For reprint rights or to purchase a copy of your Daily Journal photo, email jeremy@reprintpros.com for prices or call 949-702-5390.

To buy more copies, call 866-531-1492 or email subscribe@dailyjournal.com
This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.

Jay M. Bloom

See more on Jay M. Bloom

Judge (Ret.)
Judicial Svcs



Retired September 2, 2022, San Diego County Superior Court.



Judicial Profiles
Title Court Published
Jay M. Bloom San Diego County (Central Courthouse) Jun. 1, 2015

Rulings
Case Category Published
People v. Montanez
affirmed
 Criminal Law and Procedure May 8, 2023
People v. Sims
reversed
 Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 14, 2021
People v. Allen
affirmed in part
 Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 24, 2019

Verdicts & Settlements
Case Name Topic Role Published
Confidential Personal Injury judge Nov. 12, 2005
Ofelia Azar v. Alex E. Torres Personal Injury judge Aug. 20, 2005
NNWS Inc. v. Hughes Network Systems Inc., et al. Contracts judge Jul. 30, 2005
Mark Revetta v. Mercedes-Benz USA LLC, Mercedes-Benz of San Diego Contracts judge Jan. 4, 2005
Peter Busalacchi v. City of San Diego, Alfredo Castro, Rolizo Cunanan, Spencer Sturm Civil Rights judge Dec. 14, 2004
Confidential Personal Injury judge Mar. 30, 2004
Stephen McMahon v. Jeffrey Morris Personal Injury judge Feb. 10, 2004
Leonid Volfson v. The Baker Street Group Inc. Personal Injury judge Sep. 30, 2003
Nicholas Golston, a minor, Kevin Golston v. San Diego Unified School District, Jose Luis Lemus Personal Injury judge Sep. 23, 2003
Pamela Borland v. Robert I. Lozano Personal Injury judge Jul. 22, 2003
Meladine Mahone Stocking, et al. v. Estate of Gordon H. Wiram, et al. Personal Injury judge Apr. 29, 2003
Novella H. Cox v. Ti O'Donnell Personal Injury judge Mar. 25, 2003
Florence Menna v. The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States dba Fashion Valley Center Personal Injury judge Mar. 18, 2003
Bradford J. Underdahl v. Mitchell Friedlaender, et al. Personal Injury judge Mar. 4, 2003
Irma Ruiz v. San Diego Transit Corporation Personal Injury judge Feb. 4, 2003
Patricia Degnan v. Aaron B. Ellington Personal Injury judge Dec. 24, 2002
Joshua Barnhart, a minor v. City of San Diego Personal Injury judge Dec. 17, 2002
Daniel Gettis v. Christopher Musa, et al. Personal Injury judge Dec. 10, 2002
Steven Easterby, a minor v. City of San Diego Personal Injury judge Nov. 26, 2002
Suzanne Stolz v. San Diego Unified School District Employment Law judge Oct. 8, 2002
Sharon Rose Love v. Kenneth Ray Edwards, an individual; Calmat, a Corporation; and Vulcan Materials Company, a Corporation Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Oct. 8, 2002
Aaron Gonzalez et al. v. Leland G. Shaffer Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Aug. 20, 2002
Maria Gonzalez v. Olivia Carillo, Jose Jimenez Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Jun. 15, 2002
Lee v. Fieldstone Contracts judge Jun. 15, 2002
Karen Trusty v. Southland Industries, Liberty Equipment & Supply Co. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Jun. 1, 2002
Joan Lewis v. Rocky Mountain Log Homes Contracts judge Apr. 27, 2002
Hector Fimbres, Horacio Fimbres v. Seth Barton Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Apr. 27, 2002
Juan Furlan v. Matthias Manalo Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Mar. 9, 2002
John Allunario v. Toyota Motors Sales USA Inc. Construction Law judge Feb. 16, 2002
Suzette Stahl v. Scott Pacific Investments dba Big Stone Apartments Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Jan. 12, 2002
Mitra Dastmalchi v. Thrifty Payless Inc., dba Rite Aid Employment Law judge Oct. 18, 2001
Viviane Mason v. James Henry Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Sep. 6, 2001
Amy Bruce v. Michael Spirtos Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Aug. 2, 2001
Alma Romero v. Joseph Lopez Torts judge Aug. 2, 2001
Carol Orr, administrator of Estate of Donna Lee Orr v. R. Bruce Johnson, et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge May 24, 2001
Donald Vick v. Pacifica Services Inc. Employment Law judge May 3, 2001
Raul Andrade v. Home Depot USA Inc. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Apr. 26, 2001
Jerry Alexander Snow v. Salvatore Navarra Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Feb. 15, 2001
Thompson v. YMCA, et al. Torts judge Feb. 8, 2001
Malmstrom v. RLLW Inc., et al. Employment Law judge Jan. 11, 2001
Joseph Janosik v. County of San Diego Real Property judge Nov. 25, 2000
Joshua Vaughn v. Edward Michael Shimko Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Nov. 25, 2000
