Excerpt: ...23 by Plaintiffs M.J.B.B. and M.D.B.M„ minors through their guardian ad litem W.B. (collectively, "Plaintiffs") asserting causes of action for: (1) sexual battery in violation of California Civ. Code, 51708.5; (2) gender violence in violation of California Civ. Code, 552.4; (3) battery; (4) assault; (5) false imprisonment; (6) interference with exercise of civil rights (Civ. Cade, 552.1); (7) intentional infliction of emotional distress; (8) ne...

Excerpt: ...t lists attachments, but they do not show on Odyssey: EXHIBIT A — WARRANTY DEED EXHIBIT 8 — GRANT DEED EXHIBIT C — QUITCLAIM DEED and EXHIBIT D — WILL The Complaint concerns real property which Plaintiff, decedent Gloria Guerrero's son, quitclaimed to his mother on August 13, 2015, allegedly for no consideration. Plaintiff claims there were oral agreements that the property would still be his, despite his mother moving onto the property i...

Excerpt: ...of the cases (Stapleton and Hogan). A motion to quash service of the summons and complaint is pending a third (Devalasco). A fourth (Alvarez) is in arbitration. The sixth and seventh (Hassan and Quedo) have pending motions to compel arbitration (with Quedo's scheduled for hearing the same date as this hearing).4 And in three more (Le and the two Mulcher cases), Madden has raised arbitration as an affrmatve defense. Notwithstanding these substanti...

Excerpt: ...ted on injury, such that even settlement of a claim does not destroy standing. (See Kim v. Reins International California, Inc. (2020) 9 Cal.5th 73, 83-84.) Kim provded the underpinning for Adolph v. uber Technologies, Inc. (July 17, 2023, S274671) cal.5th [2023 WL 4553702, at p. *8], where the Supreme Court held that a trial court should stay, not dismiss, the non-individual PAGA claims when the individual PAGA claim proceeds to arbitration. The...

Excerpt: ...oad discretion in making this determination." (In re Microsoft I-V Cases (2006) 135 Cal.App.4th 706, 723.) Relevant factors the court may consider include "the strength of plaintiffs' case, the risk, expense, complexity and likely duration of further litigation, the risk of maintaining class action status through trial, the amount offered in settlement, the extent of discovery completed and the stage of the proceedings, the experience and views o...

Excerpt: ...rrez v. State Ranch Servs. (1983) 150 Cal.App.3d 83 [prejudgment interest stricken because Civil Code S 3291 was not yet in effect.) Stater Page | 3 Bros. argues that because, as of June 1, 2023, Vaughn has not made a S 998 offer, then she is not entitled to prejudgment interest and it must be stricken from the complaint. Civil Code S 3291 states the following: In any action brought to recover damages for personal injury sustained by any person r...

Excerpt: ...y, plaintiff's feeling of being rushed and not given sufficient time to read everything may be factors to consider in the unconscionability analysis, but are not a factor in determining whether she entered into the agreement. Plaintiff does not dispute that she clicked "l Agree" on the day she was hired. Identification of the Parties to the Agreement Plaintiff argues that the agreement is unenforceable because it identifies the parties "Employee"...

Excerpt: ...Adecco USA, Inc. (2021) 72 Cal.App.5th 56, 77.) The court must find that the plaintiff "has adequately represented the state's interests, and hence the public interest." (ld. at p. 89.) The LWDA must have been notified of the settlement and given an opportunity to object. The Proposed Settlement Gross Settlement Amount: $ 380,000.00 Attorney Fee: $ 126,667.00 costs: S 20,841.71 Administration Fee: $ 7,500.00 service Awards (2): $ 20,000.00 Net se...

Excerpt: ...onsible, namely, defendants Trien Dang, M.D.; Chino Medical Group, Inc., dba My Family Medical Group (CMG); Miguel Cervantes-Lopez, M.D.; Casa Colina Hospital (Casa); and Centers for Healthcare. The operative first amended complaint (FAC) contains one claim for medical malpractice. The FAC indicates that on or about July 1, 2020, Gomez obtained medical treatment from CMG related to a sore throat and a "swollen bump on [his] neck." (FAC at 15.) Th...

Excerpt: ...ously with the instant motion. The FAC alleges class wage-and-hour claims consistent with the underlying basis for her representative PAGA action, namely alleging violations related (1) rest breaks; (2) meal periods; (3) wage statements; (4) final pay; as well as (5) unfair competition in violation of Business and Professions Code sections 17200, et seq., and (6) civil penalties pursuant to PAGA The Court's tentative is to grant leave to file the...

Excerpt: ...rs, LLC (GM), was purportedly given a reasonable opportunity to do so, the vehicle was not repaired. GM also failed to replace the vehicle or make restitution. Based on these allegations, Plaintiff commenced the underlying action on June 28, 2021, against GM for (1) breach of the implied warranty of merchantability under the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act and (2) breach of express warranty under the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act. Plainti...

Excerpt: ...C; MTV Holdings, LLC; and Bubba Likes Tortillas, LLC (Plaintiffs) then commenced the underlying lawsuit against the City and its City Manager, Andrea Miller, alleging defendants engaged in a "pay for play" scheme; committed government waste; failed to provide the full scoring rubrics used to determine the licenses; the scoring was not conducted rationally; and defendants failed to follow proper procedure and the Brown Act. Overall, the complaint ...

