California Tentative Rulings
The Motion for Summary Judgment is DENIED The moving papers seem to switch the numbering of the causes of action, by referring to the 1st cause of action in the Complaint, which is for Negligence, as the third cause of...
Motion for Summary Judgment and/or Adjudication – DENIED The Motion by Defendants Ben’s Asphalt, Inc. and Ben’s Asphalt and Maintenance Company, Inc. (collectively “Ben’s Asphalt”) for summary judgment is denied. Defendant Accord’s request for judicial notice of Plaintiff’s Complaint is...
Preliminary matter In Defendants’ evidentiary objections 1, 3, 29, 34, and 42, there is an objection that Defendants did not receive some of the exhibits within Plaintiff’s opposition papers. This asserted omission should have been a subject of a meet...
Defendant Megan Wang’s Motion for Summary Judgment Defendant Megan Wang moves for summary judgment against Plaintiff Earle Meche’s Complaint. For the following reasons, Defendant’s motion is granted. A defendant seeking summary judgment bears the burden of persuasion and burden of...
Defendant Crown Building Maintenance Co. dba Able Building Maintenance Co. (“Able”) seeks to bifurcate the liability phase of trial from the damages phase of trial, arguing that Plaintiff Nicole Hall has no evidence to support her claim that the restroom...
Defendant Altfillisch Contractors, Inc. demurs to the First and Second Causes of Action in the Complaint filed by Plaintiff Adam Corcoran based on the “workers compensation exclusivity rule” codified in Labor Code §§3600, 3602 and related case law. The Complaint...
Defendant/Cross-Defendant/Cross-Complainant Downtown Anaheim Association (“DTAA”) seeks summary judgment on the following: 1. Plaintiff is unable to prove with admissible evidence that Defendant Clemente Gomez was DTAA’s employee such that DTAA is liable for his negligence under the doctrine of respondeat...
Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment and/or Adjudication Defendants Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S. Inc. (WDPR) and Disneyland International (DI) move for summary judgment as to all three causes of action in the Complaint filed on 9/6/17 by Plaintiff Joel...
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...
Orange County Superior Court Judge Melissa McCormick Defendant County of Orange’s Motion for Summary Judgment or, in the alternative, Summary Adjudication Defendant County of Orange moves for summary judgment against the three causes of action in Plaintiff Maria Rodriguez’s First...