Excerpt: ...est for monetary sanctions is granted. The court orders Defendants Bill Dolan and United Signs International to pay to Plaintiff the sum of $390.00 as a monetary sanction. Sanctions are payable within ten (10) days of this order. Proof of service in the file indicates notice of the motion was adequate. No response to the motion has been filed. Plaintiff's moving papers are sufficient to establish Defendants have failed to respond to properly prop...

Excerpt: ...e Defenses asserted in Defendants' Answer, with 10 days leave to amend. (1) Demurrer to Answer No response to the demurrer has been filed. Defendants' Second through Eighteenth Affirmative Defenses asserted in their answer contain no factual allegations to support any of the affirmative defenses. Plaintiff's demurrer is sustained as to each of these affirmative defenses under CCP 430.20(b). Defendants may be able to assert facts sufficient to sup...

Excerpt: ...eeking amounts claimed due from Defendant for various wage and hour violations. Defendant has opposed Plaintiff's Complaint. The parties participated in mediation and have executed a settlement agreement to resolve the claims of eligible class members. The class consists of 69 former and current employees who worked at Defendant's dairy. The gross settlement is for $250,000.00. If all of Plaintiff's requested deductions were approved, the net set...

Excerpt: ...e Defenses asserted in Defendants' Answer, with 10 days leave to amend. (1) Demurrer to Answer No response to the demurrer has been filed. Defendants' Second through Eighteenth Affirmative Defenses asserted in their answer contain no factual allegations to support any of the affirmative defenses. Plaintiff's demurrer is sustained as to each of these affirmative defenses under CCP 430.20(b). Defendants may be able to assert facts sufficient to sup...

Excerpt: ... includes the amount of $960.00 as attorneys' fees under CCP 1717.7(c). Proof of service in the file indicates notice of the motion was adequate. No response to the motion has been filed. Defendant's moving papers are sufficient to establish Defendant was the prevailing party in this action to recover on an open book account. Defendant is entitled to recover as costs his reasonable attorneys' fees not to exceed $960.00. (CCP 1717.7(c).) Defendant...

Excerpt: ...fficient to show the settlement between Woodside Homes and Talons Landscape Development, Inc. was made in good faith and is reasonable under CCP 877.6 and Tech Bilt, Inc. v. Woodward‐Clyde & Associates (1985) 38 Cal.3d 488. If no one requests oral argument, the court is prepared to sign the form of order lodged by Movant. ...

Excerpt: ... when a third party purchased the property through escrow which closed on or about January 3, 2018 shortly after this action was commenced in December of 2017. As a result of the property sale, the only issue remaining between the parties is whether Plaintiff is entitled to recover from Defendants some portion of the amounts Defendants were paid out of escrow for the release of their liens. In no event will any determination by this court in this...

Excerpt: ...ble to locate Respondent to effectuate personal service. Notice has been posted at the subject property in Exeter and notice has been mailed to Respondent's last known address in the People's Republic of China. No response to the petition or to the motion has been filed. Petitioner has not received any contact from Respondent. The petition and motion involve commercial real property in Exeter which appears to have been abandoned. The property has...

Excerpt: ... includes the amount of $960.00 as attorneys' fees under CCP 1717.7(c). Proof of service in the file indicates notice of the motion was adequate. No response to the motion has been filed. Defendant's moving papers are sufficient to establish Defendant was the prevailing party in this action to recover on an open book account. Defendant is entitled to recover as costs his reasonable attorneys' fees not to exceed $960.00. (CCP 1717.7(c).) Defendant...

Excerpt: ... when a third party purchased the property through escrow which closed on or about January 3, 2018 shortly after this action was commenced in December of 2017. As a result of the property sale, the only issue remaining between the parties is whether Plaintiff is entitled to recover from Defendants some portion of the amounts Defendants were paid out of escrow for the release of their liens. In no event will any determination by this court in this...

Excerpt: ...ble to locate Respondent to effectuate personal service. Notice has been posted at the subject property in Exeter and notice has been mailed to Respondent's last known address in the People's Republic of China. No response to the petition or to the motion has been filed. Petitioner has not received any contact from Respondent. The petition and motion involve commercial real property in Exeter which appears to have been abandoned. The property has...

Excerpt: ...ion that supports compliance with §430.41(a)(3) as set forth in this ruling. If the moving party has complied with CCP 430.41 as set forth herein, the Court will publish a tentative ruling that addresses the merits of this demurrer on the day before the continued hearing date. In the event of non-compliance, defendant Sepulveda's demurrer will be overruled on those grounds. Any party that demurrers to a pleading must comply with the mandatory pr...

