Category: California Tentative Rulings

Case Name: Aemetis, Inc. v. Edeniq, Inc., et al. Case No.: 16-CV-299385 This action initiated by plaintiff Aemetis, Inc. (?Plaintiff?), a publicly-traded biotechnology company, against defendants Edeniq, Inc. (?EIQI?), a privately-held biofuel company specializing in cellulosic ethanol technology, and its Chief Executive Officer, Brian D. Thome (?Thome?), arises out of an unconsummated merger between the […]

Case Name:? ? Denis Flynn vs Ralph Flynn et al Case No.😕 ????? 16CV292470 On March 16, 2017, the Court denied Plaintiff?s motion for summary judgment.? Plaintiff has now brought a motion for ?reconsideration? and to ?renew? the motion for summary adjudication. The motion to ?renew? is DENIED, as, among other defects, the motion was […]

Case Name:??? Golden State Lumber, Inc. v. Mark McConville, et al.??? Case No.:??????? 2017-CV-310917 Demurrer to the Complaint by Defendant Bank of America, N.A. ? Factual and Procedural Background This an action for foreclosure of a mechanics lien.? Plaintiff Golden Gate Lumber, Inc. (?Plaintiff?) is involved in the sale and provision of plywood, lumber, and […]

Case Name: Do, et al. v. Tran, et al. Case No.: 16-CV-300122 This action initiated by plaintiffs Vien Thao Media, Inc. (?VTM?) and its president and Chief Executive Officer, Tron Do (?Do?), against defendants Nguyen Song Tran (?Tran?) and Truong Huynh Vu (?Vu?) arises from certain alleged defamatory statements posted about Do online. According to […]

Case Name: ?? Herbert Hopkins v. J.W. McClenahan Co., et al. Case No.: ?????? 16-CV-300512 This is a putative employment class action regarding alleged defects in the wage statements issued by defendant J.W. McClenahan Co., which provides plumbing and other contracting services.? The complaint sets forth a single cause of action for violation of Labor […]

Calendar Lines 1 through 4 Case Name: ?? Stephen Bushansky v. Alliance Fiber Optic Products, Inc., et al. Case No.: ?????? 16-CV-294245 Case Name: ?? Rudy Luck v. Alliance Fiber Optic Products, Inc., et al. Case No.: ?????? 16-CV-294418 Case Name: ?? Rick Doerr v. Peter C. Chang, et al. Case No.: ?????? 16-CV-294681 Case […]

Case Name:??? Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. v. Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. Case No.:??????? 16-CV-300545 Currently before the Court is the motion by defendant and cross-complainant Air Products Manufacturing Corporation, sued as Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (hereinafter, ?Air Products?), for summary judgment or, alternatively, summary adjudication. Factual and Procedural Background This action arises out […]

Case Name: Abhyanker, P.C. v. Lai Case No.: 17-CV-305497 Plaintiff/cross-defendant Raj Abhyanker, P.C. individually and dba LegalForce RAPC (?LegalForce?) demurs to the second amended cross-complaint (?SACC?) filed by defendant/cross-complainant Geneva Lai (?Lai?). This is cross-action for employment discrimination.? According to the allegations of the SACC, LegalForce hired Lai as a patent attorney in September 2015.? […]

Case Name: Alfaro v. Schlindwein Case No.: 16-CV-303884 Defendant Eugene Schlindwein (?Defendant?) demurs to the first amended complaint (?FAC?) filed by plaintiff Charisse Alfaro (?Plaintiff?) and moves to strike portions contained therein. This is a personal injury action arising out of a motor vehicle accident. According to the allegations of the FAC, on December 20, […]

Motion for New Trial ? DENIED Moving party/petitioner?s Notice of Intent and Motion for a New Trial lists five separate grounds under CCP 657 as bases for new trial, however the attached Points & Authorities cite only CCP 657(1), which authorizes new trials based on:???Irregularity in the proceedings of the court, jury or adverse party, […]

