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2023.03.23 Motion to File Amended General Denial 320
Location: Tulare
Judge: Mathias, David D
Hearing Date: 2023.03.23
Excerpt: ...nc.'s ongoing bankruptcy and stipulations regarding the corporation's defense of this case by the bankruptcy trustees. The Court notes no trial date has been reset in this matter. Authority and Analysis The Court may, in the furtherance of justice, and uinn any terms as may be proper, allow a party to amend any pleading. (CINIe Civ. Proc. SS 473, 576.) In general, California courts liberally exercise discretion to permit amendment of pleadings in...
2023.03.23 Motion for Summary Judgment 084
Location: Tulare
Judge: Mathias, David D
Hearing Date: 2023.03.23
Excerpt: ...rporation, Abeer Hafez, D.D.S„ Inc. since 2016. (UMF No. 1.) Plaintiff Amber Burkett was first seen by Dr. Hafez on a referral from a general dentist for evaluation of maxillary tooth #15, with the initial visit occurring on Monday, October 28, 2019. (UMF No. 2.) Plaintiff Amber presented complaining of pain in tooth #15 for four (4) months, with the tooth chipping prior to the initial visit causing an increase in pain and complaints that she w...
2023.03.20 Motion for Summary Judgment, Adjudication 260
Location: Tulare
Judge: Ide, Nathan
Hearing Date: 2023.03.20
Excerpt: ...ton Pistachio of Terra Bella, who allegedly "owned/operated/controlled" the property where the pit was constructed; Industrial Design & Construction, who Setton allegedly hired to construct the pit; and Paul Hankins, who was allegedly hired by Setton to excavate it. The Peregrinas allege a first cause of action for negligence and related second cause for premises liability based on allegations the pit was negligently excavated and maintained by d...
2023.03.20 Motion for Final Approval of Class Action Settlement, for Attorney Fees 528
Location: Tulare
Judge: Ide, Nathan
Hearing Date: 2023.03.20
Excerpt: ...r September 18, 2023, 8:30 am in Department 2. Plaintiff's motion for final approval of class action settlement, attorneys' fees, costs, enhancement award, and class certification for settlement purposes came on for hearing on March 13, 2023. The Court finds and rules as follows: On March 6, 2023, the settlement administrator Simpluris, through its Case Manager, filed a declaration detailing the follow-ng events. On September 27, 2022 the adminis...
2023.03.20 Motion for Final Approval of Class Action and PAGA Settlement, Attorney Fees 414
Location: Tulare
Judge: Ide, Nathan
Hearing Date: 2023.03.20
Excerpt: ... approval of class action and PAGA settlement, attorneys' fees, costs, enhancement award, LWDA payment and class certification for settlement purposes came on for hearing on March 13, 2023. The Court finds and rules as follows: On February 17, 2023, the settlement administrator Phoenix Settlement Administrators, through its Case Manager, filed a declaration detailing the following events. On September 27, 2022 the administrator received a mailing...
2023.03.20 Motion for Final Approval of Class Action and PAGA Settlement, Attorney Fees 113
Location: Tulare
Judge: Ide, Nathan
Hearing Date: 2023.03.20
Excerpt: ...or final approval of class action and PAGA settlement, attorneys' fees, costs, enhancement award, LWDA payment and class certification for settlement purposes came on for hearing on March 20, 2023. The Court finds and rules as follows: On February 24, 2023, the settlement administrator Phoenix Settlement Administrators, through its Case Manager, filed a declaration detailing the following events. On November 21, 2022 the administrator received a ...
2023.03.17 Motion to Vacate Default Judgment and Stay Execution of Judgment 922
Location: Tulare
Judge: Hillman, Bret
Hearing Date: 2023.03.17
Excerpt: ...This unlawful detainer matter, filed February 15, 2023, involves property located at 417 N. "L" St. #A Tulare, CA 93274 ("Subject Property.") (Complaint '13.) The Court notes this action is based on a three day notice to pay or quit. (Complaint 99.) As to moving party Defendant Torres, Plaintiff filed a proof of service indicating personal service of this lawsuit and summons on Defendant Torres occurred on February 17, 2023. On March 7, 2023, thi...
2023.03.17 Motion for Final Approval of Class Action and PAGA Settlement, Attorney Fees 113
Location: Tulare
Judge: Ide, Nathan
Hearing Date: 2023.03.17
Excerpt: ...or final approval of class action and PAGA settlement, attorneys' fees, costs, enhancement award, LWDA payment and class certification for settlement purposes came on for hearing on March 20, 2023. The Court finds and rules as follows: On February 24, 2023, the settlement administrator Phoenix Settlement Administrators, through its Case Manager, filed a declaration detailing the following events. On November 21, 2022 the administrator received a ...
