Motion by Plaintiffs for Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement: (a) This hearing is continued to 6 January 2017 [or such other date as Plaintiff Counsel reasonably proposes] for Plaintiff counsel to provide the court with brief supplemental papers as...

1.  Demurrer of Defendant Shea Homes, Inc. to Third Amended Complaint: The Demurrer filed by Defendant Shea Homes, Inc., as to the entire Third Amended Complaint, is overruled. (a) Shea argues that this action was untimely from inception, based on...

1. Order to Show Cause re: Dismissal/Status Conference: This OSC re Dismissal is vacated and ordered Off Calendar given the ruling in the Application for Dismissal pursuant to California Rule of Court 3.770 below (Motion No. 2). 2. Motion/Application by...

Motion by Amaro Baldwin LLP to be Relived as Counsel for Defendants Parlour Enterprises, Inc., Farrell’s International Inc., Parlour Buena Park, LLC, Parlour Mission Viejo, LLC, Parlour RC, LLC, Parlour Brea, LLC, Parlour Riverside, LLC, and Parlour Sacramento, LLC: The...

Hearing to Confirm Completion of Settlement Distribution: a) The Administrator’s Update: The 12/1/16 declaration of Administrator Simpluris, Inc.’s Case Manager Mr. Gomez explains in satisfactory detail that: 1. The $375,000.00 gross settlement figure is to be paid to the Administrator...

Final Report Hearing:   1. The Simpluris Update: The 11/29/16 declaration of Administrator Simpluris, Inc.’s Case Manager Mr. Gomez explains in satisfactory detail that that following checks went out on 8/19/16:   ·        $100,000.00 to plaintiff Class Counsel for attorney...

Demurrer of Defendants Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center and St. Joseph Health System to Plaintiff’s Second Amended Complaint and Motion to Strike Portions of the Second Amended Complaint: Generally, pleadings must be liberally construed, in the face of pleading challenge,...

1)Defendant Inter-Con Security Systems, Inc.’s Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings  2)Status Conference Defendant Inter-Con’s motion for judgment on the pleadings with respect to the Second Amended Complaint (SAC) of Plaintiff Brian Bower is GRANTED. The parties’ requests for judicial...

1)Plaintiffs Michael Hasegawa and Pedro Garcia’s Motion for an Order for Final Approval of Class Action Settlement Agreement; Awarding Attorneys’ Fees and Costs; Awarding Service Payments to Representative Plaintiffs; and Awarding Reimbursement of Claims Administration Fees and Costs   2)Final...

Plaintiff Twenty-Nine Palms Enterprises Corporation’s Motion for Order to Stay Proceedings   Is Twenty-Nine Palms v. Cadmus Construction, San Bernardino Superior Court Case No. CIVRS 914065 (the “San Bernardino Action”), still a pending and active matter? If so, the parties...