Esparza v. Modelo, et al. Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Oct. 28, 2000
Garcia v. Elite Racing Inc., et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Oct. 26, 2000
Brian D. Crower v. John Albert Hinton Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Aug. 19, 2000
Confidential Contracts judge Aug. 12, 2000
Miranda v. City of San Diego, et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Aug. 12, 2000
Joyner v. Farmers Insurance Exchange et al. Torts judge May 27, 2000
Schmidt v. Corrigan Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Apr. 29, 2000
Ortiz v. San Diego Unified School District Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Apr. 29, 2000
Anne Cooke v. Jerry Prince Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Apr. 15, 2000
William Vo and Lilly Vo v. Liwayway Lucas Topacio Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Apr. 1, 2000
Bernard J. Oliver Jr. and Carmen Oliver v. Toyota Motor Sales, USA Inc. Contracts judge Jan. 22, 2000
Barbara Demith v. Enterprise Rent-A-Car Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Jan. 15, 2000
Michael Helmen v. Jerry Estrada Jr. and Mark Teachout Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Dec. 18, 1999
Confidential Insurance judge Dec. 11, 1999
Christopher Cobb v. Cheryl Herridge Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Nov. 13, 1999
Jacob Tewel v. The City of San Diego Personal Injury judge Feb. 27, 1999
Marguerite Lynn Smith and Ruthie Smith v. City of San Diego, et al. Personal Injury judge Dec. 19, 1998
Thomas Andrews v. Selco, Inc. Personal Injury judge Oct. 24, 1998
Hugh E. Freel v. Unidyne, Corp.; Adam Lorenc Employment Law judge Oct. 17, 1998
Rodrigo Moral v. City of San Diego and Elias Rodriguez Torts judge Oct. 17, 1998
Sally Cunningham v. UCSD Medical Center/Regents of the University of California; Wayne Akeson, M.D. Personal Injury judge Aug. 22, 1998
Jamal Baydoun v. Raymond Conley Personal Injury judge Aug. 15, 1998
Debra Shepherd v. Christine Pontcorvo Personal Injury judge Aug. 1, 1998
Patricia Severino Blackwell v. Mission Bay Hospital and Physicians, Inc. Personal Injury judge Jun. 13, 1998
Christopher Ferar v. City of San Diego, et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Mar. 1, 1997
Frank Russo, et al. v . TRW Title Insurance Co. Real Property judge Feb. 1, 1997
Georgia Allison v. Ralphs Grocery Store Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Jan. 4, 1997
Cathy Frizzell v. John Stuart Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Dec. 21, 1996
Karen Naylor v. Robert LeRoy Barr Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Dec. 14, 1996
Wayne Ballinger v. Hazard Center Associates and Compass Management Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Dec. 14, 1996
National Circuits, Inc. v. City of San Diego, Walter Ricks judge Nov. 16, 1996
Fredrick Rocker v. Clearwater Trucking, Inc., Josue Fernando Estrada Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Nov. 9, 1996
County of San Diego v. Dennis Andert Torts judge Aug. 3, 1996
Cardiovascular Diagnostics and Interventions, Inc. v. Mobile Diagnostics, Inc. Torts judge Jul. 6, 1996
Lloyd West v. Juanita Carter and George Carter Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Apr. 27, 1996
Robert Campbell v. Sibyl's Down Under Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Apr. 20, 1996
Barbara and Greg McAree v. California Custom Lift, Inc., et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Feb. 17, 1996
Antonio S. Ulloa, et al vs. Delia Ulloa, et al and cross actions Torts judge Feb. 10, 1996
Lisa Diane Dixon v. Peter and Diane Alexander Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Feb. 3, 1996
Daniel Vinograd v. Express Music, Inc.; James Zebrowski Breach of Contract judge Jan. 20, 1996
Jason Reynoso v. Tiffany Ann Diaz, et al. Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Sep. 23, 1995
El Sembrador Nursery v. CALMAT Real Property judge Jun. 3, 1995
Carlos Fraga v. Firozeh Kazemi Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Apr. 22, 1995
Michael DiGregoli v. Thomas Eston Webb Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Apr. 1, 1995
Tai Graham Williams, a minor, et al., v. San Diego Unified School District, et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Feb. 4, 1995
Todd Parker v. Joanne Luther Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Dec. 24, 1994
Lloyd S. Robinson v. Pam Greer Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Nov. 12, 1994
Rodolffo Diaz v. Larry Kroepel, D.P.M. and Sharp Rees Stealy Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Oct. 15, 1994
