RG18896275: SILVERADO CONTRACTORS, INC VS KENNETH W.
MORRIS,TRUSTEE
02/09/2023 Hearing on Motion for Summary Judgment in Department 517

Tentative Ruling - 02/07/2023 Somnath Raj Chatterjee


The Motion for Summary Judgment filed by SILVERADO CONTRACTORS, INC on
09/22/2022 is Denied.

Plaintiff and Cross-Defendant Silverado Contractors, Inc.’s (“Silverado”) Motion for Summary
Judgment on Defendant and Cross-Complainant Kenneth Morris’s (“Morris”) Third Amended
Cross-Complaint (“TACC”) is DENIED.

Procedurally, the Court deems the motion to be, in the alternative, a motion for summary
adjudication of the TACC’s First Cause of Action for breach of contract.

When this motion was filed, Morris only had one cause of action for breach of contract. After
this motion was filed, Morris added the seventh cause of action with leave of court. The Court
has since sustained Silverado’s demurrer to the seventh cause of action with leave to amend.

The Court’s original pre