Excerpt: ...ns, both of which are available at https://www.ventura.courts.ca.gov/C21.html. Parties and counsel choosing to appear via Zoom must provide notice of your intent to appear remotely by email to [email protected], with a subject line that includes “NOTICE TO APPEAR VIA ZOOM.” If you fail to e -mail the court that you intend to appear remotely, your remote appearance may be delayed or denied. Parties and counsel appearing for ora...

Excerpt: ...available at https://www.ventura.courts.ca.gov/C21.html. Parties and counsel choosing to appear via Zoom must provide notice of your intent to appear remotely by email to [email protected], with a subject line that includes “NOTICE TO APPEAR VIA ZOOM.” If you fail to e -mail the court that you intend to appear remotely, your remote appearance may be delayed or denied. Parties and counsel appearing for oral argument should addr...

Excerpt: ... to appear b y CourtCall, you must make arrangements with CourtCall by 4:00 p.m. the court day before your scheduled hearing. Requests for approval of a CourtCall appearance made on the morning of the hearing will not be granted. No exceptions will be made. For Zoom appearances, all counsel appearing by Zoom must email the court at [email protected] with a simultaneous copy to all other counsel/selfrepresented parties no later tha...

Excerpt: ...ventura.cour ts.ca.gov, with a subject line that includes “NOTICE TO APPEAR VIA ZOOM.” If you fail to e -mail the court that you intend to appear remotely, your remote appearance may be delayed or denied. Parties and counsel appearing for oral argument should address the tentative decision. Parties may submit on the tentative decision by email, with a copy to all other parties in the matter, to [email protected] before 8:00 a....

Excerpt: ...ining causes of action. Leave to amend is DENIED. Plaintiff has failed to meet his burden of showing what facts he could plead to cure the existing defects in his allegations. Counsel for Defendant to give notice of the Court's ruling. Background: This wrongful termination action arises from Joseluis Guzman's (the “Plaintiff”) employment with SSV Works, Inc. (the “Defendant”). Plaintiff began his employment with Defendant on June 1, 2022,...

Excerpt: ...urt. (See Co de of Civil Procedure §397.) This action shall be transferred to the Santa Barbara County Superior Court, Santa Maria Branch, Cook Division. Plaintiff Meiwan Huang is ordered to pay all transfer costs within 30 days. (See Code of Civil Procedure §399(a).) Analysis: Plaintiff Mewan Huang's Complaint alleges that her residential unit in Santa Maria was damaged by Defendants' negligence. Defendants Antonio Trejo and Jocelyn Hernandez ...

Excerpt: ...f you wish t o appear by CourtCall, you must make arrangements with CourtCall by 4:00 p.m. the court day before your scheduled hearing. Requests for approval of a CourtCall appearance made on the morning of the hearing will not be granted. No exceptions will be made. For Zoom appearances, all counsel appearing by Zoom must email the court at [email protected] with a simultaneous copy to all other counsel/selfrepresented parties no...

Excerpt: ... webpage for more information about remote appearances. If appearing by CourtCall, call in no later than 8:30 a.m. If you wish to appear by CourtCall, you must make arrangements with CourtCall by 4:00 p.m. the court day before your scheduled hearing. Requests for approval of a CourtCall appearance made on the morning of the hearing will not be granted. No exceptions will be made. For Zoom appearances, all counsel appearing by Zoom must email the ...

Excerpt: ...intent to ap pear is required. If you wish to submit on the tentative decision, you may notify the court by email to [email protected]. Please include the hearing date, the case name and case number in the message. You must include all counsel and self -represented parties on your message. The court will not respond to your email. Do not use this email address for any other purpose without the court's express permission. Do not in...

Excerpt: ...ests for Production of D ocuments (“RPD” or “RFP”) Nos. 1 -31 Tentative Ruling: Plaintiffs' motion to compel further responses to the RPD is GRANTED, except that (1) Defendant's further responses can be limited to those complaints and defects that are the same or substantially the same as those articulated by Plaintiff in the complaint and/or the RPD; (2) the scope of searches to be performed by Defendant can be limited to vehicles sold i...