Mesa Shopping Center East v. Jugmus, Inc., et al. Real Property judge Oct. 1, 1994
Title Court Published
Jay M. Bloom San Diego County (Central Courthouse) Jun. 1, 2015
Case Category Published
People v. Montanez
affirmed
 Criminal Law and Procedure May 8, 2023
People v. Sims
reversed
 Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 14, 2021
People v. Allen
affirmed in part
 Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 24, 2019
Case Name Topic Role Published
Confidential Personal Injury judge Nov. 12, 2005
Ofelia Azar v. Alex E. Torres Personal Injury judge Aug. 20, 2005
NNWS Inc. v. Hughes Network Systems Inc., et al. Contracts judge Jul. 30, 2005
Mark Revetta v. Mercedes-Benz USA LLC, Mercedes-Benz of San Diego Contracts judge Jan. 4, 2005
Peter Busalacchi v. City of San Diego, Alfredo Castro, Rolizo Cunanan, Spencer Sturm Civil Rights judge Dec. 14, 2004
Confidential Personal Injury judge Mar. 30, 2004
Stephen McMahon v. Jeffrey Morris Personal Injury judge Feb. 10, 2004
Leonid Volfson v. The Baker Street Group Inc. Personal Injury judge Sep. 30, 2003
Nicholas Golston, a minor, Kevin Golston v. San Diego Unified School District, Jose Luis Lemus Personal Injury judge Sep. 23, 2003
Pamela Borland v. Robert I. Lozano Personal Injury judge Jul. 22, 2003
Meladine Mahone Stocking, et al. v. Estate of Gordon H. Wiram, et al. Personal Injury judge Apr. 29, 2003
Novella H. Cox v. Ti O'Donnell Personal Injury judge Mar. 25, 2003
Florence Menna v. The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States dba Fashion Valley Center Personal Injury judge Mar. 18, 2003
Bradford J. Underdahl v. Mitchell Friedlaender, et al. Personal Injury judge Mar. 4, 2003
Irma Ruiz v. San Diego Transit Corporation Personal Injury judge Feb. 4, 2003
Patricia Degnan v. Aaron B. Ellington Personal Injury judge Dec. 24, 2002
Joshua Barnhart, a minor v. City of San Diego Personal Injury judge Dec. 17, 2002
Daniel Gettis v. Christopher Musa, et al. Personal Injury judge Dec. 10, 2002
Steven Easterby, a minor v. City of San Diego Personal Injury judge Nov. 26, 2002
Suzanne Stolz v. San Diego Unified School District Employment Law judge Oct. 8, 2002
Sharon Rose Love v. Kenneth Ray Edwards, an individual; Calmat, a Corporation; and Vulcan Materials Company, a Corporation Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Oct. 8, 2002
Aaron Gonzalez et al. v. Leland G. Shaffer Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Aug. 20, 2002
Maria Gonzalez v. Olivia Carillo, Jose Jimenez Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Jun. 15, 2002
Lee v. Fieldstone Contracts judge Jun. 15, 2002
Karen Trusty v. Southland Industries, Liberty Equipment & Supply Co. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Jun. 1, 2002
Joan Lewis v. Rocky Mountain Log Homes Contracts judge Apr. 27, 2002
Hector Fimbres, Horacio Fimbres v. Seth Barton Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Apr. 27, 2002
Juan Furlan v. Matthias Manalo Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Mar. 9, 2002
John Allunario v. Toyota Motors Sales USA Inc. Construction Law judge Feb. 16, 2002
Suzette Stahl v. Scott Pacific Investments dba Big Stone Apartments Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Jan. 12, 2002
Mitra Dastmalchi v. Thrifty Payless Inc., dba Rite Aid Employment Law judge Oct. 18, 2001
Viviane Mason v. James Henry Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Sep. 6, 2001
Amy Bruce v. Michael Spirtos Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Aug. 2, 2001
Alma Romero v. Joseph Lopez Torts judge Aug. 2, 2001
Carol Orr, administrator of Estate of Donna Lee Orr v. R. Bruce Johnson, et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge May 24, 2001
Donald Vick v. Pacifica Services Inc. Employment Law judge May 3, 2001
Raul Andrade v. Home Depot USA Inc. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Apr. 26, 2001
Jerry Alexander Snow v. Salvatore Navarra Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Feb. 15, 2001
Thompson v. YMCA, et al. Torts judge Feb. 8, 2001
Malmstrom v. RLLW Inc., et al. Employment Law judge Jan. 11, 2001
Joseph Janosik v. County of San Diego Real Property judge Nov. 25, 2000
Joshua Vaughn v. Edward Michael Shimko Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Nov. 25, 2000
Esparza v. Modelo, et al. Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Oct. 28, 2000
Garcia v. Elite Racing Inc., et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Oct. 26, 2000
Brian D. Crower v. John Albert Hinton Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Aug. 19, 2000
