California Tentative Rulings
Defendants Commercial Finance, Troy Roach, and Eric Freeman, and Ryan Dunman’s sanctions motion is GRANTED in part. 1. Plaintiff First National Capital Corporation shall PAY $3500 in discovery sanctions to defendants within 30 days of notice. (See Code Civ. Proc.,...
This is a premises liability action. Plaintiffs were residents of a sober living facility located in Laguna Niguel. On 09/09/16, plaintiffs were on the backyard deck when the railing reportedly broke away – causing them to fall roughly 20 feet...
Petitioner moves the Court to adopt the Referee’s report, findings, and recommended rulings. On 9/7/18, the HOA filed objections 1-19 to the Declaration of Serafin, objections 1-14 to the Horton Declaration, and objections 1-4 to the Lohnes Declaration. The Court...
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...
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...
OBJECTIONS TO REFEREE REPORT: Overruled. On April 14, 2016, Discovery Referee Bruce A. Friedman, Esq. of JAMS filed his Statement of Decision No. 1 – Ruling on Defendant’s Motions to Compel Production of Documents and Plaintiffs’ Motion for Protective Order (“Statement...
On May 19, 2016 Petitioner Cary K. Gimelstob brought an ex parte motion for appointment of a retired private judge as referee (CCP § 638) in accordance with the parties’ premarital agreement, which this court denied. Thereafter, on May 24,...
Motion for Spoliation Sanctions This case involves a business dispute over alleged misappropriation of trade secrets. Applied General Agency (“AGA”) and Greenleaf Financial (“Greenleaf”) compete with one another in the lucrative intermediary insurance industry. Greenleaf is a new company, launched...
Motions: Discovery Motions Tentative Ruling: The Court orders the appointment of a referee for all discovery purposes pursuant to CCP § 639(a)(5); the Court orders the parties to meet and confer as to the organization of the motions to be...
Case Name: Aetna Life Insurance Company, Inc. v. Bay Area Surgical Management, LLC, et al. Case No.: 1-12-CV-217943 There are three motions before the Court: [1] Plaintiff Aetna Life Insurance Company’s (“Aetna”) motion for leave to file a...