Excerpt: ...wish to subm it on the tentative decision, you may notify the court by email to [email protected]. Please include the hearing date, the case name and case number in the message. You must include all counsel and self -represented parties on your message. The court will not respond to your email. Do not use this email address for any other purpose without the court's express permission. Do not include the court in any email communic...

Excerpt: ...med costs we re to be offset by the $1,325 in discovery sanctions owed by Defendant and its counsel. Thus, there is no longer any outstanding monetary sanctions order to be enforced. Further, monetary sanction orders are immediately enforceable through the execution of judgment laws. (Newland v. Superior Court (1995) 40 Cal.App.4th 608, 615.) Thus, neither a court order nor contempt proceedings are necessary in order to enforce the underlying dis...

Excerpt: ... grant if the court makes both of the following findings: ¶ (1) The party has a substantial interest in the action as a whole. ¶ (2) The health of the party is such that a preference is necessary to prevent prejudicing the party's interest in the litigation.” (Code Civ. Proc., § 36, subd. (a).) Here, Plaintiff fails to establish the prerequisites for preference. In particular, Plaintiff fails to establish any prognosis resulting from the var...

Excerpt: ...h of any mat ters stated in the court records submitted by Plaintiff. For the purposes of this motion only, the Court finds that (i) Defendant The Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles' (“the Diocese”) Material Facts Nos. 6 and 7 are undisputed and established; and (ii) the Dioceses' Material Facts Nos. 1 -5 and 8 are not genuinely disputed as stated and established. The Court does not make any findings regarding Plaintiff's Additional ...

Excerpt: ... Association's O bjection No. 1 to the declaration of Plaintiff Kyle Webber solely as to the first clause of ¶5 up to “no roll call vote of the director.” The Court overrules Objection No. 1 as to the remainder of ¶5. The Court finds, for the purposes of the present motion only, that: (i) the Association's Material Facts Nos. 1 -8 and 10 -15 are undisputed and established; (ii) the Association's Material Fact No. 16 is not genuinely dispute...

Excerpt: ...tive decisio n, you may notify the court by email to [email protected]. Please include the hearing date, the case name and case number in the message. You must include all counsel and self -represented parties on your message. The court will not respond to your email. Do not use this email address for any other purpose without the court's express permission. Do not include the court in any email communications between counsel. Do ...

Excerpt: ...position was not timely filed, and the foundation for the exhibits supporting the motion submitted by the Defendants was not established, the Court is still able to make a decision on the motion. A party may move for summary judgment of the entire action if it is contended that the action has no merit and there is no defense to the action. (CCP, § 437c, subd. (a)(1).) A motion for summary judgment shall be granted only if all of the papers submi...

Excerpt: ...sion, Set Tw o is DENIED. This is a limited -civil action. Plaintiff has violated the Grabbag Rule of 35. (Code Civ. Proc., § 94, subd. (a).) Further, Plaintiff has failed to obtain a stipulation or court order permitting additional discovery. (Code Civ. Proc., § 95, subds. (a), (b).) Thus, Plaintiff is unable to compel Defendant's further responses to these unauthorized discovery requests. Plaintiff's request for sanctions is DENIED. Defendant...

Excerpt: ...all in no later than 8:30 a.m. If you wish to appear by CourtCall, you must make arrangements with CourtCall by 4:00 p.m. the court day before your scheduled hearing. Requests for approval of a CourtCall appearance made on the morning of the hearing will not be granted. No exceptions will be made. For Zoom appearances, all counsel appearing by Zoom must email the court at [email protected] with a simultaneous copy to all other cou...

Excerpt: ...second amended complaint with leave to amend one more time. Plaintiff's SAC does not fall outside the scope of the Court's 11/18/24 Order that granted her leave to amend her negligence cause of action. While Plaintiff alleged some additional facts in her amended pleading, the SAC fails to sufficiently allege that Defendant did or failed to do something that was a substantial factor in causing Plaintiff's claimed injuries. Plaintiff to file an ame...

