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1 C. Russell Georgeson, SBN 53589
Richard A. Belardinelli, SBN 065168
2 Robert J. Willis, SBN 317327 E-FILED
GEORGESON AND BELARDINELLI 7/27/2018 4:20 PM
3 7060 N. Fresno Street, Suite 250 FRESNO COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT
Fresno, California 93 720 By: M. Sanchez, Deputy
4 Telephone: (559) 447-8800
Facsimile: (559) 447-0747
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Justin T. Campagne, SBN 211825
6 Law Finn of Campagne & Campagne
A Professional Corporation
7 Airport Office Center
1685 N. Helm Avenue
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Fresno, California 93727
9 Telephone: (559) 255-1637
Facsimile: (559) 252-9617
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Attorneys for Plaintiff and Cross-Defendant, RICHARD BEST TRANSFER, INC. and Cross
11 Defendant, CHARLES LITTLEFIELD
12 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
13 IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF FRESNO
14 RICHARD BEST TRANSFER, INC., A ) Case No.: 17CECG01022
California Corporation, )
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Plaintiff, ) NOTICE OF MOTION REGARDING
16 ) PLAINTIFF RICHARD BEST
vs. ) TRANSFER, INC.'S DEMURRER TO
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) DEFENDANT ARCHER DANIELS
18 ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND ) MIDbA~D COMPANY'S ANSWER TO
COMP ANY, A Delaware Corporation; ) THE SECOND AME""l'IJ}ED
19 NATASHA DUKES, an individual; ) COMPLAINT
SHAWN SAWA, an individual; AMBER M. )
20 ROSE aka AMBER M. SAWA, an ) Date: September 11, 2018
individual; and DOES 1-25, inclusive, ) Time: 3:SO p.m.
21 ) Dept.: 503
Defendants. )
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AND RELATED CROSS-ACTION )
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25 TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:
26 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on September 11, 2018, at 3:30 p.m., or as soo
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thereafter as the matter may be heard, in Department 503 of the above-entitled Court, located a
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1 1130 "O" Street, Fresno, CA 93721, Plaintiff RICHARD BEST TRANSFER, INC. will move thi
2 Court for an Order sustaining its Demurrer to Defendant ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAN
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COMPANY'S Answer to the Second Amended Complaint because affirmative defenses 1-3, 5-7
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10, 12, 14-18, 21-26, 28, and 30-34 are legally insufficient in-that they are not properly pled.
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This Notice of motion on Demurrer is based upon this Notice, the Demurrer to ARCHE
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DANIELS MIDLAND COMPANY'S Answer to the Second Amended Complaint, th
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Memorandum of Points and Authorities, the Declaration ofRobert-l Willis,_all pleadings and record
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on file herein, and such oral and documentary evidence as may be presented at the hearing. Pursuan
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10 to Code of Civil Procedure § 430.41, Plaintiff RICHARD BEST TRANSFER, INC. met an
11 conferred with Defendant ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND COMPANY, and the parties did no
12 reach an agreement resolving the objections raised in this Demurrer. (Declaration of Robert J. Willis
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Attorneys for Plaintiff and Cross-Defendant,
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RICHARD BEST TRANSFER, INC. and
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PROOF OF SERVICE
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
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COUNTY OF FRESNO )
3 I am employed in the County of Fresno, State of California. I am over the age of 18 and not
party to the within action; my business address is: 7060 N. Fresno Street, Suite 250, Fresno, California.
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On .July 27, 2018, I served the foregoing document described as NOTICE OF MOTIO
REGARDING PLAINTIFF RICHARD BEST TRANSFER, INC.'S DEMURRER T
6 DEFENDANT ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND COMPANY'S ANSWER TO THE SECOND
AMENDED COMPLAINT on the party/parties named below in said action by placing D th
7 original ['g] a true copy thereof enclosed in a sealed envelope address as follows:
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.Justin T. Campagne, Esq. Roger Nuttall, Esq .
9 Law Firm of Campagne & Campagne Nuttall & Coleman
Airport Office Center 2333 Merced Street
10 1685 N. Helm Avenue Fresno, California 93721
Fresno, California 93727
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Phillip A. Baker, Esq. Anthony P. Capozzi, Esq.
