San Bernardino County Superior Courts Tentative Rulings

J and R Hock Enterprises, Inc., et al, Case No. CIVSB2107192 Motions to for Final Approval of Class Action Settlement 2/27/23, 1:30 p.m., Dept. S-17 The Court would GRANT. In this case, Plaintiff filed this wage-and-hour class action on March 16, 2021, against Defendant, alleging on behalf of herself and those similarly-situated claims fo...

Reyes, Case No. CIVSD1927591 Motion for Final Approval of Class Action Settlement 2/23/23, 1:30 p.m., Dept. S-17 The Court would GRANT the motion In this case, Plaintiff filed this instant negligence and trespass class action on September 16, 2019. In essence, Plaintiff alleges that it and similarly situated parties were harmed when the ...

FCA US, LLC, Case No. CIVSB2124160 (CIVSB2126538 [related PAGA matter]) (CIVDS2004634, CIVDS1936782 [Hallum] and CIVSB2125996 [Ramos] also deemed related) Motion to Consolidate Cases 2/23/23, 9:00 a.m., Dept. S-17 Tentative Ruling The Court would DENY the motion. Case Summary In this matter, the Plaintiff originally brought her wage-a...

General Motors, LLC, et al, Case No. CIVSB2216173 Motion to Compel Further Responses to Requests for Production, Set One 2/22/23, 8:30 a.m., Dept. S-17 Tentative Ruling 1. The Court would GRANT as to RFP1, Nos. 16, 18 & 21. Defendant will provided supplemental responses within 20 days. 2. The Court would DENY as to RFP1, Nos. 7, 10, 19,...

General Motors, LLC, et al, Case No. CIVSB2204276 Motion for Relief 2/22/23, 9:00 a.m., Dept. S-17 Tentative Ruling The Court would GRANT the motion for relief as to the previously issued order deeming Requests for Admissions (RFAs) as admitted. The Court previously denied this matter as it was couched as a motion for reconsideration. ...

Grove Lumber & Building Supplies, Inc., et al, Case No. CIVSB2127791 Motion for Final Approval of Class Action Settlement 2/22/23, 1:30 p.m., Dept. S-17 In this case, Plaintiff filed this instant wage-and-hour class action against Defendant originally on September 15, 2021. By February 14, 2022, he had filed the operative First Amended Co...

Reece, et al, Case No. LLTVA2000887 Motion for Summary Judgment 2/17/23, 9:00 a.m., Dept. S-17 Tentative Ruling As to Plaintiff’s Requests for Judicial Notice: The Court would DENY Request 10 for the Zillow Fair Market Value. Hearsay as to web content. The Court would GRANT Requests 1 through 9. Courts may take notice of “the existence ...

Wicks, et al, Case No. CIVSB2207048 Motion to Stay Action 2/17/23, 8:30 a.m., Dept. S-17 Tentative Ruling The Court would DENY the motion. The Court will phase discovery as to Defendant Wicks alone, such that issues of direct liability are forestalled until reconsideration at the next hearing. An OSC re Discovery would be set 90 days ou...

Central Transport, LLC, et al, Case No. CIVSB2126540 Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement 2/17/23, 1:30 p.m., Dept. S-17 Tentative Ruling The Court would CONTINUE the hearing to allow for Plaintiffs and Plaintiffs’ Counsel to either re-file, amend or file supplemental declarations to further support their requests. F...

Uniqlo California, LLC, et al, Case No. CIVSB2114380 Motion for Approval of PAGA Representative Action 2/16/23, 1:30 p.m., Dept. S-17 Tentative Rulings As to Plaintiff’s Requests for Judicial Notice: Plaintiff requests the Court take Judicial Notice of various items of Legislative History relating to the Private Attorneys General Act (PAG...

Ryder Integrated, Case No. CIVSB2024024 Motion for Approval of PAGA Representative Action 2/16/23, 1:30 p.m., Dept. S-17 Tentative Ruling The Court’s tentative is to GRANT the Motion for Approval. Standards Settlements under the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) at Labor Code sections 2698, et seq., do not require preliminary appro...

