Pladott v. Blankstein
Defendants and respondents (defendants) Josef and Carmella Blankstein (the Blanksteins), Marc and Laura Garbell (the Garbells), and Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Company (Coldwell Banker) each filed motions for summary judgment that the trial court granted. Plaintiff and appellant Alex Pladott (Pladott) appeals from the judgments entered in favor of defendants and also appeals from certain orders entered by the trial court prior to the entry of the judgments.
Defendants each submitted facts in support of their summary judgment motions showing that Pladott could not establish one or more elements of his causes of action or that they had a complete defense to one or more of his causes of action, thereby shifting the burden to Pladott to show the existence of a triable issue of fact. Therefore, because Pladott failed to submit sufficient admissible facts to show the existence of a triable issue of fact as to each of his claims, the trial court properly granted the defendants’ motions for summary judgment. The trial court did not abuse its discretion when it entered the orders denying the motions from which Pladott appeals.
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