Confidential Contracts judge Aug. 12, 2000
Miranda v. City of San Diego, et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Aug. 12, 2000
Joyner v. Farmers Insurance Exchange et al. Torts judge May 27, 2000
Schmidt v. Corrigan Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Apr. 29, 2000
Ortiz v. San Diego Unified School District Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Apr. 29, 2000
Anne Cooke v. Jerry Prince Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Apr. 15, 2000
William Vo and Lilly Vo v. Liwayway Lucas Topacio Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Apr. 1, 2000
Bernard J. Oliver Jr. and Carmen Oliver v. Toyota Motor Sales, USA Inc. Contracts judge Jan. 22, 2000
Barbara Demith v. Enterprise Rent-A-Car Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Jan. 15, 2000
Michael Helmen v. Jerry Estrada Jr. and Mark Teachout Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Dec. 18, 1999
Confidential Insurance judge Dec. 11, 1999
Christopher Cobb v. Cheryl Herridge Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Nov. 13, 1999
Jacob Tewel v. The City of San Diego Personal Injury judge Feb. 27, 1999
Marguerite Lynn Smith and Ruthie Smith v. City of San Diego, et al. Personal Injury judge Dec. 19, 1998
Thomas Andrews v. Selco, Inc. Personal Injury judge Oct. 24, 1998
Hugh E. Freel v. Unidyne, Corp.; Adam Lorenc Employment Law judge Oct. 17, 1998
Rodrigo Moral v. City of San Diego and Elias Rodriguez Torts judge Oct. 17, 1998
Sally Cunningham v. UCSD Medical Center/Regents of the University of California; Wayne Akeson, M.D. Personal Injury judge Aug. 22, 1998
Jamal Baydoun v. Raymond Conley Personal Injury judge Aug. 15, 1998
Debra Shepherd v. Christine Pontcorvo Personal Injury judge Aug. 1, 1998
Patricia Severino Blackwell v. Mission Bay Hospital and Physicians, Inc. Personal Injury judge Jun. 13, 1998
Christopher Ferar v. City of San Diego, et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Mar. 1, 1997
Frank Russo, et al. v . TRW Title Insurance Co. Real Property judge Feb. 1, 1997
Georgia Allison v. Ralphs Grocery Store Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Jan. 4, 1997
Cathy Frizzell v. John Stuart Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Dec. 21, 1996
Karen Naylor v. Robert LeRoy Barr Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Dec. 14, 1996
Wayne Ballinger v. Hazard Center Associates and Compass Management Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Dec. 14, 1996
National Circuits, Inc. v. City of San Diego, Walter Ricks judge Nov. 16, 1996
Fredrick Rocker v. Clearwater Trucking, Inc., Josue Fernando Estrada Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Nov. 9, 1996
County of San Diego v. Dennis Andert Torts judge Aug. 3, 1996
Cardiovascular Diagnostics and Interventions, Inc. v. Mobile Diagnostics, Inc. Torts judge Jul. 6, 1996
Lloyd West v. Juanita Carter and George Carter Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Apr. 27, 1996
Robert Campbell v. Sibyl's Down Under Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Apr. 20, 1996
Barbara and Greg McAree v. California Custom Lift, Inc., et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Feb. 17, 1996
Antonio S. Ulloa, et al vs. Delia Ulloa, et al and cross actions Torts judge Feb. 10, 1996
Lisa Diane Dixon v. Peter and Diane Alexander Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Feb. 3, 1996
Daniel Vinograd v. Express Music, Inc.; James Zebrowski Breach of Contract judge Jan. 20, 1996
Jason Reynoso v. Tiffany Ann Diaz, et al. Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Sep. 23, 1995
El Sembrador Nursery v. CALMAT Real Property judge Jun. 3, 1995
Carlos Fraga v. Firozeh Kazemi Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Apr. 22, 1995
Michael DiGregoli v. Thomas Eston Webb Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Apr. 1, 1995
Tai Graham Williams, a minor, et al., v. San Diego Unified School District, et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Feb. 4, 1995
Todd Parker v. Joanne Luther Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Dec. 24, 1994
Lloyd S. Robinson v. Pam Greer Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Nov. 12, 1994
Rodolffo Diaz v. Larry Kroepel, D.P.M. and Sharp Rees Stealy Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Oct. 15, 1994
Mesa Shopping Center East v. Jugmus, Inc., et al. Real Property judge Oct. 1, 1994
By using our website, you agree to our use of cookies in accordance with our cookie policy. You can learn more about how we use cookies by reviewing our Privacy Policy here.