Baker, Keener & Nahra, LLP Law offices of Anthony P. Capozzi
13 633 West 5th Street, Suite 5500 1233 W. Shaw Avenue, Suite 102
Los Angeles, California 90071 Fresno, California 93711
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.James S. Rummonds, Esq. Tim Thompson, Esq.
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Rummonds Law Firm Whitney Thompson & .Jeffcoach
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311 Bonita Dr 8050 N. Palm Ave., Suite 110
Aptos, California 95003- Fresno, California 93711
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.Jeff E. Scott, Esq.
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Robert .J. Herrington, Esq.
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Ryan C. Bykerk, Esq.
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
20 1840 Century Park East, Suite 1900
Los Angeles, California 90067
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D BY FACSIMILE: I personally sent to the addressee' facsimile number indicated after th
address(es) noted on the Service List, a true and correct copy of the above-described document(s).
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D BY OVERNIGHT DELIVERY: I deposited the document in a box or other facility reg-
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1 C. Russell Georgeson, SBN 53589 Richard A. Belardinelli, SBN 065168 2 Robert J. Willis, SBN 317327 E-FILED GEORGESON AND BELARDINELLI 7/27/2018 4:20 PM 3 7060 N. Fresno Street, Suite 250 FRESNO COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT Fresno, California 93 720 By: M. Sanchez, Deputy 4 Telephone: (559) 447-8800 Facsimile: (559) 447-0747 5 Justin T. Campagne, SBN 211825 6 Law Finn of Campagne & Campagne A Professional Corporation 7 Airport Office Center 1685 N. Helm Avenue 8 Fresno, California 93727 9 Telephone: (559) 255-1637 Facsimile: (559) 252-9617 10 Attorneys for Plaintiff and Cross-Defendant, RICHARD BEST TRANSFER, INC. and Cross 11 Defendant, CHARLES LITTLEFIELD 12 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 13 IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF FRESNO 14 RICHARD BEST TRANSFER, INC., A ) Case No.: 17CECG01022 California Corporation, ) 15 ) Plaintiff, ) NOTICE OF MOTION REGARDING 16 ) PLAINTIFF RICHARD BEST vs. ) TRANSFER, INC.'S DEMURRER TO 17 ) DEFENDANT ARCHER DANIELS 18 ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND ) MIDbA~D COMPANY'S ANSWER TO COMP ANY, A Delaware Corporation; ) THE SECOND AME""l'IJ}ED 19 NATASHA DUKES, an individual; ) COMPLAINT SHAWN SAWA, an individual; AMBER M. ) 20 ROSE aka AMBER M. SAWA, an ) Date: September 11, 2018 individual; and DOES 1-25, inclusive, ) Time: 3:SO p.m. 21 ) Dept.: 503 Defendants. ) 22 ______________) 23 ) AND RELATED CROSS-ACTION ) 24 _______________) 25 TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD: 26 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on September 11, 2018, at 3:30 p.m., or as soo 27 thereafter as the matter may be heard, in Department 503 of the above-entitled Court, located a 28 Page 1 1 1130 "O" Street, Fresno, CA 93721, Plaintiff RICHARD BEST TRANSFER, INC. will move thi 2 Court for an Order sustaining its Demurrer to Defendant ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAN 3 COMPANY'S Answer to the Second Amended Complaint because affirmative defenses 1-3, 5-7 4 10, 12, 14-18, 21-26, 28, and 30-34 are legally insufficient in-that they are not properly pled. 5 This Notice of motion on Demurrer is based upon this Notice, the Demurrer to ARCHE 6 DANIELS MIDLAND COMPANY'S Answer to the Second Amended Complaint, th 7 I Memorandum of Points and Authorities, the Declaration ofRobert-l Willis,_all pleadings and record 8 on file herein, and such oral and documentary evidence as may be presented at the hearing. Pursuan 9 10 to Code of Civil Procedure § 430.41, Plaintiff RICHARD BEST TRANSFER, INC. met an 11 conferred with Defendant ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND COMPANY, and the parties did no 12 reach an agreement resolving the objections raised in this Demurrer. (Declaration of Robert J. Willis 13 ,r,r 6-11.) 