California Tentative Rulings
This is a legal malpractice action, arising out of an underlying business litigation dispute. Before the Court this day are competing motions regarding a stay put in place by this Court on 08/03/17. Underlying Action (2014-739428) On 08/12/14, the...
Cross-Complainant and Cross-Defendant Preferred Construction Specialties, Inc. Motion for Summary Judgment in favor of PCSI and against Cross-Complainant Cedar Fair and Cross-Complainant Bobrick Washroom Equipment, Inc. or in the alternative summary adjudication in its favor on Brodrick and Cedar Fair’s...
The Defendant Peyman Tajalli’s Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings as to the first, eighth and ninth causes of action is DENIED. Defendant Peyman Tajalli’s request for judicial notice of Plaintiff Jasmine Villasenor’s Complaint filed on April 21, 2017 is GRANTED Complaint...
Defendant Foster’s Motion to Expunge Abstract of Judgment is DENIED. The request for sanctions is also DENIED. “There is no statutory procedure for “expunging” an abstract of judgment.” Federal Deposit Ins. Corp. v. Charlton (1993) 17 Cal.App.4th 1066, 1070. As one court stated, “In...
Demurrer Request for Judicial Notice In connection with its demurrer, Defendant requests that the Court take judicial notice of 11 items including Defendant’s Restated Articles of Incorporation, 9 printouts from websites regarding religious colleges and an unauthenticated printout of...
Defendants’ Motion to File Under Seal Documents in Support of Defendant Jay Kanner’s Motion for Summary Judgment or, In The Alternative, Summary Adjudication According to the moving party, other than the Deposit Schedule, which arguably contains the financial information of...
In this renewed motion, Caterpillar represents that after extensive discovery and mediation, it proposes to settle this case by paying $7 million dollars to Plaintiffs, with $6.8 million going to William French and the remaining $200,000 to Kristine French. Based...
The Plaintiff filed this Petition for Writ of Mandate. Plaintiff/Petitioner, Scott Montoya requested that the court issue a writ of mandate commanding respondents to comply with Penal Code § 25455 and provide Deputy Montoya with a retiree identification certificate. On 2/23/17 the...
This is a constructive termination via discrimination case (with a sprinkling of a wage/hour issue). Plaintiff contends that upon her return from pregnancy leave she was denied her old position in collections and offered a “lesser” position in facilities (albeit...
Defendant Farmers Specialty Insurance Company requests order granting monetary sanctions on the following motions in the following amounts (Farmers Specialty limits its discovery motions to the issue of monetary sanctions): 1) Motion to Deem Plaintiff Sergio Rodriguez Alvarez’s Responses to...