Motion: (1) Defendant’s Motion for Terminating Sanctions for
Spoliation of Evidence;
(2) Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment, or
Alternatively for Summary Adjudication;
(3) Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment, or Alternatively
for Summary Adjudication
Tentative Ruling:
(1) Defendant’s Motion for Terminating Sanctions for Spoliation of Evidence: To deny terminating sanctions, but to issue evidence sanctions as specified below. (Code Civ. Proc., § 2023.030, subd. (c).)
(2) Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment, or Alternatively for Summary Adjudication: To deny summary judgment. (Code Civ. Proc., § 437c, subd. (c).) To grant summary adjudication of plaintiff’s eighth and ninth causes of action of the First Amended Cross-Complaint (FACC), and to deny as to the remainder of plaintiff’s causes of action. To deny summary adjudication of the FACC’s second cause of action for conversion. (Code Civ. Proc., § 437c, subd. (f).)
(3) Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment, or Alternative