California Condominium Law
United States of America v. John Tamahere McCabe
Santa Ana, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud. The Defendant was accused of defrauding a 79-year-old Orange County, California, victim out of nearly $2 million via false promises to broker the sale of the victim’s yacht and by taking out unauthorized loans against the victim’s Irvine condominium, which left the victim homeless. John Tamahere ... More...
$ (01-29-2026 - CA)The People v. Raymond Giral
<h2><br> Ventura, California committing lewd acts upon a child criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> <br> Raymond Giral <br> and Serena married in 1990. In March 1999 they had twins, a boy and a girl, J.G. Appellant's alcohol issues led to a divorce in 2007. Appellant moved into a condominium, and the children lived primarily with their mother. Appellant took the childre... More...
$0 (08-22-2024 - CA)United States of America v. Michael Alan Stollery
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud.<br> <br> Michael Alan Stollery, 54, of Reseda, California, touted TBIS – a purported cryptocurrency investment platform – as a cryptocurrency investment opportunity, luring investors to purchase "BARs,†the cryptocurrency token or coin offered by TBIS's ICO, through a series of false ... More...
$0 (03-24-2023 - CA)United States of America v. Ruixue “Serena†Shi
Los Angeles, California criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud.<br> <br> Ruixue "Serena†Shi, 38, of Arcadia, pleaded guilty in October 2021 to one count of wire fraud. Shi has been in federal custody since August 2020 after law enforcement discovered she had been researching how to fleece the United States on a contraband iPhone while free on bond in this criminal... More...
$0 (11-21-2022 - CA)United States of America v. Sean Cutting United States of America v. Brian Melland United States of America v. David Lonich
<center><h2><font color="red"> San Francisco - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendants with fraudulent schemes concerning bank loans and real estate charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> The panel affirmed Sean Cutting's, Brian Melland's, and <br> David Lonich's convictions, but vacated their sentences and <br> remanded for resentencing, in a complex case arising from <br> fraudul... More...
$0 (01-14-2022 - CA)United States of America v. Ruixue “Serena†Shi
Los Angeles, CA: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with wire fraud.<br> <br> Ruixue "Serena†Shi, 37, of Arcadia, was charged with one count of wire fraud for overseeing a scheme in which she misappropriated much of $23 million in funds intended for a hotel and condominium complex in the Coachella Valley, and then used the money to finance her lavish lifestyle.<br> <br>... More...
$0 (10-29-2021 - CA)Joseph Martinez v. Baronhr, Inc.
What if neither party to an arbitration agreement places<br> initials next to a jury waiver contained in the agreement, even<br> though the drafter included lines for their initials? On the facts of<br> this case, we conclude the lack of initials is of no legal<br> consequence.<br> Here, when appellants BaronHR, Inc., BaronHR, LLC,<br> Fortress Worldwide, Inc. and Luis Perez (collectively BaronHR)... More...
$0 (07-09-2020 - CA)Nicole G. v. Warren Braithwaite
Warren Braithwaite and his long-term girlfriend Nicole G.<br> resided at a property they co-owned. After contentious<br> arguments and stalking incidents, Nicole retained counsel to file<br> a request for a domestic violence restraining order (DVRO) and<br> moved out of their shared property amidst their break-up.<br> Warren and Nicole each requested DVROs against the other in<br> connection with ... More...
$0 (06-05-2020 - CA)Third Laguna Hills Mutual v. Jeff A. Joslin
Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP suits) are meritless<br> lawsuits designed to punish parties for protected activities (the right to petition or free<br> speech). A party can move to strike a SLAPP suit by filing an anti-SLAPP motion.<br> (Code Civ. Proc., § 425.16.)1<br> There is a two-prong test: the moving party must show the<br> lawsuit arises from its protected activit... More...
$0 (05-27-2020 - CA)J.M. v. W.T.
<center><h1><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding:<br> 0em;"><a href="http://www.callmorelaw.com/" target="_new">MoreLaw Receptionists</a></br><font Color="Red">VOIP Phone and Virtual Receptionist Services<br> Call 918-582-6422 Today<br> </font></h1><P></center><br> <br> Plaintiff J.M. appeals from an order denying his petition for<br> a domestic violence protecti... More...
$0 (03-26-2020 - CA)Michael Reynaud v. Technicolor Creative Services USA, Inc.
<center><h1><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding:<br> 0em;"><a href="http://www.callmorelaw.com/" target="_new">MoreLaw Receptionists</a></br><font Color="Red">VOIP Phone and Virtual Receptionist Services<br> Call 918-582-6422 Today<br> </font></h1><P></center> <br> <br> Plaintiffs and respondents Michael Reynaud and Fiona<br> Reynaud1 prevailed at trial on their... More...