Bamboo Ide8 Insurance Services, LLC, et al, Case No. CIVSB2129275 Demurrers to First Amended Complaint 2/15/23, 9:00 a.m., Dept. S-17 Tentative Rulings CONTINUE the matter to allow movant to meet and confer in person or by telephone as required per Code of Civil Procedure section 430.41(a). The Court will not reach further analysis unti...

Flowers, et al, Case No. CIVSB2133375 Motion for Order Deeming Requests for Admissions as Admitted 2/15/23, 8:30 a.m., Dept. S-17 Tentative Rulings The Court would DENY the motion as moot but GRANT sanctions in the amount of $460.00. Sanctions are payable within thirty (30) days. Case Summary This is an auto accident personal injury c...

The Klingbeil Company, et al, Case No. CIVSB2208148 Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement 2/15/23, 1:30 p.m., Dept. S-17 Tentative Ruling The Court would GRANT the motion. Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlements in General Settlement of a class action requires court approval. (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 3.76...

Galindo, Case No. CIVSB2203978 Motion to have Requests for Admissions Deemed Admitted 2/14/23, 8:30 a.m., Dept. S17 Tentative Ruling The Court would GRANT the unopposed motion. On October 28, 2022, Plaintiff served on Defendant, by mail, a Request for Admissions, Set One (RFA1). To date, nearly four months later, no responses have been ...

Sunrise Respiratory Care, Inc., et al, Case No. CIVSB2127592 Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement 2/14/23, 1:30 p.m., Dept. S17 Tentative Ruling The Court would GRANT the motion. Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlements in General Settlement of a class action requires court approval. (Cal. Rules of Court, r...

Westrux International, Inc., et al, CIVSB2204772 Motions to Stay Action 2/14/23, 9:00 a.m., Dept. S17 Tentative Rulings Regarding Defendant’s Request for Judicial Notice: The First Amended Complaint filed in Olid v. Westrux International, Inc., et al, SB Superior, Case No. CIVSB2119798. GRANTED. Regarding Defendant’s Motion to Stay: ...

Vons, et al, Case No. CIVDS2017275 Defendant Vons Companies, Inc.’s Six Discovery Motions: 1. Motion to have Requests for Admissions, Set One, Deemed Admitted & for Sanctions 2. Motion to Compel Resp. to Supp. Requests for Production, Set One & for Sanctions 3. Motion to Compel Resp. to Supplemental Interrogatories, Set One & for Sanctions ...

Randle, Case No. CIVSB2216777 Motion to Compel Responses to Discovery & Sanctions 2/8/23, 8:30 a.m., Dept. S17 The Court would GRANT this unopposed motion. Plaintiff mailed its First Set of Requests for Production and Form Interrogatories to Defendant on November 9, 2022. On December 9, 2022, Plaintiff sought to meet and confer regarding ...

General Motors, LLC, Case No. CIVSB2204276 Motion for Reconsideration of Court’s November 8 & November 30 Orders 2/8/23, 8:30 a.m., Dept. S17 The Court would DENY the motion. As a preliminary matter, the motion appears untimely. Despite Defense counsel’s assertion that no notice was ever received of the rulings (Yaracghchian Decl., ¶7), C...

Community Tree Service, Case No. CIVSB2116442 Motion for Final Approval of Class Action and PAGA Settlement 2/7/23, 1:30 p.m., Dept. S17 The Court would GRANT. In this case, Plaintiffs first filed this wage-and-hour class action on June 3, 2021, against Defendant, alleging on behalf of themselves and those similarly-situated claims for (1...

Kaitz, et al, Case No. CIVSB2204000 Motion for Prejudgment Possession 2/1/23, 8:30 a.m., Dept. S17 Tentative Rulings As to Defendant’s Request for Judicial Notice Defendant requests judicial notice of the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority’s (SBCTA) West Valley Connector Bus Rapid Transit Project Fact Sheet, as found on the ...

