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  • KRISTINE CORDERO VS. BRIDGE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY ET AL BUSINESS TORT document preview
  • KRISTINE CORDERO VS. BRIDGE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY ET AL BUSINESS TORT document preview
  • KRISTINE CORDERO VS. BRIDGE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY ET AL BUSINESS TORT document preview
  • KRISTINE CORDERO VS. BRIDGE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY ET AL BUSINESS TORT document preview
  • KRISTINE CORDERO VS. BRIDGE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY ET AL BUSINESS TORT document preview
  • KRISTINE CORDERO VS. BRIDGE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY ET AL BUSINESS TORT document preview
  • KRISTINE CORDERO VS. BRIDGE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY ET AL BUSINESS TORT document preview
  • KRISTINE CORDERO VS. BRIDGE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY ET AL BUSINESS TORT document preview
						
                                

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© eo NY DWH BR WwW Ww 10 LITIGATION ADVOCACY GROUP at Westlake Park Place Glenn A. Murphy (SBN: 255994) 2945 Townsgate Road, Suite 200 Westlake Village, California 91361 Tel. (310) 743-6438 Attorneys for Plaintiffs Aretha Dennis, et al. CELIA W. LEE, state Bar# 172981 clee@zoldfarblipman.com RYE P. MURPHY, state Bar #289427 hy@eoldfarblipman.com GOLDFARB.& LIPMAN LLP 1300 Clay Street, Eleventh Floor City Center Plaza Oakland, California 94612 Telephone: (510) 836-6336 Facsimile: (510) 836-1035 eA] i San Francisco Conny Sic jor Court FEB 13 2020 CLERK OF THE COURT By: a a Deputy Clark Attorneys for Defendant BRIDGE Property Management Company - SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO ARNETHA DENNIS, ASIA DENNIS and ROBYN DENNIS, Plaintiffs, Vv. BRIDGE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY, and DOES 1 through 10, Defendants: NT SS XS HS HS HG OS ‘ 1 (OO SSA) Case No. CGC-19-574516 Assigned for all purposes to the Hon. Anne-Christine Massullo, Complex Litigation Dept. 304 STIPULATION FOR CONSOLIDATION OF CASES; {PROPOSED] ORDER CONSOLIDATING CASES Date: February 13, 2020 Time: 9:15 a.m. Dept.: 304 Complaint Filed: March 14, 2019 Trial Date: Vacated STIPULATION AND ORDER RE: CONSOLIDATION 144\294\2765144,2. * STIPULATION FOR CONSOLIDATION OF CASES WHEREAS, the Plaintiffs in the 28 cases listed in the Addendum attached herewith ("Plaintiffs") have filed individual actions against Defendant BRIDGE Property Management y PMC") alleging that BPMC willfully violated mandatory requirements of the Nnivestiga ive ‘Consumer Reporting Agencies Act (ICRAA) by intentionally using legally non- compliant applications, failing to inform Plaintiffs of investigations to be conducted about them and intentionally failing to furnish prospective tenants with copies of investigative reports about them for leases at residential properties BPMC manages; WHEREAS, each case also asserts claims of unfair business practices under California's Unfair Competition Law based on the same underlying conduct; WHEREAS, six of the 28 cases, involving a total of seven plaintiffs, make additional allegations that BPMC improperly entered their homes and assert causes of action for invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress: The cases asserting tort causes of action are Valencia (CGC-19-578411), Morales (CGC-1 9-578649), Hernandez (CGC-19-578460), Santana (CGC-19-578413), Valenzuela (CGC-19-578459), and Bernuy (CGC-19-579278) ("the Tort Actions”); WHEREAS, on October 4, 2019, Defendant filed a motion to consolidate the cases and the motion has been fully briefed; WHEREAS, all of the cases listed in the Addendum were subsequently designated complex by the Court and singly assigned to the Complex Litigation Department in Department 304; WHEREAS, pursuant to the Court's order, the parties provided an updated summary of their positions on consolidation in a joint statement filed on January 30, 2020, and the parties are in agreement on the manner in which the cases should be consolidated and therefore stipulate to consolidation as set forth in this stipulation; WHEREAS, Code of Civil Procedure section 1048 authorizes the court to issue orders consolidating the cases as well as order "joint hearing or trial of any or all the matters in issue in 2 : STIPULATION AND ORDER RE: CONSOLIDATION 144\29412765 144.2oD 0 ew NY DH PF BW NY RN NN N NIN NY Be ew we Be ewe eH em ew IDA A BBN |= FO wR DA A BW NH FG 2 x the actions." (Subd. (a).) Code of Civil Procedure section 1048(b) permits the court to "order a separate trial of any cause-of action... or of any separate issue or of any number of causes of action or issues, preserving the right of trial by jury required by the Constitution or a statute of this state or of the United States;" THEREFORE, all Plaintiffs in the 28 cases listed on the Addendum and BPMC, through their respective counsel, hereby STIPULATE AND AGREE AS FOLLOWS: 1, All of the ICRAA and UCL causes of action involve sufficiently common facts such that joining all 28 cases together for pre-trial and trial purposes is appropriate. A joint trial of the cases on the ICRAA and UCL causes of action would be a fair and efficient way to resolve the disputes. This is permitted under Code of Civil Procedure section 1048(a). 2. The Tort Actions implicate individualized facts and the factual differences between each of the plaintiffs' invasion of privacy and ITED claims predominate the similarities. These Tort Actions should still be consolidated with the remainder of the 28 cases for pre-trial purposes to minimize duplication and allow for the coordinated scheduling of any depositions. However, the Tort Actions should not be tried jointly. Rather, separate trials for each of the Tort Actions is appropriate to resolve their other causes of action. : 3. A separate judgment should be entered for each matter. 4. Thus, the parties HEREBY STIPULATE to consolidation of all of the cases listed in _.the Addendum for pre-trial purposes, a joint trial.of-all.of the cases.on the ICRAA-and _ UCL claims, and the holding of individual trials for the Tort Actions to resolve the causes of action alleged therein. SO STIPULATED. . 3 STIPULATION AND ORDER RE: CONSOLIDATION 144\294\2765 144.2DATED: February 12, 2020 DATED: February 12, 2020 LITIGATION ADVOCACY GROUP GLENN A. MURPHY Attorneys for Plaintiffs GOLDFARB & LIP By: CELIA W. LEE RYE P. MURPHY Attorneys for Defendant BRIDGE Property Management Company 4 STIPULATION AND ORDER RE: CONSOLIDATION 144\29412765144.2ORDER Based on the parties' stipulation and good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED AS FOLLOWS: 1. All 28 cases listed in the Addendum are consolidated for all pre-trial purposes. 4. A separate judgment shall issue for each of the cases listed in the Addendum. 