Excerpt: ....) Plaintiffs' motion for leave to file a first amended complaint is GRANTED. (Code Civ. Proc., § 473.) Trial courts are vested with the discretion to allow amendments to pleadings in furtherance of justice. (Code Civ.Proc., § 473.) That trial courts are to liberally permit such amendments, at any stage of the proceeding, has been established policy in this state since 1901. (Hirsa v. Superior Court (1981) 118 Cal.App.3d 486, 488–489.) The fa...

Excerpt: ...rally prevents creditor from taking actions against property of the bankruptcy estate, the debtor and the debtor's property. The blanket injunction continues until a bankruptcy court order lifting the stay has been entered or the stay has been expired. (11 U.S.C. § 362; In re Mellor (9th Cir. 1984) 734 F.3d 1396, 1398.) Unless an exception to the stay applies, ‘[o]nce triggered by a debtor's bankruptcy petition, the automatic stay suspends any...

Excerpt: ...nt's, Alan J. Bornt's, and Mary Bornt's demurrer to all of plaintiff Timothy, Stewart & Lekos Seed Company's causes of action for failure to plead sufficiently alter‐ego liability is OVERRULED. Plaintiff has pleaded sufficiently underlying facts to establish the required prongs of alter‐ego liability. (Leek v. Cooper (2011) 194 Cal.App.4th 399, 411; Complaint, ¶¶ 8‐ 12.) Defendants' demurrer to plaintiff's first cause of action for breach...

Excerpt: ..., §§ 2023.010, 2023.030.) The Court also declines to award defendant reimbursement for the claimed no show/cancellation fee, as defendant has failed to provide sufficient legal or factual support for the request. The monetary sanctions requested by plaintiff do not apply to discovery motions. (Code of Civ. Proc., § 128.5, subd. (e).) Finally, the Court declines to impose sanctions against defendant for unsuccessfully bringing a motion to compe...

Excerpt: ...antive responses to form interrogatories numbers 2.6, 6.3‐6.7, 8.1‐8.8, 9.1, 9.2, 10.1‐10.3, 11.1, 11.2 and 12.1 by June 15, 2020. Defendant The Regents of the University of California's request for sanctions is GRANTED. (Code Civ. Proc., §§ 2023.030, 2030.300, subd. (d).) Plaintiff shall pay defendant $900 by June 15, 2020. Plaintiff Danielle Kassalty's motion for protective order is GRANTED IN PART. (Code Civ. Proc., 2030.090.) The spec...

Excerpt: ...good faith and fair dealing, fourth cause of action for bad faith – failure to properly investigate, fifth cause of action for negligence, thirteenth cause of action for fraud/deceit: concealment, fifteenth cause of action for assault, sixteenth cause of action for battery, and seventeenth cause of action for false imprisonment is OVERRULED. (Code Civ. Proc., § 430.10, subd. (e).) Plaintiff has sufficiently alleged facts to support these cause...

Excerpt: ...auses of action is SUSTAINED WITH LEAVE TO AMEND. (Code Civ. Proc., § 431.10, subd. (e).) 2 of 2 Plaintiff fails to state sufficient facts to state a cause of action for declaratory relief, breach of fiduciary duty, or negligence against defendant. (Nally v. Grace Community Church (1988) 47 Cal.3d 278, 293; Code Civ. Proc., § 1060; Lockheed Corp. v. Continental Ins. Co. (2005) 134 Cal.App.4th 187, 221.) If no hearing is requested, this tentativ...

Excerpt: ...paragraph 38 are SUSTAINED for lack of personal knowledge and hearsay. (Evid. Code, §§ 702, 1200.) FCA US LLC's objections to the Declaration of Steve Mikhov, paragraphs 8 and 27‐37 are OVERRULED. FCA US LLC's evidentiary objections to the Declaration of Sepehr Dghighianin, paragraphs 4‐6 are OVERRULED. FCA US LLC's evidentiary objections to the Declaration of Sepehr Dghighianin, paragraph 8 is SUSTAINED. (Evid. Code, §§ 400 et seq, 702, ...

Excerpt: ...orious and cause for its denial…”].) Plaintiff is also reminded that a proper proof of service of the moving papers must be filed no later than five court days before the hearing. (Code Civ. Proc., § 1013a, subd. (1); Cal. Rules of Court, rule 3.1300(c).) Defendant The Regents of the University of California's requests for judicial notice are GRANTED. (Evid. Code, § 452, subd. (d).) Plaintiff's motion to quash subpoena duces tecum as to U.C...

Excerpt: ...irst cause of action for fraud is DENIED. (Code Civ. Proc., § 437c, subd. (f)(1).) There is a triable issue of material fact as to whether defendant knew and failed to disclose or intentionally misrepresented that the anchor tenant would not be able to perform under the lease agreement prior to the close of escrow. (Biakanja v. Irving (1958) 49 Cal.2d 647; Lingsch v. Savage (1963) 213 Cal. App. 2d 729, 735‐738; UMF nos. 1, 4,‐7, 9‐10, 14�...

Excerpt: ...ts of litigation are “merely incidental” to the cross‐complaint's causes of action. (Baral v. Schnitt (2016) 1 Cal.5th 376, 394.) Further, cross‐defendant does not establish that the seventh and eighth causes of action arise from the constitutional right of free speech in connection with an issue of public interest. (Code Civ. Proc., § 425.16, subd. (e)(4); Nygard, Inc. v. Uusi‐Kerttula (2008) 159 Cal.App.4th 1027, 1042.) As this first...