Excerpt: ... with his claimed injuries, based on the undisputed evidence that Defendant did not own, possess, or exercise control over the property where the injury occurred, nor did Defendant have actual notice of any dangerous condition on the subject adjacent property. The burden then shifts to Plaintiff to produce admissible evidence establishing a material factual dispute preventing judgment against him. In view of the lack of opposition, Plaintiff has ...

Excerpt: ...e Civ. Proc. S 430.41 A demurrer tests the pleadings alone and not the evidence or other extrinsic matters. Therefore, it lies only where the defects appear on the face of the pleading or are judicially noticed. SKF Farms v. superior court (1984) 153 cal.App.3d 902, 905. Defendant states that the Complaint exceeds the three-year statute of limitations, but defendant does not cite to a specific statute in support of this assertion that a three-yea...

Excerpt: ...dice. The Court finds that Plaintiff's Requests for Admissions, Nos. 1-3, 9-10 and 21 as currently phrased, justify the invocation by Defendant Fernandez of his 5TH Amendment privilege against self-incrimination and are not subject to discovery. The Court also finds that Defendant has established that "injurious disclosure could result" by showing a nexus between the information requested and the risk of criminal prosecution. (Siry Investment, L....

Excerpt: ...e Buyers' Final Settlement Statement; and The Final Settlement Statement. See Supplemental Declaration of Robert Clancy, paragraph 3, and Exhibit 10 (Declaration of the custodian of records for North American Title, and copies of the above documents). The Court has considered the above documents because there is really no dispute that the documents are genuine: they were just not properly authenticated by attorney Clancy in the original moving pa...

Excerpt: ...rt finds that Plaintiff's Requests for Admissions, Nos. 1-3, 9-10 and 21 as currently phrased, justify the invocation by Defendant Fernandez of his 5TH Amendment privilege against self-incrimination and are not subject to discovery. The Court also finds that Defendant has established that "injurious disclosure could result" by showing a nexus between the information requested and the risk of criminal prosecution. (Siry Investment, L.P. v. Farkhon...

Excerpt: ...t-and-confer efforts on the disputed issues in good faith. For example, the Court notes that the parties were able to agree to the terms of a protective order and that Defendant indicated the intenton to produce further documentation pursuant to the same, but it is unclear whether such additional production occurred or whether additional communication was had on those issues. Therefore, the Court believes that, with additional efforts expended in...

Excerpt: ...overy requests as one involved with the events at issue in the subject lawsuit. The Munoz declaration is facially defective as it does not contain either the location of the signing nor the words "under the laws of the state of California," and is therefore stricken. Nonetheless, the Court has questions, especially to determine if sanctions are appropriate. b) HEARING REQUIRED. The Court has the concerns raised above and knows of no authority tha...

Excerpt: ... Buyers' Final Settlement Statement; and The Final Settlement Statement. See Supplemental Declaration of Robert Clancy, paragraph 3, and Exhibit 10 (Declaration of the custodian of records for North American Title, and copies of the above documents). The Court has considered the above documents because there is really no dispute that the documents are genuine: they were just not pro#rly authenticated by attorney Clancy in the original moving pa#r...

Excerpt: ...uest for Sanctions in the amount of $2,280.00 a) GRANTED IN PART. Defendant Winco Holdings, Inc. is ordered to serve a verified further response by no later than June 30, 2023, limited to FEHA-based actions filed in the last ten years involving disability discrimination, failure to accommodate, failure to engage in the interactive process, failure to prevent discrimination, retaliation and wrongful termination in violation of public policy. Discl...

Excerpt: ...ong period of tme and there is some inference that they were coordinated. Additionally, the alleged statements by both named Ruijssenaars indicate some knowledge regarding the ongoing issues and the persons responsible. The Court rejects the argument that Ms. Ruijssenaars was the parent of Does 1-50, as this is not pled. As to the Eighth Cause of Action, the Court independently raises its own concerns that injunctive relief is not a cause of acti...

Excerpt: ...udge Begen on March 24, 1999, as Exhibit A to the Complaint. Plaintiff's conclusion that this judgment vacated his 1996 conviction is not accurate. Complaint, paragraph 10. The judgment terminated Plaintiff's probation and converted the original restitution order of $46,993.00 toa civil judgment. Complaint, Exhibit A. Plaintiff alleges that defendants' actions in garnishing his bank account caused him emotional distress. Complaint, paragraphs 10,...

