California Tentative Rulings
Defendant Allied Universal’s motion to withdraw or amend deemed admissions as to plaintiffs Vanessa Thomas, et al., pursuant to C.C.P. § 2033.300(a), is DENIED. Defendant’s motion is in response to the Court’s November 5, 2018 Minutes Order (“11/5/18 Order”), which...
1) Plaintiffs Vanessa Thomas, et al.’s motion for leave to file a fourth amended complaint is granted in part and denied in part. GRANTED as to Plaintiffs’ motion for leave to add additional causes of action and additional plaintiffs, other...
The demurrer by defendant City of San Clemente (“City”) to the Third Amended Complaint is overruled in part and sustained in part. Regarding the second cause of action, Plaintiff notes in its Opposition that the second cause of action, for...
Cross-Defendants’ Special Motion to Strike is DENIED in its entirety. (See Code Civ. Proc. § 425.16). Cross-Defendants failed to meet their initial burden to demonstrate that the Third Cause of Action in the Cross-Complaint arose out of protected activities as...
1) Plaintiff Iraj Dowlatshahi’s motion for final approval of class action settlement is GRANTED on the following terms: The Court finds the settlement in this case is fair, adequate and reasonable. Plaintiff Iraj Dowlatshahi is granted an enhancement in the...
Defendant House of Imports, Inc.’s motion to compel arbitration of plaintiff Arnold Alix’s employment law claims, to dismiss Plaintiff’s class action claims as to arbitration, and to stay Plaintiff’s PAGA claims pending completion of arbitration proceedings, is GRANTED. See, C.C.P. §§ 1281.2 and...
Defendant Orangewood, LLC’s motion to compel arbitration of plaintiff Nicolas Beltran-Saint Michel’s employment law claims is GRANTED. See, C.C.P. § 1281.2 and Rosenthal v. Great Western Fin’l Securities Corp. (1996) 14 Cal.4th 394, 413. Defendant established that Plaintiff refused to submit his employment law claims to...
Motion to Quash Subpoenas Defendants O’Hara’s Pub, Inc. and Christine Thompson’s motion to quash subpoenas is GRANTED in part, and DENIED in part, as follows. The motion to quash is GRANTED as to the subpoenas seeking the bank records of...
Defendant Pacific Enterprise Bank’s Motion to Compel Further Responses to Form Interrogatories is GRANTED. Plaintiff Advanced Mold Technology. Inc. is ordered to serve further, complete, non-evasive responses without objections toDefendant Pacific Enterprise Bank’s Form Interrogatories, Set No. 1, Interrogatories No....
1) Defendant TCCSA’s motion to strike the declaration of attorney Charles Richardson and the attached memorandum of costs is GRANTED. Attorney Richardson was no longer counsel of record for plaintiff Cara Crouch in June 2017 and therefore lacked authority to...