Excerpt: ...ntiffs to produce documents at the depositions; the documents requested were the same or similar to the documents previously requested; plaintiffs eventually appeared for their depositions, however, they failed to produce any of the requested documents; and despite a request for responses and production, plaintiffs failed to provide any responses to the discovery propounded. Defendants Tenth Hall, Inc. and Carter move to compel responses to the r...

Excerpt: ...ers to the declaratory relief, breach of contract, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and accounting causes of action of the 1 st amended complaint. The hearing was continued to August 16, 2019 for a long cause oral argument and later advanced to August 15, 2019. Due to a medical emergency, the hearing on oral argument was continued to September 13, 2019. On August 23, 2019 plaintiff filed a motion for leave to file a ...

Excerpt: ...that Trust; and after decedent's death he recorded a deed that he executed purportedly as a beneficiary of the Trust which purports to convey the real property to himself and decedent Donald Joseph Bracco ™ as joint tenants, a certification of the Bracco Living Trust executed by defendant Schilling, and a UCC‐1 financing statement by and between decedent and defendant. Defendant/Cross‐Complainant filed a cross‐complaint against plaintiff ...

Excerpt: ...an account stated in monthly billing statements transmitted to defendant at the address provided by defendant and defendant promised to pay the amounts listed on the monthly bills by keeping and utilizing the card; by failing to object to the amount due and owing on each bill, defendant manifested his agreement that the amount listed on the billing statement was correct; at the special request of defendant, plaintiff lent money and rendered servi...

Excerpt: ...mplaint in this action on November 15, 2018. The first amended complaint was filed on July 25, 2019. The first amended complaint asserts the following causes of action against defendants Monica Kohs, Kelly Ramsey, and Elizabeth Pintar: to quiet title; to cancel the recorded 2007 amended land coverage transfer agreement between Janet Ney Walker and Monica Kohs, which amended the 2004 agreement between them that reserved ownership of certain land c...

Excerpt: ...rules and regulations on the ground that defendant complied with the notice within 24 hours of service, leaving no ground to terminate defendant's tenancy. On November 13, 2019 the action was dismissed without prejudice upon request of plaintiff. A proof of service declares that on December 19, 2019 defendant filed and served on plaintiff's counsel a memorandum of costs seeking recovery of $180 in costs for filing and motion fees. There is no mot...

Excerpt: ...Baugh filed and served the 1st amended answer to the cross‐complaint. When any ground for objection to an answer appears on its face, or from any matter of which the court is required to or may take judicial notice, the objection on that ground may be taken by demurrer to the pleading. (Code of Civil Procedure, § 430.30(a).) “A party may amend its pleading once without leave of the court at any time before the answer or demurrer is filed, or...

Excerpt: ...o pay for legal services rendered in a dissolution action, monthly billing statements were sent to plaintiff, and plaintiff failed to pay the fees due and owing; and there remains no triable issues of material fact as to plaintiff's entitlement to payment of the balance due and owing for such legal services. The proofs of service declare that on November 26, 2019 the notice of motion and moving papers were served by overnight/express mail on defe...

Excerpt: ... Council Form (Form PLD‐C‐010.) The form answer admits all facts alleged in the complaint, except “the amount owed” and defendant has only submitted the following statement in answer to the complaint: “I was up to date on payments prior to unforseen [sic] financial hardships after relocating to California. It is not that I didn't want to stay current with payments I am unable to pay. I owe the IRS over 10,000[sic] and they have placed m...

Excerpt: ...utsche Bank, MERS, and Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC demur to all causes of action on the following grounds: the Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act does not apply to foreclosure proceedings; plaintiff's allegation that defendant Deutsche Bank engaged in outrageous conduct by pursuing foreclosure without legal authority is contrary to facts that are the proper subject of judicial notice that an assignment of the deed of trust to Deutsche Ban...

