Excerpt: ...his case arises from a landlord tenant dispute. Plaintiff Kelsi Bohnen entered into a lease agreement with Defendant Essex Management Corporation (“EMC”) for property located at 4750 Lincoln Blvd, Unit #381, Marina Del Rey, California (the “Property”). (Compl. ¶ 5.) Defendant Essex Portfolio L.P. (“Essex”) is the owner of the Property, and EMC is Essex's property manager. ( Id. ¶13.) Plaintiff claims she constantly complained to Def...

Excerpt: ...KEFIELD, INC. BACKGROUND This action arises from a breach of a commercial lease located at 225 Santa Monica Boulevard, Santa Monica, California (the “Building”). Defendant High Noon Office, LLC is the Landlord, and Plaintiff Shegerian & Associates APC f/k/a Shegerian & Associates Inc. is the Tenant. Tenant leases the 4 th and 7 th floors of a commercial office building known as the Clocktower Building, located at 225 Santa Monica Boulevard, S...

Excerpt: ...Mansdorf, in his individual capacity and as trustee of the Bruce D. Mansdorf Living Trust dated July 25, 2008, is the owner of property located at 1380 Monument Street, Los Angeles, California (“Plaintiff's Property”). Defendant Frances Ontkean owns the property adjoining Plaintiff's Property, located at 1386 Monument Street, Los Angeles, California (“Defendant's Property”). Plaintiff claims an easement over Defendant's Property. The oper...

Excerpt: ... located at 27835 Borna Drive, Malibu, California (“Plaintiff's Property”). Plaintiff's Property includes rights to two easements which allow ingress and egress for roadway and public utilities over Defendants Michael Kasaba and Michael E. Kasaba LLC's (“MEK”) land, located at 2210 Mar Vista Ridge Drive, Malibu, California (“Defendants' Property”). Plaintiff alleges Defendants made various misrepresentations to secure building permits...

Excerpt: ...s Mahnaz Tabibian and California Fetal and Pediatric Cardiology, Inc. (“Plaintiffs”) BACKGROUND This action arises from an alleged breach of an oral contract. Plaintiffs Mahnaz Tabibian and California Fetal and Pediatric Cardiology Inc. allege that “on or about mid-November 2020 Plaintiffs entered into a verbal contract with Defendants to provide & collect Covid RT-PCR tests which would be submitted to Defendants' laboratory services. Defen...

Excerpt: ...GROUND This action arises from a claim for medical malpractice. Plaintiff Jacquelyn Nicole Maddox alleges as follows: Shehad chronic symptoms associated with an enlarged uterus. (Compl 112.) She undemvent an abdominal hysterectomy performed by two Unecologists, Dr. Allison Canavan and Dr. Jennifer Chen. (ld.) After the surgery, Plaintiff complained of vaginal bleeding, vaginal discharge and pelvic pain, but the gynecologists told her this was nor...

Excerpt: ...UND This case arises from a dispute over an allegedly defective Honda Pilot Plaintiff Maria Maldonado leased a 2020 Honda Pilot, manufactured and/or distributed by Defendant American Honda Motor Company, Inc. ("AHMC"). (Compl. 6.) Plaintiff received an express warrant•ywhich provided that in the event of a defect during the warranty period, Plaintiff could deliver the car for repair service to AHMC's representative and the carwould be repaired....

Excerpt: ...s from an employment dispute. Plaintiff Delany Burks was employed by Defendant Kossoris Search Inc. (“KSI”) as an executive assistant for approximately four months. KSI is an attorney search firm. Defendant Amy Kossoris is KSI's founder, director and officer and Plaintiff's direct manager. Plaintiff's Complaint alleges a single cause of action under the Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”). Plaintiff asserts her PAGA claims on behalf of...

