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2022.06.03 Motion to Set Aside or Vacate Default 052
Location: El Dorado
Judge: Sullivan, Dylan
Hearing Date: 2022.06.03
Location: El Dorado
Judge: Sullivan, Dylan
Hearing Date: 2022.06.03
Excerpt: .... Defendants move to vacate the judgment on the grounds of inadvertence, surprise, and excusable neglect due to improper service of the notification of trial in that plaintiff purportedly removed from defendant's mailbox the notification of trial. The proof of service filed on May 3, 2022, declares that notice of the hearing and a copy of the moving papers were served on plaintiff on April 21, 2022. Plaintiff's counsel admits receiving the notice...
2022.06.03 Motion to Compel Arbitration and Stay Proceedings 071
Location: El Dorado
Judge: Sullivan, Dylan
Hearing Date: 2022.06.03
Location: El Dorado
Judge: Sullivan, Dylan
Hearing Date: 2022.06.03
Excerpt: ...trial date for March 30, 2022, and set an issues conference date for March 18, 2022. During the mandatory settlement conference on January 26, 2022, the court set a trial setting conference for February 28, 2022. At the February 28, 2022, trial setting conference defendant advised the court that she had submitted a motion to compel arbitration. Plaintiff's counsel stated he was unaware of any motion having been served on his office. The court con...
2022.06.03 Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings 423
Location: El Dorado
Judge: Sullivan, Dylan
Hearing Date: 2022.06.03
Location: El Dorado
Judge: Sullivan, Dylan
Hearing Date: 2022.06.03
Excerpt: ...onal Commerce Act; a sum of money was agreed to be loaned to defendant and defendant agreed to repay all sums loaned with interest, fees and charges; a true and correct copy of that promissory note and disclosure statement is attached to the complaint as Exhibit A; that defendant owes a principal balance in the amount of $2,903.08 and post‐charge‐off interest in the amount of $691.17; the last payment date was on January 1, 2019; and despite ...
2022.06.03 Motion for Attorney Fees 402
Location: El Dorado
Judge: Sullivan, Dylan
Hearing Date: 2022.06.03
Location: El Dorado
Judge: Sullivan, Dylan
Hearing Date: 2022.06.03
Excerpt: ... tort claim. On July 22, 2019, defendant El Dorado County filed a motion for an award of attorney fees pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure, § 1038. Plaintiff opposed the motion and defendant replied to the opposition. On July 28, 2020, the court issued its ruling on the submitted motion and awarded defendant County $121,837.50 in attorney fees and $11,637.85 in costs pursuant to a memorandum of costs submitted by defendant. On August 27, 2020, p...
2022.06.03 Demurrer 294
Location: El Dorado
Judge: Sullivan, Dylan
Hearing Date: 2022.06.03
Location: El Dorado
Judge: Sullivan, Dylan
Hearing Date: 2022.06.03
Excerpt: ...way of background, on May 19, 2021, defendant Doe 1 to the complaint was identified as Terry Wilson, and on June 4, 2021, defendant Doe 2 was identified as Dawn Wilson. AAE dismissed its 4th C/A for quiet title on August 26, 2021. Default was entered against the Wilsons on October 12, 2021. Subsequently, the Wilsons moved for an order setting aside entry of default based on attorney mistake. The motion to set aside entry of default was granted Ma...
2022.06.03 Motion to Quash Subpoena Duces Tecum 482
Location: El Dorado
Judge: Sullivan, Dylan
Hearing Date: 2022.06.03
Location: El Dorado
Judge: Sullivan, Dylan
Hearing Date: 2022.06.03
Excerpt: ...ved on plaintiff's counsel on May 16, 2022. The notice of motion and moving papers were filed with the court on May 16, 2022. There was no opposition in the court's file at the time this ruling as prepared. “Unless otherwise ordered or specifically provided by law, all moving and supporting papers shall be served and filed at least 16 court days before the hearing. The moving and supporting papers served shall be a copy of the papers filed or t...