Ocelot Engineering, Inc., Case No. CIVSB2201290 Motions to Compel Arbitration & Dismiss Claims 2/1/23, 1:30 p.m., Dept. S17 Tentative Rulings 1. Defendant’s Motion to Compel Arbitration of Plaintiff’s individual claims and the non- representative aspect of the PAGA claim is GRANTED. The class claims would be dismissed without prejudice....

R.F. White Co., Case No. CIVDS2018670 Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement 2/1/23, 1:30 p.m., Dept. S17 Tentative Rulings The Court would GRANT the motion. Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlements in General Settlement of a class action requires court approval. (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 3.769.) The movin...

Cubework.com, Inc., Case No. CIVSB2125721 Mtn to Compel Individual Arbitration & Dismiss Action 1/31/23, 1:30 p.m., Dept. S17 Tentative Rulings...

Chaffey Joint Union High School District, et al, Case No. CIVSB2134233 Motion for Leave to Amend to Substitute Call Representative 1/31/23, 1:30 p.m., Dept. S17 Tentative Ruling The Court would GRANT the motion. Case Summary At essence, this is a putative class action for invasion of privacy. In this matter, Plaintiffs seek to represe...

Urbina, et al, Case No. CIVDS1931571 Demurrer 1/31/23, 1:30 p.m., Dept. S17 Tentative Rulings The Court would SUSTAIN Defendant’s Demurrer to the Second Cause for Fraud. Plaintiff shall be granted 30 days leave to file an amended complaint. Case Summary This is a complex business litigation. Plaintiff filed its action on October 23, 2...

Skilled Staffing, Inc., et al, Case No. CIVSB2121280 Motion to for Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement 1/31/23, 1:30 p.m., Dept. S17 Tentative Ruling The Court’s tentative is to CONTINUE the Motion for Preliminary Approval so that the parties may submit a stipulated Second Amended Complaint to include a cause of action – such ...

Chaffey Joint Union High School District, et al, Case No. 2128630 Demurrer & Motion to Strike 1/30/23, 1:30 p.m., Dept. S17 The declaration submitted in support of the motion indicates that Defendant has “has locations nationwide” but fails to address whether the company was involved in interstate commerce. (Decl. Puleo, ¶2.) Tentative Ru...

Hesperia Unified School District, et al, Case No. CIVSB2212964 Demurrer to the First Amended Complaint 1/30/23, 8:30 a.m., Dept. S17 Tentative Ruling 1. OVERRULE the Demurrer as to Plaintiffs’ 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, and 8th causes of action. 2. SUSTAIN the Demurrer as to the District, without leave to amend, as to Plaintiff’s 5th...

Shield-California HealthCare Center, Inc., Case No. CIVSB2116302 Motions to Compel Arbitration 1/30/23, 1:30 p.m., Dept. S17 Tentative Rulings 1. Defendant’s Motion to Compel Arbitration is DENIED. Case Summary This action was commenced by Plaintiff Leslie McGary, on behalf of all Aggrieved Employees and the State of California, (“Pla...

Apollo Southwest, Inc., et al, Case No. CIVSB2028690 Motions to for Final Approval of Class Action Settlement 1/30/23, 1:30 p.m., Dept. S17 In this case, Plaintiff filed this wage-and-hour class action on December 29, 2020, against Defendants, alleging on behalf of himself and those similarly-situated claims for (1) overtime wages; (2) me...

Schoelch, Case No. CIVDS1923030 (MTC #1) – Further Responses to Special Interrogatories, Set 2 (MTC #2) – Further Responses to General Form Interrogatories, Set 2 (MTC #3) – Further Responses to Requests for Admission, Set 2 (MTC #4) – Further Responses to Requests for Production, Set 2 1/27/23, 8:30 a.m., Dept. S17 Preliminary: The Cou...