Excerpt: ...ty located at 27835 Borna Drive, Malibu, California (“Plaintiff's Property”). Plaintiff's Property includes rights to two easements which allow ingress and egress for roadway and public utilities over Defendants Michael Kasaba and Michael E. Kasaba LLC's (“MEK”) land, located at 2210 Mar Vista Ridge Drive, Malibu, California (“Defendants' Property”). Plaintiff alleges Defendants made various misrepresentations to secure building permi...

Excerpt: ...lternate Health USA, Inc. and Michael Murphy RESPONDING PARTY: Plaintiff Mali Saatchi BACKGROUND This action arises from an alleged pattern of harassment by Defendants against Plaintiffs, including creating websites and social media pages and sending anonymous mailings and emails with derogatory and menacing content. There are seven Plaintiffs, nine Defendants, and ten causes of action, but for purposes of the present ruling, only two claims asse...

Excerpt: ...NS MOVING PARTY: Plaintiffs and Cross-Defendants Glenn Stevens and Leslie Stevens, successor co- trustees of the Elizabeth Stevens Living Trust and Charles Eberly, as trustee of the Elizabeth Stevens and Andrew E. Stevens Family Trust (“Plaintiffs”) RESPONDING PARTY: Defendants McNoon Crystal Import, Inc. and Mehrivar Meknuni (“Defendants”) BACKGROUND This is a landlord-tenant dispute. Plaintiffs allege Defendants abandoned the leased pre...

Excerpt: ... adjoining properties on Mulholland Drive who share a driveway owned by Defendants Michael Edson and Merlin Offshore International (collectively “Merlin”). As pertinent here, Plaintiffs Stephen Xianpeng Liu and Faye Liu complain that Merlin's trash cans depict a small graphic of a “middle finger,” and that a cloth art piece depicting a “horned skull ringed inside an upside down pentagram” was hung on the exterior of Defendants' proper...

Excerpt: ...wn protest and her participation in the January 6, 2021 protests at the United States Capitol. Plaintiff claims Defendants' actions resulted in the demise of her previously “thriving” beauty salon business in Beverly Hills. One of those defendants is Heather McDonald, a comedian and podcaster. McDonald interviews celebrities and covers reality TV and other entertainment news. In May 2021, McDonald hosted another defendant, Josh Flagg, on her ...

Excerpt: ...WAKEFIELD, INC. This action arises from a breach of a commercial lease located at 225 Santa Monica Boulevard, Santa Monica, California (the “Building”). Defendant High Noon Office, LLC is the Landlord, and Plaintiff Shegerian & Associates APC f/k/a Shegerian & Associates Inc. is the Tenant. Tenant leases the 4 th and 7 th floors of a commercial office building known as the Clocktower Building, located at 225 Santa Monica Boulevard, Santa Moni...

Excerpt: ...Meridian at Ocean Villa, an assisted living facility owned, operated and managed by Defendants 413 SM Meridian Holdings, LLC, Meridian Senior Living LLC, John Luong and Maria Roleda. Plaintiff was dropped by her caregiver during a transfer between her wheelchair and bed. Although she immediately complained of pain to her right leg, Plaintiff was not assessed by a doctor; no x-ray was ordered, and her daughter, Kathryn Moeller, was not notified of...

Excerpt: ...601 Santa Monica, LLC BACKGROUND This action arises from breach of a commercial lease. On January 16, 2006, Plaintiff 9601 Santa Monica, LLC (“Landlord”) entered into a lease with Defendant Rodeo Investment, Inc. (“Tenant”) for property located at 9601 N. Santa Monica Blvd, Beverly Hills, California (“Property”). (Unidsputed Material Facts (“UMF”) No. 1.) The initial term of the lease was ten years, commencing on May 19, 2006 and ...

Excerpt: ...Investment Corporation BACKGROUND This case arises from a breach of a loan agreement. Defendant JCTLA Investment Corporation owns the real property located at 433 South Beverly Glen Blvd, Los Angeles, California (the “Property”). Defendant obtained an unsecured loan of $529,000 from Plaintiff Green & McCahill Holdings Limited, to pay for taxes, repairs and improvements on the Property. The loan is evidenced by a written affidavit dated April ...