Case Number:?BC661064????Hearing Date:?September 13, 2017????Dept:?37 CASE NAME:???????????????????????Martinez-Martinez v. Guzman et al. CASE NO.:????????????????????????????BC661064 HEARING DATE:?????????????????9/13/17 DEPARTMENT:???????????????????37 CALENDAR NO.:?????????????????9 TRIAL DATE:????????????????????????None NOTICE:????????????????????????????????OK SUBJECT:?????????????????????????????Demurrer DEMURRING PARTY:????????Defendants Serafin Guzman and Daniel Guzman OPPOSING PARTY:???????????Plaintiff Jose Luis Martinez-Martinez   COURT?S TENTATIVE RULING   The court OVERRULES Defendants Serafin Guzman and Daniel Guzman?s demurrer as to the seventh and eighth […]

Case Number:?BC588933????Hearing Date:?September 13, 2017????Dept:?37 CASE NAME:???????????????????????Segura v. De Sylva, et al. CASE NO.:????????????????????????????BC588933 HEARING DATE:?????????????????9/13/17 DEPARTMENT:???????????????????37 CALENDAR NO.:?????????????????10 TRIAL DATE:????????????????????????10/17/17 NOTICE:????????????????????????????????OK PROCEEDING:????????????????????Motion for Summary Judgment, or in the alternative, Summary Adjudication MOVING PARTY:?????????????????Defendant City of Pasadena OPPOSING PARTY:???????????Plaintiff Omar Segura   COURT?S TENTATIVE RULING   Defendant City of Pasadena?s motion for summary judgment, or […]

Plaintiffs Devinder Singh and Manjeet Singh?s Demurrer to Mid-Century Insurance Company?s Answer is overruled in part and sustained in part, with 15 days leave to amend. SPECIAL DEMURRER FOR UNCERTAINTY The Court overrules the special demurrer for uncertainty (Code Civ. Proc., ? 430.20, subd. (b)).?A demurrer for uncertainty is strictly construed, even where a pleading […]

MOTION TO COMPEL PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS Defendant and Cross-Complainant Integrated Process Control Engineering, Inc.?s (?IPCE?) Motion to compel compliance with responses to IPCE?s request for production of documents, set one, is denied. Here, IPCE seeks payroll records of?Plaintiff and Cross-Defendant Ozuna Electric Company Inc. (?Ozuna?).??In weighing the privacy rights of employees, the appropriate balancing test […]

Petitioners Joanna Lopez and Maria Arellano?s motion for attorney?s fees and costs is granted in part and denied in part.? The Motion is denied as to attorney?s fees.? The Motion is granted in part as to costs, as set forth below. While Petitioners are the prevailing party against Defendant Morgan Coast Management, LLC (?MCM?), they […]

Plaintiff Jeremiah Casey?s motion to compel a second deposition of Defendant Curtis Erin Fuller and for Defendant to answer questions that he was instructed not to answer, is granted in part.? Defendant is ordered to answer Questions 1 2, 3, 5, and 6.? Defendant need not answer Question 4. Code of Civil Procedure section 2025.480 […]

Case Number:?BC634523????Hearing Date:?July 25, 2017????Dept:?46 Case Number:??BC634523 KENYA TORRES VS UPPER SAN GABRIEL VALLEY MUNICIPAL WATER DIS Filing Date:??09/20/2016 Case Type:??Wrongful Termination (General Jurisdiction) 7/25/2017 Motion to Compel Further Responses + Joinder   Future Hearings: 8/08/2017Motion to Compel Compliance with Subpoena 1/12/2018?Conference-Post Mediation Status/FurtherSC 3/27/2018?Final Status Conference 4/11/2018?Jury Trial   NOTICE OF TENTATIVE RULING AND […]

Case Number:?BC617090????Hearing Date:?July 25, 2017????Dept:?46 Case Number:??BC617090 BETTY MINTZ VS STEVE F SHELDON ET AL Filing Date:??04/14/2016 Case Type:??Other Intentional Tort-notPI/WD/PD (General Jurisdiction) Status:??Other Judgment 03/07/2017 7/25/2017 Motion for Attorney Fees TENTATIVE RULING Motion for Attorney?s Fees is GRANTED. Fees are awarded in the sum of $32,015 which represents the attorneys fee plus motion fee […]

