Excerpt: ...on for leave to Þle an amended complaint but neither contains a declaration per California Rules of Court Rule 3.1324, subdivision (b) specifying the e
¯ect of the proposed amendment, why the amendment is necessary and proper, when the facts giving rise to the amendment were discovered, and why amendment was not sought earlier. Further, the apparent e
¯ect of the proposed amendment is merely to clarify exactly where on Defendant's premises Pla...

Excerpt: ...r. “The function of a demurrer is to test the su
¯iciency of the complaint as a matter of law.” (Holiday Matinee, Inc. v. Rambus, Inc. (2004) 118 Cal.App.4th 1413, 1420.) A complaint is su
¯icient if it alleges ultimate rather than evidentiary facts, but the plainti
¯ must set forth the essential facts of his or her case “with reasonable precision and with particularity su
¯icient to acquaint [the] defendant with the nature, source and ...

Excerpt: ...JEFFRIE LELEA (“LELEA”) starting in 1999 while he was a youth director and youth group leader with COMMUNITY PRESBYTERIAN. Legal Standard on Demurrer. “The function of a demurrer is to test the su
¯iciency of the complaint as a matter of law.” (Holiday Matinee, Inc. v. Rambus, Inc. (2004) 118 Cal.App.4th 1413, 1420.) A complaint is su
¯icient if it alleges ultimate rather than evidentiary facts, but the plainti
¯ must set forth the ess...

Excerpt: ...the pleadings].) The court has not received opposition from Plainti
¯. The elements of a claim for common counts and/or account stated are: (1) previous transactions between the parties establishing the relationship of debtor and creditor, (2) an agreement between the parties, express or implied, on the amount due from the debtor or creditor, and (3) a promise by the debtor, express or implied, to pay the amount due. (Zinn v. Fred R. Bright Co. ...

Excerpt: ...ercomes demurrer: It is not necessary that the cause o action be the one intended by plainti
¯. The test is whether the complaint states any valid claim entitling plainti
¯ to relie. Thus, plainti
¯ may be mistaken as to the nature o the case, or the legal theory on which plainti
¯ can prevail. But i the essential acts o some valid cause o action are alleged, the complaint is good against a general demurrer. [Quelimane Co., Inc. v. Ste...

Excerpt: ...al.3d 335, 349; Cooper v. Equity Gen. Ins. (1990) 219 Cal.App.3d 1252, 1263- 1264; McMartin v. Childrens' Inst. Int'l (1989) 212 Cal.App.3d 1393, 1408.) Although Plainti
¯ Þled a motion for leave to Þle a Þrst amended complaint on January 5, 2024, which included a proposed Þrst amended complaint that added some factual allegations actually directed against Defendant Green Dot, these limited allegations primarily asserting that “Defendant G...

Excerpt: ...ry judgment on the basis that the plainti
¯ cannot establish an element of his cause of action. (Code Civ. Proc., § 437c, subd. (o)(1).) A summary judgment motion is properly granted where the evidence in support of the moving party would be su
¯icient to sustain a judgment in his favor and his opponent does not show facts su
¯icient to present a triable issue of fact. (Parker v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. (1970) 3 Cal.3d 176, 181.) The...

Excerpt: ...�'s complaint is that the parties contracted for the sale to Plainti
¯ of robots for its food processing facility but the robots delivered do not function as warranted. Timeliness of Filings. The court exercises its discretion to consider the late-Þled demurrer. (Jackson v. Doe (2011) 192 Cal.App.4th 742, 749.) Plainti
¯'s opposition to demurrer was timely. (Code Civ. Proc., §§ 1005, subds. (b)-(c), 1010.6, 1013, subd. (g).) Legal Standard o...

Excerpt: ...in this case. (Code Civ. Proc., § 1005, subd. (b).) Plainti
¯'s opposition was not Þled and served until January 25, 2024, after the date by which Defendant was required to Þle a reply. The court disregards Plainti
¯'s severely tardy opposition. Claim Presentation Requirements. Plainti
¯ cannot bring a tort case against Defendant, a public entity, unless Plainti
¯ shows he properly presented a written administrative claim for his injuries ...

Excerpt: ... Mgmt. Dist. v. City o Los Angeles (2021) 71 Cal.App.5th 314, 319-320.) In act, “the only manner in which the insurer may exercise those powers [to provide a deense or a suspended corporation in a civil action upon a claim or personal injury pursuant to Revenue and Tax Code § 19719] is by intervening in the lawsuit under Code o Civil Procedure section 387 and asserting any deenses on behal o its insured.” (Kauman & Broad Communitie...

Excerpt: ...i-SLAPP motion is entitled to reasonable attorneys' fees and costs. (Code Civ. Proc., § 425.16, subd. (c); Ketchum v. Moses (2001) 21 Cal.4th 1122, 1130 (Ketchum).) A motion for fees may follow a successful anti-SLAPP motion even where the order on that anti-SLAPP motion has been appealed. (Carpenter v. Jack in the Box Corp. (2007) 151 Cal.App.4th 454, 461.) Such an award of fees and costs is limited to those incurred making and defending the re...

Excerpt: ... “anti-SLAPP”) motion that struck Plainti
¯'s previously existing breach of contract claim. Defendants contend that while the work done on those motions was separate from their work on the anti-SLAPP motion the antiSLAPP law permits them to recover fees for that work regardless because it was necessary for the e
¯ective defense of their victorious anti-SLAPP motion. Wanland v. Law O
¯ices of Mastagni, Holstedt & Chiurazzi (2006) 141 Cal.Ap...

