contested when calling the Court and Counsel. —0000000m Orders on: (1) Defendants' Demurrer To Portions Of Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint; and (2) Defendants' Motion To Strike Portions Of Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint. l. Statement of Facts. On or about 22 Novem...

Excerpt: ...me from a home located at 1165 E. Florinda Street, Hanford, California, that he co-owned with Travestean. Travestean has since passed away, and Darrell now seeks leave to amend his complaint to remove her as a defendant, add Chantal as a defendant in her capacity as trustee of the Travestean Wynn Williams Revocable Living Trust, add Michael Patterson (Chantal's husband) as a defendant, and add four more causes of action for elder abuse, fraud, un...

Excerpt: ...A-Car Co. (2000) 79 Cal.App.4th 1127, 1133 which holds that "[w]hen a cause of action for which attorney fees are prov-ded by statute is joined with other causes of action for which attorney fees are not permitted, the prevailing party may recover only on the statutory cause of action." Plaintiff does not dispute the holding of Akins, but counters that "'[s]uch fees need not be apportioned when incurred for representation on an issue common to bo...

Excerpt: ...statements, among other Labor Code violations. Before the Court is Plaintiffs' motion for preliminary approval of a settlement, which is unopposed. As discussed below, the Court GRANTS the moton. l. BACKGROUND A. Factual According to the allegations of the operative Second Amended Class and Representative Class Acton Complaint ("SAC"), Escuela Popular is a charter school that operates four different educational academies: (1) Childcare Academy; (...

Excerpt: ...y party opposing the tentatve ruling must call Department 20 at 408.808.5856 and the opposing party no later than 4:00 PM on 17 January 2024. Please specify the issue to be contested when calling the court and counsel. ORDER ON DEFENDANTS [DIANE STEMBER RICHARDS AND LANCE BROWN'S] MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT OR, ALTERNATIVELY, MOTION FOR SUMMARY ADJUDICATION l. Statement of Facts. On 1 July 2017, on W. Alma at or near its intersecton with W. Vine...

Excerpt: ... Kazemipour lied amount investment opportunities, which caused Plaintiff to invest money with him that Kazemipour spent on unauthorized personal expenses and travel. (Complaint, '1 15.) With the assistance of defendant Troy Foster, Kazemipour defrauded Plaintiff out of approximately $750,638. (Ibid.) After he commenced legal action against Kazemipour, Plaintiff discovered Kazemipour transferred Plaintiff's stolen assets to others, including but n...

Excerpt: ... requests actually made, as opposed to the requests now made of them. Request No. 7 Plaintiff requested "any and all camera footage of the subject incident." Defendants have provided a cell phone recording of the original version, according to Plaintiff Defendants state this complies with the request because the request does not define "camera footage" and the definition of digital copies allows for digital copies to be the original or "best copy...

Excerpt: ...20, 2023 and then continued to September 19, 2023, in light of the then-pending motion by Cisco to declare Ali a vexatious litigant. On September 19, 2023, the court (Judge Kulkarni) continued the motion again, following the court's ruling granting the vexatious litigant motion and ordering the posting of a $250,000 bond, "and because there is no proof that Plaintiff has paid the necessary security." Third, at the case management conference on Se...

Excerpt: ...RANTED IN PART. Section 9 of the Agreement provides: The Parties agree that in the event they believe any other Party has breached any term of this Agreement, the non-breaching Party will meet and confer in good faith with the allegedly breaching Party to resolve the dispute. For purposes of this Agreement, "meet and confer in good faith" means either an in-person conversation or telephone conversaton in which the Parties respectfully identify th...

Excerpt: ...e business clients and earnings; and (3) breach of contract. On January 17, 2023 this court (Judge Kirwan) overruled Defendants' demurrer to the first cause of action, sustained without leave to amend the second cause of action, and sustained with leave to amend the third cause of action for breach of contract. Hansen filed a first amended complaint ("FAC") on January 17, 2023, alleging a single claim for breach of contract. On June 6, 2023, the ...

Excerpt: ...the time, about Vince's death. The message indicated that doctors had to stop Vince's pacemaker due to increased and rapid heartbeats caused by severe allergic reaction to peanut oil. Defendant then expresses his belief that Vince's wife (Plaintiff) gave him peanut oil to kill him for money and he would try to prove it. Defendant writes that Plaintiff got the idea from a similar allergic episode in the past that put Vince in the hospital. As a re...

