California Tentative Rulings
Defendants’ (Magellan Health, Inc. and Human Affairs of California) Motion for Summary Judgment or in the Alternative Summary Adjudication of the Causes of Action for Intentional Interference with Contractual Relations, Violation of Business and Professions Code section 17200 et seq.,...
Defendant’s (William Alexander) unopposed Motion for Terminating Sanctions for Failure to Obey a Court Order (filed on 7-9-18) is GRANTED. Code of Civil Procedure section 2023.010 states, in part, “Misuses of the discovery process include, but are not limited to,...
Defendant’s (Balboa Capital Corporation) Motion to Compel Responses of Defendant Tiffany Hoang to Special Interrogatories, Set No. One (filed on 7-30-18) is DENIED. Code of Civil Procedure section 2030.010, subdivision (b), states, “An interrogatory may relate to whether another party...
Petitioner’s (Mary Gaido) Motion for Award of Attorney’s Fees and Costs Pursuant to CCP § 1021.5 (filed on 7-13-18) is GRANTED. Code of Civil Procedure section 1021.5 provides in part, “Upon motion, a court may award attorneys’ fees to a...
Defendants’ (Morgan Dental Corporation, Jason Morgan DDS, Kate Morgan, and Shawn Bailey) Motion to Compel Arbitration (filed on 4-26-18) is GRANTED. Toal v. Tardif (2009) 178 Cal.App.4th 1208, 1219, provides, “In Rosenthal v. Great Western Fin. Securities Corp. (1996) 14...
Plaintiff’s (Gary Stoltenberg) Motion to Compel Further Responses to Deposition Questions and Production of Documents Requested at Deposition from Defense Expert Patrick Salter (filed on 7-12-18) is GRANTED in part, and DENIED in part. Code of Civil Procedure section 2025.480...
Defendant’s (Jazmine Petruchik) and Intervenor’s (Certain Underwriters at Lloyds of London) Motion of Summary Judgment or in the Alternative Adjudication (filed on 5-31-18) is DENIED. (The court will refer to Defendant and Intervenor as the Moving Parties.) Moving Parties’ Objections:...
Cross-Defendants’ (Bohm Wildish & Matsen, LLP and Daniel R. Wildish) Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings re Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Causes of Action in First Amended Cross-Complaint (filed on 7-3-18) is DENIED. Initially, the court DENIES this motion as...
Defendant’s (Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.) Motion for Summary Judgment (filed on 5-31-18) is DENIED. The court OVERRULES all of Plaintiff’s objections. The court does not give a ruling on Defendant’s objections because the format fails to comply with California Rules of...
Defendants’ (MT Collision Centers, Inc., Pacific Elite Collision Centers, Inc., Timothy Mullahey, and Mark McNeil) Motion for an Order appointing at Plaintiff’s Sole Expense a Case Referee to Monitor and Pre-Approve All Communications and Discovery by Plaintiff to Defendants (filed...