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25SMCV00041 · Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County
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Outcome reason: DocketBird's M.D. Pa. exhibit index includes the complaint and multiple California minute orders. A mirrored Apr. 2 ruling states the American Academy of Ophthalmology's demurrer was sustained without leave to amend. A mirrored May 7 ruling states ASOPRS's motion to quash for lack of personal jurisdiction was granted and the Medical Board of California's demurrer was sustained without leave to amend.
Research status: DocketBird-discovered / partially source-backed
Research notes: The complaint and Apr./May/Jul./Oct. 2025 state-court orders were filed as defense exhibits in C066/C063. An Oct. 13 minute order is indexed as an Order to Show Cause re sanctions for failure to submit a case-management statement; the indexed snippet does not establish that sanctions were actually imposed. A separate Oct. 16 tentative discovery ruling appears to award $1,400, but no final minute order has been independently retrieved, so it is not counted as a verified sanction.
DocketBird indexes an Apr. 2 minute order concerning the AAO demurrer. Separately, a mirrored tentative ruling states the court would sustain the American Academy of Ophthalmology's demurrer without leave to amend because the allegations did not establish a duty supporting professional-negligence liability. The final minute-order body has not been independently retrieved.
Court source ↗DocketBird indexes a May 7 minute order concerning ASOPRS. Separately, a mirrored tentative ruling states the court would grant ASOPRS's motion to quash service for lack of personal jurisdiction. The final minute-order body has not been independently retrieved.
Court source ↗DocketBird indexes a May 7 minute order concerning the Medical Board. Separately, a mirrored tentative ruling states the court would sustain the Medical Board's demurrer without leave to amend because the complaint did not allege compliance with the applicable government-claims requirement. The final minute-order body has not been independently retrieved.
Court source ↗Sequence does not by itself prove motive or causation.
Tufano filed California Superior Court case 25SMCV00041 concerning the Taban medical/surgery dispute.
Source ↗The American Academy of Ophthalmology obtained a demurrer ruling without leave to amend in 25SMCV00041.
Source ↗The state court granted ASOPRS's motion to quash for lack of personal jurisdiction and sustained the Medical Board's demurrer without leave to amend.
Source ↗An indexed California minute order concerns an Order to Show Cause re sanctions on Plaintiff for failure to submit a case-management statement; the snippet states there was no appearance by or for Plaintiff.
Source ↗A second California Superior Court Taban case, 25SMCV05503, was filed.
Source ↗The court granted ASOPRS's motion to quash service for lack of personal jurisdiction in C102.
Source ↗ASOPRS argued within its motion-to-quash proceeding that Tufano had become a vexatious litigant; the court stated the request was beyond the scope of that motion and would require a separate motion.
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