Judge Allan D. Hardcastle (Retired): Comprehensive Profile - Analytics, Rulings, and Recent Cases

Motion GRANTED in full to:
1) Approve Receiver’s Recommendation to Distribute Net Proceeds from Sale of Liquor License;
2) Approve Receiver’s Final Report and Accounting;
3) Discharge Receiver;
4) Terminate Receivership; and
5) Make Related Orders.
The receiver is to prepare an order that...

Continued by stipulation to October 3, 2018, 3:00 in Department 19.

This case is on calendar for Defendant’s motion for reconsideration of the Court’s July 6, 2018 Ruling which denied Defendant’s motion to transfer venue of this action to Santa Monica Courthouse, Los Angeles County. Defendant brings this motion pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 1008 and on the gr...

This matter is on calendar for Plaintiffs’ motion for a protective order relating to a video and audio recording of a cell phone call between Defendant and several of the Plaintiffs, the contents of which is directly relevant to Plaintiffs’ claims and responsive to certain of Defendant’s discovery requests...

This matter is on calendar Plaintiff’s motion for leave to amend the complaint to substitute Wave Media Design for Doe Defendant No. 1. Plaintiff brings this motion pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 474, and on the grounds that the proposed amendment changes the original complaint only to substit...

This matter is on calendar for what are essentially three separate motions. First, Defendants move to compel Thomas Finn and Patrick Finn to appear for their depositions and produce documents. Plaintiff contends that the Finns have repeatedly failed and refused to appear and produce documents in response t...

This matter is on calendar for Wright Contracting, Inc.’s (“Wright”) motion to bifurcate its affirmative defenses based on the statute of limitations and the release and settlement agreement from the main construction defect action. Wright brings this motion pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure sections 597...

This matter is on calendar for Plaintiff’s motion for an order deeming admitted each matter in its Request for Admissions, Set One, propounded to Defendant on May 21, 2018. Plaintiff brings this motion pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 2033.280(a)-(c) and on the grounds that the requests for admi...

This matter is on calendar for three motions.
1. Motion to Compel Responses to Requests for Production of Documents
Defendant moves to compel Plaintiff to provide responses, without objections, and produce documents in response to Defendant’s Request for Production of Documents, Set One. Defendant br...

This matter is on calendar for Plaintiff’s motion for reconsideration of the Court’s July 18, 2018 Ruling After Hearing on Motion to Compel Arbitration, which granted Defendant’s motion to compel arbitration and stay the present action pending a resolution of the arbitration. Plaintiff brings this motion p...

This case is on calendar for Fidelity Roof Company’s (“FRC”) motion to contest TEP Engineering’s (“TEP”) application for determination of a good faith settlement, relating to the settlement agreement that Lynmar Winery, LLC “(“Plaintiff”) reached with TEP, wherein TEP agreed to pay Lynmar $25,000 in return...

This matter is on calendar for Defendant’s petition to compel arbitration and to stay this action pending a resolution of the arbitration. Defendant brings this motion pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act in 9 U.S.C. §1, et seq. and on the grounds that by entering into the underlying Retail Installment ...

This matter is on calendar for Plaintiffs’ motion for leave to amend their Complaint to include new allegations regarding the specific dollar amount of damages and to amend their prayer to include a request that certain negative credit reporting be deleted from their credit history. Plaintiffs contend the ...

This motion has been reset to 3:00pm in courtroom 17, to be heard with the Summary Judgment motion in that department.

Appearance required. Plaintiff must demonstrate that the Notice of Hearing of his Opposition to Defendant’s Claim of Exemption was timely and properly served to Defendant. Defendant is directed to bring a copy of the Claim of Exemption and all supporting documentation. The types and degrees of property exe...

Motion to Compel Further Responses to Production Demands Granted. Sanctions of $1,060.00 awarded to the moving parties. The responding party served only improper general objections and did not provide any objection or response to any individual item, the objections appear invalid on their face and to asser...

Motion Granted for summary judgment. The court notes that Plaintiffs have filed a statement that they do not oppose the motion, the moving party has established all of its facts, and these facts demonstrate that the moving party is immune from liability for having designed the warning signals, signs, light...

Motion Denied. Plaintiff persuasively argues that Defendant waived the right to transfer venue by delaying this motion. Defendant did not file this motion until five months after answering the complaint and more than 2 months after the Court set the case for trial. Moreover, Plaintiff demonstrates that Son...

Motion Granted in part. The motion is granted as to the request to enter judgment pursuant to the terms of the settlement, including the settlement language itself, but the court denies the request to identify the Plaintiffs as the prevailing parties since such language is not part of the settlement and ap...

Motion dropped per request of moving party.

This matter is on calendar for Paul Ryan Associates’ (“Defendant”) petition to compel arbitration and to stay this action pending a resolution of the arbitration. Defendant brings this motion pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 1281 and on the grounds that there is a valid and enforceable arbitrati...

This matter is on calendar for Defendants’ motion to compel responses to form interrogatories, special interrogatories, and requests for documents. Defendants bring the motion pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure sections 2030.290 and 2031.300 and on the grounds that Plaintiffs’ responses, which were compri...

Motion dropped by moving party.

This case is on calendar for Plaintiff’s motion to vacate the default judgment it obtained against Defendant on March 18, 2015 for the sum of $2,300.58. Plaintiff brings this motion pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 473(b) and on the grounds that after it obtained the judgment against Defendant, ...