Taylored Services, LLC, Case No. CIVSB2133520 Motion to for Final Approval of Class Action Settlement 1/27/23, 1:30 p.m., Dept. S17 In this case, Plaintiff filed this wage-and-hour class action on December 7, 2021, against Defendant, alleging on behalf of themselves and those similarly-situated claims for (1) minimum wages; (2) overtime; ...

USF Reddway, Inc., et al, Case No. CIVSB2112531 Motion to Compel Arbitration 1/26/23, 1:30 p.m., Dept. S17 The Court would CONTINUE this matter for hearing and supplemental briefing on the issue of whether Plaintiff’s work was exempted from the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) by way of the Transportation Worker exemption. Defendant correctl...

Schoelch, Case No. CIVDS1923030 Motion to Stay the Trial Setting Conference until Plaintiff Complies with Court Orders MTC Further Responses to Request for Production, Set 1, & for Sanctions, filed June 13, 2022 1/26/23, 8:30 a.m., Dept. S17 Tentative Rulings As to Defendant’s Requests for Judicial Notice: DENY. With each motion, Defend...

Kiddie Academy, et al, Case No. CIVSB2206400 Defendant Maldonado and Ferra’s Demurrers to the First Amended Complaint 1/26/23, 8:30 a.m., Dept. S17 Tentative Rulings 1. SUSTAIN, with leave to amend, the Demurrers as to the First through Eighth Causes for General Negligence. Plaintiff has thirty days leave to amend and re-file. 2. SUSTAI...

GH Dairy, et al, Case No. CIVSB2207781 Motions to Compel Responses to Requests for Production 1/25/23, 1:30 p.m., Dept. S17 Tentative Ruling The Court would CONTINUE Plaintiff’s instant three motions to compel (as well as the six motions to compel form interrogatory responses previously set on January 24, 2023). The continuance is for t...

Ford Motor Company, et al, Case No. CIVSB2219100 Motion for Stay on Entire Action 1/25/23, 8:30 a.m., Dept. S17 The Court would GRANT the motion to stay the action pending the March 8, 2023 hearing on Defendants’ motion to compel arbitration. This is a lemon law case brought against an automobile dealership and the manufacturer. On Dece...

Kaitz, et al, Case No. CIVSB2204000 Motions for Prejudgment Possession 1/25/23, 1:30 p.m., Dept. S17 Tentative Rulings As to Defendant’s Request for Judicial Notice Defendant requests judicial notice of the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority’s (SBCTA) West Valley Connector Bus Rapid Transit Project Fact Sheet, as found on th...

Montgomery, et al, Case No. CIVB2206500 Demurrer 1/25/23, 8:30 a.m., Dept. S17 Tentative Rulings The Court would SUSTAIN as to all causes of action without leave to amend. Case Summary Plaintiff filed her verified complaint for adverse possession and quiet title on March 30, 2022 against Defendants. The Court sustained Defendants’ Dem...

Superior Electric, Case No. CIVSB2113312 Motion for Leave to File First Amended Complaint Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement 1/25/23, 1:30 p.m., Dept. S17 Tentative Rulings As to the Motion for Leave to File the First Amended Complaint (FAC): GRANT. Pursuant to the terms of the motion, the FAC is deemed filed as ...

GH Dairy, et al, Case No. CIVSB2207781 Motions to Compel Responses to Form Interrogatories 1/24/23, 1:30 p.m., Dept. S17 Tentative Ruling The Court would CONTINUE Plaintiff’s instant six motions to compel, as well as their additional three motions to compel further discovery responses currently set for Wednesday, January 25, 2023, in th...

Wells Fargo Bank Nat’l Assoc. as Trustee for Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II, Inc., Greenpoint Trust 2006-AR2 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-AR2, et al, Case No. CIVSB2221362 Demurrer & Motion to Strike 1/24/23, 8:30 a.m., Dept. S17 Preliminary Issue Re Plaintiff’s Representation: In this matter, Plaintiff-Trust ...

