Excerpt: ...SET OF SUPPLEMENTAL INTERROGATORIES, (4) FIRST SET OF SUPPLEMENTAL DEMAND FOR PRODUCTION, (5) SECOND SET OF SPECIAL INTERROGATORIES (6) FOURTH SET OF DEMAND FOR PRODUCTION, AND (7) FOR MONETARY SANCTIONS MOVING PARTY: Plaintiffs and Cross-Defendants George C. Kopek, Toni Kopek and Richard S. Lee RESPONDING PARTY: Defendants and Cross-Plaintiffs Bagram Mardirossian and Susanna Mardirossian BACKGROUND This case involves a dispute over parking space...

Excerpt: ...fied School District and Haywood Thompson RESPONDING PARTY: Plaintiff K.D. BACKGROUND This case arises from allegations that a teacher was abusing a four year old student. Plaintiff K.D. is a black child with speech and language impairment. Compl. ¶1. Plaintiff claims his teacher, Defendant Roberta Brandt (“Brandt”), emotionally and physically abused him for several weeks until his mother removed him from school for his own safety. Compl. ¶...

Excerpt: ...Plaintiff Jane Doe alleges Defendant Jason Grainger followed her home from a restaurant and raped her. Compl. ¶¶ 6-13. Defendant contends that any contact between the parties was consensual. The Complaint alleges seven causes of action for (1) assault, (2) battery, (3) sexual battery, (4) denial of civil rights, (5) gender violence, (6) false imprisonment and (7) intentional infliction of emotional distress. This hearing is on Defendant's motio...

Excerpt: ... action arises from a motorcycle accident. Plaintiff Hozelito Duric was on his motorcycle when he was hit by Defendant Lucreta Kathryn Morris Taylor. After a trial, a jury returned a verdict finding that Defendant was negligent, that her negligence was a substantial factor in causing Plaintiff's damages, and that Plaintiff was not negligent. 8/19/2022 Minute Order. The jury awarded $1,437,000 in total damages, including $187,200 in future economi...

Excerpt: ...ER SETTING THE AMOUNT OF CASH DEPOSIT IN LIEU OF SURETY BONDS AND RELATED CASES MOVING PARTY: PLAINTIFFS DHC BUILDERS, INC.; BOB WARD ELECTRIC INC.; HCI SYSTEMS, INC.; RICK HAMM CONSTRUCTION INC. RESPONDING PARTY: DEFENDANT 8600 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD LLC The Court considered the moving, opposition and reply papers filed in connection with Defendant 8600 Wilshire Boulevard LLC's motion for an order setting the amount of cash deposit in lieu of surety...

Excerpt: ...thern California Edison (“SCE”), Edison Power Constructors Inc. (“EPC”), Tidwell Excavation Acquisition Co., Inc. (“Tidwell”), and Hampton Tedder Electric Co. (“Hampton”). Plaintiff subsequently filed the first amended complaint adding as a defendant “The People of the State of California, acting by and through the Department of Transportation,” also known as “Caltrans,” but erroneously sued as State of California Departme...

Excerpt: ... retaliation. Plaintiff Maureen Atencio was employed by Defendant Reading International Inc. (“Reading”) as an SEC Financial Reporting Manager. First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) ¶8. Plaintiff claims that although she performed the same job duties as her male predecessor, she was paid $40,000 less and given a lower title (“manager” instead of “director”). FAC ¶8. Plaintiff was supervised by Defendant Gilbert Avanes (“Avanes”). ...

Excerpt: ...Monica, California (the “Property”). Separate Statement of Facts (SSOF) ¶1. The Property was bought by Guy Cognein who later donated it to Plaintiff The UCLA Foundation. SSOF ¶¶1,3,5. Defendant Perside Nicole Cognein is the wife of Mr. Cognein, although Mr. Cognein was unmarried at the time he donated the Property. SSOF ¶¶ Mr. Cognien's donation to Defendant was memorialized in three agreements (the “Agreements”), which among other t...

Excerpt: ...��Petition”) against Respondent Fang Huang (“Respondent”). Legal Standard “Any party to an arbitration in which an award has been made may petition the court to confirm … the award. The petition shall name as respondents all parties to the arbitration ….” (Code Civ. Proc., § 1285.) “The petition … shall: ¶ (a) Set forth the substance of or have attached a copy of the agreement to arbitrate unless the petitioner denies the exis...

Excerpt: ...intiff alleges in the first amended complaint (FAC) that he loaned Defendant money under the terms of a promissory note and that Defendant defaulted on the loan. The only stated cause of action is breach of contract, and the requested remedies are compensatory damages with interest, court costs, and attorney's fees. Plaintiff initially filed an Application for Right to Attach Order and Writ of Attachment (Application) but without proof of service...

Excerpt: ...ion for (1) breach of contract and (2) breach of covenant of good faith and fair dealing against Defendant State Farm General Insurance Company. (“Defendant”). The Complaint alleges in relevant part that Defendant failed to pay insurance benefits to Plaintiff for an insurance policy for a watch. Defendant now demurs to Plaintiff's second cause of action. Defendant also moves to strike Plaintiff's claim for punitive damages. Plaintiff did not ...