Excerpt: ...t the video footage is inconsistent with Cross-Defendant's declara
Ÿon tes
Ÿmony on these issues and does not support her prima facie en
Ÿtlement to judgment. Assuming arguendo that Cross-Defendant fulÞlled her ini
Ÿal burden herein, the burden would then shi
L to Cross-Complainant to introduce admissible evidence demonstra
Ÿng the existence of a triable issue of material fact. (Code Civ. Proc. § 437c(p)(2).) The Court Þnds that Cross-Com...

Excerpt: ... Production, Set One; Request for Sanctions; d) Plaintiff's Motion to Compel Further Responses to Form Interrogatories, Set One; Request for Sanctons a) GRANTED, conditionally and with limitations. The Court has reviewed and appreciates the respective supplemental declarations filed by counsel with regard to meet and confer efforts. The sole remaining dispute with respect to Defendant's motion to compel further production to Defendant's Demand fo...

Excerpt: ...ns of the secton entitled Mediation and Arbitration of Disputes in the Amended Buy-Sell Agreement for Blue Tech Water, Inc., entered into on August 26, 2019. The court action is stayed pending completion of the arbitration. Respondent Anthony Delgado's Motion to Compel Further Responses to Requests for Production of Documents, Set One, which is set for June 15, 2023, and the Case Management Conference set for July 24, 2023, are taken OFF-CALENDAR...

Excerpt: ...and/or evidence to support this was only tendered in Defendant's Reply and references a declaration that was apparently never filed or served. (Reply, p. 8, In. 5-10 ["Declaration of Megan Tommasello"].) The Court believes that the present split of authority recognized by the California Supreme Court in granting review of Rodriguez v. FCA US LLC (2022) 77 cal.App.5th 209, review granted, cal.5th 295 Cal.Rptr. 351, may well depend on whether effec...

Excerpt: ...apposite. Likewise for the constructive filing upon receipt rule because what Plaintiff submitted could not have been filed as tendered and therefore required an entirely new filing, not simply compliance with a technical formatting issue. The same holds for Plaintiff's reliance on Code of Civil Procedure section 473, subdivision (d), since there was no "clerical mistake" in the entry of judgment, or renewal thereof, in the first place. Here, Pla...

Excerpt: ...efendant correctly points out some errors in the Court's earlier calculations. The Court does not believe it has authority to correct the judgment at this stage, as Defendant correctly observes. (a) The Court finds that Plaintiff's cost memorandum was timely submitted. (Cal. Rules of Ct., rule 3.1700(a)(1).) Specifically, the clerk's service of a copy of the file-stamped judgment did not specify that it was performed by order of the court or purs...

Excerpt: ...at the final fairness hearing and final approval by this Court. The class counsel, class representative and claims administrator are hereby preliminarily approved and appointed as set forth in the moton. The Court sets the following deadlines relative to this matter: -23-23 efendant shall provide Class Information to Administrator -5-23 ministrator shall mail Class Notice to Class Members. -19-23 lass Deadline for Submission of Opt-out Notices or...

Excerpt: ...ion. The examination will be performed by Dr. Alex Huanphong Phan, MD. of Alpine Orthopedics in Stockton California, whose specialty is interventional pain management and by such assistants and colleagues as Dr. Phan may call upon to assist or to advise him in the examination. The examinaton will take place at 2488 N. California St„ Stockton, on June 27, 2023, beginning at 5pm and continuing for as long as is reasonably required but in no event...

Excerpt: ... 6, 2023. No additional filings by either plaintiff or by defendants concerning this Mohon are allowed. b) GRANTED. Attorney's fees of $2,800.00 are awarded in fawr of Narinderpal Sandhu and Rajwant Sandhu and against Van Rorabaugh as the Successor Trustee of The Ruth M. Maples Revocable Trust dated March 4,1992. Van Rorabaugh, as the Successor Trustee of The Ruth M. Maples Revocable Trust dated March 4, 1992, is ordered to execute and deliver to...