Excerpt: ...r, and the Morgan Stanley branch manager: financial elder abuse; negligence, negligent supervision, negligence per se, violation of Business and Profession Code, §§ 17200, et seq., fraudulent concealment, breach of fiduciary duty, recovery of assets, subpoena for all financial records, and violation of Corporate Securities Code, §§ 25400 and 25500, et seq. The causes of action are premised upon allegations of improper management of the Trust'...

Excerpt: ...geable person could not state under oath that the documents that were produced were all the documents responsive to the document categories requested, because he did not search and compile the documents produced and admits that the response to the requests for production did not comply with what the plaintiff wanted in the requests, because there are more documents at their facility that were not produced at the deposition. (Plaintiff's Exhibit C...

Excerpt: ...dicial Council Form (Form PLD‐C‐010.) The form answer does not deny the allegations of the complaint and defendant has only submitted the following statement in answer to the complaint: “That plaintiff is willing to work with defendant and allow a reasonable monthly payment, that will not cause financial hardship, until the payment of $3,915.34 is paid in full. Defendant has attached a copy of the letter that was mailed to the plaintiff, Se...

Excerpt: ...overed evidence establishes that he did not own any interest in the Lee Family 6 Children Trust, LLC; he exercised reasonable diligence to discover and produce the evidence at trial; and the evidence was material to defendant's defense against an award of punitive damages. Plaintiffs argue in opposition: the motion should be denied, because defendant failed to timely serve the moving papers on plaintiffs; defendant is not entitled to a new trial,...

Excerpt: ... the notice of entry of the ruling was served on plaintiffs' counsel by mail. Arguing that the plaintiffs have not complied with the court's discovery order, defendants move for an order imposing the terminating sanction of dismissal of plaintiff's action with prejudice for plaintiff's failure to comply with the court's order compelling discovery responses, or, in the alternative, to impose issue sanctions, evidentiary sanctions, or additional di...

Excerpt: ...mits that plaintiff only worked for plaintiff on the date of the subject incident, therefore, plaintiff is excluded from the definition of employee of the homeowner under Labor Code, § 3352(a)(8); and the 5th cause of action is uncertain due to plaintiff's allegation that in paragraph 54 of the complaint that “Defendants employed plaintiff on the day of the subject incident.” Plaintiff opposes the motion on the following grounds: the complai...

Excerpt: ... The court determined that there was an enforceable oral shareholder agreement between the three parties in this action for equal shareholder interests in the subject corporation, the contract continues to the present day, and the action against defendant is not time‐barred. A jury trial is set to commence on March 10, 2020 on the remaining issues in this litigation. On November 25, 2019 plaintiffs filed a motion for preliminary injunction to b...

Excerpt: ...ff moves pursuant to the provisions of Code of Civil Procedure, § 473(b) to vacate the default and default judgment entered in its favor on the ground that the entry of default and a default judgment was obtained as a result of plaintiff's mistaken belief that it was a valid account and plaintiff has now confirmed to its satisfaction that the account was opened and/or used fraudulently. Plaintiff's counsel declares: the action arose out of debt ...

Excerpt: ...s are imposters who are falsely masquerading as members of the Miwok Tribe, and they have wrongfully taken over control of he Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians. Defaults were entered against defendants on October 17, 2019. Defendants move to quash/dismiss the complaint without leave to amend (with prejudice) on the following grounds: the court lacks subject matter jurisdiction to determine whether the “true Miwoks” asserted by plaintiff s...

Excerpt: ...statutes and guidelines when it adopted a mitigated negative declaration and approved a project to replace the existing Newtown Road Bridge and a full environmental impact report is required as there is substantial evidence in the record to support a fair argument that the approval of the project may result in significant impacts to the environment. Respondent County of El Dorado moved to quash service of the summons and petition and requested th...