Excerpt: ...tment 21's Z oom Appearance Instructions. The Rules & Procedures, together with Zoom Instructions, are available on the Ventura County Superior Court website at https://www.ventura.courts.ca.gov/C21.html. Parties and counsel appearing for oral argument should address the tentative decision. Parties may submit on the tentative decision by email, with a copy to all other parties in the matter, to [email protected] before 8:00 a.m. o...

Excerpt: ...n 2023.030, subdivision (d)(3). The Court strikes and dismisses the complaint filed by Plaintiff on July 24, 2023. The Court denies the motion for monetary sanctions against Plaintiff. Defendants are directed to submit to this court, within 7 days of service of the minute order issuing a ruling, a proposed judgment dismissing the action. The trial date set for April 20, 2026, is vacated, as is the Mandatory Settlement Conference set for February ...

Excerpt: ... remote appe arances. If appearing by CourtCall, call in no later than 8:30 a.m. If you wish to appear by CourtCall, you must make arrangements with CourtCall by 4:00 p.m. the court day before your scheduled hearing. Requests for approval of a CourtCall appearance made on the morning of the hearing will not be granted. No exceptions will be made. For Zoom appearances, all counsel appearing by Zoom must email the court at [email protected]...

Excerpt: ...gainst “Plaintiff and Plaint iff's counsel” (opposed); (2) To compel Chadwick to provide further responses to Form Interrogatories, Set Two (“FI”) No. 17.1, and for $262.50 in monetary sanctions against “Plaintiff and Plaintiff's counsel” (opposed); and (3) To compel Chadwick to provide further responses to Special Interrogatories, Set Two (“SI”) Nos. 62, 63, and 64 and for $285 in monetary sanctions against “Plaintiff and Plain...

Excerpt: ...ed before th e calendar is called. The Court allows appearances by CourtCall and Zoom. Refer to the Courtroom 43 webpage for more information about remote appearances. If appearing by CourtCall, call in no later than 8:30 a.m. If you wish to appear by CourtCall, you must make arrangements with CourtCall by 4:00 p.m. the court day before your scheduled hearing. Requests for approval of a CourtCall appearance made on the morning of the hearing will...

Excerpt: ...hoosing to ap pear via Zoom must follow Department 21's Zoom Appearance Instructions. The Rules & Procedures, together with Zoom Instructions, are available on the Ventura County Superior Court website at https://www.ventura.courts.ca.gov/C21.html. Parties and counsel appearing for oral argument should address the tentative decision. Parties may submit on the tentative decision by email, with a copy to all other parties in the matter, to courtroo...

Excerpt: ...jection. Defendant is NOT obligated to answer the RFA on behalf of every employee and agent it has. However, as Plaintiffs correctly point out, a corporation acts through its agents and employees, and a corporation cannot adequately respond to discovery requests without making inquiry of agents and employees who are likely to have relevant information. The Court agrees with Plaintiff that Defendant is required to inquire of agents and employees t...

Excerpt: ...��Defendant”) to properly and timely serve Crown Asset Management, LLC (“Plaintiff”) with the moving papers, including a sworn declaration from Defendant attesting to the authenticity of the purported arbitration agreement and its terms, which shall be timely served and filed with the Court. (See discussion below.) Notice/Service: Defendant filed a motion to compel arbitration but did not file a proof of service tending to show that the mov...

Excerpt: ...ances. If ap pearing by CourtCall, call in no later than 8:30 a.m. If you wish to appear by CourtCall, you must make arrangements with CourtCall by 4:00 p.m. the court day before your scheduled hearing. Requests for approval of a CourtCall appearance made on the morning of the hearing will not be granted. No exceptions will be made. For Zoom appearances, all counsel appearing by Zoom must email the court at [email protected] with ...

Excerpt: ...oom 43 webpa ge for more information about remote appearances. If appearing by CourtCall, call in no later than 8:30 a.m. If you wish to appear by CourtCall, you must make arrangements with CourtCall by 4:00 p.m. the court day before your scheduled hearing. Requests for approval of a CourtCall appearance made on the morning of the hearing will not be granted. No exceptions will be made. For Zoom appearances, all counsel appearing by Zoom must ema...

