TENTATIVE RULING:
Defendant Kerry Heckman, as Trustee of her revocable trust, has filed a motion for summary
judgment against Plaintiff Rick Northcutt. After full consideration of the evidence, and the
written and oral submissions by the parties, the Court finds that there are no triable issues of
material fact, and that Defendant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.
A motion for summary judgment will be granted when it is shown that there is no triable issue as
to any material fact, and that the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. (Code
Civ. Proc. § 437c(c).) “The moving party's evidence must be strictly construed, while the
opposing party's evidence must be liberally construed.” (Binder v. Aetna Life Ins. Co. (1999) 75
Cal.App.4th 832, 838.) The court treats the opposing party’s facts, and all reasonable inferences
arising therefrom, as true for purposes of the motion. (Hanson v. Grode (1999) 76 Cal.App.4th
601, 604.)
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Hearing Date
July 02, 2018
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TENTATIVE RULING:
Defendant Kerry Heckman, as Trustee of her revocable trust, has filed a motion for summary
judgment against Plaintiff Rick Northcutt. After full consideration of the evidence, and the
written and oral submissions by the parties, the Court finds that there are no triable issues of
material fact, and that Defendant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.
A motion for summary judgment will be granted when it is shown that there is no triable issue as
to any material fact, and that the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. (Code
Civ. Proc. § 437c(c).) “The moving party's evidence must be strictly construed, while the
opposing party's evidence must be liberally construed.” (Binder v. Aetna Life Ins. Co. (1999) 75
Cal.App.4th 832, 838.) The court treats the opposing party’s facts, and all reasonable inferences
arising therefrom, as true for purposes of the motion. (Hanson v. Grode (1999) 76 Cal.App.4th
601, 604.)
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