Excerpt: ...gainst possible statutory liability as the vehicle owner (PIMENTA), or to establish the limits of such liability are $15,000 (TURO). C.C.P. §437c(p)(2). Summary adjudication is proper only as to a “cause of action, an a
¯irmative defense, a claim of damages, or an issue of duty. C.C.P. §437c(f)(1). A vehicle owner has at a minimum statutory liability for a motor vehicle accident caused by a permissive user (in the present case, ANTONIN STAUD...

Excerpt: ... to depose Plainti
¯. Plainti
¯'s second amended veriÞed complaint alleges, essentially, that she is entitled by agreement with her brothers BART and MALCOLM to one- third ownership of family business CTF and she seeks dissolution of CTF because BART and MALCOLM have mismanaged the business to her detriment. Meet and Confer E
¯orts. The court Þrst considers the adequacy of the parties' e
¯orts to meet and confer to work these issues out bef...

Excerpt: ...unsel engaged in a “serious e
¯ort at negotiation and informal resolution” that amounted to a su
¯icient “attempt to talk the matter over, compare their views, consult, and deliberate.” (Clement v. Alegre (2009) 177 Cal.App.4th 1277, 1294; Townsend v. Superior Court (1998) 61 Cal.App.4th 1431, 1439.) Rather than engaging in a meaningful attempt to informally resolve the dispute regarding each discovery request for which Plainti
¯ seeks...

Excerpt: ...ked by a horse. Request for Judicial Notice. The court takes judicial notice of the complaint Plaintiff filed against JACKSON in this county in case CU23-03078, alleging wage and hour violations, as a record of a court of this state. (Evid. Code, S 452, subd. (db.) Legal Standard. A defendant may move for judgment on the pleadings on the basis that the complaint against him does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. (Code Ci...

Excerpt: ...ly with the list of discovery identified in the motion. The parties are therefore to appear for hearing on this motion, with Defendant's counsel to clarify whether verified further responses will be voluntarily provided not only to the discovery listed in the opposition, but also to Special Interrogatory 17; and Requests for Production 7; 10-14; and 16. Because the promise of further responses was not made before Plaintiff filed this motion, and ...

Excerpt: ...); Jackson v. Doe (2011) 192 Cal App.4th 742, 749.) The demurrer is sustained as to the third cause of action for elder abuse. In order to state a cause of action for elder abuse against Defendants, all fictional business entities, a plaintiff had to plead, with particularity, the statutory elements of the violation. (Covenant Care, Inc. v. Superior Court (2004) 32 Cal.4th 771, Page 2 of 3 790.) Among the required elements are facts showing that ...

Excerpt: ...Civil Procedure section 9981 and then failed to obtain a more favorable result in the ultimate settlement of the case. Availability of Motion. Though Plaintiff primarily styles her motion one for reconsideration of the court's order under Code of Civil Procedure section 1008, subdivision (a), it is more properly construed as a renewed moton under section 1008, subdivision (b) as it seeks the same order as one previously sought and granted only in...

Excerpt: ...lemental interrogatory can be propounded by a party who earlier propounded interrogatories, "to elicit any later acquired information bearing on all answers previously made by any party in response to interrogatories." C.C.P. 52030.070(a). The same is true for requests for production, "to inspect, copy, test, or sample any later acquired or discovered documents, tangible things, land or other property, or electronically stored information in the ...

Excerpt: ... see, De$t of the Air Force v. Rose (1976) 425 U.S. 352, 372 [asserting that disclosure of "the kind of confidential personal data usually included in a personnel file" would be an invasion of personal privacyl.) Consequently, Defendant has met her burden of establishing a legally protected privacy interest in her employment records and a threatened serious invasion of that interest, shifting the burden to Defendant to raise "whatever legitimate ...

Excerpt: ...EICHERT") moves for leave to file a cross-complaint for indemnity against only JOHN and Defendant DEANN PETERSON ("DEANN"). Plaintiff's operative first amended complaint alleges that Defendants PULTE HOMES OF CALIFORNIA, INC. ("PULTE"), TEICHERT, JOHN, DEANN, and former Doe Defendant GARRETT PETERSON ("GARRETT") are responsible for injuries she sustained when a motor vehicle she was riding, and which GARRETT drove, went into a pit on PULTE and TE...

Excerpt: ...ing a mediation apparently consisting of more than one session with Thomas Healy, Esq. Five years later, a motion was filed by Ramirez to enforce the settlement on October 28, 2016 and set for hearing on January 13, 2017 before Judge Beeman. After the motion was filed but before the hearing, Murphy's counsel filed an ex parte application to be relieved as attorney of record. On the date of the hearing another attorney appeared for Murphy and info...

Excerpt: ...at his vehicle was directly behind Plaintiff's vehicle and that Defendant Tirado told the responding offcer that he had managed to come to a complete stop but Defendant Wong collided with his vehicle and pushed it into Plaintiff's vehicle. (UMF 2, 5.) None of the asserted undisputed facts establish that Plaintiff is unable to prove that Defendant failed to Page 5 of 7 exercise reasonable care in driving behind Plaintiff or that Defendant's conduc...

Excerpt: ... action against it for negligent infliction of emotional distress. Plaintiffs' complaint concerns UNIVERSAL's alleged acts and omissions relating to the death of their son Daimon Ferguson ("Decedent") at Defendant SUTTER VALLEY HOSPITALS, dba SUTTER SOLANO MEDICAL CENTER ("SUTTER")'s hospital on September 3, 2020. The court has not received opposition from FERGUSON. Objections to Evidence. MITCHELL refers to her "Evidentiary Objection No. 1" to U...