Excerpt: ...Plaintiff seeks relief from the claim presentation requirement via this Petition as to her complaint for wrongful death based on medical malpractice and survival achon based on negligence. The Petition states that Decedent Kathryn Gress died on August 27, 2021. (Petition 93.) The Decedent was treated at Kaweah's facilities from October 16, 2020 through May 19, 2021. (Petition 92.) The Petiton further states that, after Decedent's death, Petitione...

Excerpt: ...nts Best Buy Warehousing Logistics, LLC, Best Buy Stores, L.P., and Jesus Vargas. Defendants have not yet filed an answer. Defendants, collectively, now move this Court to compel arbitration and to dismiss or stay this civil action pursuant to an Arbitration Policy. Request for Judicial Notice Defendants attach a number of trial court level decisions in their favor on arbitration motions from California and Federal Courts. These unpublished decis...

Excerpt: ...reble damages under Code of Civil Procedure section 340.1. Plaintiff alleges she was sexually abused by her high school teacher Bob Doyle while she was a student at Dinuba High School. Plaintiff alleges Doyle's abuse of her began when she was approximately 14 years old and occurred during a period approximately between 1999 and 2002. Plaintiff alleges she was abused by Doyle "in and on the campus of Dinuba High School, during lunch, before and af...

Excerpt: ...nt, attorneys' fees, costs, enhancement award, LWDA payment and class certification for settlement purposes came on for hearing on May 9, 2023. The Court finds and rules as follows: On April 6, 2023, the settlement administrator IYLM Group, Inc., through its Case Manager, filed a declaration detailing the following events. On November 11, 2022, the administrator received a mailing list of 8,551 potential class members from Defendant's counsel wit...

Excerpt: ...q, and for wrongful termination in violation of public policy resulting from her former employment with Kaweah as a registered nurse. On September 23, 2021, Plaintiff filed a claim (the "Claim") for personal injuries to the Board of Directors for Defendant (the "Board"), pursuant to Government Code 5910. (Complaint 7:10-15.) Plaintiff thereafter alleges Kaweah failed to act on the claim and Plaintiff had two years to file this complaint. (Complai...

Excerpt: ...swer no later than ten (10) days after this hearing. This isa wrongful death premises liability action filed by Plaintiffs, on behalf of the estate of Decedent and individually. Decedent died after striking a metal cable connected to posts is a dimly lit area while riding an all-terrain vehicle. (Complaint at Page 4.) Plaintiffs allege the incident occurred at or near 42000 Block of Road 64, Reedley, CA and have sued a number of Defendants who ap...

Excerpt: ...bitration provision as follows: "Agreement to Arbitrate: By signing below, you agree that, pursuant to the Arbitration Provision on the reverse side of this contract, pu orwe may elect to resolve any dispute by neutral, binding arbitration and not by a court action. See the Arbitration Provision for additional information concerning the agreement arbitrate." "ARBITRATION PROVISION 1. EITHER YOU OR WE MAY CHOOSE TO HAVE ANY DISPUTE BETWEEN US DECI...

Excerpt: ...inst Respondents Auto MD of Visalia Inc. and Darrin Woodbridge arising out of a written agreement entered into by the parties on or about March 24, 2022. (Petition 1, 3b, 4; Attachment 8(c).) Specifically, the dispute subject to arbitration involved Respondent's Breach of the Future Receipt Sale Agreement wherein the parties agreed that Petitioner would purchase $37,000 worth of future receivables for $25,000 from Respondents, but that Respondent...

Excerpt: ...d, a new offer was received and accepted and Plaintiff seeks an order confirming the sale under this new offer. On November 3, 2022, Plaintiff retained her current realtor, Hollis Fernandez, License No. 01794664, and listed the Subject Property for sale to the general public. Plaintiff's current realtor, after receiving no offers for a few months, recommended incremental decreases of the list price. This also considered the issues of inspection a...

Excerpt: ...ge Christiansen Aia doing business as Christiansen Group. On January 31, 2023, George Christiansen Aia doing business as Christiansen Group filed a cross-complaint against Kaweah, and other cross-defendants, for breach of contract and quantum meruit, amongst other causes of action not subject to demurrer. The cross-complaint seeks money damages against Kaweah. The cross-complaint arises out of the same contract for which Kaweah has sued Aia. Kawe...

Excerpt: ...ormance and breach of written agreement. Plaintiff alleges on August 30, 2022, Plaintiff, as buyer, and Defendants, as sellers, entered into a California Residential Purchase Agreement and Joint Escrow Instructions (the "Agreement"), pursuant to which Plaintiff agreed to purchase and Defendants agreed to sell for a total purchase price of $900,000.00 certain residential real property. However, on September 6, 2022, Plaintiff alleges Defendants, t...

Excerpt: ...mplaint of Plaintiff Lockhart Reality Group for malicious prosecution. Defendants Law Group, APLC, Babak Kheiri, Daniel Geoulla, Dmitry Karpov only (hereinafter "Defendants") now move the Court for recovery of attorneys' fees in the amount of $39,148.57 and costs in the amount of $2,288.27 pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16(c)(1). The Court notes that Defendant Martinez has not filed a motion for fees or costs. Authority and Analy...