GH Dairy, et al, Case No. CIVSB2207781 Motions to Compel Responses to Form Interrogatories 1/24/23, 1:30 p.m., Dept. S17 Tentative Ruling The Court would CONTINUE Plaintiff’s instant six motions to compel, as well as their additional three motions to compel further discovery responses currently set for Wednesday, January 25, 2023, in th...

County of San Bernardino, et al, Case No. CIVSB2213297 Demurrer 1/23/23, 8:30 a.m., Dept. S17 Tentative Ruling As to Defendant County’s Request for Judicial 1. Plaintiff’s Government Claim, submitted December 27, 2021. GRANTED. As to Plaintiff’s Requests for Judicial Notice 1. County Organizational Chart as indicated by website. DENIE...

Wells Fargo Bank Nat’l Assoc. as Trustee for Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II, Inc., Greenpoint Trust 2006-AR2 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-AR2, et al, Case No. CIVSB2221362 Demurrer & Motion to Strike 1/24/23, 8:30 a.m., Dept. S17 Preliminary Issue Re Plaintiff’s Representation: In this matter, Plaintiff-Trust ...

Building Materials Manufacturing Corp., Case No. CIVSB2124640 Motion for Approval of PAGA Settlement 1/20/23, 1:30 p.m., Dept. S17 Tentative Ruling The Court’s tentative is to GRANT the Motion for Approval. Settlements under the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) at Labor Code sections 2698, et seq., do not require preliminary approva...

General Motors, LLC, et al, Case No. CIVSB2202263 Motion to Compel Further Discovery Responses from Defendant 1/19/23, 8:30 a.m., Dept. S17 Tentative Ruling 1. The Court would GRANT Plaintiff’s motion to compel supplemental responses to Requests for Production, Nos. 19-39. 2. The Court would DENY Plaintiff’s motion as to Requests for Pr...

Northstar Senior Living, et al, Case No. CIVDS1932733 Motion for Leave to File Amended Complaint 1/19/23, 8:30 a.m., Dept. S17 The Court’s tentative is to GRANT. On or about November 1, 2019, Beverly Phillips filed this elder abuse case against Northstar Senior Living, Inc. and the other Defendants. After Ms. Phillips passed on January 19...

Lupo, et al, Case No. CIVSB2209064 Demurrer/ Motion to Strike Punitive Damages 1/19/23, 8:30 a.m., Dept. S17 Tentative Ruling The Court would CONTINUE the hearing on these motions and ORDER Defendants to satisfy the meet-and-confer requirements prior to the continued hearing date. A supplemental declaration indicating compliance must be...

Central Transport, LLC, et al, Case No. CIVSB2126540 Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement 1/18/23, 1:30 p.m., Dept. S17 The Court’s tentative is to DENY. Here, the representative Plaintiff filed his action against Defendants on or about September 15, 2021. The instant complaint alleges class claims for (1) minimum wa...

Uber Technologies, Inc., et al, Case No. CIVSB2202264 Motion to Set Aside Default Judgment 1/18/23, 8:30 a.m., Dept. S17 The Court’s tentative is to GRANT. In Defendant Adelmalak Ibrahim’s unopposed motion, he establishes that he did not live at the address where Plaintiff purportedly served him. Thus, there is a sufficient basis to find ...

Stern, et al, Case No. CIVDS1929990 Demurrer to Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint 1/18/23, 1:30 p.m., Dept. S17 Tentative Ruling As to Defendants’ Requests for Judicial Notice Defendants seek judicial notice of (1) the docket on Zielke v. Rosenstiel, in Los Angeles Superior Court; (2) the docket on Rosenstiel v. Alpha Beta Gamma Trust...

Innovative Metal Industries, Inc., et al, Case No. CIVSB2108581 Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement 1/18/23, 1:30 p.m., Dept. S17 Tentative Ruling The Court’s tentative is to GRANT the Motion for Preliminary Approval. Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlements in General Settlement of a class action requires...

