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...

Excerpt: ... complaint, Moreno was injured on July 6, 2021 when an outdoor wall dividing property between the defendants fell over. There are no exhibits attached to the complaint, and the complaint itself is notably quite vague as to how Moreno came to be at the location where the wall collapsed and how the several defendants are liable for his injury. The complaint for the most part refers only to “Defendants.” Currently before the court is a motion fo...

Excerpt: ...r action mo ot. The trial court in Department 12 (Judge Isger) then set the matter for an order to show cause re: dismissal on September 21, 2023. At the OSC hearing, Fang asked that the case not be dismissed in order to proceed with the case as an ordinar y civil ac tion. He also asked that his ex parte application to amend his complaint be granted. The court denied the ex parte application “without prejudice” and sent the matter back to the...

Excerpt: ... of these motions. The court's limited understanding as to the individual defendants, based on the parties' papers (which barely differentiate between the defendants), is as follows: (1) Tessier -Lavigne was the President of Stanford at the time of Katie Meyer's suicide —he is no longer President but is still employed by Stanford; (2) Brubaker -Cole is the Vice Provost for Student Affairs; (3) Zumwalt is the General Counsel; (4) Caldera is the ...

Excerpt: ...e Order No. 4 -2001); (2) Failure to Provide Mandated Meal Periods (Violation of Labor Code Sections 226.7 & 512 and Wage Order No. 4- 2001); (3) Failure to Provide Mandated Rest Periods (Violation of Labor Code Section 226.7 and Wage Order No. 4 -2001); (4) Failure to Provide Item ized Wage Statements (Violation of Labor Code Sections 226 & 226.3 and Wage Order No. 7 -2001); (5) Failure to Pay Wages Upon Termination (Violation of Labor Code Sect...

Excerpt: ...ttachment alleges that “Pomogaibo has to sent [sic] order for publication, summons, and credit card details to newspaper. Newspaper has to publish summons 4 weeks and charge $400 for it. Newspaper refused to comply with court order based on conversation with attorney Ekate rina Berman, who said to newspaper three false datums – she represented his client Yevgeniy Babichev, [I]'m [vexatious] litigant, [I] have not received permission from pres...

Excerpt: ...t a single cause of action for intentional tort – defamation.2 Zhan alleges that Tang intentionally and maliciously mistranslated Zhan's emails from Chinese to English as part of the evidence submitted to the Santa Cruz court in the civil harassment case. According to Zh an, she notified Tang about these alleged mistranslations and thereafter sent a cease -and -desist letter to Tang. Zhan never received a response from Tang. Zhan then filed t...

Excerpt: ... (“UPI”). (Complaint, ¶¶ 4 -5.) Cheng, a licensed accountant, provided accounting services to the brothers and to UPI. (Id. at ¶¶ 2 -3, 6, 9, 14 & 19.) In 1991, UPI established a Money Purchase Pension Plan (“Plan 1”) and a Profit Sharing Plan (“Plan 2”). (Complaint, ¶ 10.) S cott made contributions and payments to Plan 1 and Plan 2. (Id. at ¶ 12.) In addition, UPI was required to make annual contributions to Plan 1 for Scott. ...

Excerpt: ...s. (Complaint, ¶ 1.) O n March 5, 2015, Royal Coach and Miletak entered into an employment agreement in which Miletak agreed to participate in Royal Coach's Student Driver Trainee Program. (Id. at ¶ 5.) Under the program, Royal Coach would pay Student Driver Trainees to attend classroom instruction, enabling them then to apply for a commercial driver's license. (Ibid.) Upon completion of the program, Royal Coach had the option to hire trainees ...

Excerpt: ...ting four causes of action against State Farm and/or non -insurance company defendants: (1) Breach of Contract (the insurance policy, alleged against State Farm only); (2) Breach of the Implied Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing (insurance bad faith, alleged against S tate Farm only); (3) Negligence (against all defendants); and (4) Unfair Business Practices (against all defendants). While the specific insurance policy for the subject prope...

Excerpt: ... enumerated “issues,” which the court heard on July 18, 2023. The court granted the motion with respect to Issue No. 5, determining “that Galan Ramirez, like all of the drivers on the roadways in California, had a duty to operate his vehicle in a safe and reasonable manner .” (July 18, 2023 Order at p. 6:5 -7.) The court denied the motion with respect to all of the other issues, none of which disposed of a cause of action, affirmative def...

Excerpt: ...opposes the motion. Because the court sees little to no utility in a four -month stay, and because Timothy does not demonstrate any valid basis for a stay, the court DENIES the motion. Timothy contends that this case was commenced improperly by his brother, Brian Bumb (“Brian”), in Bria n's capacity as manager of S.J. Bayshore, and that the First Street case will establish this fact by granting Timothy a declaratory judgment that Brian unlawf...