Excerpt: ... by the law without regard to the intention of the parties, which is designed to restore the aggrieved party to his or her former position by return of the thing or its equivalent in money. Unilab Corp. v. Angeles-IPA (2016) 244 Cal. App. 4th 622, 639. In addition, the theory of quasi-contractual recovery is that one party has accepted and retained a benefit with full appreciation of the facts, under circumstances making it inequitable for him to...

Excerpt: ...created by the law without regard to the intention of the parties, which is designed to restore the aggrieved party to his or her former position by return of the thing or its equivalent in money. Unilab Corp. v. Angeles-IPA (2016) 244 Cal. App.4*' 622, 639. In addition, the theory of quasi-contractual recovery is that one party has accepted and retained a benefit with full appreciation of the facts, under circumstances making it inequitable for ...

Excerpt: ... submitted in connecton with Defendants' Memorandum of Costs, the Court finds that Plaintiff has met her burden of demonstrating that certain of the costs claimed are unrecoverable under Code Civ. Proc. S 1033.5 or are excessive and/or unreasonable, such that the burden shifts to Defendants to show that the items charged were for matters necessarily relevant and material to the issues inwlved in the action. (Nelson v. Anderson (1999) 72 cal.App.4...

Excerpt: ...denied as to these requests except as to the records from Kaiser Permanente Dale Road Medical Offices that concern plaintiff's mental health conditions, as admitted by plaintiff in response to Special Interrogatory No. 5. Request for Production No. 44— GRANTED. Plaintiff Wendy Speakman is ordered to serve verified amended responses to Request for Production of Documents No.'s 12 and 43, without objections, but only as to the medical records ide...

Excerpt: ...judgment based on the submitted evidence demonstrating its lack of actual or constructive notice. The burden then shifts to Plaintiff to produce admissible evidence demonstrating the existence of a triable issue of material fact. (Code Civ. Proc. S 437c(p)(2).) The Court finds that Plaintiff has met his burden in this regard, at a minimum, with regard to the issue of constructive notice. (Gov't. Code S 835(b).) Plaintiff's evidence supports an in...

Excerpt: ...uling by the California Supreme Court in Adolph v. Uber Technologies, Inc., whichever occurs first. In the Sacramento County cases which are the subject of defendant's Request for Judicial Notice the court granted the motions to compel arbitration as to plaintiff's individual claims and stayed the acton as to the representative claims. In the Merced County and Fresno County cases (Exhibits K and L) the court compelled arbitration and dismissed th...

Excerpt: ...ate determinant of good faith is whether the settlement is grossly disproportionate to what a reasonable person at the time of settlement would estimate the settlor's liability to be." (City of Grand Terrace v. superior court (1987) 192 cal.App.3d 1251, 1262.) The Court finds that Settling Defendant's application does not meet the requirements listed in Tech-Bilt Inc. v Woodward-Clyde Associates and does not proVde the Court with enough informati...

Excerpt: ...fs, to be paid by Cashman Creek Ranch LLC and Longstreth to plaintiffs' counsel Keric Cushing if Defendants accept this ruling. Otherwise, Defendants will be given additional time to respond to Plaintiff's late-filed detailed records. Plaintiffs' Request for Judicial Notice is GRANTED. Civil Code S 1717(a) provides in pertinent part that in any action on a contract, where the contract specifically provides that attorney's fees and costs, which ar...

Excerpt: ... The Court continued the hearing to May 9, 2023, and ordered petitioner Lisa Judd to file a Sur-Repl',' by no later than April 21, 2023. The Court allowed this because the respondents had made a new substantive argument in their Reply concerning the lack of proof by the petitioner as to the "probable validity" of her real property claim. Lisa Judd timely filed and served a Sur-Reply on April 21, 2023. Although not specifically allowed by the Cour...

Excerpt: ...023. (California code of Civil Procedure "2025.280(a), 2025.410 and 2025.420). The Court also finds that Plaintiff made reasonable and good faith efforts to meet and confer with Defendant through Plaintiff's multiple inviting Defendant to meet and confer with Plaintiff, as well as the multiple extensions given to Defendant to respond to said meet and confer invitatons. The Court further finds that Plaintiffs request for testimony and d G„cument...

