Judge Thomas M. Anderson: Professional Background and Legal Expertise

  Ms. Gestri's unopposed Motion to be Relieved as Counsel is denied without prejudice. The motion was not timely served. It was required to be mailed no later than July 11, 2021, but was not mailed until July 12, 2021.

This is the Court's tentative ruling. In order to argue at the hearing, you m...

Superior Court of Nevada County
Tentative Ruling
Truckee Branch

Plaintiff's unopposed Motion to Enter Judgment Pursuant to CCP section 664.6 is granted as prayed.

The OSC re Sanctions is dropped.

No appearances are required.

Moving Party's attorney is to...

  Defendants Fox, Lane, and Cooper's Anti-Slapp Motion to Strike is denied.

In ruling on an Anti-SLAPP Motion to Strike under Code of Civil Procedure '425.16, the court must engage in a two-step process. First, the court decides whether defendant has made a threshold showing that the challenged ca...

  Defendant's Application for Relief from Order for Sale of Dwelling is granted. The Court hereby sets aside its order dated May 10, 2021, as Defendant has alleged mistake or inadvertence in failing to appear at the hearing on May 10, 2021.

Appearances are required for hearing on the OSC re Sale o...

  Defendant's Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings is denied.

First, a motion for judgment on the pleadings examines the face of the pleadings at issue. Evidence is not submitted. The arguments made herein are more appropriate for a motion for summary judgment. The face of the complaint sets for...

  Truckee Branch

Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment is denied.

Standard of Review

The function of a motion for summary judgment or adjudication is to allow a determination as to whether an opposing party cannot show evidentiary support for a pleading or claim and to enable an o...

  Superior Court of Nevada County
Tentative Ruling
Truckee Branch

Defendant's Demurrer to the Complaint is overruled in part and sustained with leave to amend in part.

Initially, Defendant's request for the court to exercise its discretion to abstain from granting equitable relief is ...

  Superior Court of Nevada County
Tentative Ruling
Truckee Branch

Defendant's Motion to Strike the Punitive Damages Allegations is denied. Plaintiff has adequately pled a cause of action for fraud, with clearly sets forth fraud, oppression or malice to support punitive damages.

Defen...

  Superior Court of Nevada County
Tentative Ruling
Truckee Branch

Plaintiff's unopposed Motion to Modify Default Judgment Pursuant to Government Code Section 53356.1 is granted as prayed. No appearances are required.

This is the Court's tentative ruling. In order to argue at the hea...

  Superior Court of Nevada County
Tentative Ruling
Truckee Branch

Defendant's Demurrer to the Complaint has been continued by stipulation of the parties to February 8, 2021, at 1:30 pm in Dept. A. No appearances are required.

This is the Court's tentative ruling. In order to argue a...

  The unopposed Motion to Modify Default Judgment is granted as prayed No appearances are required.

Petitioner's attorney is to submit a formal order that sets out verbatim the tentative ruling herein and complies with California Rule of Court 3.1312 and is thereafter to prepare, file and serve no...

  Superior Court of Nevada County
Tentative Ruling
Truckee Branch

Defendant's Demurrer to the Third Amended Complaint is sustained without leave to amend.

As to causes of action two, three, and four, the demurrer is sustained without leave to amend. Plaintiff must challenge his termin...

  Superior Court of Nevada County
Tentative Ruling
Truckee Branch

Defendant Northern Trust Company's Demurrer to the First Amended Complaint is overruled in part and sustained with leave to amend in part. Defendant Northern Trust Company's Motion to Strike is denied in part and granted with ...

  Superior Court of Nevada County
Tentative Ruling
Truckee Branch

The Trial Setting CMC is continued on the court's own motion to March 15, 2021, at 1:30 pm in Dept. A. Due to COVID restrictions, the court is not setting trials at this time.

This is the Court's tentative ruling. In ...

  Defendant Town of Truckee's unopposed Demurrer to the Complaint is sustained with leave to amend.

The complaint fails to allege any statute to support governmental tort liability. In addition, Plaintiff fails to allege facts, not mere conclusions, as to how the Town and/or its employees behave i...

  The Debtor's Examination is dropped. There is no proof of service of the Order to Appear on the Debtor. Creditor may re-file and re-notice an Order to Appear for a subsequent hearing date.

DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS, APPEARANCES ARE NOT REQUIRED AND ARE NOT PERMITTED. THE COURT WILL NOT BE ACCEPTI...