Excerpt: ...UPTAAA"); and iTalk Global Communications, Inc.'s ("iTalk") special motion to strike Plaintiff Ning Yu's First Amended Complaint. California Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16(c) states: "a prevailing defendant on a special motion to strike shall be entitled to recover his or her attorneys' fees and costs." (Cal. Code Civ. Pro. 5425.16(c) (emphasis added).) Given the mandatory nature of these fees and costs, the only issue before the Court is...

Excerpt: ... San Jose. Any party opposing the tentative ruling must call Department 20 at 408.808.6856 and the opposing party no later than 4:00 PM on 17 January 2024. Please specify the issue to be contested when calling the Court and Counsel. —0000000m Order on Petiton of Defendant Normandin's etc. to Compel Arbitration. l. Statement of Facts. Plaintiff filed this complaint on 12 July 2023. 39 Plaintiff alleges that on 31 July 2022, plaintiff purchased a...

Excerpt: ...lainant Osman Yunus Guracar ("Guracar"). (Complaint, 4-6.) Guracar applied for and received a credit account with Bank of America, N.A. ("BOA"). (ld. at 5, 7.) Guracar's contract with BOA was an installment contract. (ld. at 10 & Ex. 1.) Due to Guracar's non-payment of the account, BOA charged-off and sold the account to SLS. (ld. at 6, 8.) The last activity on the account occurred within the four years prior to the filing of the Complaint. (ld. ...

Excerpt: ...t Thuy Cung ("Cung"). (Complaint, 4-5, 13.) Cung applied for and received a credit account with Bank of America, N.A. ("BOA"). (ld. at 5, 7.) Cung's contract with BOA was an installment contract. (ld. at '1 10 & Ex. 1.) Due to Cung's nonpayment of the account, BOA charged-off and sold the account to SLS. (ld. at "1 6, 8.) The last activity on the account occurred within the four years prior to the filing of the Complaint. (ld. at '1 9.) Specifica...

Excerpt: ...on January 17, 2023, sets forth the following causes of acton: (1) Failure to Pay All Minimum Wages; (2) Failure to Pay All Overtime Wages; (3) Failure to Provide Rest Periods and Pay Missed Rest Period Premiums; (4) Failure to Provide Meal Periods and Pay Missed Meal Period Premiums; (5) Failure to Maintain Accurate Employment Records; (6) Failure to Pay Wages Timely During Employment; (7) Failure to Pay All Wages Earned and unpaid at Separation...

Excerpt: ...ton: (1) Failure to provide rest breaks and meal periods (Lab. Code SS 226.7, 512, and 1198); (2) Failure to pay all wages earned for all hours worked (Lab. Code SS 510, 1194, 1197, and 1198); (3) Failure to provide accurate wage statements (Lab. Code S 226); (4) Waiting time penalties (Lab. Code SS 201-203); (5) Unfair Competition (Bus. & Prof. Code S 17200, et seq.); and (6) Civil penalties/PAGA (Labor Code S 2698, et seq). The parties reached ...

Excerpt: ... Rama Krishna Prasad Kethineni, Bamboo Solutions, Inc., HireTechForce, Inc., BoxsterTech, Inc., TechGlobalSystems, Inc., Reves Global Services, Inc. f/k/a iBridge, Inc. (collectively, "Defendants"). On December 3, 20221, Plaintiff filed the operative First Amended Complaint against Defendants, which sets forth the following causes of action: (1) Intentional Misrepresentation/Fraud; (2) Fraudulent Concealment; (3) Civil Conspiracy, (4) Breach of C...

Excerpt: ...on of Lin in three matters from January 2021 through approximately July 2022. (Complaint, '1 1.) The parties entered several retainer agreements pursuant to which Lin agreed to pay Plaintiffs' attorney's fees and invoices when they came due. (Complaint, 2-3.) Lin was informed ofthe Plaintiffs' legal work on his behalf, and he regularly approved of the legal work and legal invoices on an ongoing basis. (Complaint, '1 4.) Lin paid under the agreeme...

Excerpt: ...with Plaintiff. "A defendant may enforce a forum-selection clause by bringing a motion pursuant to sections 410.30 and 418.10, the statutes governing forum non conveniens motions, because they are the ones which generally authorize a trial court to decline jurisdiction when unreasonably invoked and provide a procedure for the motion." CalState Business Products & Services, Inc. v. Ricoh (1993)12 Cal.App.4th 1666, 1680 (Cal-State Business); see al...