2022.04.08 Motion to Vacate Dismissal and Enter Judgment 097
Location: El Dorado
Judge: Sullivan, Dylan
Hearing Date: 2022.04.08
Location: El Dorado
Judge: Sullivan, Dylan
Hearing Date: 2022.04.08
Excerpt: ...that the matter may be dismissed pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure, § 664.6. On November 2, 2017, the court dismissed the action pursuant to the written stipulation for conditional entry of judgment and retained jurisdiction pursuant to the provisions of Code of Civil Procedure, § 664.6 to enforce the written stipulation for conditional entry of judgment. Plaintiff moves to vacate the dismissal and enter judgment pursuant to the terms of the ...
2022.04.08 Motion to Compel Responses 086
Location: El Dorado
Judge: McLaughlin, Michael J
Hearing Date: 2022.04.08
Location: El Dorado
Judge: McLaughlin, Michael J
Hearing Date: 2022.04.08
Excerpt: ...ck by a boat while a paying visitor on property owned, leased, rented, managed, operated, possessed, and/or controlled by Defendants.” (Compl., pp. 4, 5.) As a result of the incident, she alleges she suffered severe injuries to her leg requiring medical intervention and resulting in permanent disfigurement, discoloration, and scarring. Pending is defendants' motion to compel plaintiff to respond to Request for Production of Documents (Set Three...
2022.04.08 Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings 411
Location: El Dorado
Judge: Sullivan, Dylan
Hearing Date: 2022.04.08
Location: El Dorado
Judge: Sullivan, Dylan
Hearing Date: 2022.04.08
Excerpt: ...and owing the principal amount of $3,092.16. Defendant answered the complaint by general denial. A court trial is set to commence on May 2, 2022. On February 4, 2022, the court granted plaintiff's motion to deem admitted requests for admission propounded upon defendant. Plaintiff moves for entry of judgment on the pleadings on the grounds that the complaint states a cause of action against defendant to collect the alleged debt and that defendant'...
2022.04.08 Motion for Attorney Fees 349
Location: El Dorado
Judge: Sullivan, Dylan
Hearing Date: 2022.04.08
Location: El Dorado
Judge: Sullivan, Dylan
Hearing Date: 2022.04.08
Excerpt: ...t in the amount of $7,260. The proof of service declares that notice of the hearing and the moving papers were served on petitioner Kumar's counsel by mail on January 3, 2022. At the time this tentative ruling was prepared there was no opposition in the court's file Recovery of Fees in Civil Harassment Action “The prevailing party in any action brought under this section may be awarded court costs and attorney's fees, if any.” (Code of Civil ...
2022.04.08 Demurrer 317
Location: El Dorado
Judge: Sullivan, Dylan
Hearing Date: 2022.04.08
Location: El Dorado
Judge: Sullivan, Dylan
Hearing Date: 2022.04.08
Excerpt: ...ior to the filing of the complaint; and the subject real property was sold to an unrelated third party seven years prior to the complaint being filed. Plaintiff opposes the demurrer on the following grounds: the meet and confer activities were insufficient as plaintiff was only contacted once by defense counsel requesting an extension to respond; while she proposed to extend the time to respond, the statement by defense counsel that they had reac...
2022.04.08 Application for Right to Attach Order and Writ of Attachment 490
Location: El Dorado
Judge: Sullivan, Dylan
Hearing Date: 2022.04.08
Location: El Dorado
Judge: Sullivan, Dylan
Hearing Date: 2022.04.08
Excerpt: ...hment of any of the defendant's property as it is not a natural person in the total amount of $251,938, representing $5,000 in estimated costs and $121,300 in estimated attorney fees to prosecute the action. The declaration filed in support of the verified application states: declarant is the CFO of plaintiff; plaintiff is a California Corporation doing business as a hydronics supplier and contractor, duly licensed by the State of California; a c...
2022.03.25 Motion to Compel Arbitration and Stay Action 348
Location: El Dorado
Judge: Sullivan, Dylan
Hearing Date: 2022.03.25
Location: El Dorado
Judge: Sullivan, Dylan
Hearing Date: 2022.03.25
Excerpt: ...Defendants Cato, Fifield, and GT Hotel Partners, LLC move to compel plaintiff to arbitrate the action against them asserting the follow grounds: there is an existing, valid arbitration clause initialed by plaintiff and defendants Cato and Fifield; the scope of arbitration set forth in the agreement is broad enough to encompass all claims in the complaint; although GT Partners, LLC disputes it was a party to the commercial sales agreement, it volu...