$0 (03-25-2020 - CA)Aldea Dos Vientos v. Calatlantic Group, Inc.
It is reputed that condominium projects have three<br> phases—planning, building, and the lawsuit. Obviously, this<br> case is an example of the third phase. We are optimistic there<br> are numerous condominium projects that experience only the<br> first two phases.<br> A condominium association sued the developer alleging<br> construction defects. The association’s governing documents<br> req... More...
$0 (02-08-2020 - CA)Lark Holden v. City of San Diego, Idea Enterprises, LP, Real Party in Interest
Plaintiffs Lark Holden and James Stansell1 appeal a judgment denying their<br> petition for writ of mandate challenging decisions by the City of San Diego and City<br> Council for the City of San Diego (collectively City) to grant a California Environmental<br> Quality Act (CEQA; Pub. Resources Code, § 21000 et seq.)2 exemption for a residential<br> development project proposed by IDEA Enterprise... More...
$0 (12-14-2019 - CA)Shelia Brown v. Upside Gading, L.P.
This is an appeal in a landlord–tenant class action from a trial court order<br> invalidating the broad releases of claims signed by approximately 26 tenant putative class<br> members and requiring the parties to meet and confer regarding a corrective notice for the<br> putative class after the court found said releases contained misleading and one-sided<br> information regarding the underlying ... More...
$0 (11-21-2019 - CA)Shirli Fabri Weiss, as Trustee, etc. v. City of Del Mar, Torrey Pacific Corporation, Real Party in Interest
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.sdcourt.ca.gov/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/SDCOURT/GENERALINFORMATION/COURTLOCATIONS/CENTRALCOURTHOUSE2/NEWCOURTHOUSE.PNG"><br> </center>Shirli Weiss, as trustee for her trust, applied under a local scenic view ordinance to<br> compel a neighboring property owner to trim and maintain its landscaping. After the city<br> denied her application, Weiss petitioned... More...
$0 (09-04-2019 - CA)Victor M. Quiroz Franco v. Greystone Ridge Condominium
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_banners/1390544622/1406303564/600x200"><br> </center><br> In March 2018, employees of defendant Greystone Ridge Condominium<br> (Greystone), including plaintiff Victor M. Quiroz Franco (plaintiff), were presented with<br> and asked to sign an agreement requiring that each employee agree to submit to final and<br> binding arbitration ... More...
$0 (08-30-2019 - ca)David Sands v. Walnut Gardens Condominium Association, Inc.
<center><h1><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding: 0em;"><br> <a href="http://www.callmorelaw.com" target="_new">MoreLaw Virtual Receptionists</a></br><br> <font Color="Red">Never Miss Another New Client Call</font><br> <br> </h1><P></center><br> This case is about whether condominium owners can make<br> their homeowners association pay for a water leak. Monique S... More...
$0 (05-14-2019 - CA)Deborah Sass v. Theodore Cohen
<center><br> <h1><br> <p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding: 0em;"><br> <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/recent.asp" target="_new">MoreLaw Helps People Find Lawyers</a><br> <font><br> </h1><br> When a plaintiff files a lawsuit, the defendant can opt not<br> to respond; the result is a default judgment for the plaintiff.<br> (Code Civ. Proc., §§ 580, subd... More...
$0 (03-11-2019 - CA)Orchard Estate Homes, Inc. v. The Orchard Homeowner Alliance
Orchard Estate Homes, Inc., is a 93-unit planned residential development,<br> governed by covenants, conditions, and restrictions (CC&R’s), supplemented by rules<br> and regulations prohibiting short term rentals of units for durations of less than 30 days.<br> When Orchard’s homeowners association attempted to enforce this rule against an owner<br> who used a unit for such purpose, a lower co... More...
$0 (02-25-2019 - CA)San Diegans For Open Government v. City of San Diego, Symphony Asset Pool XVI, LLC
San Diegans for Open Government (SDOG) appeals from an adverse judgment in<br> its lawsuit challenging an amended and restated lease that the City of San Diego (City)<br> entered into with Symphony Asset Pool XVI, LLC (Symphony) to lease City-owned land<br> containing an oceanfront amusement park in San Diego's Mission Beach neighborhood,<br> and potentially extending the term of a prior lease of ... More...
$0 (01-18-2019 - CA)Venice Coalition to Preserve Unique Community Character
Appellants Venice Coalition to Preserve Unique<br> Community Character and Celia R. Williams alleged in a<br> complaint filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court that the<br> City of Los Angeles engaged in a pattern and practice of illegally<br> exempting certain development projects in Venice from<br> permitting requirements in the Venice Land Use Plan and in the<br> California Coastal Act. The ... More...
