Hearing: TENNISON, PAMELA vs LIFE GENERATIONS HEALTHCARE LLC

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                               SUPERIOR        COURT      OF    CALIFORNIA,          COUNTY       OF   STANISLAUS

                                                                                     LIFE     GENERATIONS-HEALTHCARE
                      PAMELA      TENNISON,          et   a1.                                      LL01      at   al;
                                                                        _ VS.
                                P1aintiff(s)                                                      Defendant(s)
             NATURE.OF.HEARING:              a)   Defendant         Life     Generations           HealthcareiLLC’s
             Motion       for    Summary        Judgment        0:   Alternatively,             Summary        Adjudication;
             b)    Elaintiff's          Motion       for    Leave      to    File    Second      Amended.Complaint                with
             Punitive'Damages
                                                                                                  CASE     N05:     CV*19*002528

             JUDGE:         SONNY     s.   SANDHU                 Bailiff:        Legatos-               Date:      04/09/2021
             Clerk:        A!    Segundo                          Repqrter:         A-   Meza.          .Modesto,        California
             APPEARANCES:                                                                                                   »


             Plaintiffis          are    preSGnt        by   Marcel       Stewart,        ESqw      (via    VCourt).
             Defendant         LIFE     GENERATIONS           HEALTHCARE’LLC             is   present        by.KeVin        Eng,     Esg.
              (via    VCourt).
             Case     is   regularly         called.for          hearing;
             Defendant’s          Counsel        presents        oral     arguments          as   to   motion       a)-
             Plaintiffs’           Counsel        presents        Oral     arguments         as   to-motion         a).
             Both     Counsel       present        oral.reply          arguments-as            to   motiOn       a).
             The.Court         references          additional          case     law    re£=motion          a),    as   stated       on
             the-record.
             Defendantfls          CoUnSel        presents.oral            arguments          as   to   motidn       b).
              Plaintiffs'          Counsel       presents         oral     arguments         as   to   motion       b).
             The-CoUrt-does             find     there      is   evidence         of   corporate         liability,          as
             stated      on    the    record.
             Thene      being     a   HEARING       REQUESTED=by            Defendant         LIFE     GENERATIONS
             HEALTHCARE          LLC’s      Counsel       as    to   both     motions       and'uponmconcluSion.of
             oral     arguments         the    COUrt      hereby       confirms        its    tentative         rulings        as   to
             both     motions        as   follows:
             IT   IS    SO   ORDERED:


                                                                  MINUTE      ORDER
             a)    Defendant        Life     Generations           Healthcare          LBG’S      Motibn,£br.summary
             Judgment        qr   Alternatively,-Summary                    Adjudication           —-DENIED:         b)
             Plaintiff’s.Motion                for    Leave      to    File     second-AmendedfiCOmplaint                     with
           _Punitive         Damages       —-GRANTED.

              (ayThe      Court.£inds          that.Defendafit+              as.the.moving=party;.has
             established           a  phima.£acie           showing        ofuentitlement             to   judgment        against
             Plaintiffs          as   a   matter       of'law.         The    burden       then     shifts      tohPiaintififs
             to    prQdUce       admissible          evidence        demonstrating            the-existence-df               a
             triable.i3sue            of   material         fact.      (Gods      Civ.     Proc.      §437c4pi(2).)              The
             Conrt      iinds      that    Plaintiffs           have'met        their     burden.in          this     regard      and
             have.demonstrated               the.existence             of   material.factual               dispfites.          (see,
             at    a  minimum,        Plaintiffs'-evidence                  in    response        to   UMFS     45e55.)
             With     regard       to   evidentiary-objeetions,                    the     Court     notes      that
             Plaintiffs'           objections          to   DefendantTSKmOVing                evidence         weré_n9t
             Submitted.in           the     fiofmat       required       by    Cali     Rules      of   Ct.,     Rule.3n1354;
             therefore,          the    court      declines        to    rule     on   the    objections.           (HOdjat        V.
             State:Earm          Mhtual.Automobiie               Go.     (2012)      Zll-Cal.App.4th              1.3
             Defiendant's           objections          to   the    declarations            smeitted          by   Plaintiffs
             are'OVERRULED-

             Lastlyr       Plaintiffis'           counsel        is   cautioned         with     negard       to   the
             requirements            of   Calu'Rules          of   Ct.,     rule      331350      regarding         the.format
             of    the    opposing        party's       response         to-the      separate        statemehtm
             PlaintifES'           response        herein.did          not    complyl-as          it    failed'to
             unequivocally            indicate'whether               the     facts     set     fibrth     by    Defendant         were
             disputed-or           undisputed,          and     it   failed       to   identify'the.nature-of                    the
             -disputé,'Where            applioable;.While-the-Court                        was    able.to       identify
             seVeral        disputed        materiai.faCtSUbased'on.the.nature.of                                the    opposing
             evidence.herein,               counsel       is    cautioned         to   observe        these-requirements
             in    the    future.
              Lb)   The     COurt      finds     that     Plaintiffs          have-sufficiently                demonstrated
             grounds        fior    the    pnoposed        amendment.            $he:COUrt         has.broéd1dis¢netion
             .in   this.area         and    there      iS'a     strang      policy       in.favor        of    liberal
             allowance         of    amendments.             (Code=Civ.         Proc.      §§4734a)(1),            576.)
             Therefore,          Plaintififs          shall      be-permitted           to    file-the        Second      Amended
             Complaint         within       20   days-
             1:    IS.EURTHER         ORDERED:

             Both     CounSel       stipulate         to    continue        the    Case     Management          Cpnferehcd
             currentry         set    on   May     3,   2021.

             'Ehe-Case.Managemént.Confierence                         on   May     3,LZUZL       is    hereby      VACAEED        and:




                                                                  MINUTE      ORDER
             RE—SET       to   August       23,    2021     at    8:30    a;m,     in   Department          24;

             Timely      filed      Case     Management          Conference          Statements          ane    required.




                                                                  MINUTE      ORDER