California Tentative Rulings
Counsel for plaintiff/opposing party: Carney Shegerian (Shegerian, etc.) Counsel for defendants/moving parties: Dennis Walsh (Walsh, etc.) Defendants’ demurrer to first amended complaint and motion to strike portions of first amended complaint (filed 3/17/16) TENTATIVE RULING Defendants Citrus Community College District,...
Counsel for plaintiff/opposing party: Mika Hilaire; David McGriff; Edith Castaneda (Hilaire, etc.) Counsel for defendant/petitioner: Jennifer Terry; Donna Mo (Arent, etc.) Defendant’s petition to compel arbitration and stay judicial proceedings (filed 3/21/16) TENTATIVE RULING Defendant’s request for judicial notice is...
Counsel for plaintiffs: Gregory Aldisert (Kinsella, etc.) Counsel for defendant Massachusetts Mutual: Andre Cronthall; Sarah Kagan (Sheppard, etc.) Counsel for defendant Fraser Financial: Samuel Edgerton, III; Jeffrey Fields (Edgerton, etc.) Counsel for defendant Turoci: Benjamin Pugh (Enterprise, etc.) Demurrers (2)...
Counsel for plaintiff/moving party: Eugen Andres; Jim Moore (Andres, etc.) Counsel for defendant/opposing party County of Los Angeles: David Weiss; Jaime Verducci; Elizabeth Bright (L.O. Weiss) Plaintiff’s motion to compel further responses to request for production of documents, set one...
DEFENDANTS’ DEMURRERS TO SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT Moving parties: (1) Defendants Zora Dieterich and Christopher Dieterich (2) Defendant Mark Ryan Hess (3) Defendant Backbar HQ, Inc. Opposing parties: Plaintiffs Luiz Jimenez and Nick Psinakis TENTATIVE RULING The demurrers are all OVERRULED...
Counsel for plaintiff/opposing party: Pier Paolo Caputo (L.O. Caputo) Counsel for defendant/moving party D’Angelo: Manuel Miller (L.O. Miller) Other counsel: Omitted. Matters (filed 1/15/16): 1. Defendant D’Angelo’s demurrer to second amended complaint (SAC) 2. Defendant D’Angelo’s motion to strike portions...
Counsel for plaintiff/opposing party: Brian Letofskky; Bethany Everson Na (Watkins, etc.) Counsel for defendants/demurring parties: Karl Loureiro; Julissa Galvan (Lewis, etc.) Defendants Watts Regulator Co. and Ace Hardware Corporation’s demurrer to plaintiff’s first amended complaint TENTATIVE RULING As this demurrer...
Counsel for plaintiffs Marvin Malone and Alexandra Malone /opposing parties: Robert Mobasseri; Amy Hajduk (L.O. Mobasseri) Counsel for defendants/petitioners UAG Cerritos LLC, etc., et al., and Travelers, etc. (joining defendant): John Bronstein; George Koumbis; Noam Reiffman (Arent Fox) Petition to...
Defendant BMW of North America, LLC’s (BMWNA) demurrer and motion to strike (filed 12/16/15) Tentative ruling: As to defendant’s demurrer to the contract-based and negligence causes of action (2nd, 3rd, and 10th), the demurrer is sustained without leave to amend....
Counsel for plaintiff/moving party: David Valdez Jr. Counsel for defendants/opposing parties: Robert Thompson, et al. (Callahan, etc.) Other counsel: Omitted. Plaintiff’s petition for appointment of JAMS as arbitrator organization (filed 12/29/15) Tentative ruling: Defendants’ evidentiary objections: Sustained. [Defendants’ counsel to...