Excerpt: ...act contract (based on Lerma's use of a credit card); (3) common count— money lent; (4) common count —money paid on request; (5) common count —open book account; and (6) common count — account stated. Attached to the complaint as Exhibit A is a copy of the Visa credit card agreeme nt upon which the first cause of action is based. (See Complaint, ¶ BC -1.) While the credit card agreement is not signed by either party, paragraph 1 states,...

Excerpt: ...papers and the com plaint, the court rules as follows: 1. Fraud Causes of Action Although it is not entirely clear, it appears that the core allegations of Castro's complaint are fraud allegations, as set forth in the fifth cause of action (“violation of Civil Code § 1572”), sixth cause of action (“fraud”), and eighth cause of action (“intentional misrepresentation”). Castro contends that he defaulted on a home loan that was procure...

Excerpt: ...ng trial date of July 1, 2024, the court GRANTS the motion. As an initial matter, the court agrees with Plaintiff that this proposed amendment comes extraordinarily late in the case, long after the original trial dates of May 30, 2023 and August 14, 2023. At the same time, the co urt is unmoved by Plaintiff's contention that this motion is an effort to “sandbag” him. Having reviewed the file in this case, including Judge Kuhnle's November 3,...

Excerpt: ... complaint does not identify any “Doe” defendants in paragraph 1, where all defendants are supposed to be identified. In paragraph 6, however, Sun has checked the box stating that Doe defendants “1 -5” were the “agents or employees of other named defendants.” The co mplaint does not allege compliance with any claim presentation requirement, as none of the boxes in paragraph 9 of the form are checked. In paragraph 10, where causes of ...

Excerpt: ...024. The primary ba sis for the District's demurrer was the claim that Assembly Bill 218 (“AB 218”), which amended the limitations period for bringing a childhood sexual assault claim under Code of Civil Procedure section 340.1, was unconstitutional under Article XVI, § 6 of the California Constitution, also known as the “Gift Clause.” The court ultimately rejected this claim and overruled the demurrer. (See January 23, 2024 Order.)3 Two...

Excerpt: ...ENIED IN PART. Fi rst, Steinberg Hart seeks further responses to Requests for Production Nos. 24, 25, and 26 from its second set of document requests, under section 2031.310. Z&L's responses consisted solely of objections, without any statement of compliance. But Z&L argu es in its opposition that these requests are duplicative of Requests for Production Nos. 4, 5, and 6, which were presumably contained in Steinberg Hart's first set of document ...

Excerpt: ...her responses to requests for production of documents, and (5) to compel compliance with requests for production of documents. In addition, Plaintiffs seek $7,429.00 in monetary sanctions against Surgicare. Because Plaintiffs' motion fails to demonstrate good cause for further responses to the document requests, and because the moving papers barely address the substance of the answers to the interrogatories, the court DENIES the motion in large p...

Excerpt: ...y generic and dev oid of specific explanations regarding the disputed requests. Indeed, the brief does not include or discuss the specific text of any of the 37 the requests at issue, instead grouping them into broad categories and then making general arguments about them. In addition, the brief contains no definition of the “transmission defect” and “engine defect” at issue, leaving it for the reply brief to define these terms. Even ...

Excerpt: ...k to amend the c omplaint to add two new causes of action against defendants Suzanne Ramirez (Jonathan Ramirez's ex -fiancee) and RRT Group, Inc. (collectively, “Defendants”): for financial elder abuse and for an accounting. Defendants respond that they “will not oppose” t his motion “with the following conditions”: (1) that Defendants not be required to file a response to the amended complaint; (2) that they be allowed to conduct ...

Excerpt: ..., 2022, and the y filed the operative first amended complaint (“FAC”) on October 16, 2023. The FAC alleges in part that of the $623,300.00 currently owed to Plaintiffs: . . . $552,300 represents money Plaintiffs loaned to Defendant to assist in the purchase of two pieces of residential real property —one in the City of San Jose and one in the City of Palo Alto, as well as a small of amount of interest on one of those loans. Constituting t...

Excerpt: ...on November 12, 2019 by plaintiffs Wendy Towner, Francisco Aguilera, Nick McFarland, Justin Bates, and Brynn OtaMatthews (collectively, the “Towner plaintiffs”). The Towner plaintiffs eventually filed a Fifth Amended Complaint (“5AC”) on July 23, 2021, stating several c auses of action against defendants Gilroy Garlic Festival Association, Inc. (“GGFA”), First Alarm Security & Patrol, Inc. (“First Alarm”), the City of Gilroy (“...

Excerpt: ...ccording to the c omplaint, Xu has refused to contribute to the loan since January 2023, and Jiang has had to pay Xu's share of the loan. (Ibid.) In addition, despite verbal promises, Xu has refused to repay Jiang one -half of the advance payment and transaction fees. (Id . at ¶ 11.) Jiang incurred other expenses related to the Bowen Property, including property tax, insurance premiums, replacement of airconditioning system, gardener fees, repai...

Excerpt: ... Pacific Coast Med ical Clinic (collectively, “Plaintiffs”), based on alleged spoliation of evidence, (2) a motion to compel compliance with Cigna's third set of requests for production of documents (Nos. 33, 35- 37, and 39), and (3) a motion to seal certain exhibits submitte d with the motion to compel compliance. Plaintiffs oppose the first two motions but do not oppose the third. This case was originally set for trial more than 10 months...