Excerpt: ...use states that the courts of Indiana shall have "exclusive jurisdiction for deciding legal disputes relating to this limited warranty." Having reviewed the parties' submissions, the court concludes that the forum selection clause here is valid and that a stay is appropriate under section 410.30, subdivision (a), which provides that when a court "finds that in the interest of substantial justice an action should be heard in a forum outside this s...

Excerpt: ...FAC, 1-2.) During their divorce proceedings, Tuo refused to divide and distribute their marital properties located in the United States. (FAC, '1 10.) Shi initiated this action on November 29, 2021, and, on September 29, 2023, filed an FAC, asserting: (1) breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing; (2) breach of fiduciary duty; (3) negligence; (4) money had and received; (5) accounting; and (6) fraud-concealment. On December 8, 202...

Excerpt: ... Southern California to attend a cheerleading competition at Disneyland that involved her daughter. (See FAC, 18.) Hijazi and Does 1- 20 completed a walk-around inspection of the subject aircraft before it was boarded, started the right engine, and then unsuccessfully attempted several times to start the left engine. (See FAC, '1 19.) Passengers were deplaned twice before he was able to start the left engine. (ld.) The plane eventually took off a...

Excerpt: ...treet, San Jose. Any party opposing the tentative ruling must call Department 20 at 408.808.6856 and the opposing party no later than 4:00 PM on 12 January 2024. Please specify the issue to be contested when calling the Court and Counsel. —0000000m Order on Defendant County of Santa Clara's: (1) Demurrer To Plaintiff's Second Amended Complaint; and (2) Motion To Strike Portions Of Plaintiff's Second Amended Complaint. l. Statement of Facts. Pla...

Excerpt: ...the Property"). (Li SAXC, '1 8.) The Property consists of a two-floor commercial building with offce spaces. (ld. at 10.) Jialin Niu ("Niu"), the owner of 577 Campbell, also owns CSBIJ, occupying the lower floor of the Property. (ld. at '19.) Li, who owns and works for GSI Homes and GSI Properties (collectively, "GSI Entities") executed a written lease ("2018 Lease") with CSBLI for Room 107 in the Property. (Li SAXC, 11-12.) Since the execution o...

Excerpt: ...rative complaint on May 26, 2023. The complaint alleges that Pamonag was a dependent adult and inpatient at Grace, a 24- hour skilled nursing facility. (Complaint, 3, 15.) On an unspecified date, and at an unspecified facility, someone on the staff at Grace placed a cap on Pamonag's tracheostomy tube, causing her to stop breathing, suffer brain damage, and ultimately pass away on March 5, 2022. (ld. at "11, 21.) Plaintiffs allege that as a result...

Excerpt: ...mber 28, 2023, alleging a single cause of achon for partition. According to the complaint, Plaintiffs reside in the Philippines and are collectively a tenant-in-common owner of a 50% interest in the Property. (Complaint, '1 3.) The Reyes Defendants are a tenant-in-common owner of the remaining 50% interest. (ld. at 4.) Plaintiffs and the Reyes Defendants acquired their interest in the Property as joint tenants through a Grant Deed recorded with S...

Excerpt: ...at Medspa, consisting of six "bikini Brazilian" treatments and six "upper leg" treatments. (Complaint at 6.) On April 12, 2022, Plaintiff attended her fourth treatment of laser hair removal therapy where Nurse Mottahed was available to treat her. (ld. at '17.) During laser treatment, Nurse Mottahed burned Plaintiff's leg forcing her to leave her appointment early. (ld. at "1 10-14.) The employees at the front desk told Plaintiff that Nurse Mottah...

Excerpt: ...an Jose. Two birch trees were located on Mr. Holmes' front lawn within three feet of the shared property line. They leaked saps and had dead limbs that fell and damaged Guarascios' vehicles. (Cross-complaint 9, 10.) In February of 2022, Mathew Guarascio and Mr. Holmes met to discuss the problems that were caused by the tree closest to the property line. Mr. Holmes agreed to the removal of the tree but asked that the removal be delayed since he wa...

Excerpt: ...y party opposing the tentatve ruling must call Department 20 at 408.808.5856 and the opposing party no later than 4:00 PM on 12 January 2024. Please specify the issue to be contested when calling the Court and Counsel. —0000000m Order on Defendants' Demurrer to Plaintiff Amended Complaint. l. Statement of Facts. According to the allegations of the first amended complaint ("FAC"), on 10 January 2019 at approximately 11:40 p.m., defendant John La...