Changing Lives Staffing, et al, Case No. CIVSB2120359 (consolidated with CIVSB2126671) Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement 1/18/23, 1:30 p.m., Dept. S17 Tentative Ruling The Court’s tentative is to GRANT the Motion for Preliminary Approval. Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlements in General Settlement o...

Montgomery, et al, Case No. CIVSB2206500 Demurrer 1/11/23, 8:30 a.m., Dept. S17 Tentative Ruling CONTINUE the matter to allow movant to meet and confer in person or by telephone as required per Code of Civil Procedure section 430.41.(a). In this Quiet Title action, Defendant demurs asserting that facts alleged within the operative com...

BMC West, LLC, Case No. CIVSB2123090 Motion to for Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement 1/11/23, 1:30 p.m., Dept. S17 Tentative Ruling The Court’s tentative is to GRANT the Motion for Preliminary Approval. Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlements in General Settlement of a class action requires court approval. (Cal. R...

National Retail Systems, Inc. et al, Case Nos. CIVSB2200676 (PAGA) (See #10 for contemporaneous W&H case) Motions to Compel Arbitration 1/11/23, 1:30 p.m., Dept. S17 Tentative Rulings As to Defendant’s Objections to Declarations OVERRULED as to 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, and 11; SUSTAINED as to 1, 3, 5, 7 (hearsay as to web content), and 10 (lack...

National Retail Systems, Inc. et al, Case Nos. CIVSB2129212 (W&H) (See #11 for contemporaneous PAGA case) Motions to Compel Arbitration & Dismiss 1/11/23, 1:30 p.m., Dept. S17 Tentative Rulings As to Defendant’s Objections to Declarations OVERRULE objections 1-3, 13, 18, 20, 22, 24, 25, and 27.4 SUSTAIN 4, 5, 12, 14-16 (improper opini...

Lollicup USA, Inc. et al, Case No. CIVDS1907992 Motion to Strike 1/10/23, 1:30 p.m., Dept. S17 Tentative Ruling DENY without prejudice. Case Summary At issue is Plaintiff Robert Garcia’s suit against Defendant, his former employer, alleging a claim for penalties pursuant to the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA). The history is as...

McLane/ Suneast. et al, Case No. CIVSB2123367 Motion for Final Approval of Class Action Settlement 1/10/23, 1:30 p.m., Dept. S17 In this case, Plaintiffs Shayna Vernon and Benjamin Castaneda-Rivera filed this instant wage- and-hour class action against both McLane/Suneast, Inc. (“MSE”) and McLane Foodservice, Inc. (“MFI”) originally on Au...

Redland Unified School District, Case No. CIVSB2214736 Demurrer & Motion to Strike 1/10/23, 8:30 a.m., Dept. S17 Tentative Ruling As to Plaintiff’s Requests for Judicial Notice 1. Plaintiff seeks notice of the instant Complaint. The Court DENIES as unnecessary. 2. Plaintiff seeks notice of Legislative materials relating to Assembly Bill...

National Community Renaissance, Case No. CIVSB2209612 Mtn to Compel Individual Arbitration & Dismiss Action 1/9/23, 1:30 p.m., Dept. S17 Tentative Rulings...

UCR Group LLC, et al, Case No. CIVSB2211821 Motion to Compel Further Discovery Responses & Sanctions 1/6/23, 8:30 a.m., Dept. S17 Tentative Rulings 1. The Court would GRANT Defendant Santiago’s Motion to Compel Defendant’s further Responses Defendant Santiago’s Employment Law Form Interrogatories, Set One (FROG1). More specifically, Pla...

Dvele, et al, Case No. CIVDS2015802 Motion to for Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement 1/6/23, 1:30 p.m., Dept. S17 Tentative Ruling The Court’s tentative is to GRANT the Motion for Preliminary Approval. Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlements in General Settlement of a class action requires court approval. (Cal. Rul...