Case Number:??BC598021 THAKOR I. PATEL, ET AL VS 8300 SOUTH VERMONT, L.P., ET AL 7/25/2017 Motion to Compel Production of Documents Per Notice of Deposition Future Hearings: 8/11/2017?Conference-Post Mediation/ Further Status Conference 8/24/2017?Motion to Compel 10/05/2017?Motion for Summary Adjudication 10/10/2017?Final Status Conference 10/25/2017?Jury Trial TENTATIVE RULING   Motion per CCP ?2025.480(b) For Order Compelling Production […]

Case Number:?BC651784 Hearing Date:?July 25, 2017 Dept:34 SUBJECT: Motion for leave to file a cross-complaint Moving Party: Defendant Doris J. Tillman Resp. Party: None Defendant?s motion is GRANTED. BACKGROUND: Plaintiff commenced this action on 2/24/17 against defendants for: (1) breach of contract; (2) indebitatus assumpsit; (3) account stated; (4) open book account; (5) quantum meruit; […]

Case Number:?BC566701????Hearing Date:?July 24, 2017????Dept:?34 SUBJECT:??Motion to disqualify   Moving Party:??Former Defendant and cross-complainant Christopher Biancotti   Resp. Party:?????Defendants and cross-complainants TWE Solutions, Marcato and Kiely     Biancotti?s Motion to Disqualify his former counsel is DENIED.     BACKGROUND:   Plaintiffs commenced this action on 12/15/14. Plaintiffs filed a third amended complaint on 6/17/15 […]

Case Number:?BC573346????Hearing Date:?July 24, 2017????Dept:?73 7/24/17 Dept. 73 Rafael Ongkeko, Judge presiding SMYTH vs. SHERMAN, et al. (BC573346) Counsel for plaintiff/opposing party: Pier Paolo Caputo; Benjamin Eghbali (L.O. Caputo) Counsel for defendant/moving party Scott Paul (Doe 13): Jennifer Felten; Timothy Camarena (RELAW, etc.) Counsel for defendants Phil Duncan and BHHS Crest defendants (Does 11, 12, […]

Case Number:?BC648344????Hearing Date:?July 13, 2017????Dept:?37 CASE NAME:???????????????????????Bustamonte v. Castellanos CASE NUMBER:?????????????????BC648344 HEARING DATE:?????????????????7/13/17 CALENDAR NUMBER:??????12 DATE FILED:????????????????????????1/30/17 TRIAL DATE:????????????????????????None NOTICE:????????????????????????????????OK PROCEEDING:????????????????????Special Motion to Strike the Complaint (Code Civ. Proc., ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????425.16) MOVING PARTY:?????????????????Defendant Elizabeth Castellanos OPPOSING PARTY:???????????Plaintiff Anthony M. Bustamonte   COURT?S TENTATIVE RULING Defendant?s special motion to strike is GRANTED with respect to Plaintiff?s complaint.??Defendant?s […]

Case Number:?BC606662????Hearing Date:?July 13, 2017????Dept:?37 CASE NAME:???????????????????????Flores, et al. v. 341 S. Alvarado, LLC, et al. CASE NUMBER:?????????????????BC606662 HEARING DATE:?????????????????7/13/17 CALENDAR NUMBER:??????1 DATE FILED:????????????????????????1/8/16 TRIAL DATE:????????????????????????8/22/17 NOTICE:????????????????????????????????OK PROCEEDING:????????????????????Petition to Approve Minor?s Compromise PETITIONERS:?????????????????????Juan Macario Cux (parent and guardian ad litem for Plaintiffs Magdalena Macario and Ana Macario); Viviana Areli Ibarra Flores (parent and guardian ad […]

Case Number:?BC585059????Hearing Date:?July 13, 2017????Dept:?37 CASE NAME:???????????????????????Kingston v. Shammas et al. CASE NO.:????????????????????????????BC585059 HEARING DATE:?????????????????7/13/17 DEPARTMENT:???????????????????37 CALENDAR NO.:?????????????????11 TRIAL DATE:????????????????????????None NOTICE:????????????????????????????????OK SUBJECT:?????????????????????????????Demurrer and Motion to Strike DEMURRING/MOVING??????Defendant State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Party???????????????????????????????????????Company OPPOSING PARTY:???????????Plaintiff Gregory Kingston COURT?S TENTATIVE RULING Defendant State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (?State Farm?)?s demurrer to the third cause of […]