Excerpt: ...: 1. Portions of paragraph 32 of Plaintiff's Complaint as set forth below: "so as to justify an award of punitive damages against Defendants in an amount according to proof," 2. Portions of paragraph 37 of Plaintiff's Complaint as set forth below: "so as to justify an award of exemplary or punitive damages against Defendants in an amount according to proof at trial." 3. Portions of paragraph 45 of Plaintiff's Complaint as ...

Excerpt: ...endant Langer Juice Company, Inc., et al.'s request for monetary sanctions in the reduced amount of $810.00. Defendant Keith Davis must pay said monetary sanctions to counsel for Plaintiff within 30 days of the Court's o rder. Moving Parties are ordered to give notice of the Court's ruling within five calendar days of this order. BACKGROUND This is a breach of contract case. On March 2, 2022, plaintiff Langer Juice Company, Inc. (Plaintiff) filed...

Excerpt: ...iff further requests monetary sanctions against Defendant in the total amount of $1, 560.00. TENTATIVE RULING: The unopposed motion is granted. Defendant is ordered to provide objection -free responses to Plaintiff's first set of discovery requests within 20 days. The Court imposes sanctions against Defendant in the amount of $900.00. Plaintiff is reminded to review the 5/3/19 First Amended General Order Re Mandatory Electronic Filing for Civil. ...

Excerpt: ...ecial Interrogatories The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS The court rules on plaintiff Seran Ng, D.M.D. Inc.'s evidentiary objections, filed on April 25, 2024, as follows: Objections Nos. 1 and 8 are overruled. Objections Nos. 2-7 and 9 are sustained. DISCUSSION Plaintiff Seran Ng, D.M.D. Inc. (“Plaintiff”) moves the court for an order (1) compelling defend...

Excerpt: ...o and Cynthia Zambrano's (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) further responses to Requests for P\ roduction of Documents, Set One, Nos. 21 and 25. Defendant also requests monetary sanctions in the amount of $1,750 to be imposed against Plaintiffs' a\ nd their counsel of record. Defendant argues that Plaintiffs' responses to RFP Nos. 21 and 25 consist of meritless objections. RFP No. 21 and No. 25. RFP No. 21 sough\ t “[a]ll DOCUMENTS reflecting an...

Excerpt: ...tion was filed by Plaintiff HUNG DAO on December 20, 2022. Plaintiff alleges that “[o]n September 17, 2021, Plaintiff entered into a warranty contract with FCA US LLC regarding a 2021 Jeep Wrangler….” (Complaint ¶14.) Plaintiff alleges tha t “[d]effects and nonconformities to warranty manifested themselves within eh applicable express warranty period, including but not limited to electrical, transmission, exterior, and structural.” (Id...

Excerpt: ...F'S MOTION TO COMPEL FURTHER RESPONSES TO RPDS IS GRANTED IN PART. PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO COMPEL FURTHER RESPONSES TO RFAS IS GRANTED. DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO COMPEL COMPLIANCE WITH A COURT ORDER IS GRANTED. THE REQUEST FOR SANCTIONS IS DENIED. PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER IS DENIED. THE PARTIES ARE ORDERED TO SERVE FURTHER RESPONSE TO THE SUBJECT DISCOVERY WITHIN 10 DAYS OF NOTICE OF RULING. DEFENDANT TO NOTICE. If the parties wish to su...

Excerpt: ...nt Vartan Darbinyan Notice: Sufficient Ruling: MOTION TO COMPEL INITIAL RESPONSES TO FORM INTERROGATORIES, SET ONE, REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION, SET ONE, AND SPECIAL INTERROGATORIES, SET ONE, AND MOTION TO DEEM REQUEST FOR ADMISSIONS, SET ONE, ARE ADMITTED AND REQUESTS FOR SANCTIONS ARE GRANTED Background On May 9, 2022, Plaintiff filed the present complaint for premises liability against Defendants Tigran Kazarian and Vartan Darbinyan. On November 20...

Excerpt: ...njury cases and exams arranged by stipulation, a court order is required for a physical or mental examination. Such order may be made only after notice and hearing, and for “good cause shown.” (CCP § 2032.320(a).) The examination will be limited to whatever condition is “in controversy” in the action. (CCP § 2032.020 (a).) This means the specific injury or condition that is the subject of the litigation. The examination must be directly...

Excerpt: ...g -Beverly Act – Breach of Implied Warranty; and (3) Violation of the Song -Beverly Act Section 1793.2. RELIEF REQUESTED¿ Plaintiff, Wenderson Alexandrino, moves for an order to compel responses, without objections, to Plaintiff's Requests for Production of Documents, Set One. Plaintiff's Requests for Production of Documents, Set One, was initially served and propounded on De fendant by Plaintiff on January 9, 2024. This Motion is made pursuan...

Excerpt: ...ed Plaintiff with special interrogatories (set one). After multiple extensions, Plaintiff's counsel failed to provide timely responses. On March 15, 2024, Defendant filed this motion to compel Plaintiff's responses to the special interrogatories and request for sanctions. LEGAL STANDARD ¿¿ If a party to whom interrogatories or an inspection demand were directed fails to serve a timely response, the propounding party may move for an order compel...

Excerpt: ...QUEST FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS ) PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR ORDER DEEMING ADMITTED TRUTH OF FACTS MOVING PARTY: Plaintiff Selleton.com RESPONDING PARTY: Unopposed (1) Motion to Compel Responses to Form Interrogatories – General (2) Motion to Compel Responses to Special Interrogatories (3) Motion to Compel Responses to Requests for Production of Documents (4) Motion for Order Deeming Admitted Truth of Facts The court considered the moving papers ...