5. The lead case in the matter shall be Arnetha Dennis, et al. v. BRIDGE Property Management Company, San Francisco Superior Court case number CGC-19-574516. A copy of this Order shall be filed in each of the actions listed in the Addendum, but all other pleadings shall be filed only in case number CGC-19-5745 16, and shall be entitled "ARNETHA DENNIS, ASIA DENNIS and ROBYN DENNIS, Plaintiffs v. BRIDGE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY, and DOES 1 through 10, Defendants; and Related Actions." IT IS SO ORDERED. ‘ Dated: February 74 2020 HON. ANNE-CHRISTINE MASSULLO JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT . 5 STIPULATION AND ORDER RE: CONSOLIDATION 144\294\2765 144.2ADDENDUM LIST OF CASES TO BE CONSOLIDATED Arnetha Dennis, Asia Dennis and Robyn Dennis CGC-19-574516. 2 C/A: ICRAA and Bus. Code §17200. & Prof. 3/14/19 Debra McLaren and Jared McLaren CGC-19-575148 2 C/A: ICRAA and Bus. Code §17200 & Prof. 4/8/19 Ruben Verdin and Alexandra CGC-19-575179 2 C/A: ICRAA‘and Bus. Code §17200 & Prof. 40/9 Brandi Eichhorn and Jon Eichhorn CGC-19-575257 2 C/A: ICRAA and Bus. Code §17200 & Prof. 4/12/19 Gina Martinez CGC-19-575550 2 C/A: ICRAA and Bus. Code §17200 & Prof. 4/26/19 Lashandra Moore CGC-19-575552 2 C/A: ICRAA and Bus. Code §17200 & Prof. 4/26/19 Brianna Roussell CGC-19-575551 2 C/A: ICRAA and Bus. Code §17200 & Prof. 4/26/19 Noraleana Burke CGC-19-575602 2 C/A: ICRAA and Bus. Code §17200 & Prof. 4/29/19 Manuel Godoy and Bryan Godoy CGC-19-575603p 2 C/A: ICRAA and Bus. Code §17200 & Prof. 4129119 6 STIPULATION AND ORDER RE: CONSOLIDATION 14412942765 144.2Katherine Irvin and Starr Irvin CGC-19-575604 2 C/A: ICRAA and Bus. & Prof. Code §17200 4/29/19 Paul Betekong and Henrietta Epie CGC-19-575692 2 C/A: ICRAA and Bus. & Prof. Code §17200 5/2/19 Kristine Cordero CGC-19-575691 2 C/A: ICRAA and Bus. & Prof. Code §17200 5/2/19 George Reynoso CGC-19-575740 1 C/A for ICRAA S/6/19 Anthony Rocha | CGC-19-575829 1 C/A for ICRAA 5/8/19 Mario Gonzalez and Herlinda Navarrette ‘CGC-19-576179 3 C/A: ICRAA, Bus. & Prof. Code | §17200, Decl. Relief 5/21/19 Tyrica Lewis CGC-19-576177 3 C/A: ICRAA, Bus. & Prof. Code §17200, Decl. Relief 5/21/19 Lorraine Tarin and Nathaniel Villa CGC-19-576178 3 C/A: ICRAA, Bus. & Prof. Code §17200, Decl. Relief 5/21/19 Gloria Trujillo CGC-19-576176 3 C/A: ICRAA, Bus. & Prof, Code §17200, Decl. Relief 5/21/19 Marina Valencia and Collin McCraw Valencia CGC-19-578411 5 C/A: ICRAA, Bus. & Prof. Code §17200, Decl. Relief, Invasion of Privacy ("IOP"), Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress ("IIED") 8/14/19 7 STIPULATION AND ORDER RE: CONSOLIDATION 144429412765 144.2m oO © Oe AD WH BF WN Jacqueline Santana CGC-19-578413 -. “5. C/A: ICRAA, Bus. & Prof. Code §17200, Decl. Relief, IOP; IED 8/15/19- Carmen Valenzuela CGC-19-578459 5 C/A:. ICRAA, Bus. & Prof. Code §17200, Decl. Relief, IOP; IED 8/15/19 Madalena Hernandez CGC-19-578460 5 C/A: ICRAA, Bus. & Prof. Code §17200, Decl. Relief, IOP; ITED 8/16/19 || Martha Garcia CGC-19-578606 3 C/A: ICRAA, Bus. & Prof. Code §17200, Decl. Relief 8/21/19 - Manuel Carrillo and Marisa Hernandez .CGC-19-578590 3 C/A: ICRAA, Bus. & Prof. Code '§17200, Decl. Relief 8/21/19 Lorraine Morales - CGC-19-578649 4 C/A: ICRAA, Bus. & Prof. Code §17200, Decl. Relief, JOP 8/22/19 Lori Valdez and Andrea Valdez CGC-19-579044 3 C/A: ICRAA, Bus. & Prof. Code §17200, Decl. Relief 9/5/19 Ronald Bernuy CGC-19-579278 4 C/A: ICRAA, Bus. & Prof. Code _§17200, Decl. Relief, JOP 9/6/19 Christopher Soto, Shanetta Worrell, Yvette Virgen, Cynthia Zaldivar, Alyssa Gomez, Jacqueline Castillo, Oscar Castillo, and Guillermina Castillo CGC-19-580887 3 C/A: ICRAA, Bus. & Prof. Code §17200, Decl. Relief 11/19/19 8 STIPULATION AND ORDER RE: CONSOLIDATION “+ 1443294\2765 144.2