Excerpt: ...ant Chernoff seeks entry of summary judgment or summary adjudication of causes of action on the following grounds: defendant Chernoff served as a volunteer Master and acted in good faith in a manner she believed was in the best interests of the Marshall Grange and with reasonable and appropriate care, therefore, the defendant is immune from liability for plaintiff's claims for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duties pursuant to the provis...

Excerpt: ...uested in the supplemental request for production within ten days. Plaintiff was present in court and was advised of the ruling. The proof of service of the notice of ruling filed on October 31, 2019 declares that on October 29, 2019 notice of the ruling was served on plaintiff by mail to plaintiff's address of record. Arguing that the plaintiff has not complied with the court's discovery order, defendants move for an order imposing the terminati...

Excerpt: ...mber 20, 2019 plaintiff filed a motion for reconsideration of the court's ruling sustaining the demurrers with ten days leave to amend on the following grounds: the court erroneously believed that no opposition to the demurrers were filed when, in fact, the opposition was filed on September 27, 2019; the court failed to designate who was to amend the 1st amended complaint, which is confusing, because plaintiff's amended complaint has not been ans...

Excerpt: ...nduly burdensome, and oppressive at this stage of the litigation; and Weber General Engineering does not concede the relevance of, materiality of, or admissibility of any information requested or provided. Weber General Engineering also made some objections in response to specific requests in addition to the general objections and concluded with the statement that subject to and without waiving such objections plaintiff will produce non‐privile...

Excerpt: ...t was filed on July 13, 2018. Default was entered on June 19, 2019. Defendant moves to vacate the default on the following grounds: the judgment is void on its face, because the proof of service of the summons and complaint was not executed under penalty of perjury and, therefore, the clerk erred in entering of the default; the complaint fails to state the amount of punitive damages plaintiff seeks and there is no statement of punitive damages in...

Excerpt: ... Form Interrogatories. Defendant CJS Solutions Group, LLC's Motion for Relief from Waiver of Objections to Plaintiff's Discovery. On September 4, 2019 plaintiff served on defendant five sets of discovery requests consisting of general form interrogatories, employment form interrogatories, special interrogatories, requests for production, and requests for admission, which plaintiff contends were due for response on October 9, 2019. On October 23, ...

Excerpt: ...special damages according to proof in a total amount greater than a limited civil action. Plaintiff seeks entry of a default judgment against defendant Sanders in the amount of $180,000. The only documents filed in support of entry of a default judgment against defendant Sanders is the Judicial Council Form CIV‐100 Request for Court Judgment. Plaintiff has not filed any evidence whatsoever establishing the amount of damages plaintiff sustained ...

Excerpt: ...ault judgment was entered against defendant in the amount of $1,052.24. There is no proof in the court's file that plaintiff served defendant with notice of entry of the default judgment. Over one year after entry of default defendant filed the instant motion on August 5, 2019. Defendant moves to vacate and set aside the default pursuant to Civil Code, § 1788.61 and Code of Civil Procedure, § 473.5 on the ground that he was never properly serve...

Excerpt: ...te. Citing paragraphs 3, 4, and 15 of the settlement agreement, plaintiff moves to enforce the settlement agreement by seeking a court order directing defendants to immediately turn over all documentation relating to defendant One Source LED Lighting, LLC's claims against the Judicial Council for breach of contact. The proof of service in the court's file declares that on June 11, 2019 notice of the hearing and the moving papers were served on de...

Excerpt: ...cident that is the subject of this civil action. Defendant Wilson contends that even if he does not offer any direct evidence in the case, he is forced to examine and conduct discovery that will necessarily disclose his strategy and assertions that could potentially be used against him in the criminal case; and if the motion is denied, it would unfairly and severely prejudice his ability to defend himself in the civil case and jeopardize his righ...

Excerpt: ...Timber Cove Holdings, Inc. Defendants demurred to all causes of action. The court issued a tentative ruling prior to the hearing on July 12, 2019 overruling all demurrers to the verified 1st amended complaint. At the hearing on July 12, 2019 the court set the matter for long cause oral argument to take place at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, August 16, 2019, which was later advanced to August 15, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. and then continued to September 13, 2019 d...