Excerpt: ...ril 10, 2023 email exchange demonstrates [that] the parties mutually consented to essential settlement terms— payment of $8,000 by Defendant in exchange for Plaintiff's dismissal . . . . These emails form an enforceable settlement contract under California law.” (Memo randum at p. 4:1 -4.) The court has reviewed these emails attached to the motion and finds that they are somewhat ambiguous as to whether the parties truly had a final enforce...

Excerpt: ...to hear Travelers' motion for summary judgment on this date (March 7, 2024), but Plaintiffs filed an ex parte application arguing that they needed additional discovery (and a motion to compel that discovery) before they could adequately respond to the summary judgment motion , under Code of Civil Procedure section 437c, subdivision (h). Without addressing the merits of Plaintiffs' discovery argument, the court granted the ex parte application, c...

Excerpt: ...nd Requests for Prod uction Nos. 1, 2, and 4. In addition, State Farm requests $2,060 in monetary sanctions against both Herrera and his defense counsel. For the reasons that follow, the court GRANTS the motion to compel; in addition, it GRANTS the request for monetary sancti ons against Herrera only, not his counsel. The responses given to the discovery so far consist entirely of objections. As such, they are insufficient on their face. The reas...

Excerpt: ...ES in part Bernasconi's demurrer. This case arises out of a recorded interview between Hogan, Bernasconi, and Catherine Somers (Bernasconi's “podcast partner”) on June 7, 2023. (Complaint, p. 3:4.)1 After the interview, Hogan indicated to Bernasconi and Somers tha t she wanted to listen to the recording and wanted to play it on her own podcast, but Bernasconi allegedly deleted it. (Id. at p. 4:7, 4:10 -11, 4:16 -17.) Hogan filed this case tw...

Excerpt: ...d and/or distribut ed by Kia. (First Amended Complaint (“FAC”), ¶6.) Morales received an express written warranty which, among other things, covered the Theta 2.0 -liter and 2.4 -liter direct injection engines (“2.0L and/or 2.4L GDI Engine”) and transmission. (FAC, ¶ 7.) A ccording to the complaint, during the warranty period, the Subject Vehicle contained or developed defects that substantially impaired the use, value, or safety of the...

Excerpt: ...ion: (1) Breac h of Contract; (2) “Unauthorized charges to credit card on file with A Tool Shed,”; (3) Breach of the Implied Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing; (4) “Unfair Debt Collection Action”; and (5) “Disparagement and Emotional Distress.” Although there are three named defendants in the complaint, all five causes of action are asserted against only ATS. There are also cross -complaints. On September 29, 2023, defendants ...

Excerpt: ...5) Private Nuisance; (6) Public Nuisance; and (7) Breach of Contract. All seven causes of action are alleged against all defendants. Two of the defendants, Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (“Hilton Worldwide”) and Park Hotels and Resorts (“Park Hotels”), brought a joint motion to quash service of summons based on lack of personal jurisdiction on August 17, 2022. Yau did not file any opposition to the motion, and this court (Judge Kirwan) ...

Excerpt: ...ains are 9 2 requests for admissions (originally 123 requests), a form interrogatory (No. 17.1, which is based on the RFAs), and a request for production of documents that is also based on the RFAs. This is in addition to 35 RFAs for which Miller previously already provided responses. Although this case has been pending since June 29, 2020 —i.e., for three years and eight months— Duraipandan served this latest set of discovery requests on Jan...

Excerpt: ...o GRANT the motion, given that Singh's original answer was filed when he was self - represented, and his proposed amended answer has now been prepared with the assistance of counsel. In addition, there is no discernible prejudice to Ruiz arising from the amendment. S ingh shall file his pleading within 10 days of this order —i.e., by no later than Monday, March 11, 2024. As for the motion to withdraw the admissions, Ruiz opposes the motion, a...

Excerpt: ...s allegedly entere d into on April 21, 2020. The complaint stated three causes of action: (1) Breach of Contract (alleging a failure to pay for materials and finished goods under the LOA); (2) Breach of the Implied Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing (again alleging a f ailure to pay for materials ordered under the LOA); and (3) Promissory Estoppel (alleging reasonable reliance on the LOA and requests from Cue in incurring costs). Cue brough...

Excerpt: ...ined in the parties' brief s, and so the court turns to the arbitrator's interim and final awards for an explanation. John is apparently Tom's nephew. The three parties (John, Tom, and MCM) hold membership interests in Urban Markets, LLC (“UM”) and Urban Markets Entertainment, LLC (“UME”), which are the entities that operate San Pedro Square Market, a food hall in downtown San Jose. John and Tom's economic interests in UM are held indire...

Excerpt: ... Kia had just recently filed its motion to tax costs. As a threshold matter, the court rejects Thuerk's argument that Kia's motion is untimely. Rule 3.1700(b)(1) requires that a motion to strike or tax costs be served within 15 days after service of the memorandum of c osts. That was done here, and so that ends the inquiry. It does not matter that an amended notice of motion was served later with an updated hearing date for the motion. As for th...