Excerpt: ... the bench trial by the parties filing the declarations of their respective witnesses, in lieu of direct examination, pursuant to stipulation. On April 8, 2024, Defendants filed an ex parte application for an order shortening time for hearing the above -referenced motion prior to the cross -examination portion of the trial scheduled to begin on April 15, 2024. CAG filed opposition. On April 9, 2024, after hearing oral argument, the Court grant ed...

Excerpt: ...deh's motion for terminating sanctions and entered default against Defendant Schuster Land Corp. The Court found willful discovery abuse when prior evidentiary and monetary sanctions were ineffective, and Defendant did not submit any pretrial documents for the Final Status Conference. On March 12, 2024, Defendant filed a motion to set aside/vacate default with a motion to seal. On March 15, 2024, Plaintiff filed a request for entry of default jud...

Excerpt: ...has moved for an order disqualifying the counsel of Defendants Henry Martinez and Veronica Martinez. Plaintiff argues that Defendants' counsel, Randall M. Awad, should be disqualified from representing Defend ants' because Awad is ineligible to practice law in the State of California. Plaintiff's counsel sent a letter to Awad on January 19, 2024, notifying him that Plaintiff's counsel had discovered that Awad was no longer eligible to practice la...

Excerpt: ...tiff”) and Defendant Background Images, LLC agreed to lease equipment two defending for a period between August 18, 2022, through November 18, 2022. Defendant agreed to make payments under the agreement but later failed t o do so thereby breaching the agreement. On May 31, 2024, Plaintiff filed the operative Complaint for breach of contract and common counts. Plaintiff moved for default to be entered against the Defendant on July 24, 2023, the ...

Excerpt: ...ontract action. Plaintiff alleges that he found and returned Defendant's lost dog and filed this action to recover the promised reward. The facts stated here are taken from the allegations in Plaintiff's Complaint. In July 2019, Defendant announced on social media that he had been burglarized and his dog was stolen. Defendant offered a reward of $30,000.00 for the return of his dog. Plaintiff found and returned Defendant's dog, but Defendant did ...

Excerpt: ...s action arises from a transaction to acquire the rights to a feature film. Plaintiff Stephen Snyder (Plaintiff) sued Defendants James Cardwell, James Cummings, Dweller, LLC, Monty the Dog Productions, Inc., Big Movie, LLC, Leonard Maurice Foley II, and Mark Styslinger for fraudulently inducing Plaintiff into executing an Acquisition and Release Agreement where the Defendants acquired all rights, entitlements, controls and all other interests whi...

Excerpt: ...filed a motion to quash service of the summons and complaint, contending California courts lack personal jurisdiction over it, on 7/28/23, setting the hearing for 1/30/24. The motion seeks alternative relief dismissing the action pursuant to the doctrine of forum non conveniens. On 10/17/23, Defendant, Brand Energy Infrastructure Services of Puerto Rico filed a joinder to the motion. On 10/19/23, Defendant, AES Puerto Rico, Inc. and AES Puerto Ri...

Excerpt: ...ect rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is an employment action. On February 16, 2024, Defendant Jobsource Downey, Inc. filed a motion to withdraw its admissions to Plaintiff Jasson Reyes Lopez's requests for admission nos. 2, 4, 6, 12, 14- 16, and 19-22. In that Motion, Defendant's agents , Carmen Ruiz and Stephany Torres, indicate that they incorrectly admitted these requests. Their declarations state that “The responses ...

Excerpt: ...tudio Enterprises, Inc. (“WB Studio”) as Manager of Food Service Operations in July 2021. Plaintiff's supervisor was Director of Food Services Steve Caloca (“Caloca”). In February 2022, Plaintiff complained to human resources that Caloca was creating a hostile work environment. After making the complaint, Caloca undermined Plaintiff's relationships with the rest of the staff, ignored her ideas, excluded her from important discussions, gav...

Excerpt: ...roup, LLC (erroneously sued as Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Inc.) and TMCHB, Inc. dba Huntington Beach Harley-Davidson (erroneously sued as The Motorcycle Company, LLC) move for an order sealing portions of the Declaration of Leah Orloff in support of Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment or, in t\ he alternative, Motion for Summary Adjudication (“Orloff Declaration”\ ). The Court notes that the amount of material now sought to be sealed ...

Excerpt: ...N On May 22, 2023, Plaintiff Ana I. Rodrguez (Plaintiff) filed her complaint against Defendants Zoraida Rodriguez and Carlos Castro -Almedia (Defendants). Carlos was personally served with the complaint on June 28, 2023. Zoraida was personally served with the complaint on June 30, 2023. Defendants had 30 days to respond to the complaint. On July 31, 2023, Jonathan Leavitt from the law firm Grant Shenon contacted Plaintiff's counsel on behalf of Z...

Excerpt: ...ode section 7031, and money had and received. On October 29, 2021, Vazgen Hakopian filed his Answer to the Complaint. On November 12, 2021, Vazgen Hakopian filed his Verified Cross - Complaint against Ari Chazanas, Lotus West Properties, Inc., Demetra Chazanas, and Demetra Design Corp. On June 24, 2022, the Court ordered Vazgen Hakopian to provide initial discovery responses to certain form interrogatories, special interrogatories, and requests f...

Excerpt: ...AND REQUEST FOR MONETARY SANCTIONS Dept. 3 8:30 a.m. May 2, 2024 ) I. INTRODUCTION On January 3, 2023, plaintiff Socorro Cabral (“Plaintiff”), indi\ vidually and as successor in interest to Tovias Espinoza (“Espinoza”), fi\ led this action against defendant Shlomo Rechnitz (“Defendant”), Alhambra Health\ care & Wellness Centre, LP dba Alhambra Healthcare and Wellness Centre (“AHWC”), and Boardwalk West Financial Services, LLC (“...