2022.03.25 Motion for Attorney Fees 346
Location: El Dorado
Judge: Sullivan, Dylan
Hearing Date: 2022.03.25
Location: El Dorado
Judge: Sullivan, Dylan
Hearing Date: 2022.03.25
Excerpt: ... cease enforcing the measure, and the issuance of an injunction prohibiting the Board of Supervisors and County of El Dorado from taking any action to enforce or implement Measure E. Respondents/Intervenors Taylor and Save Our County opposed the petition. Respondent El Dorado County also opposed the petition. The petition was granted in part and denied in part. Respondents/Intervenors Taylor and Save Our County appealed from the judgment; petitio...
2022.03.25 Motion to Strike 202
Location: El Dorado
Judge: Sullivan, Dylan
Hearing Date: 2022.03.25
Location: El Dorado
Judge: Sullivan, Dylan
Hearing Date: 2022.03.25
Excerpt: ...er doctrine does not apply. Defendants Arnest and Filo Real Estate, Inc. also moved to strike portions of the 1st amended complaint that sought recovery of attorney fees incurred in this action, punitive damages, emotional distress damages, and non‐economic damages. After hearing oral argument on the demurrer and motion to strike, on November 5, 2021, the court, among other things, denied the motion to strike the claim for attorney fees asserte...
2022.03.25 Motion to Compel Arbitration and Stay Proceedings 071
Location: El Dorado
Judge: Sullivan, Dylan
Hearing Date: 2022.03.25
Location: El Dorado
Judge: Sullivan, Dylan
Hearing Date: 2022.03.25
Excerpt: ...trial date for March 30, 2022, and set an issues conference date for March 18, 2022. During the mandatory settlement conference on January 26, 2022, the court set a trial setting conference for February 28, 2022. At the February 28, 2022, trial setting conference defendant advised the court that she had submitted a motion to compel arbitration. Plaintiff's counsel stated he was unaware of any motion having been served on his office. The court con...
2022.03.25 Motion to Compel Further Responses to Discovery 059
Location: El Dorado
Judge: Sullivan, Dylan
Hearing Date: 2022.03.25
Location: El Dorado
Judge: Sullivan, Dylan
Hearing Date: 2022.03.25
Excerpt: .... Matossian); Form Interrogatories, Set Two, number 17.1 (Folsom Family); Requests for Production, Set Two, numbers 1‐9 and 11‐24 (Folsom Family); and Requests for Production, Set One, numbers 1‐9 and 11‐24 (Dr. Matossian). Plaintiff argues that further responses to the discovery should be compelled for the following reasons: defendants only provided improper boilerplate objections to the special interrogatories without a single substanti...
2022.03.18 Request for Issuance of Preliminary Injunction 381
Location: El Dorado
Judge: Sullivan, Dylan
Hearing Date: 2022.03.18
Location: El Dorado
Judge: Sullivan, Dylan
Hearing Date: 2022.03.18
Excerpt: ...oceedings in the arbitration proceeding. At the February 18, 2022, hearing on the plaintiff's ex parte application for a TRO and to set a hearing for a preliminary injunction preventing an arbitration, the court denied the request for a TRO and set the hearing on the preliminary injunction for 8:30 a.m. on Friday, March 18, 2022, in Department Nine. Plaintiffs argue that the preliminary injunction should be issued for the following reasons: the a...
2022.03.18 Motion to Consolidate Civil Case with Unlawful Detainer Case 522
Location: El Dorado
Judge: Sullivan, Dylan
Hearing Date: 2022.03.18
Location: El Dorado
Judge: Sullivan, Dylan
Hearing Date: 2022.03.18
Excerpt: ...ctober 15, 2021 Trinity Financial Services, LLC filed an unlawful detainer action against the McDermotts asserting: plaintiff owns the subject real property; defendants were the former owners of the property who defaulted on loan secured by a deed of trust; plaintiff obtained ownership of the property at a trustee's sale on August 24, 2021 that was held pursuant to Civil Code, § 2924 under the power of sale in a deed of trust executed by the for...
