Excerpt: ...jurisdiction to determine whether an employee was probationary or permanent. Contrary to Defendant's arguments, the Board did not make the finding that Plaintiff was a probationary employee. Plaintiff also applied to this court for permission to seek adjudication on the issue whether Plaintiff was entitled to Skelly due process as a permanent employee, which was granted. Defendant's claim that Plaintiff would not be entitled to Skelly regardless ...

Excerpt: ...een the parties to arbitrate the claims at issue in the operative Complaint. Although the parties did agree to arbitrate “any dispute arising from enrollment (excluding non‐ payment of tuition or fees),” the term enrollment is ambiguous. Whether it is to be interpreted against the defendant (Civil Code §1654) or still in favor of arbitration (Western Bagel Co., Inc. v. Superior Court (2021) 66 Cal.App.5th 649, 663‐668), enrollment is gen...

Excerpt: ... to either motion, and indeed has not been heard from since he DocuSigned the substitution of attorneys on 08/30/21. The motion for terminating sanctions is DENIED without prejudice. The discovery statutes evince an incremental approach to discovery sanctions, starting with monetary sanctions and ending with the ultimate sanction of termination. Cedars–Sinai Medical Center v. Superior Court (1998) 18 Cal.4th 1, 12. Although this Court has broad...

Excerpt: ...on were at issue in the earlier demurrer, which this Court sustained. Demurrer to the 1 st cause of action for breach of the 05/22/20 Commercial Property Purchase Agreement is sustained based entirely upon plaintiffs' concession thereto and express representation that the claim will be voluntarily dismissed. Demurrer to the 4 th cause of action for promissory fraud is sustained without leave to amend, but without prejudice to a later motion for l...

Excerpt: ...he Court this day is plaintiff's application for a preliminary injunction barring defendant from taking possession, despite an order from the related UD action (UD‐21‐000303) that she surrender possession. The application for preliminary injunction is DENIED in part and GRANTED in part. The proper way to stay an eviction order is through the UD bench officer issuing the order (or through the appellate channels associated therewith). See CCP �...

Excerpt: ...es of action alleged in the operative pleading. The oral/implied contract upon which plaintiff sues was negotiated and formed in California by members residing in California. That the contract ultimately inured to the benefit of an Arizona entity is of no consequence since the Arizona entity did not exist when the oral contract was consummated, and subsequent incorporation does not erase or sanitize the extensive California contacts made to secur...

Excerpt: ...ticularly in view of the parties' stipulated protective order. Even assuming arguendo that P can establish the above‐described elements, Defendant has demonstrated that the subject discovery is directly relevant to the claims herein and that less intrusive methods are unavailable, based on Plaintiff's own conduct with regard to other methods of discovery in this action. ...

Excerpt: ...otion, the demurrer and motion to strike directed at the First Amended Complaint is continued to 04/12/22 at 8:30 a.m. in this department. The demurrer and motion to strike currently on calendar for 03/10/22 is hereby advanced to today's date and continued to 04/12/22 at 8:30 a.m. in this department. The CMC currently on calendar for 03/14/22 is hereby advanced to today's date and continued to 06/13/22 at 8:30 a.m. in this department. All future ...

Excerpt: ...ing arbitration, pursuant to the lengthy arbitration clause printed on the back of the Retail Installment Sale Contract. On a motion to compel arbitration under Code of Civil Procedure §1281 et seq, the moving party has the burden of demonstrating (1) an arbitration agreement covering the controversy, (2) a demand for arbitration consistent therewith, and (3) a refusal by the other party to arbitrate. The burden rests with the party seeking to c...

Excerpt: ...D; c) Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment, or in the Alternative, for Summary Adjudication –SUMMARY JUDGMENT DENIED; SUMMARY ADJUDICATION GRANTED, in part, and DENIED, in part. (a), (b) The Court is inclined to consider the appointment of a discovery referee in this matter, based on the numerous time‐consuming discovery issues requiring resolution as well as the history of discovery disputes and the parties' inability to informally resolv...

Excerpt: ...f in His Complaint –SUMMARY JUDGMENT GRANTED, and unopposed. a) Defendant, as the moving party, has demonstrated entitlement to judgment on the claims asserted in Plaintiff's Complaint. Based the declarations of Rudy Baca, Xavier Baca, Robert Fores, the evidence submitted therewith, and the matters subject to judicial notice, and in the absence of opposition, the Court concludes that Defendant owed no duty to Plaintiff based on the fact that he...

Excerpt: ...f in His Complaint –SUMMARY JUDGMENT GRANTED, and unopposed. a) Defendant, as the moving party, has demonstrated entitlement to judgment on the claims asserted in Plaintiff's Complaint. Based the declarations of Rudy Baca, Xavier Baca, Robert Fores, the evidence submitted therewith, and the matters subject to judicial notice, and in the absence of opposition, the Court concludes that Defendant owed no duty to Plaintiff based on the fact that he...

Excerpt: ...ures contemplated by Dr. Rogers is insufficient to allow the Court to draft the order with the degree of specificity required by law. (Code Civ. Proc. §2032.320(d); Carpenter v. Superior Court (Yamaha Motor Corp.) (2006) 141 Cal.App.4 th 249.) Therefore, counsel shall appear at the hearing to present such information to the Court. In addition, counsel shall meet and confer with regard to an anticipated date of the exam to be included in the orde...