$0 (01-10-2019 - CA)Jason Olive v. General Nutrition Centers, Inc.
<center><br> <h1><br> <p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding: 0em;"><br> <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/recent.asp" target="_new">MoreLaw Helps People Find Lawyers</a><br> <font><br> </h1><br> </center><br> Jason Olive is a model and actor who contracted with<br> General Nutrition Centers, Inc. (GNC) to use his likeness in its<br> advertising campaign. GN... More...
$0 (12-31-2018 - CA)Bear Creek Master Association v. Southern California Investors, Inc.
In this case, the parties dispute which of their recorded liens against a golf course<br> property has priority. In 2013, defendant, cross-complainant, and respondent, Southern<br> California Investors, Inc. (SCI), recorded a third deed of trust against the golf course<br> property. In 2014, plaintiff, cross-defendant, and appellant, Bear Creek Master<br> Association (BCMA), a homeowners associati... More...
$0 (11-12-2018 - CA)Jackpot Harvesting Company, Inc. v. The Superior Court of Monterey County, Jose Roberto Lainez
Labor Code section 226.2,1 which became effective January 1, 2016, addresses the<br> manner in which piece-rate employees are to be compensated for rest and recovery<br> periods and other nonproductive time on the job (collectively, rest/NP time).<br> Subdivision (b) of the statute (hereafter section 226.2(b)) provides a safe harbor for an<br> employer that, prior to 2016, failed to properly compe... More...
$0 (10-16-2018 - CA)Jackpot Harvesting Company, Inc. v. The Superior Court of Monterey County, Jose Roberto Lainez
Labor Code section 226.2,1 which became effective January 1, 2016, addresses the<br> manner in which piece-rate employees are to be compensated for rest and recovery<br> periods and other nonproductive time on the job (collectively, rest/NP time).<br> Subdivision (b) of the statute (hereafter section 226.2(b)) provides a safe harbor for an<br> employer that, prior to 2016, failed to properly compe... More...
$0 (10-09-2018 - CA)Alex Cheveldave v. Tri Palms Unified Owners Association
Tri Palms Unified Owners Association (the Association) is a group of<br> homeowners in the Tri-Palms Estates.<br> There is a recreation facility adjacent to the TriPalms<br> Estates, and homeowners pay a fee for that recreation facility. In 2014, in<br> bankruptcy proceedings, Kort & Scott Financial Group, LLC (K&S) was the successful<br> bidder on the recreation facility. The Association entered... More...
$0 (10-04-2018 - CA)Branches Neighborhood Corporation v. Calatlantic Group, Inc.
Plaintiff Branches Neighborhood Corporation (Branches or the<br> association), a community association incorporated pursuant to the Davis-Stirling<br> Common Interest Development Act (Civ. Code, § 4000, et seq.)(the Act), filed an<br> arbitration claim against the association’s developer, defendant CalAtlantic Group, Inc.,<br> formerly known as Standard Pacific Corp. (Standard), for constructio... More...
$0 (08-27-2018 - CA)Branches Neighborhood Corporation v. Calatlantic Group, Inc.
Plaintiff Branches Neighborhood Corporation (Branches or the<br> association), a community association incorporated pursuant to the Davis-Stirling<br> Common Interest Development Act (Civ. Code, § 4000, et seq.) (the Act), filed an<br> arbitration claim against the association’s developer, defendant CalAtlantic Group, Inc.,<br> formerly known as Standard Pacific Corp. (Standard), for constructi... More...
$0 (08-25-2018 - CA)United States of America v. Momoud Aref Abaji
Santa Ana, CA - Orange County Man Sentenced to 108 Months in Federal Prison in $21 Million ‘Builder Bailout’ Fraud Scheme<br> <br> An Orange County man was sentenced to federal prison for his leadership role in a “builder bailout” mortgage fraud scheme.<br> <br> Momoud Aref Abaji, 37, of Huntington Beach, was sentenced to 108 months in prison by United States District Judge Andre... More...
$0 (07-19-2018 - CA)Rain O. Daugherty v. City and County of San Francisco
Under the Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights Act (POBRA) (Gov.<br> Code, § 3300 et seq.),1<br> no punitive action may be taken against a public safety officer for<br> any alleged act, omission, or other misconduct unless the investigation is completed<br> within one year of “the public agency’s discovery by a person authorized to initiate an<br> investigation of the allegation o... More...