Excerpt: ...ON'S DEMURRER TO COMPLAINT MOVING PARTY: Defendant People of the State of California by and through the Department of Transportation (erroneously sued as California Department of Transportation) (“Caltrans”) RESPONDING PARTY: Plaintiff Estate of Adrine Mekertichian BACKGROUND Adrine Mekertichian was struck by a car and died while crossing Pacific Coast Highway to dine at a restaurant. Plaintiff, the Estate of Adrine Mekertichian, has sued the...

Excerpt: ...lationship. Plaintiff Guzy Regev is an Israeli immigrant studying to be a nurse. (First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) ¶8.) Defendant Niv Levy is a lawyer and solo practitioner. (Id., ¶¶8, 13.) Regev alleges Levy schemed to make her completely dependent on him, so that he could more easily manipulate and control her. ( Id. , ¶14.) Levy pressured Regev to move in with him, which she eventually agreed to do after Levy proposed. ( Id. , ¶¶18-20...

Excerpt: ...Monica Audi RESPONDING PARTY: Plaintiff Jeanette Mejia BACKGROUND This is a lemon law case. Plaintiff Jeanette Mejia leased a 2022 Audi Etron. (Compl. ¶9.) The car was covered by an express warranty that permitted Plaintiff to deliver the car for repair to Defendant Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.'s representative if the car developed a defect. (Compl. ¶10.) Plaintiff claims the car was delivered to her with (or developed) serious defects and...

Excerpt: ...hard S. Lee BACKGROUND This case involves a dispute over parking spaces. Plaintiffs George C. Kopek, Toni Kopek and Richard Lee live in a condominium building in Pacific Palisades and claim ownership of two parking spaces, G114 and G116. They contend Defendants Bagram and Susanna Mardirossian are illegally occupying the spaces. They have also sued their homeowners association, Casa Gateway Homeowners Association (“Casa Gateway”), for failing ...

Excerpt: ... Jr. RESPONDING PARTY: Defendant Mark Ridley Thomas /// BACKGROUND This case arises from a dispute over ownership and control of a collection of African American books, films and other works of art. The collection is owned by Plaintiff The Mayme A. Clayton Library and Museum (“MCLM”), and Plaintiff Renai Clayton, Jr. is one of MCLM's directors. MCLM had a one dollar a year lease with LA County, at the former Culver City courthouse, located at...

Excerpt: ...oyota Santa Monica RESPONDING PARTY: Plaintiffs Stephan Derelian and SDA Legal Inc. BACKGROUND This case arises from a dispute over an allegedly defective Toyota Mirai. Plaintiff Stephan Derelian bought a new Toyota Mirai for $64,897.63 from Defendant Sullivan Motors, LLC dba Toyota Santa Monica (“TSM”). (Compl. ¶ 6.) Defendant Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc. (“Toyota”) is the warrantor and distributor of the car. (Compl. ¶ 1.) The car i...

Excerpt: ...ee 1, LLC RESPONDING PARTY: Plaintiff Ray T. Brown BACKGROUND This action stems from a landlord-tenant dispute which has been the subject of multiple lawsuits. Despite being 49 pages long, the operative Second Amended Complaint (“SAC”) is disjointed and largely unintelligible. As best as the Court can tell, Plaintiff is alleging claims for (1) gross negligence, (2) fraud, (3) malicious prosecution, (4) illegal eviction, (5) breach of the impl...

Excerpt: ... of America N.A. issued a credit card account to Defendant Shlomo Meiri. Plaintiff alleges Defendant defaulted on the account. The Complaint alleges common counts for an open book account and account stated. Plaintiff served Defendant with the Complaint by substitute service. Plaintiff's process server left a copy of the complaint at Defendant's residence and mailed a copy to the same address. Defendant did not respond to the Complaint. Plaintiff...