Excerpt: ...ludes Kevin and Pauline Doan (successful Vietnamese farmers), Harpreet Dhaliwal (gas station operations), and Amanda Bui (attorney and investment advisor). The “defendant group” includes Nirmal Singh (successful businessman), his long‐ standing attorneys, and various persons/entities associated with his business. Before the Court this day is a special motion to strike, directed at seven of the eight causes of action in the Plaintiffs' Maste...

Excerpt: ...on clause covering “any dispute arising from enrollment” (emphasis added) is broad enough to cover torts committed by defendant's employee during periods of instruction, which is controlled in part by the related question of whether the FAA actually applies to the substantive question of how to resolve ambiguities. See Victoria v. Superior Court (1985) 40 Cal.3d 734; Nixon v. AmeriHome Mortgage Company, LLC (2021) 67 Cal.App.5th 934; Western ...

Excerpt: ...caped a discovery referee and/or a sizable monetary sanction – would ask this Court to revisit that order. Nevertheless, Code of Civil Procedure §1008(a) requires that any motion for reconsideration be supported by an affidavit from the moving party setting forth “what new or different facts, circumstances, or law are claimed to be shown.” The motion is not properly presented as one for statutory reconsideration under Section 1008 because ...

Excerpt: ... will not be prejudiced by the proposed amendment, particularly in view of the fact that Defendant would have no ability to conduct further discovery on the newly alleged claims should the amendment be allowed. Lastly, the Court notes that the motion fails to comply with the requirements set forth in Cal. Rules of Ct., rule 3.1324 in that Plaintiffs failed to identify by page, paragraph and line number any additions/deletions from the previous ve...

Excerpt: ...ty of its claim to possession and (2) the plaintiff has provided an undertaking of not less than twice the value of defendant's interest, if any, in the property. Based on the pleadings before the Court, Plaintiff has established the probable validity of his conversion claim since the evidence suggests defendant has no intention of completing the work or returning the vehicle. Plaintiff has shown a right to immediate possession of the vehicle and...

Excerpt: ... The reply brief starts, “Plaintiff's opposition to defendant's motion […] appears to be speaking to a complaint other than the one that was actually filed.” The reply brief is correct. The complaint alleges that they knew or should have known of the condition. It does not allege that Defendant actually knew of it. There are no specific facts provided that indicate any specific individual person was aware of the issues. The conclusions of t...

Excerpt: ... to the subject discovery and all objections are waived. (Code Civ. Proc. §§2030.290(a).) Therefore, Plaintiff is entitled to an order compelling Defendant to provide verified responses, without objection, within 15 days. (Code Civ. Proc. §§2030.290(b).) The Court further finds that Plaintiff is entitled to an award of monetary sanctions in connection with this motion. (Code Civ. Proc. §§2030.290(c), 2023.010(d), 2023.030(a); Cal. Rules of ...

Excerpt: ... Montenegro and for Monetary Sanctions against Frank E. Montenegro and Celia M. Montenegro, R. Dewey Wheeler, Luanne Rutherford and McNamara, Ney, Beatty, Slattery, Borges & Ambacher, LLP, pursuant to CCP Section 2031.310(H); c) Plaintiffs' Motion to Compel Further Responses to and Further Production in Reponses to the First Set of Demands for Inspection and Copying from Frank E. Montenegro and for Monetary Sanctions against Frank E. Montenegro a...

Excerpt: ...ose CA; c) Motion to Expunge Lis Pendens and for Attorneys' Fees and Costs – 30 W Reed, San Jose CA; d) St Motion to Expunge Lis Pendens and for Attorneys' Fees and Costs – 425 N 7 th St, San Jose CA – a) Samuel Orozco's Motion to Expunge Lis Pendens Re: 458 N. 7th Street, San Jose CA – Continued from Tuesday, 2/1/22, to Wednesday, 2/9/22: Respondent Samuel Orozco's Motion to Expunge Lis Pendens filed against 458 N. 7 th Street, San Jose,...

Excerpt: ...on of public property. As to the former, defendant has established the absence of evidence that any City employee is liable for any omission or commission relative to the identified sidewalk, and thus no basis for respondeat superior. Plaintiff has presented no evidence to create a triable issue of fact hereon. As to the latter, while plaintiff does present a triable issue of fact regarding the existence of a dangerous condition of public propert...

Excerpt: ...to obtain counsel, Defendant was not represented by counsel until recently. Demurrers should be filed within 30 days with an extension of 30 days available (Code Civ. Proc. Section 430.40). The Court may still hear it if there is good cause to overlook the late filing (Jackson v. Doe (2011) 192 Cal.App.4th 742), but this filing is about 18 months late and the fault of the defense. Defendant is ordered to file an answer within 10 days or be subjec...

Excerpt: ...for strict product liability. According to the defense, this cause of action is time‐barred and not sufficiently similar to plaintiff's viable claims to relate back. The demurrer is OVERRULED. At the pleading stage, defendant must negate relation back, and in this instance the allegations supporting the original negligence claim and the new product liability claim appear to be based on the same general set of facts, seek recovery against the sa...