TENTATIVE RULING Plaintiff filed a complaint for breach of a promissory note. The complaint contains two Causes of Action: 1. Breach of Contract, and 2. Common Counts. Defendant Lite Solar Corporation demurs to the First Cause of Action, contending Plaintiff...

Covenant Care states that Admissions Coordinate Phelisha Shipman personally presented the Arbitration Agreement to Plaintiff at the time of her admission on July 2, 2014. (Shipman Decl., paragraph 4) Plaintiff did not feel well enough at that time to read...

FACTUAL OVERVIEW James B. Hall, Jr., in his capacity as Representative of the Estate of Arvilla Hall, moves pursuant to CCP 387(b) for leave to intervene in this action and to file a complaint in intervention. Plaintiff Gloria Hall alleges...

INTRODUCTION The minute order of October 27, 2015 orders attorney Paul Carter to “submit order re: stipulation reached this day in court and to give notice.” There is no order in the file re: stipulation or notice of continuance. Plaintiffs’...

Paulette Caudill moves for a determination of good faith settlement pursuant to CCP 877.6. Plaintiff was injured when a scaffolding on Plaintiff’s property collapsed. The settlement is for $1,000,000.00 in exchange for a dismissal with prejudice. The Court first observes...

FORM INTERROGATORIES Items 1 through 33 are at issue. These are standard form interrogatories seeking basic information. As an example, item number 1 asks whether Plaintiff suffered from any disability prior to the subject accident. Number 2 askes whether Plaintiff...

Plaintiff Americal, Inc. moves for summary adjudication on its first case of action for Declaratory Relief. Defendant JTH Tax, Inc. opposes on the ground that the motion is premature. Defendant is correct. CCP section 437c (a) states in relevant part:...

Utilizing a Judicial Council form complaint, Plaintiff has alleged 15 Causes of Action for Breach of Contract (Causes 1 – 15) and two Causes of Action for Fraud (Causes 16 – 17). Defendant Richard Hochberg demurs to all 17 Causes...

Defendants Long Beach Memorial Medical Center (“LBMMC”) and Dr. Jashdeep Singh Dhoot move for summary judgment on Plaintiff Sharon Gaither’s complaint for medical malpractice. Sharon Gaither has sued as an individual and in her capacity as personal representative of the...

INTRODUCTION Defendants Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc. (“SPS”) and The Bank of New York Mellon (“Bank”), in its capacity as trustee, demur to every Cause of Action in Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint: 1. Violation of CC §2923.55, 2. Violation of CC...