Excerpt: ...iff's counsel to request a hearing. The Court continued the hearing to May 5, 2023, and ordered counsel for both parties to file declarations by April 28, 2023, regarding who from their office made contact with opposing counsel giving notice of their respective requests for a hearing, and also to specifically state in the declarations what part of the tentative ruling they oppose. 80th counsel timely filed declarations. It is apparent to the Cour...

Excerpt: ...s, Defendant was in possession of the full report. At the last hearing the Court attempted to discern why the initial report sent from Plaintiff's law firm was incomplete in a manner which led Defendants to err in their appraisal of the situation. Defendants also explained to the Court's satisfaction why the Defendant's representatives signed off on the prior admissions. Code Civ. Proc. S 2033.300 prov-des a safe harbor when the admission was the...

Excerpt: ...Collins; John E. Gish; and the Estate of Conrad G. Sanchez individually and collectively, as follows: $231,124.39 in reliance damages, $154,542.15 in costs, and $104,436.73 in interest through February 20, 2023, for a total judgment amount of $490,103.27, plus interest of 8% per year from February 20, 2023 through May 3, 2023. Code Civ. Proc. section 1285 provides as follows: Any party to an arbitration in which an award has been made may petitio...

Excerpt: ... January 5, 2016 to October 20, 2021. The records are to be produced by no later than Friday, May 26, 2023. The original subpoenas dated March 2,2023, issued to Aseracare Hospice, Hy-Lond Healthcare, and Sutter Gould Medical Foundation, for decedent Donna Lee Warner's medical records, sought medical records from Ms. Warner's date of birth through the present. The original subpoenas were clearly overbroad as to tme. The amended subpoenas issued on...

Excerpt: ...sition of Mr. Quijas. Mr. Quijas is ordered to make himself available for and attend and testify at his deposition. On March 15, 2023, the Court granted plaintiffs' Motion to Compel the Deposition of defendant Adolfo Torres Quijas. The Court ordered plaintiffs' counsel and defense counsel to meet and confer in good faith and set the deposition of Mr. Quijas. The Court also ordered Mr. Quijas to make himself available for and attend and testify at...

Excerpt: ... of relevant and admissible evidence with regard to Plaintiff's earnings, disciplinary matters substantially similar to those Defendant alleges were the basis for Plaintiffs termination in this case, and whether Plaintiff's separation from employment with the non-party deponent was voluntary or involuntary. The tme period for discoverable documents should be from start date to date of separation of employment. The motion to quash is therefore den...

Excerpt: ...ferences for arbitration. (See: St. Agnes Medical Center v. PacifiCare of California (2003) 31 Cal. 4th 1187, 1195; and Engal/a v. Permanente Medical Group, Inc. (1997) 5 cal. 951, 971-972.) But the Court enforces only the "Applicant Statement and Agreement," which contains a PAGA carve-out. The alleged superseding clause in one of the other agreements can't overcome a separate agreement made at the same tme. The Applicant Statement and Agreement...

Excerpt: ...n good faith, that the settlement is fair, reasonable and adequate, and that the settlement satisfies the standards and applicable requirements for preliminary approval of class action settlements under California law. The proposed settlement terms are as follows: (1) Gross Settlement Amount of $590,000.00; (2) $50,000.00 allocated for PAGA Penalties under the Private Attorney General Action of 2004 ("PAGA"), distributed 25% ($12,500.00) to the A...

Excerpt: ...FAA there is a liberal policy favoring arbitration agreements. Perry v. Thomas (1987) 482 U.S. The arbitration agreement in the Lease Agreement (Maugeri Declaration, paragraph 5, Exhibit 4) prov-des that it is governed by the Federal Arbitration Act ("FAA"), which governs transactions involving commerce. 9 U.S.C. section 2. Courts interpret FAA's term "involving commerce" broadly, finding that the phrase is the functional equivalent of "affecting...

Excerpt: ...ms that defendant Karen Emily Johnson failed to see plaintiff in the crosswalk and hit him while he was in the crosswalk. PUMF, No.'s 2 and 3. There is a disputed issue of fact as to whether Mr. Lopez was actually walking in the marked crosswalk and whether or not Ms. Johnson is at fault. Ms. Johnson claims that Mr. Lopez was not in the crosswalk she did not see him there, and that prior to initiating her turning movement, she observed traffic an...