2023.03.16 Motion for Relief from Default or Stay of Execution of Writ 780
Location: Tulare
Judge: Hillman, Bret
Hearing Date: 2023.03.16
Excerpt: ...s property located at 13930 Idaho, Orosi, CA 93647. Plaintiff filed the complaint February 9, 2023, and effected personal service on Defendant Jimenez February 10, 2023. On February 17, 2023, defendant filed a motion to quash service of summons. In that motion she indicated she would submit on the papers filed without appearance. On 22, 2023, the court held a hearing on a motion to quash filed by defendant and denied the motion. On March 2, 2023,...
2023.03.16 Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Action and PAGA Settlement 985
Location: Tulare
Judge: Mathias, David D
Hearing Date: 2023.03.16
Excerpt: ...lysis relating to the reasonable value of this case so that the Court may compare it to the proposed settlement amount, attorney rate and hours information to calculate the lodestar, the presently incurred costs and proof of submission of the settlement to the LWDA. On March 9, 2023, counsel submitted a supplemental declaration addressing these issues, as indicated below. 1. Sufficiency of Amount of Settlement (Net Estimated: $122,750) The gross ...
2023.03.16 Motion for Attorney Fees 930
Location: Tulare
Judge: Mathias, David D
Hearing Date: 2023.03.16
Excerpt: ...default was entered against both and, after a prcwe up hearing on February 8, 2022, the Court found judgment in favor of Plaintiffs in the amount of $25,400.45. The parties entered a lease concerning the tenancy which contained a provision for reasonable attorneys' fees to be awarded to the prevailing party in an achon brought for recovery of rent or breach of covenant contained in the lease as follows: "[t]he prevailing party in an action brough...
2023.03.14 Motion for Final Approval of Class Action and PAGA Settlement 326
Location: Tulare
Judge: Hillman, Bret
Hearing Date: 2023.03.14
Excerpt: ...' fees, costs, enhancement award, LWDA payment and class certification for settlement purposes came on for hearing on March 14, 2023. The Court finds and rules as follows: On February 17, 2023, the settlement administrator Phoenix Settlement Administrators, through its Case Manager, filed a declaration detailing the following events. On November 3, 2022 the administrator received a mailing list of 1,932 potential class members from Defendant's co...
2023.03.14 Motion to Strike Punitive Damages 078
Location: Tulare
Judge: Johnson, Gary M
Hearing Date: 2023.03.14
Excerpt: ...e of bed bugs in room number 222 (the "Room"), and damages therefrom, at Defendant's Porterville Lodging LLC's hotel. (Complaint 92.) Plaintiff seeks punitive damages as to the nuisance cause of action. Relevant here, Plaintiff alleges she entered into a hotel rental agreement to stay as a guest in the room between December 15, 2020 and January 23, 2021. (Complaint 26.) Plaintiff further alleges that in January 2021, she noticed the bed bug infes...
2023.03.14 Motion to Compel Production of Psychological Records 772
Location: Tulare
Judge: Hillman, Bret
Hearing Date: 2023.03.14
Excerpt: ...e are Plaintiff's psychological records from Kings View. Defendant indicates that, pursuant to prior discovery requests directed at Plaintiff, Plaintiff has some, but not all, records from Kings View. Further, Defendant indicates that Plaintiff was presented with an authorization form to release the records, but that no such authorization form has been executed as of the date of this motion. Defendants indicate that the subpoena was issued to Kin...
2023.03.14 Petition for Approval of Minor's Compromise 149
Location: Tulare
Judge: Johnson, Gary M
Hearing Date: 2023.03.14
Excerpt: ...the parent of the 4-year-old minor Marcellus Luque. Petitioner now brings a petition to approve the compromise of a settlement offerto the minor child. According to the Petition, on April 28, 2019, the minor was a passenger in a vehicle that was rear ended by Defendant Darron R. Burrill, allegedly while employed by Defendant Brahma Group, Inc. (Petition at 4, 5.) Injunes The minor child suffered emotional distress damages but has fully recovered ...
2023.03.07 Special Motion to Strike 387
Location: Tulare
Judge: Hillman, Bret
Hearing Date: 2023.03.07
Excerpt: ...n 425.16, California's anti-SLAPP statute. I. Background 1. The personal injury action In the underlying prior personal injury action (Tulare Superior Court Case No. VCU283263), Martinez sued various defendants for injuries allegedly sustained during an incident on June 21, 2018, in which she fell down a flight of stairs located on property at 303 N. D Street in Porterville, CA. Martinez filed her complaint on June 19, 2020. Martinez named, as de...
2023.03.07 Motion to Compel Arbitration 490 (2)
Location: Tulare
Judge: Hillman, Bret
Hearing Date: 2023.03.07
Excerpt: ...l 28, 2022, alleges causes of action for: (1) Violation of Subdivision (d) of Civil Code Section 1793.2 (express warranty) (2) Violation of Subdivision (b) of Civil Code Section 1793.2 (3) Violation of Subdivision (a)(3) of Civil Code Section 1793.2 (4) Breach of the Implied Warranty of Merchantability (Civ. Code, § 1791.1; § 1794; § 1795.5) (5) Fraudulent Inducement - Concealment Plaintiffs have not sued the dealer and signatory to the RISC. ...