Excerpt: ... petitioner, Rural Communities United, can not establish it has standing to maintain the petition, because petitioner did not submit any comments to the CEQA proceedings until after the public comment period terminated and the public hearing on the project closed. Petitioner responded by moving for leave to amend the petition to add two individuals and an unincorporated association called Conserve El Dorado Oaks as co‐petitioners. The petitione...

Excerpt: ...ong cause oral argument, which was set for April 26, 2019. Before the long cause hearing was held plaintiff filed a 1st amended complaint against the County of El Dorado asserting causes of action for promissory estoppel, disability discrimination by failure to accommodate, and disability discrimination by failure to engage in the interactive process; and having received the 1st amended complaint, defendant withdrew its demurrers. Defendant demur...

Excerpt: ... the complaint and defendant has only submitted the following statement in answer to the complaint: “I HAVE NO PROBLEM HONORING MY DEBT. HOWEVER, I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE REASONABLE PAYMENTS AS I AM A DISABLED VETERAN, SINGLE PARENT & JUST RECENTLY OBTAINED A HOME AFTER BEING HOMELESS FOR APPROX 9 MOS.” (Emphasis in original.) Plaintiff moves for entry of judgment on the pleadings on the grounds that the complaint states a cause of act...

Excerpt: .... Defendant moves to vacate the default and default judgment on the ground that the plaintiff failed to serve a statement of damages on defendant thereby rendering the default and default judgment invalid. The proposed answer is attached to defense counsel's declaration in support of the motion as Exhibit B The proofs of service declare that on June 19, 2019 notice of the hearing and the moving papers were served by mail to plaintiff's address of...

Excerpt: ...ecuted by defendant's attorney was submitted with the moving papers. Plaintiff opposes the motion on the following grounds: defense counsel has failed to adequately explain why he waited to respond to the 1st amended complaint after receiving notice that his clients' response was already past due; defense counsel's failure to calendar does not excuse his failure to file the motion to vacate the default earlier, since he was on notice of default l...

Excerpt: ... failure to timely respond waives all objections to the requests and the propounding party may move to compel answers to production of documents. (Code of Civil Procedure, § 2031.300.) A motion to compel answers to production of documents must set forth specific facts showing good cause justifying the discovery sought by the demand and must be accompanied by a meet and confer declaration under § 2016.040. (Code of Civil Procedure, § 2031.310.)...

Excerpt: ...greement and requests attorney fees and costs. The motions are opposed. By way of background, this lawsuit was filed in 1992 by 15 plaintiffs as “the record title owners of certain real property” situated within Lighthouse Shores against defendant Tahoe Keys Property Owners Association (“TKPOA”). Lighthouse Shores is a subdivision located within Tahoe Keys. The complaint alleges that in or about 1975, Lighthouse Shores was enclosed by the...

Excerpt: ...greement and requests attorney fees and costs. The motions are opposed. By way of background, this lawsuit was filed in 1992 by 15 plaintiffs as “the record title owners of certain real property” situated within Lighthouse Shores against defendant Tahoe Keys Property Owners Association (“TKPOA”). Lighthouse Shores is a subdivision located within Tahoe Keys. The complaint alleges that in or about 1975, Lighthouse Shores was enclosed by the...

Excerpt: ... when requested by a party. (Code Civ. Proc., § 664.6.) The parties agreed in the Stipulation for Entry of Judgment to allow the Court to retain jurisdiction until the terms of the settlement are fully performed. (Exhibit 1, ¶¶ 7, 8.) Therefore, the Court has jurisdiction to enforce the stipulated settlement. The stipulation was filed November, 14, 2014. The stipulation required Defendant to pay the sum of $ 13,906.41 to Plaintiff by payments ...