$0 (06-23-2018 - CA)Linda M. Marshall v. Bryan S. Marshall
Linda Marshall appeals from the judgment on reserved issues following the<br> dissolution of her marriage to Bryan S. Marshall.1<br> Linda challenges two specific aspects<br> of the family court’s division of marital property. She contends the court erred declaring<br> a 2006 capital gains tax liability to be a community debt, notwithstanding the fact she had<br> obtained an “innocent spouse�... More...
$0 (05-21-2018 - CA)Klean W. Hollywood, LLC v. The Superior Court of California, Langston Jackson, Real Party in Interest
Petitioner Klean W. Hollywood, LLC (Klean), a voluntary<br> drug abuse treatment facility, was sued by real party Langston<br> Jackson, who had enrolled at the facility to obtain treatment<br> for drug addiction. Jackson blamed Klean for the injuries he<br> suffered after smuggling heroin into his room and injecting it<br> late one night. Jackson claimed that Klean was negligent in<br> failing to ... More...
$0 (03-12-2018 - CA)San Francisco Apartment Association v. City and County of San Francisco
To reduce the number of no-fault evictions of families with children and educators<br> during the school year, the City and County of San Francisco and the San Francisco<br> Board of Supervisors (collectively, the City) barred such evictions. The trial court<br> concluded state law preempted this ordinance and the City appeals. We agree with the<br> City that the ordinance is not preempted, and re... More...
$0 (02-15-2018 - CA)San Francisco Apartment Association v. City and County of San Francisco
We must determine whether a San Francisco city<br> ordinance limiting the rights of landlords to commence and<br> conduct buyout negotiations is consistent with the federal<br> and state constitutions. We do not, as we must not, evaluate<br> the policy merits of the ordinance. Appellants—an<br> individual property owner and several organizations that<br> represent landlords’ interests in San F... More...
$0 (02-09-2018 - CA)McMillin Albany, LLC v. The Superior Court of Kern County, Carl Van Tassel, Real Parties in Interest
In Aas v. Superior Court (2000) 24 Cal.4th 627, 632 (Aas), this court held<br> that the economic loss rule bars homeowners suing in negligence for construction<br> defects from recovering damages where there is no showing of actual property<br> damage or personal injury. We explained that requiring a showing of more than<br> economic loss was necessary to preserve the boundary between tort and con... More...
$0 (01-19-2018 - CA)Heron Bay Homeowners Association v. City of San Leandro, Halus Power Systems, Real Party in Interest
Real parties in interest Halus Power Systems and Louis A. Rigaud individually<br> and dba Halus Power Systems (collectively, Halus Power), appeal from the trial court’s<br> post-judgment order granting in part plaintiff Heron Bay Homeowners Association’s<br> (Heron Bay HOA’s) motion for attorneys’ fees pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure1<br> section 1021.5. Defendant City of San Leandro (... More...
$0 (01-15-2018 - CA)Pacific Gas and Electric Company v. Hart High-Voltage Apparatus Repair and Testing Co., Inc.
Plaintiff Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) sued defendant HART HighVoltage<br> Apparatus Repair and Testing Co., Inc. (HART) for negligently servicing a large<br> transformer at a hydroelectric power plant and for damages under Public Utilities Code1<br> section 7952. PG&E alleged it incurred dirct and indirect costs of approximately $8.1<br> million.<br> HART filed a motion for summary adj... More...
$0 (12-14-2017 - CA)Protect Telegraph Hill v. City and County of San Francisco
The City and County of San Francisco (the City) approved construction of a threeunit<br> condominium project proposed by real parties in interest Jeremy Ricks, Tracy<br> Kirkham and Joe Cooper on Telegraph Hill at 115 Telegraph Boulevard. Appellant<br> Protect Telegraph Hill argues that the approval was unlawful because an Environmental<br> Impact Report (EIR) for the project should have been prep... More...
$0 (10-14-2017 - CA)PGA West Residential Association, Inc. v. Hulven International, Inc.
In its lawsuit against Hulven International, Inc. (Hulven) and various other<br> defendants, PGA West Residential Association, Inc. (PGA West) alleged defendant<br> Dempsey Mork1 tried to fraudulently insulate the equity in his condominium from<br> creditors by naming Hulven, a sham corporation entirely owned and controlled by Mork,<br> as the beneficiary of a deed of trust and note, and by later ... More...
$0 (08-10-2017 - CA)Dennis M. Rush v. White Corporation
Spanish Peaks is a 3000-acre luxury resort in Big Sky Country, Montana, a<br> development begun in 2002 by Spanish Peaks Holdings II, LLC (Holdings). The<br> featured residences at Spanish Peaks were to be “high end settlement cabins,” to be<br> constructed close to a massive lodge, which was to be the centerpiece of the<br> development, containing restaurants, stores, recreation facilities, a... More...
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