Excerpt: ... exist, and that plaintiff is entitled to summary judgment. Open Book Account Code Civ. Proc. section 337a defines "book account" as follows: The term "book account" means a detailed statement which constitutes the principal record of one or more transactons between a debtor and a creditor arising out of a contract or some fiduciary relation, and shows the debits and credits in connection therewith, and against whom and in favor of whom entries a...

Excerpt: ... declarations prov-ded by Defendants authenticate the pictures themselves. OVERRULED. SUSTAINED. OVERRULED. OVERRULED. SUSTAINED as to the "I am informed and believe" statement only. OVERRULED. see number 2. SUSTAINED. Defendants Evidentiary Objections to the Declaration of Lori Sicard: 2. 3. 4. 5. SUSTAINED. OVERRULED. The reason for the delay in pursuing the matter has raised. OVERRULED. See below. The parties raise issues in a manner that is u...

Excerpt: ...fficient at the pleading stage to state the challenged causes of acton. In pleading, the essential facts on which a determination of the controversy depends should be stated with clearness and precision so that nothing is left to surmise. (Bernstein u Piner (1950) 98 Cal.App.2d 441). The Court finds that Plaintiff has not stated with clarity and precision essential facts on which a determination of the controversy depends such as the term of the ...

Excerpt: ...and confer with the party who filed the pleading that is subject to the motion to strike for the purpose of determining if an agreement can be reached that resolves the objections to be raised in the motion to strike. Defense counsel sufficiently met and conferred with plaintiff's counsel before filing this Motion. Moths Declaration, paragraphs 5 — 10. The Merits Code Civ. Proc. section 436 prov-des that the court may, upon a motion made pursua...

Excerpt: ...es to Plaintiffs Special Interrogatories, Set One; and for Monetary Sanctions— GRANTED, in part, DENIED, in part, unopposed. a) Plaintiff's request for an order establishing the truth of all facts and genuineness of all documents specified in Plaintiff's Request for Admissions, Set One against Dora Palominos is hereby granted. Accordingly, the truth of all facts and the genuineness of all documents specified in Plaintiff's Request for Admission...

Excerpt: ...s a matter of law. Code Civ. Proc. section 437c(c). The allegations concerning theft by plaintiff of defendant's property, and the facts concerning the grievance process engaged in by plaintiff are not relevant to the issues in this Moton. Plaintiff returned the property which defendant thought he had stolen (PMF No. 9, Itkin Declaration, Exhibit 1 (Deposition of Defendant's PMQ) 27:19-28:10) and the grievance process is a separate process from t...

Excerpt: ...Proc. section 437c(c), a motion for summary judgment shall be granted if all the papers submitted show that there is no triable issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law. As the moving party, the defendant bears the burden of persuasion that there is no triable issue of material fact in order to prevail on summary judgment. However, defendant is not required to conclusively negate an elem...

Excerpt: ..., and as to costs the Motion is ruled on under the Court's Tentative Ruling on Carol Sue Hamilton's Motion to Tax Costs. Ms. Hamilton claims that Ms. DiFazio lacks standing to file the Motion because at the time the Mohon was filed Ms. Hamilton was only the proposed administrator. However, Probate Code Section 850 petitions may be brought by any interested person, and in any event now that Ms. DiFazio has been appointed as administrator she certa...

Excerpt: ...ithin the standard of care. Doctors Medical Center of Modesto, Inc. has filed a Motion to Compel plaintiff Bernadette Davoud to Respond to Supplemental Interrogatories, Set One, and a Motion to Compel plaintiff Bernadette Davoud to Respond to Supplemental Request for Production of Documents, Set One, both of which are set to be heard on May 3, 2023, in Department 22. The Court takes both of these motions OFF-CALENDAR as being moot due to the Cour...

Excerpt: .../or its Counsel of Record The Law Office of Clark Hill LLP in the amount of $3,051.65; c) Plaintiff's Motion to Compel Responses to Request for Production of Documents, Set One against Defendant Budget Inn and Requests for Costs, Sanctions, and Attorney Fees against Defendant Budget Inn and/or its Counsel of Record The Law Office of Clark Hill LLP in the amount of $3,061.65; d) Plaintiff's Motion to have Request for Admissions, Set One, Deemed Ad...