Excerpt: ...ey fees, costs and expenses. Plaintiff sought to recover $23,800 in attorney fees and $3,595.38 in costs. On June 28, 2019 defendant filed a motion to tax various costs and an objection to the request for attorney fees. Plaintiff opposes the motion on the following grounds: the notice of motion is defective; the format of the motion is incorrect in that it fails to refer to the objections to the costs by the same number and in the same order as s...

Excerpt: ...rney fees, costs and expenses. Plaintiff sought to recover $23,800 in attorney fees and $3,595.38 in costs. On June 28, 2019 defendant filed a motion to tax various costs and an objection to the request for attorney fees. Plaintiff opposes the motion on the following grounds: the notice of motion is defective; the format of the motion is incorrect in that it fails to refer to the objections to the costs by the same number and in the same order as...

Excerpt: ...ere served by mail on defense counsel on June 28, 2019. There is no opposition to the motion in the court's file. “A class action shall not be dismissed, settled, or compromised without the approval of the court, and notice of the proposed dismissal, settlement, or compromise shall be given in such manner as the court directs to each member who was given notice pursuant to subdivision (d) and did not request exclusion.” (Civil Code, § 1781(f...

Excerpt: ...ere served by mail on defense counsel on June 28, 2019. There is no opposition to the motion in the court's file. “A class action shall not be dismissed, settled, or compromised without the approval of the court, and notice of the proposed dismissal, settlement, or compromise shall be given in such manner as the court directs to each member who was given notice pursuant to subdivision (d) and did not request exclusion.” (Civil Code, § 1781(f...

Excerpt: ...he amount of $3,841.31. Approximately one month after entry of default defendant filed the instant motion on July 18, 2019. Defendant moves to vacate and set aside the default pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure, § 473 on the ground that service of the summons did not result in actual notice in time to defend against the action brought by a debt buyer, because she was not served the summons and complaint. The proof of service in the court's file...

Excerpt: ...egulations regarding minimum lot size, the written easement was executed. (Complaint, paragraph 19.) The grant of easement was recorded on July 21, 1986. (See Complaint, Exhibit 2.) Defendant filed a cross‐complaint against plaintiffs seeking declaratory relief concerning the validity and enforceability of the subject easement and to quiet tile to the easement area on the ground that the easement was unenforceable and void as the easement effec...

Excerpt: ...specific performance. Defendants filed their answer to the 1st amended complaint on June 11, 2018 and on that same date filed a cross‐complaint for partition of real property. Plaintiff filed her answer to the cross‐ complaint on July 12, 2018. On May 17, 2019 plaintiff filed a motion for leave to file a 2nd amended complaint in order to add causes of action for financial elder abuse, to quiet title, and for a TRO, preliminary injunction and ...

Excerpt: ...s‐Defendant Polam Federal Credit Union demurs to the intentional infliction of emotional distress, unfair business practices, and declaratory relief causes of action on various grounds. Cross‐Complainants oppose the demurrers on various grounds. Cross‐Defendant Polam Federal Credit Union replied to the opposition. Demurrer Principles When any ground for objection to a complaint appears on its face, or from any matter of which the court is r...

Excerpt: ... York Mellon demurs to all causes of action on various grounds. Plaintiffs oppose the demurrers on various grounds and requests that leave to amend be granted should any demurrer be sustained. Plaintiffs also object to all of defendant's requests for judicial notice. Plaintiffs' Objections to Defendant New York Bank Mellon's Requests for Judicial Notice Defendant New York Bank Mellon requests the court to take judicial notice of the note and docu...

Excerpt: ...ce, motor vehicle wrongful death, motor vehicle survival, Government Code, § 815.2 public entity liability for employee negligent conduct, public entity wrongful death, public entity survival action, and dangerous condition of public property (Government Code, § 835) causes of action. Defendant CALTRANS demurs on various grounds to the allegations of general negligence found within various causes of action, the 4th cause of action for liability...