Western Refining Retail, LLC, Case No. CIVSB2209052 Mtn for Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement 1/4/23, 1:30 p.m., Dept. S17 Tentative Ruling The Court’s tentative is to GRANT the Motion for Preliminary Approval. Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlements in General Settlement of a class action requires court approval....

S T Moll, Inc. et al, Case No. CIVSB2129140 Mtn for Approval of Representative Action (PAGA) Settlement 1/4/23, 1:30 p.m., Dept. S17 Tentative Ruling The Court’s tentative is to GRANT the Motion for Approval. Settlements under the Private Attorney General Act (“PAGA”) at Labor Code sections 2698, et seq., do not require preliminary appr...

Homegoods, Inc. et al. CIVDS2017556 Motion to Compel Arbitration Tentative Ruling: Plaintiff’s lawsuit, filed under the Labor Code Private Attorney General Act of 2004, Labor Code section 2698 et seq. (PAGA), seeks penalties for alleged violations of the California Labor Code suffered by plaintiff and other “aggrieved employees.” Defe...

Stonewood Insurance Services, Inc., et al., Case No. CIVDS1914609 Mtn for Leave to File a Fourth Amended Complaint 12/15/22 1:30 p.m., Dept. S17 Tentative Rulings The Court would GRANT plaintiffs’ motion for leave to amend. Case Summary Over three years ago, on May 14, 2019, Plaintiffs Emily Cobos, Christian Angel, Stephanie Camacho, ...

Prime Healthcare Anaheim, LLC, Case No. CIVSB2127232 Mtn to Compel Arbitration & Dismiss PAGA Claim 12/14/22 1:30 p.m., Dept. S17 Tentative Rulings...

Vital Pharmaceuticals, Inc. CIVSB29573 Motion to Consolidate Tentative Ruling: This motion seeks to consolidate Case No. CIVSB2134330 with this case. The motion is unopposed. The motion is granted. Case No. CIVSB29573 is the lead case. All future filings must be made under that case number. Counsel should be prepared to address whethe...

McLane/Suneast, Inc. et al. CIVSB2123367 Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Action and PAGA Settlement Tentative Ruling: Continue hearing to allow counsel to provide missing information. Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlements in General Settlement of a class action requires court approval. (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 3....

Reyes Single Ply Roofing Masters Corp, et al, Case No. CIVDS1927591 Motion for Final Approval of Class Action Settlement 1/17/22 1:30 p.m., Dept. S17 Tentative Ruling Denied. The submitted motion fails to submit a full Lodestar analysis, as instructed pursuant to the ruling granting the Motion for Preliminary Approval on August 12, 2022...

Coast to Coast Commercial, LLC, Case No. CIVSB2105311 Motion for Approval of PAGA Settlement 1/17/23, 1:30 p.m., Dept. S17 Tentative Ruling The Court’s tentative is to GRANT the Motion for Approval. Settlements under the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) at Labor Code sections 2698, et seq., do not require preliminary approval. The c...

Mapei Corporation, et al, Case No. CIVDS2005532 Motion to for Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement 1/17/23, 1:30 p.m., Dept. S17 Tentative Ruling The Court’s tentative is to GRANT the Motion for Preliminary Approval. Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlements in General Settlement of a class action requires court approv...

Kaitz, et al, Case No. CIVSB2204000 Motion for Prejudgment Possession 2/1/23, 8:30 a.m., Dept. S17 Tentative Rulings As to Defendant’s Request for Judicial Notice Defendant requests judicial notice of the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority’s (SBCTA) West Valley Connector Bus Rapid Transit Project Fact Sheet, as found on the ...

Ocelot Engineering, Inc., Case No. CIVSB2201290 Motions to Compel Arbitration & Dismiss Claims 2/1/23, 1:30 p.m., Dept. S17 Tentative Rulings 1. Defendant’s Motion to Compel Arbitration of Plaintiff’s individual claims and the non- representative aspect of the PAGA claim is GRANTED. The class claims would be dismissed without prejudice....