Excerpt: ...d Net Distribution: $75,000.) The gross settlement amount is $150,000. Plaintiff estimates approximately 182 aggrieved employees, consisting of "all individuals employed by Defendant in California as non-exempt employees at any time from the period of April 23, 2021, through the earlier of the date which the Court approves the Settlement or April 8, 2023." Plaintiff brings claims under the PAGA statute for violations of Labor Code sections 201, 2...

Excerpt: ... intoxicated and struck decedent on his motorcycle. (Declaration of Russell 92.) Defendant Robert Buhl is Defendant Bryan Buhl's father and co- owner of the van. (Declaration of Russell 94.) The complaint alleges causes of action for negligence, negligence per se, negligent entrustment and wrongful death. The prayer seeks punitive damages. After the complaint was filed, Defendant Bryan Buhl entered a nolo contendre plea for gross vehicular mansla...

Excerpt: ...proval of class action and PAGA settlement, attorneys' fees, costs, enhancement award, LWDA payment and class certification for settlement purposes came on for hearing on April 18, 2023. The Court finds and rules as follows: On March 22, 2023, the settlement administrator Phoenix Settlement Administrators, through its Case Manager, filed a declaration detailing the following events. On January 4, 2023, the administrator received a mailing list of...

Excerpt: ...rsuant to an underlying arbitration agreement and stayed this case. (Declaration of Gutierrez 94 — Ex 2.) On September 9, 2019, Plaintiff submitted a Demand for Arbitration to Judicate West. (Declaration of Gutierrez '15 — Ex 3.) On October 10, 2019, Defendant ATS filed a Response to Plaintiff Reynosa's Demand for Arbitration. (Declaration of Guterrez "6 — Ex 4.) On December July 6, 2022, the arbitrator held a preliminary conference. (Decla...

Excerpt: ... rule 3.350. At the continued motion hearing on February 28, 2023, this Court ordered consolidation of this matter, VCU288828, Fitness v. Moshin (the "Fitness Case") and VCU293786— Alhasani v. Fitness and Thrive (the "Alhasani Case"). Alhasani now seeks to set aside or modify the February 14, 2023 order that the Court would continue this matter and consolidate the cases upon the filing of various documents in compliance with the Rules of Court....

Excerpt: ...he Labor Code and for unfair competition based on Plaintiff's former employment with Defendant, but lacking any Private Attorney General Act ("PAGA") claim. However, on March 22, 2023, Plaintiff filed a second amended complaint, without leave, pursuant to Labor Code section 2699.3(a)(2)(C), which states as follows: "C) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a plaintiff may as a matter of right amend an existing complaint to add a cause of ac...

Excerpt: ...in seeking to recover the Judgment, has discovered that Defendant Robert Hart is trustee of two additional trusts, Old Oak Holdings and North Fork Assets, as alter egos of Defendant Robert Hart in which he holds title to his former community, and now separate, property in Exeter and Badger. Plaintiff now seeks to add Robert Hart, as trustee of Old Oak Holdings and as trustee of North Fork Assets, as debtors to the Judgment. North Fork Assets appe...

Excerpt: ...nal 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 April 4, 2023. The Court finds and rules as follows: On March 13, 2023, the settlement administrator ILYM Group, through its Operations Manager, filed a declaration detailing the following events. On October 25, 2022, the administrator received a mailing list of 494 potent...

Excerpt: ...nd mailing was completed in accordance with the Court's order of February 17, 2023, the court is willing to consider this evidence at the hearing. Facts Common to (1) and (2) This unlawful detainer matter involves property located at 139 E Ferguson Ave., Visalia, CA 93291 (the "Subject Property." ) Plaintiff alleges it purchased the property at a Trustee's Sale held October 4, 2022. (Complaint 94). Plaintiff alleges it has duly recorded the Trust...

Excerpt: ...ver Drive Properties Inc. (RDP) is a California Corporation doing business in Tulare County, California, which has benefitted from various stolen and converted property as set forth herein, in addition to actively interfering with MVP's property management contracts." (Complaint 92.) Plaintiff alleges that he started Mid-Valley Property Management ("MVP") in 1996, operating it under his Real Estate Broker's License as a sole proprietorship. (Comp...

Excerpt: ...he Plaintiff who is claiming post-traumatic stress disorder damages, seeks the following: "Any and all documents, paper and digital records pertaining to care, treatment and examination, including but not limited to, all office, emergency room, inpatient / outpatient charts either in hard copy or electronic and/or faxed. Any and all x-ray films, to include MRI films, CAT scans, myelograms, radiological images, ultrasounds and any other films spec...

Excerpt: ...onditional Sale Contract and Security Agreement ("Agreement"). The complaint, filed December 29, 2022, alleges causes of action for violations of the Consumer Legal Remedies Act, Violations of the Unfair Competition Law, Fraud, Violations of Song Beverly Act and Surety Bond Liability as against Defendants Thrive Sports, lnc„ Westlake Financial and Hudson Insurance Company. Defendants Thrive and Westlake Financial (collectively "Defendant") now ...

Excerpt: ...oval of class action settlement, attorneys' fees, costs, enhancement award, LWDA payment and class certification for settlement purposes came on for hearing on November 22, 2022. The Court finds and rules as follows: On February 28.2023, the settlement administrator Phoenix Settlement Administrators, through its Case Manager, filed a declaration detailing the following events. On November 18, 2022 the administrator received a mailing list of 589 ...