Excerpt: ...out remote appearances. If appearing by CourtCall, call in no later than 8:30 a.m. If you wish to appear by CourtCall, you must make arrangements with CourtCall by 4:00 p.m. the court day before your scheduled hearing. Requests for approval of a CourtCall appearance made on the morning of the hearing will not be granted. No exceptions will be made. For Zoom appearances, all counsel appearing by Zoom must email the court at [email protected]...

Excerpt: ...information about remote appearances. If appearing by CourtCall, call in no later than 8:30 a.m. If you wish to appear by CourtCall, you must make arrangements with CourtCall by 4:00 p.m. the court day before your scheduled hearing. Requests for approval of a CourtCall appearance made on the morning of the hearing will not be granted. No exceptions will be made. For Zoom appearances, all counsel appearing by Zoom must email the court at Courtroom...

Excerpt: ...mation about remote appearances. If appearing by CourtCall, call in no later than 8:30 a.m. If you wish to appear by CourtCall, you must make arrangements with CourtCall by 4:00 p.m. the court day before your scheduled hearing. Requests for approval of a CourtCall appearance made on the morning of the hearing will not be granted. No exceptions will be made. For Zoom appearances, all counsel appearing by Zoom must email the court at Courtroom43@ve...

Excerpt: ...pearing by C ourtCall, call in no later than 8:30 a.m. If you wish to appear by CourtCall, you must make arrangements with CourtCall by 4:00 p.m. the court day before your scheduled hearing. Requests for approval of a CourtCall appearance made on the morning of the hearing will not be granted. No exceptions will be made. For Zoom appearances, all counsel appearing by Zoom must email the court at [email protected] with a simultaneo...

Excerpt: ...ing party in this Song -Beverly Act lemon law case. The Court has considered the moving papers, opposition, reply, and evidentiary objections. The Court SUSTAINS Plaintiff's objection No. 4 and OVERRULES the remaining objections. The Court has considered Plaintiff's analysis in support of its request for a 1.5 multiplier on the Lodestar amount of attorney's fees accrued by Plaintiff but is not persuaded that this action was particularly complex o...

Excerpt: ...yment law (set no. 1) was served on Alliance. Unless Plaintiff submits proof of timely service of her moving papers on Alliance, then deny Plaintiff's motion based on lack of service and notice. Award no monetary sanctions. [if Plaintiff does submit, at or prior to the hearing on this motion, proof of timely service of her moving papers on Alliance, then the Court WILL consider ruling as follows: Deny Plaintiff Jane Doe's request for an order com...

Excerpt: ...atements to gove rnment agency, civil rights violations, Sterling Davis Act violations, professional negligence, breach of confidentiality, civil harassment and breach of fiduciary duties against Defendants. Plaintiff sues Defendants Sam Shewa aka Sabawoon Shewa, California HOA Solutions, Inc., Steven Waisbren, Esq., and Mountain Valley Homeowner's Association (MVHOA). Plaintiff initially attempted serving all defendants at the courthouse (VCSC) ...

Excerpt: ...ules of Ct., rules 8.278(c)(2), 3.1700(b)(1).) Thus, the Intervenors' right to challenge the claimed costs has been waived. Defendant Aluminum Precision Productions, Inc.'s shall be entitled to recover the entirety of the $2,211.51 in costs claimed in its Memorandum of Costs on Appeal. Counsel for the opposing party to give notice of the Court's ruling. This PAGA action was brought by Plaintiff Maikel Gonzalez (the “Plaintiff”) against his fo...

Excerpt: ...sh to submit on the tentative decision, you may notify the court by email to [email protected]. Please include the hearing date, the case name and case number in the message. You must include all counsel and self -represented parties on your message. The court will not respond to your email. Do not use this email address for any other purpose without the court's express permission. Do not include the court in any email communicati...

Excerpt: ...by Court Cal l must check in with the Judicial Assistant by 8:10 a.m. No notice of intent to appear is required. Parties wishing to submit on the tentative decision must so notify the Court by e -mail at [email protected]. Do not call in lieu of sending an e -mail. If a party submits on the tentative decision without appearing, but another party appears, the hearing will be conducted in the absence of the non -appearing party. Eff...

