Motion by Defendant for Judgment on the Pleadings as to the Second and Third Causes of Action in Plaintiff’s Complaint 12/22/16 Opposition 1/18/17 Reply Requests for Judicial Notice Tentative:  Deny motion.  Grant Requests for Judicial Notice, sustaining plaintiff’s objections to...

  Motion for Leave to File Complaint-in-Intervention Oppositions Replies Tentative:  Deny Attorney Burns seeks to file a putative class action with himself as the named plaintiff.  (But see Apple Computer, Inc. v. Superior Court (2005) 126 Cal.App.4th 1253.)  On behalf...

Coral Farms and the Mikos Defendants Motion to compel Arbitration and for Entry of Judgment Opposition Reply Tentative:  Deny The parties’ settlement agreement required that all repairs be in “substantial compliance” with the incorporated proposed plans.  The parties contemplated some...

  Plaintiff’s Motion for Final Approval of Class Action Settlement No opposition Tentative:  The court is inclined to grant final approval as follows, provided counsel address the following issue regarding the labor Code section 226.2 payments: 1.       What, if any,...

  Demurrer by Defendants Sonja Cassell, W.K. Marketing, Inc., Sherri Lino, Isabelle Corona and JSG Sales, LLC, to Plaintiff’s Sixth Amended Complaint Opposition Reply Tentative:  Overrule; answer within 14 days Universal Card sufficiently has alleged for pleading purposes that “defendant[s]...

  Demurrer to Plaintiff Tellas’ Sixth Cause of Action for PAGA Penalties in Second Amended Complaint (SAC) Opposition Reply Tentative:  Overrule. The SAC did not add a new PAGA cause of action on behalf of plaintiff Tellas, but instead added...

Motion by Plaintiff Lamont Goodwin for Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement No opposition Tentative:  The court thanks counsel for the supplemental papers.  The court is inclined to grant preliminary approval conditioned on the following: 1.       The court remains concerned...

  Plaintiffs’ Motion to Compel Deposition + Sanctions Opposition Reply Tentative:  Grant in part; deny in part; no sanctions Plaintiff seeks to compel PMK depositions on a variety of topics with the concomitant production of a variety of documents. At...

  Request from court: Counsel, please serially number (like Bates numbering) every page of a filed document that exceeds 30 pages.  Please then refer to the specific page number in the appropriate Points & Authorities and Declarations.   Thank you.  ...

  Motion by Plaintiff for Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement No opposition Tentative:  Continue to address the following questions: 1.       How did the putative class broaden significantly from what is alleged in the Second Amended Complaint from non-exempt housekeepers...