2023.03.07 Motion for Leave to File Amended Complaint 228
Location: Tulare
Judge: Hillman, Bret
Hearing Date: 2023.03.07
Excerpt: ...ure to pay minimum wages; (2) failure to pay overtime wages; (3) failure to provide meal periods; (4) failure to provide rest periods; (5) failure to timely pay all wages due and owing at the time of termination; (6) failure to issue accurate itemized wage statements; (7) failure to reimburse business- related expenses; and (8) unfair competition. In support, Plaintiff has attached the proposed First Amended Complaint. Plaintiff notes this case h...
2023.03.07 Demurrer to SAC 199
Location: Tulare
Judge: Hillman, Bret
Hearing Date: 2023.03.07
Excerpt: ...amend as to the City as to the Tenth and Eleventh causes of action. (The Court notes it previously sustained the demurrer by Defendants Fahoum, Jason Salazar, Sergio Pineda, Marisa Burkdoll, Nathan Berry, Nicholas Fistolera, Damon Maurice and Velverde as to the Tenth and Eleventh causes of action without leave to amend.); To overrule the demurrer Sixth cause of action as to Defendant Fahoum and order Defendant Fahoum to “answer or otherwise ple...
2023.03.06 Motion to Vacate Judgment After Trial and Stay Execution of Judgment 818
Location: Tulare
Judge: Hillman, Bret
Hearing Date: 2023.03.06
Excerpt: ...ession for Plaintiff after trial, cancelled the rental agreement, issued the writ immediately, and awarded $9,148.64 to Plaintiff in past due rent, attorneys' fees, holdover damages and costs. Defendant Marina Moreno seeks to vacate the judgment and/or stay execution thereof on the basis that she was present outside the courtroom, but mistakenly believed she had to wait one hour and forty-five minutes for her case to be called and remained outsid...
2023.03.06 Motion to Vacate Default Judgment and Stay Execution of Judgment 781
Location: Tulare
Judge: Ide, Nathan
Hearing Date: 2023.03.06
Excerpt: ..., filed February 8, 2023, involves property located at 309 1/2 W. Tulare Ave. Visalia, Calif. 93277 (“Subject Property.”) (Complaint ¶3.) The Court notes this action is based on a three-day notice to pay rent or quit. On February 22, 2023, Plaintiff filed proofs of service indicating personal service was made on Defendants Janet Cross, Jason Cross and Jennifer Travis on February 12, 2023 by a registered process server. On February 22, 2023, ...
2023.03.06 Motion for Interlocutory Judgment 933
Location: Tulare
Judge: Ide, Nathan
Hearing Date: 2023.03.06
Excerpt: ..., 2022, default was entered as to Defendant Farias. No default judgment, however, has been entered in this case. Plaintiff now moves for an interlocutory judgment of partition by sale, for appointment of Kevin Singer as referee, and to start the process of selling the real property. Authority and Analysis Partition is an equitable action that is governed by statute. (Civ. Proc. Code, §§ 872.010 et seq.) Pursuant to the Civil Procedure Code, pro...
2023.03.02 Motion to Enforce Settlement 250
Location: Tulare
Judge: Mathias, David D
Hearing Date: 2023.03.02
Excerpt: ...ode section 17200. The Court notes no cause of action under the Private Attorney General Act (“PAGA”) in the operative complaint. Settlement Agreement The parties thereafter settled this lawsuit and executed a settlement agreement in August 2022 (“Settlement Agreement”) that agreed to and contemplated the following: “1. Within 10 days of executing this Agreement, Plaintiff shall file a First Amended Representative Action Complaint to re...
2023.03.02 Motion for Summary Judgment 084
Location: Tulare
Judge: Mathias, David D
Hearing Date: 2023.03.02
Excerpt: ...complaining that her dentist said she had an infection in tooth No. 18, in which she had a root canal years earlier. (UMF No. 1.) At the time of the evaluation, Dr. Olson noted that Plaintiff Amber had no pain, and no sensitivity to cold or percussion tooth No. 18. (UMF No 2.) Following the evaluation Dr. Olson diagnosed asymptomatic apical periodontitis and concluded that Plaintiff Amber required non-surgical root canal treatment therapy, follow...
2023.02.27 Motion to Consolidate 788
Location: Tulare
Judge: Ide, Nathan
Hearing Date: 2023.02.27
Excerpt: ...Case No. VCU293788, and his Private Attorney General Act (PAGA) action, Case No. VCU293928, for all purposes. Class Action Case - VCU293788 In this case, Plaintiff sues Defendant individually and on behalf of others similarly situated for 1) failure to pay overtime wages; (2) failure to pay minimum wages; (3) meal period violations; (4) rest period violations; (5) failure to pay sick pay; (6) failure to pay reporting time; (7) secret underpayment...

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