Excerpt: ...njust enrichment, quantum meruit, common counts, fraud, declaratory relief, and preliminary and permanent injunctive relief Plaintiffs/Cross‐Defendants move to strike paragraphs 54‐56 of the cross‐complaint on the grounds that the allegations are irrelevant, false, improper, or highly prejudicial. Cross‐Complainants oppose the motion on the following grounds: the allegations sought to be stricken are essential to the fraud cause of action...

Excerpt: ...m closing or locking the Parties' common gate to Highway 49 at any time that the Cross‐Complainants Fieseler are at home.” The Tates appealed from the judgment. On January 24, 2012 the Third District Court of Appeal issued its decision on appeal affirming the judgment in full. On March 7, 2012 plaintiffs filed a petition for writ of review with the California Supreme Court. On April 11, 2012 the California Supreme Court denied the petition fo...

Excerpt: ...t to the issue of plaintiff's loss of earnings claim in that they would reveal plaintiff's earnings before and after the subject incident; plaintiff is self‐employed and has owned multiple businesses, therefore an accurate representation of his earnings would be found in tax records, such as a Schedule K‐1, Schedule C, and 1099 Form; plaintiff testified at his deposition that his business records and QuickBooks were not up to date and his cou...

Excerpt: ...bmor Enterprises, Inc., Constantly Growing, LLC, Constantly Growing Inc., and Callarick Enterprises, LP. Three of the motions seek a court order directing defendants Labmor Enterprises, Inc., Constantly Growing, LLC, and Constantly Growing Inc. to provide further responses to that Special Interrogatories, Set Two, corrected Inspection Demands, Set Two, and Inspection Demands, Set Three without objections. The fourth motion to compel seeks to comp...

Excerpt: ...mpel binding arbitration of the uninsured motorist claim together with the claim against the third party, defendant Rivera, in the personal injury action (Case Number PC‐20200357.), which defendant Rivera and plaintiffs Kwan have agreed to arbitrate. Respondent CSAA Insurance Exchange (CSAA) opposes the petition on the following grounds: this is an underinsured motorist case and, therefore, the uninsured motorist binding arbitration statute doe...

Excerpt: ...Defendant Trinity Financial Services, LLC demurs to all causes of action on the following grounds: the Violation of Civil Code, § 2923.5 Cause of Action is fatally defective, because Section 2923.5 only applies to first priority mortgages and deeds of trust and matters of which the court can take judicial notice of establish that the note foreclosed on was a 2nd deed of trust (DOT); there is no private right of action for violation of Civil Code...

Excerpt: ...ith the requirement of the notice by that date. Defendants specially appear to move to quash service of the summons and complaint on the following grounds: the court lacks personal jurisdiction over defendants, because they were never properly served with the summons and complaint; the purported service by leaving a copy of the summons and complaint on the door of the subject premises should be quashed; and plaintiffs have never filed a proof of ...

Excerpt: ...of service declares that on October 13, 2021 the motion was served by mail on plaintiff's counsel. Although there was no opposition to the motion in the court's file at the time of the November 5, 2021 hearing date, the court noted that the motion was filed on October 14, 2021, the notice of hearing initially stated it was to take place on December 3, 2021, and the date was apparently changed by the clerk when the document was filed by striking o...

Excerpt: ...s from defendant's use, conduct, and arguments concerning two easements across plaintiff's land. On August 31, 2021 Georgetown Divide Recreation Dist. filed a 1st amended complaint in case number PC‐ 20210234 against defendants Byrd, Rodarte, Wilson, Saunders, and All About Equine Animal Rescue, Inc. asserting causes of action for trespass to land, trespass to chattel, nuisance, declaratory relief, and to quiet title arising from a recorded eas...

Excerpt: ...nt. On November 4, 2021 All About Equine Animal Rescue, Inc. filed a cross‐complaint in case number PC‐20210234 against cross‐defendants Byrd, Wilson, U.S. Bank as Successor Trustee of the Conger Trust, Roger Crist as trustee of the Christ Trust and Georgetown Divide Recreation Dist. Defendants Byrd, Rodarte, Wilson, and Saunders demur to 1st Amended Complaint on the following grounds: the quiet title and declaratory relief causes of action...

Excerpt: ...ved a 15 day notice to pay or quit on September 7 and October 4, 2021 by posting at the premises; on September 28, 2021 the period stated in the notice expired at the end of that day; the defendants failed to comply with the requirements of the notice by that date; all facts stated in the notice are true; the notice included an election of forfeiture; a copy of the notice is attached as Exhibit 2; the amount of rent due at the time the notice was...

Excerpt: ... started; plaintiff can not rely on the original contract to allege an account stated; and the complaint fails to allege venue as it fails to state where the account was stated.. Plaintiff opposes the demurrer on the following grounds: the complaint alleges sufficient facts to state a cause of action for common counts under an open book account theory; and defendant's citation of Tringali v. Vest (1951) 106 Cal.App.2d 720, 721‐722 in support of...