Excerpt: ...llows appear ances by CourtCall and Zoom. Refer to the Courtroom 43 webpage for more information about remote appearances. If appearing by CourtCall, call in no later than 8:30 a.m. If you wish to appear by CourtCall, you must make arrangements with CourtCall by 4:00 p.m. the court day before your scheduled hearing. Requests for approval of a CourtCall appearance made on the morning of the hearing will not be granted. No exceptions will be made. ...

Excerpt: ...stablished. AMF 9, 13, 29 -32 are not established. Here, the essential facts are undispu ted. Aguayo and Romero leased a new vehicle (“Malibu”) in 2016. At the end of the lease term, Aguayo alone purchased the Malibu from Paradise Chevrolet in 2019 with a balance of the unexpired manufacturer's powertrain warranty issued as part of the original 2016 lease. With undisputed facts, the issue becomes a question of law as to whether the 2019 purch...

Excerpt: ...ts' moving pape rs indicate that they were served electronically on Plaintiff's counsel on November 18, 2024. On August 12, 2024, Plaintiff Jeremiah Sobenes filed a Complaint against Defendants Lior Eden Abraviya, Yossi Abraviya, and Esther Ezra asserting a single cause of action for negligence. The gist of Plaintiff's allegations is that Defendants were the owners/operators of a BMV vehicle that, on July 6, 2024, on the SR -33 northbound near St...

Excerpt: ...e decision, you may notify the court by email to [email protected]. Please include the hearing date, the case name and case number in the message. You must include all counsel and self -represented parties on your message. The court will not respond to your email. Do not use this email address for any other purpose without the court's express permission. Do not include the court in any email communications between counsel. Do not ...

Excerpt: ...quest for Monetary Sanctions in the Amount of $5,160.00 is CONTINUED. The pa rties are ordered to meet and confer regarding the scheduling of the deposition of Defendant Michael Weyrick and the objections made to the documents demanded from the notice of deposition. The court orders that 10 court days before the continued hearing, the parties are required to file a Joint Statement, discussing what issues remain between the parties following the m...

Excerpt: ...uses of Acti on in the Complaint, SUSTAIN with leave to amend as to the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Causes of Action; SUSTAIN without leave to amend as to 2nd Cause of Action. On Defendant Los Robles Regional Medical Center dba Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center's Motion to Strike Portions of the Complaint, GRANT with leave to amend. A determination by the court that the meet and confer process was insufficient shall not be grounds to overrule or sustain...

Excerpt: ...ve requests for jud icial notice are GRANTED. (See Evid. Code, § 452, subd. (d).) 2) Cross -Defendants' respective anti -SLAPP motions are GRANTED. Cross -Defendant has shown that all the allegations in the complaint arise from protected activity. (See Code Civ. Pro., § 425.16, subds. (e)(1) & (2).) Since Plaintiff has not opposed the motion, he failed to show a probability of prevailing. In any event, the face of the complaint, exhibits attach...

Excerpt: ...e Court allo ws appearances by CourtCall and Zoom. Refer to the Courtroom 43 webpage for more information about remote appearances. If appearing by CourtCall, call in no later than 8:30 a.m. If you wish to appear by CourtCall, you must make arrangements with CourtCall by 4:00 p.m. the court day before your scheduled hearing. Requests for approval of a CourtCall appearance made on the morning of the hearing will not be granted. No exceptions will ...

Excerpt: ... and violati ons of the RFDCPA) lacks merit because that defense is not addressed by the RFA. Since Plaintiff failed to show that one of the defenses lacks merit, Plaintiff's motion for judgment on the pleadings should be DENIED. This is an action for breach of contract and common counts to recover alleged credit card debt. Plaintiff seeks to recover $16,165.69, plus interest. Defendant filed an answer containing a general denial and affirmative ...

Excerpt: ...arances. If appearing by CourtCall, call in no later than 8:30 a.m. If you wish to appear by CourtCall, you must make arrangements with CourtCall by 4:00 p.m. the court day before your scheduled hearing. Requests for approval of a CourtCall appearance made on the morning of the hearing will not be granted. No exceptions will be made. For Zoom appearances, all counsel appearing by Zoom must email the court at [email protected] with...