Excerpt: ...2023. It states four causes of action: (1) Nonpayment of Wages (against Flawless); (2) Breach of Contract (against Flawless and Flawless S.A.R.L.); (3) Violation of Business and Professions Code Section 17200 et seq. (against Flawless); and (4) Defamation (against Flawless an d Loughan). There are no exhibits attached to the complaint. Flawless filed an answer to the complaint on October 30, 2023. Currently before the court is a special motion t...

Excerpt: ...dariz v. Foundation Health Psychcare Services (2000) 24 Cal.4th 83 (Armendariz). Perera alleges that FINRA has not complied with the holding in Armendariz that an employment arbitration must involve a neutral arbitrator and must not require the employee to pay any type of expense that he or she would not have to pay if the dispute had been brought in court rather than in arbitration. Perera alleges that FINRA has charged him thousands of dollars ...

Excerpt: ...nt requested a n extension, the extension kept open the time for Defendant to respond, as there was no agreement by the parties that objections were waived and Defendant claims he was not properly served with the requests. As such, Defendant may raise a proper objection. Defendant objects to requests 1 and 2 claiming that the requests do not identify the documents sought with “reasonable particularity” which Defendant claims is required by CC...

Excerpt: ...i nt In the operative first amended complaint (“FAC”), plaintiff Chicago Title Company (“CTC”) alleges on or about 27 July 2019, defendant 28th St Villa Apts, LLC (“Buyer”) and defendant Green Villa Apartments, LP (“Seller”) entered into an agreement for the sale of real property located at 1319 Tripp Avenue in San Jose (“Property”) from Seller to Buyer. (FAC, ¶¶9 – 10.) Between July 2019 and November 2019, plaintiff CTC ...

Excerpt: ...ain the utility or performance of the vehicle, or to provide compensation in the event of a failure in utility or performance for a specified period of time. (See complaint, ¶ 6.) During the warranty period, the vehicle contained or developed nonconformities including power steering failure, loss of communications between modules, dash lights illuminating including traction control light, airbag light, TPMS light, check engine light and the wre...

Excerpt: ...“Condo”). Plaintiff initiated this act ion by filing a complaint on June 9, 2022. Plaintiff filed the first amended complaint (“FAC”) on May 15, 2023. Thereafter, Defendants demurred to the FAC. The Court (Hon. Rosen) made the following ruling: Defendants' demurrer to the first, third, fourth and fifth causes of action on the ground of insufficient facts is SUSTAINED with 10 days leave to amend. Defendants City and Housing Authoritie...

Excerpt: ...: Carrer a VII, L.P., Carrera VII (B), L.P., Mantra Ventures, LLC (the “Businesses”). (FAC, ¶1.) Defendants Chan and the Businesses (collectively, “Defendants”) convinced Plaintiff to fund an investment portfolio by making various promises and representations. (Ibi d.) Defendants promised and represented that for a payment of approximately 15 percent and related fees, they would invest Plaintiff's money for his benefit in securities as ...

Excerpt: ...oduction. The par ties asked the court to hear this matter on shortened time (essentially, within nine calendar days of the court having received the parties' ex parte papers). Because this case is set for a trial on July 22, 2024, the court agreed to do so, with an exceptionally truncated briefing schedule. The court has now reviewed the parties' filings. Because of the rushed nature of this hearing, the court makes the following preliminary o...

Excerpt: ...nts”). The origin al and still-operative complaint, filed on January 17, 2023, alleges that Defendants improperly recorded a judgment lien on April 3, 2019, which operates as a cloud on the title of Plaintiffs' residence. (Complaint, ¶ 26.) The judgment lien was the last in a series of abstracts of judgments entered in a case between defendant Cintora and plaintiff Clifford Stanley and Stanley's former company, Bad Boys Bail Bonds, Inc. (Los ...

Excerpt: ...arch 23, 2022. It filed the operative First Amended Complaint (“FAC”), adding defendant Link Corporation (“Link”), on March 15, 2023. The FAC states claims for: (1) Fraud in the Inducement (against AMS, Achkar, and various Does); (2) Fraud and Deceit (against AMS, Achkar, and vario us Does); (3) Breach of Contract (against AMS and various Does); (4) Breach of the Implied Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing (against AMS and various Do...

Excerpt: ...t for dismissal of the co mplaint as to all Defendants and all causes of action, without prejudice. Although Ari Law dismissed the complaint and never filed an opposition to the anti -SLAPP motions, the parties nevertheless appeared for the hearing on October 26, 2023 to address th e court's tentative ruling. In that October 25, 2023 tentative ruling, the court recognized that it no longer had jurisdiction to rule on the motion to strike, given ...

Excerpt: ...rding to the complai nt, Citizens is in the sign, construction, and advertising business. (Complaint, ¶ 8.) In 2018, Citizens brought a civil rights action against the City of San Jose (the “2018 federal action”). (Id. at ¶ 9.) In September 2018, Citizens entered into a wr itten representation agreement with Defendants, who handled various aspects of the 2018 federal action. (Id. at ¶¶ 10 -14.) In 2020, the City of San Jose filed a lawsu...