Excerpt: ...ust 2, 2021. Defendants Fidelity National Title Company and Fidelity National Title Insurance Company demur to the entire 1st amended complaint asserting it is uncertain and the 2nd cause of action for negligent failure to disclose material facts fails to state a cause of action. The proofs of service filed with the court declare that on September 1, 2021 the initial notice of the hearing and the documents submitted in support of the demurrers we...

Excerpt: ... of Utah; and the forum selection clause must be respected as the borrower and lender have a reasonable basis for the forum selection as stated in the governing law provision as the borrower plaintiff understood and agreed that the initial lender, Celtic Bank Corp., a Utah Corporation, is located in Utah, makes all credit decisions from lender's office in Utah, the line of credit is made in Utah, and borrower's payments are not accepted until rec...

Excerpt: ...facts that adequately describe, identify, or define the described premises; the amended complaint fails to allege that defendant Ridgeline Group, LLC owns, possesses or controls the property where the alleged dangerous condition existed; and the amended complaint fails allege defendant's breach of a duty of due care related to the property where the accident occurred. Plaintiff oppose the demurrers on the following grounds: plaintiff adequately a...

Excerpt: ...owing grounds: defendant's mistake in failing to advise his insurer that he had been served the summons and complaint is grounds to vacate the default; a defendant's insurer is entitled to relief under Code of Civil Procedure, § 473 when the default was taken through no inexcusable neglect of the insurer; the default was taken with quiet speed; and defendant had a duty to warn defendant, defense counsel and defendant's insurer that plaintiff was...

Excerpt: ...ecial interrogatories, and granted plaintiff's motion for further responses to requests for production and production of documents, Plaintiff noticed the deposition of defendant's most knowledgeable person to submit for a deposition regarding 21 specified categories of information and to produce at the deposition 17 categories of documents. Defendant objected to the deposition; objected to being examined concerning all 21 information category num...

Excerpt: ...r Code, §§ 1102.5 and 1102.6; and Wrongful Termination in Violation of Public Policy. Defendants demur to the complaint on the following grounds: the 1 st, 2nd and 4th causes of action are premised upon FEHA violations and they are fatally defective as plaintiff has failed to allege sufficient facts to establish that the defendants were plaintiff's employers or joint employers; the FEHA retaliation and failure to prevent retaliation causes of a...

Excerpt: ...s that on October 13, 2021 the motion was served by mail on plaintiff's counsel. There is no opposition to the motion in the court's file “A defendant, on or before the last day of his or her time to plead or within any further time that the court may for good cause allow, may serve and file a notice of motion for one or more of the following purposes: ¶ (1) To quash service of summons on the ground of lack of jurisdiction of the court over hi...

Excerpt: ...SC and preliminary injunction. At the hearing on July 7, 2021, plaintiff appeared by Zoom and she stated she had not provided a Zoom invite to the defendants as she believes she is being blocked by the defendant. The court acknowledged the related family law case and noted that no judgment has been entered declaring who owns the subject real property. The court heard further testimony by plaintiff, denied the TRO, and set a hearing date for the p...

Excerpt: ...osition to the motion by October 25, 2021. Respondents County essentially argue that limited discovery is necessary concerning whether the members of the respondent non‐ profit corporation had private economic interests advanced by this litigation such that the litigation costs did not transcend the individual members' personal economic interest in the litigation, otherwise neither the Court, nor the County can determine whether these private e...

Excerpt: ...port Construction) and Allen were sued and served as POE 2 and POE 1 respectively. They answered the 2nd amended cross‐complaint on January 30, 2020. Cross‐Defendants Newport Construction and Allen move for judgment on the pleadings on the equitable indemnity, contribution, and declaratory relief causes of action of the 2nd amended cross‐complaint on the grounds that each of those causes of action are fatally defective and the court should ...

Excerpt: ...h of governing documents does not allege that the subject unit was or is currently rented or occupied by any tenants or guests; the allegations that it is believed that defendant listed the subject unit on a short term rental site does not violate the governing documents as that situation is not addressed in the governing documents; while defendant requests general damages of $25,100, the plaintiff failed to adequately allege how and by what cont...

Excerpt: ...y failure to use reasonable care, breach of fiduciary duty by breach of loyalty, negligence, 3rd party tort of another, and requesting a preliminary injunction and other equitable relief. The action arises from an alleged dispute related to the plaintiffs having purchased the subject real property from defendants, plaintiffs' alleged failure to pay a portion of the down payment in the amount of $45,000 when due and owing, and the plaintiffs alleg...

Excerpt: ...iff on paid administrative leave pending defendant County's investigation was a protected activity by the County as it was part of an official proceeding; the claim of constructive discharge in inextricably tied to County's official proceedings authorized by law and, therefore, it arises from County's internal investigation protected activity; the claim of overall hostile work conditions is derivative of plaintiff's other alleged adverse employme...