Excerpt: ...ng judicial notice of Superior Court's register of actions].) As to the Motons to Intervene: The Court would DENY. Case Summary The Cases Relating to Movants: Give the size of Defendant Walmart, it is perhaps not surprising that there are quite a number of other cases that make identical or similar wage-and-hour claims. Relevant here are: The Hamilton/ Hernandez Actons—On June 13, 2019, Petitioner Hamilton filed a wageand-hour class action in s...

Excerpt: ...e, which is included in coordinated proceedings in JCCP 5237. In that case, the Coordination Motion Judge in Sacramento Superior Court granted the petition for coordination, but the Chief Justice has not yet been appointed a Coordination Trial Judge. Those proceedings are stayed pending the appointment of a judge. If Chavez's claims in this case are identical or substantially overlap the claims asserted in his coordinated case, it appears that by...

Excerpt: ...ut of or in any way relating to this Agreement, the Facility or any of the Resident's stays at the Facility, including disputes regarding the making, [enforceability, etc.] of this Agreement...." The document also indicates it was the intent of the parties to bind the resident and "his/her successors, spouses, children, next of kin, guardian, administrator, legal representative, Responsible Party, assigns, agents, attorneys, health care proxies, ...

Excerpt: ...a class action lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court. Though Cartwright sought penalties under PAGA, and Gonzales sought damages on of a putative class, the two cases overlapped substantially in terms of the Labor Code sections allegedly violated. On September 24, 2020, Jerome Pruett was added as an additional plaintiff in the Cartwright case. Defendants answered on October 30, 2020. On April 26, 2021, Gonzales was transferred to this court and a...

Excerpt: ...2) 142 S.Ct. 1906. Before Viking River, PAGA claims were not subject to arbitration under any circumstances. (See e.g. Iskanian v. CLS Transp. Los Angeles LLC (2014) 59 Cal.4th 348.) In Viking River, however, the Court held, contrary to Iskanian, that under the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C., section 1 et seq. (FAA), a PAGA action is divisible into "individual" and "non-individual" components. In the Viking River lexicon, an "individual" PAGA ...

Excerpt: ...Angeles (2012) 208 Cal.App.4th 322, 337.) The court has "broad discretion in making this determination." (In re Microsoft I-V Cases (2006) 135 Cal.App.4th 706, 723.) Relevant factors the court may consider include "the strength of plaintiffs' case, the risk, expense, complexity and likely duration of further litigation, the risk of maintaining class achon status through trial, the amount offered in settlement, the extent of discovery completed an...

Excerpt: ...r implied by conduct. (Code Civ. Proc. S 430.10, subd. (g).) . In this instance, Defendant Qi argues that Plaintiff fails to adequately plead a breach of contract claim because "the written agreement that is attached to the Complaint does not require [defendant] to cause the transfer to be reflected on the books and records of the Corporation as agreed" or for Defendant Qi "to make an amendment with the California Secretary of State to change the...

Excerpt: ...8. The vehicle was repossessed on September 1, 2018, and was sold at auction. This case seeks the unpaid balance. The instant suit was filed on August 18, 2022, and on October 17, 2022, Defendant filed an answer admitting each allegation but requesting monthly payments. Statement of the Law Summary judgment is proper where there is no triable issue as to any material fact and the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. (Code Civ....

Excerpt: ...ed v. United Teachers Los Angeles (2012) 208 Cal.App.4th 322, 337.) The court has "broad discretion in making this determination." (In re Microsoft I-V Cases (2006) 135 Cal.App.4th 706, 723.) Relevant factors the court may consider include "the strength of the plaintiffs' case, the risk, the expense, complexity and likely duration of further litigation, the risk of maintaining class action status through trial, the amount offered in settlement, t...

Excerpt: ...ail, Inc. (21W8) 168 Cal.App.4th 116, 126; Reed v. United Teachers Los Angeles (2012) 208 Cal.App.4th 322, 337.) The court has "broad discretion in making this determination." (In re Microsoft I-V Cases (2006) 135 Cal.App.4th 706, 723.) Relevant factors the court may consider include "the strength of plaintiffs' case, the risk, expense, complexity and likely duration of further litigation, the risk of maintaining class achon status through trial,...

Excerpt: ...CC now demurs to each of the causes of acton on the grounds that they fail to state sufficient facts. In particular, CCC argues state agencies are not "persons" for purposes of 42 U.S.C. section 1983; Education Code section 200 is a policy statement and not a private right of action statute; public schools are not "business establishments" for purposes of the Unruh Act and no animus is alleged; and the declaratory relief claim fails since the vac...

Excerpt: ... therefore ordered to the arbitrator to make those decisions. 2. The arbitrator, not the court, will decide whether the parties should be ordered to non-binding mediation pursuant to the agreement, which the arbitrator will determine is enforceable or unenforceable. 3. The parties agreed that the court, not the arbitrator, would decide the issue whether the class action waiver is enforceable. It is, and the class claims are therefore stricken. 4....

Excerpt: ...nscionability has a procedural component and a substantive component. Both are required for the court to deny enforcement of the delegation clause. This delegation clause arguably has an element of procedural unconscionability because is not prominently displayed, but is found in the middle of a lengthy paragraph entitled "Applicable Law and Construction/waiver of Jury Trial" which addresses several different topics in addition to the delegation....