14 15 DATED: July 27, 2018 16 17 By~f'-_!:~~~~:__~___::::__~:__~~~ 18 R Attorneys for Plaintiff and Cross-Defendant, 19 RICHARD BEST TRANSFER, INC. and 20 Cross-Defendant, CHARLES LITTLEFIELD 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Page 2 PROOF OF SERVICE f1013A{3) CCP) STATE OF CALIFORNIA) ) ss. 2 COUNTY OF FRESNO ) 3 I am employed in the County of Fresno, State of California. I am over the age of 18 and not party to the within action; my business address is: 7060 N. Fresno Street, Suite 250, Fresno, California. 4 On .July 27, 2018, I served the foregoing document described as NOTICE OF MOTIO REGARDING PLAINTIFF RICHARD BEST TRANSFER, INC.'S DEMURRER T 6 DEFENDANT ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND COMPANY'S ANSWER TO THE SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT on the party/parties named below in said action by placing D th 7 original ['g] a true copy thereof enclosed in a sealed envelope address as follows: 8 .Justin T. Campagne, Esq. Roger Nuttall, Esq . 9 Law Firm of Campagne & Campagne Nuttall & Coleman Airport Office Center 2333 Merced Street 10 1685 N. Helm Avenue Fresno, California 93721 Fresno, California 93727 11 12 Phillip A. Baker, Esq. Anthony P. Capozzi, Esq. Baker, Keener & Nahra, LLP Law offices of Anthony P. Capozzi 13 633 West 5th Street, Suite 5500 1233 W. Shaw Avenue, Suite 102 Los Angeles, California 90071 Fresno, California 93711 14 .James S. Rummonds, Esq. Tim Thompson, Esq. 15 Rummonds Law Firm Whitney Thompson & .Jeffcoach 16 311 Bonita Dr 8050 N. Palm Ave., Suite 110 Aptos, California 95003- Fresno, California 93711 17 .Jeff E. Scott, Esq. 18 Robert .J. Herrington, Esq. 19 Ryan C. Bykerk, Esq. Greenberg Traurig, LLP 20 1840 Century Park East, Suite 1900 Los Angeles, California 90067 21 22 D BY FACSIMILE: I personally sent to the addressee' facsimile number indicated after th address(es) noted on the Service List, a true and correct copy of the above-described document(s). 23 D BY OVERNIGHT DELIVERY: I deposited the document in a box or other facility reg- 24 ularly maintained by UPS and in an envelope or package designated by the UPS with delivery fees paid or provided for. 25 ['g] BY MAIL: I am "readily familiar" with the firm's practice of collection and processin 26 correspondence for mailing. Under that practice it would be deposited with the U.S. postal service o that same day with postage thereon fully prepaid at Fresno, California, in the ordinary course o 27 business. I am aware that on motion of the party served, service is presumed invalid if post Z8 G,,u,~e,uN A@ lJE1,IRmN1S1LI ,\TI'-'l"'hl'SA]'LA\\' 7110) N. FR.EsNn STREET .,uin.2511 FRE,m,CA ~J1.lll (551)4,17•8800 PROOF OF SERVICE (1013A(3) CCP] cancellation date or postage meter date is more than one day after date of deposit for mailing i affidavit. D VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL: I caused a trne and correct scanned image (.PDF file) to b transmitted via electronic mail to the above address(es) indicated above. D BY PERSONAL SERVICE: I delivered such envelope by hand to the offices of the ad- 4 dressee. Executed on July 27, 2018 at Fresno, California. ~ STATE: I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that th above is trne and correct. 9 10 KELLIE DUNDORE 11 12 13 14 15 16 11 18 19 20 21 22 21 24 25 26 21 28 GWRGTISnN AND linl.MlllNhLLJ ATL'ORS'TIYS ,\T l.,\W 71f611N. F1ussK0S·i,u,CT SUL'JS251) FRESNO,~,\ 93720 {559)·1-17-88111)