21CV00360
SUNGROWN ORGANIC HEMP v. HIDALGO et al.
DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
Defendants’ Santa Cruz County Department of Agriculture, Juan Hildago and Pamela
Cassar motion for summary judgment and/or summary adjudication is granted in part and denied
in part. Summary adjudication is denied as to negligence and negligence per se, and granted as to
trespass.
I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND
Plaintiff Sungrown has brought a complaint for negligence, negligence per se, trespass,
conversion, tortious interference with contractual relations, and injunctive relief based on the
allegation the County has been incorrectly testing for THC in commercial hemp crops since
2019. This resulted in Plaintiff’s loss of 15 acres of commercial hemp. (Complaint ¶2)
Defendants move for summary judgment and/or summary adjudication of all five causes of
action and the demand for injunctive relief. Prior to the hearing on this matter, Plaintiff
dismissed with prejudice its cau