2022.03.18 Motion for Summary Judgment 074
Location: El Dorado
Judge: Sullivan, Dylan
Hearing Date: 2022.03.18
Location: El Dorado
Judge: Sullivan, Dylan
Hearing Date: 2022.03.18
Excerpt: ...hat tips quickly and unexpectedly while lifting weights; defendants did not provide written or verbal instructions or warnings as are commonly set forth by the Bosu style ball manufacturer; failed to provide a spotter, fixed safety rail or safety floor mats, while leaving plaintiff unattended and precariously balanced on a platform; and that defendant not only breached the ordinary duty of due care, but also recklessly increased the risk of injur...
2022.03.18 Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class and PAGA Settlement 029
Location: El Dorado
Judge: Sullivan, Dylan
Hearing Date: 2022.03.18
Location: El Dorado
Judge: Sullivan, Dylan
Hearing Date: 2022.03.18
Excerpt: ... wage violations, failure to maintain required records maintenance, failure to indemnify employees for business expenses to discharge their duties, failure to timely make final wage payments, and wage statement violations. Having reached a settlement, plaintiffs move for the court's preliminary approval of the class and PAGA action settlement. The proof of service declares that notice of the hearing and the moving papers were served by email on d...
2022.03.17 Motion to Strike Punitive Damages 550
Location: El Dorado
Judge: Sullivan, Dylan
Hearing Date: 2022.03.17
Location: El Dorado
Judge: Sullivan, Dylan
Hearing Date: 2022.03.17
Excerpt: ...and others by grabbing a tent pole to brace it, which caused him to fall to the ground. Defendant moves to strike the punitive damage allegations contained in paragraphs 20‐23 and 30‐33 of the complaint, as well as prayer number 5 for punitive damages. Defendant argues the allegations of fact in the complaint fail to rise to the level of establishing despicable conduct or willful and conscious disregard for the rights and safety of others; an...
2022.03.17 Motion to Quash Subpoena 246
Location: El Dorado
Judge: Sullivan, Dylan
Hearing Date: 2022.03.17
Location: El Dorado
Judge: Sullivan, Dylan
Hearing Date: 2022.03.17
Excerpt: ... was allegedly purchased later by defendant Crusha for $45,000 less than plaintiff offered. One issue raised by the complaint relates to plaintiff's offer of proof of funds for the down payment. (See Complaint, paragraphs 2 and 23.) There is evidence that plaintiff served a subpoena for production of business records on Wells Fargo Bank seeking all bank records concerning a single bank account in defendant Crusha's name. Defendants move to quash ...
2022.03.17 Motion to Bifurcate Liability and Damages 207
Location: El Dorado
Judge: McLaughlin, Michael J
Hearing Date: 2022.03.17
Location: El Dorado
Judge: McLaughlin, Michael J
Hearing Date: 2022.03.17
Excerpt: ...tion to the motion. Code of Civil Procedure § 598 provides that “[t]he court may, when the convenience of witnesses, the ends of justice, or the economy and efficiency of handling the litigation would be promoted thereby, … make an order … that the trial of any issue or any part thereof shall precede the trial of any other issue or any part thereof in the case .…” (Ibid.) Further, Code of Civil Procedure § 1048 provides that “[t]he ...
2022.03.17 Motion for Preliminary Approval of Joint Stipulation of Settlement 045
Location: El Dorado
Judge: Sullivan, Dylan
Hearing Date: 2022.03.17
Location: El Dorado
Judge: Sullivan, Dylan
Hearing Date: 2022.03.17
Excerpt: ...e to indemnify employees for business expenses to discharge their duties, failure to pay all wages due and owing at end of employment, and wage statement violations. Having reached a settlement, plaintiffs move for the court's preliminary approval of the class and PAGA action settlement. The proof of service declares that notice of the hearing and the moving papers were served by email on defense counsel on January 26, 2022. There is no oppositio...