December 20, 2019
B
probate
Omesa Ingram (Plaintiff), represented by Omid Razi (Lead Attorney)
Track This PartyNapa Valley Wine Train, LLC (Defendant), represented by Helen Lee Greenberg (Lead Attorney)
Track This PartyMichael Williams (Defendant), represented by Helen Lee Greenberg (Lead Attorney)
Track This PartyStewart Hoffman (Defendant), represented by Helen Lee Greenberg (Lead Attorney)
Track This PartyRonald Wysinger (Defendant), represented by Peter Jon Hirsig (Lead Attorney)
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Track This PartyV. Sattui Winery (Defendant), represented by Nadim Gamal Hegazi (Lead Attorney)
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Track This PartyCity of Napa (Defendant), represented by David Charles Jones (Lead Attorney)
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Track This PartyJonathan Blake Kerentan (Defendant)
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Track This PartyRonald Wysinger (Cross Defendant), represented by Peter Jon Hirsig (Lead Attorney)
Track This PartyRonald Wysinger (Cross Defendant), represented by Peter Jon Hirsig (Lead Attorney)
Track This PartyCross Defendant (Participant) Napa Valley Wine Train, LLC (Cross Defendant (Participant)), represented by Helen Lee Greenberg (Lead Attorney)
Track This PartyBlake Cross Defendant (Participant) Carrington (Cross Defendant (Participant))
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Track This PartyMichael Cross Defendant (Participant) Williams (Cross Defendant (Participant)), represented by Helen Lee Greenberg (Lead Attorney)
Track This PartyStewart Cross Defendant (Participant) Hoffman (Cross Defendant (Participant)), represented by Helen Lee Greenberg (Lead Attorney)
Track This PartyCross Complainant (Participant) V. Sattui Winery (Cross Complainant (Participant)), represented by Nadim Gamal Hegazi (Lead Attorney)
Track This PartyNapa Valley Wine Train, LLC (Cross Complainant), represented by Helen Lee Greenberg (Lead Attorney)
Track This PartyMichael Williams (Cross Complainant), represented by Helen Lee Greenberg (Lead Attorney)
Track This PartyStewart Hoffman (Cross Complainant), represented by Helen Lee Greenberg (Lead Attorney)
Track This PartyRonald Cross Complainant (Participant) Wysinger (Cross Complainant (Participant)), represented by Peter Jon Hirsig (Lead Attorney)
Track This PartyDiscovery Bank v. Dorothy Leachman
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DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE ACTIONS
TENTATIVE RULING: The matter is CONTINUED to January 30, 2020, 8:30 a.m. in
Dept. B.
The Court acknowledges that, "the effect of an order granting consolidation would [be] to thrust [the small claims action] into the morass of superior court litigation, with its attendant delays and complexities, in direct contravention of the Legislature's intent that small claims cases be resolved expeditiously and inexpensively." (Acuna v. Gunderson Chevrolet, Inc. (1993) 19 Cal.App.4th 1467 (Acuna), 1472.) It appears from the holding in Acuna that the Court is without authority to consolidate the small claims matter, Case No. 19SC000272, with the Superior Court cases. (Id.)
However, the Court shares moving Defendant's concerns regarding even the possibility that issues that are at the heart of the subject Superior Court cases may be conclusively determined in a small claims court action. The Court concurs with moving Defendant that the ability, of any of th