California Tentative Rulings
Plaintiffs’ Motion for Approval of PAGA Settlement, Attorney Fees, Representative Service Payments, and Costs is granted, except as set forth below. Plaintiffs’ Supplemental Request for Judicial Notice is granted. The Trial set for March 25, 2019 and the Pre-Trial Conference...
Defendant Emerald Landscape Services, Inc.’s Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings is granted without leave to amend. Defendant’s Request for Judicial Notice filed on June 29, 2018 is granted. Defendant’s Request for Judicial Notice filed on September 26, 2018 is...
Plaintiffs’ Motion for Final Approval of Class Action Settlement, Class Representative Enhancements, Attorneys’ Fees and Costs is granted, except that the court is willing to approve enhancements only in the amount of $5,000 for each of the four named plaintiffs....
Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel Responses to Plaintiff’s Revised Special Interrogatories is granted. Defendant Payal Hotels, Inc. is ordered to serve verified responses to the Revised Special Interrogatories, without objections, within 20 days. Plaintiff’s request for monetary sanctions against defendant Payal...
Plaintiffs’ Motion to Compel Further Responses to Special Interrogatories is granted. Plaintiffs’ Motion to Compel Further Responses to Requests for Production of Documents is granted. Defendant Commercial Fire Protection, Inc. must serve further responses to Special Interrogatories #43-47 and 50-51...
Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel Verified Responses Without Objection to Third Demand to Inspect Documents Served by Plaintiff, and Production of All Responsive Documents, is denied as moot. Plaintiff’s request for monetary sanctions is granted against defendant Tawa Supermarket, Inc. in...
Defendant PSMG, Inc. dba Pacwest Security Services’ Petition (which is actually a Motion) to Compel Arbitration and Stay Proceedings is granted. Plaintiff’s individual claims are ordered to arbitration. Plaintiff’s PAGA claims are not ordered to arbitration. Whether plaintiff’s class claims...
Defendant Moxie Pest Control (Orange County), LP’s Motion to Compel Arbitration and Stay Proceedings is granted. The parties must arbitrate the portions of the Complaint by which plaintiff seeks unpaid wages and benefits for himself, but not the portions by...
Cross-defendant ILWU-PMA Welfare Plan’s Demurrer to Ihsan N. Shamaan, M.D.’s First Amended Cross-Complaint is sustained with 30 days leave to amend based on the failure to state a cause of action as to all three causes of action. ILWU’s Request...
Plaintiff Uriel R. Altamirano’s Motion for Class Certification is granted as to Subclass V and denied as to Subclasses I-IV and VI-VII. Defendant’s Request for Judicial Notice is granted. Plaintiff’s Objections to Defendant’s Evidence are overruled as to #1 and...