Excerpt: ...udicial Notice is granted as to Items 1-6 of plaintiff's Request for Judicial Notice under Evidence Code §452(d). Plaintiff's Request for Judicial Notice is granted as to Item #7 of plaintiff's Request for Judicial Notice only as to the date of filing of the documents on file with the Court for this action and as to minute orders and other orders for this case that appear in the Court's file. Except for orders from the Court that appear in the C...

Excerpt: ... being filed. Plaintiff's Request for Judicial Notice is granted as to Exhibits “JN 1” and “JN 2” under Evidence Code §452(a) and §452(b) OPERATIVE FACTS Plaintiff AEB's complaint alleges that within the last four years Dolan and USI became indebted to AEB for goods, wares, and merchandise obtained from AEB at Dolan and USI's request under a line of credit that Dolan and USI had obtained. Dolan and USI applied to AEB for a credit card a...

Excerpt: ...To calendar an Order to Show Cause to be heard on August 2, 2018 at 8:30 a.m.in Department 2 of this court as to why defendant Sheena Velasquez's answer to plaintiff's complaint should not be stricken and a default judgment entered against this defendant, and why monetary sanctions under CCP §177.5 in the amount of $750.00 should not be imposed against defendant Velasquez based on defendant's disobedience of the Court's November 30, 2017 order. ...

Excerpt: ...Cal. App. 4th 116, 129. 1. Sufficiency of Amount of Settlement This class action relates to 5,245 employees of Defendants' Dairy and Cheese production facilities. Plaintiffs seek recovery for Defendants' failure to provide adequate meal breaks. The parties reached a settlement of Plaintiffs' claims at mediation. The gross amount to be paid by Defendants under the settlement is $3,200,000.00. If all of Plaintiffs' requested deductions were approve...

Excerpt: ...ing: To sustain Defendant's demurrer with leave to amend. Plaintiffs shall have twenty days to amend their complaint. OPERATIVE FACTS On July 14, 2006, plaintiffs Linden and Odessa Beckford (“The Beckfords”) obtained a loan in the amount of $85,000.00 to purchase the investment property at 19497 Road 234, Strathmore, California 93267 “as a rental unit.” The Beckfords executed a promissory note that was secured by a deed of trust recorded ...

Excerpt: ...ial District's Demurrer as to Plaintiff's Complaint is sustained without leave to amend All parties to this action were given timely and proper notice of this demurrer. There has been no response to this demurrer As to Exhibit “A,” defendant's request for judicial notice is granted only as to the date of filing of the plaintiff's complaint in this present action. Except for orders from the Court that appear in the Court's file for this case, ...

Excerpt: ...(c)) and must view the evidence and inferences "in the light most favorable to the opposing party." See Aguilar v. Atlantic Richfield Co. (2001) 25 Cal.4th 826, 843; Ragland v. U.S. Bank Nat'/ Assn. (2012) 209 Cal.App.4th 182, 199 "If a party moving for summary judgment . . . would prevail at trial without submission of any issue of material fact to a trier of fact for determination, then he should prevail on summary judgment." Ag...

Excerpt: ... all defendants except Castlewood Partners, Inc. without leave to amend as to plaintiff's first and second causes of action and directed the plaintiff to file an amended complaint within thirty days from the notice of this ruling. The notice of ruling was served by mail on April 24, 2018, and on May 2, 2018 plaintiff responded with the motion for reconsideration that is presently before this Court. AUTHORITY AND ANALYSIS The legislative intent be...

Excerpt: ...ttlement that was preliminarily approved on February 8, 2018, including the supporting declarations of Javier Larios, Norman Alcantara, Santos Gomez, and Gregory N. Karasik. From this review the Court makes the following findings; (1) The requirements for class certification under Code of Civil Procedure §382 are satisfied as to, and certifying for settlement purposes, a settlement class comprised of all persons who at any time between March 9, ...

Excerpt: ...inal approval of class action settlement that was preliminarily approved on March 15, 2018, including the supporting declarations of Manuel Soto, Maria Esmeralda Vizzusi, Santos Gomez, and Mai C. Vang. From this review the Court makes the following findings: 1. All the requirements for class certification under Code of Civil Procedure §382 are satisfied as to, and certifying for settlement purposes, a settlement class comprised of all persons wh...