Excerpt: ...ant”) retention of Plaintiff Ninyo & Moore Geotechnical Environmental Sciences Consultants (“Plaintiff”) to perform testing and related services at a property located at 11777 San Vicente Blvd, Los Angeles, California. Plaintiff contends Defendant has failed to remit payments due under the retention agreement. In March 2022, Plaintiff recorded a mechanic's lien against the property to collect the unpaid balance owed by Defendant. On June 2,...

Excerpt: ..., alleging that Defendant issued an erroneous employment background check report. Plaintiff alleges that the report was a narrative report which cast Plaintiff in a negative light, including portraying Plaintiff as being involved in a federal criminal case that involved his former company, OtisMed. Plaintiff claims that the report was erroneous and caused Plaintiff to be denied a senior executive position at the company Accuray. Plaintiff alleges...

Excerpt: ... Valadez filed this action against Defendant Newhope Pines Apts., Inc. dba Newhope Pines Apartments (erroneously sued as “Newhope Pines Apartments” and “Newhope Pines Apts., Inc.”) arising from an October 9, 2018 fall down a stairwell. Defendant moves to transfer this case to Orange County Superior Court. The building where Plaintiff fell is located in Santa Ana, which is in Orange County. Defendant owns the building and Defendant's princ...

Excerpt: ...il Dohad, M.D. (“Dr. Dohad”) and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (“Defendant”) arising from a faulty cardiac catherization performed on February 19, 2020. Plaintiff asserts: (1) a cause of action for professional negligence against Dr. Dohad, (2) a cause of action for negligent hiring and retention against Defendant, and (3) a cause of action for reckless infliction of emotional distress against both defendants. Defendant demurs to the third ...

Excerpt: ...d Dixie Diesel & Electric, Inc. (collectively, “Defendants”) arising from a December 7, 2018 pedestrian v. automobile accident. Plaintiff moves to quash Defendant's subpoenas to seven medical providers requesting records and bills, including mental and psychiatric care. The subpoenas are unlimited in time and seek Plaintiff's records from birth. A party seeking discovery from a person who is not a party to the action may obtain discovery by o...

Excerpt: ...tiff Antoine E. Khashan (“Plaintiff”) filed this action against defendants Uber Technologies, Inc. and Zhirayr Aleksanyan (“Defendant”) arising from a February 11, 2018 motor vehicle accident. On May 4, 2021, Defendant served Form Interrogatories and Requests for Admission on Plaintiff via email per Emergency Rule 12 at Plaintiff's counsel's email address at [email protected], which was obtained from the State Bar's website. Defendant did n...

Excerpt: ...from the wrongful death of her two sons. Plaintiff alleges Elmezayen intentionally drove a car containing Plaintiff and her two sons off the dock and into the ocean after taking out substantial life insurance policies on them. On March 19, 2021, Plaintiff amended the Complaint to substitute Bassam Younan (“Defendant”) for Doe 5. On February 10, 2021, Plaintiff served a deposition subpoena on Defendant, who at that time, was not yet added as a...

Excerpt: ... on August 13, 2018, while she was at Universal Studios in Hollywood, she was injured and Defendant failed to provide safe procedures and means of ingress and egress, safe and proper crowd control, and failed to control safe bodily movements and use of metal objects. On August 20, 2020, Plaintiff named NBC Universal Theme Parks, Universal Studios Store Hollywood, LLC, and Universal City Studios LLC. With the exception of Universal City Studios, L...

Excerpt: ...action against Defendants Nadia Hassan Elmahalawi (“Elmahalawi”), Matthew James Stoltzner (“Stoltzner”), and Brandon Joseph Theriault (“Theriault”). Plaintiffs allege that on October 13, 2017, they were traveling in Los Angeles when Elmahalawi's vehicle rear-ended Stoltzner, causing Stoltzner's vehicle to rear-end Therialut, whose vehicle crashed into the back of Plaintiff's vehicle. On August 3, 2020, Stoltzner filed a cross-complain...

Excerpt: ...iff added Psomas, Kleinfelder, Inc., and Sully- Miller Contracting Company as Doe defendants. Plaintiff seeks to quash Defendant's subpoenas to Memorial Care Long Beach Medical Center, Memorial Care Long Beach Medical Center/Billing, Memorial Care Long Beach Center/Radiology, and Blue Shield of California. Plaintiff argues that the subpoenas are overbroad because they seek records that do not directly relate to the injured body parts at issue in ...

Excerpt: ...�) filed this action against Defendants Crunch Holdings, LLC (“Defendant”), Crunch Sunset, LLC, Crunch, LLC, Crunch LA, LLC, and Crunch JV Partners, LLC. Plaintiff asserts a cause of action for premises liability and alleges that Defendant was grossly negligent in the operation of the premises “by instructing [her] to run at competitive speeds in a relay race” inside a personal training room. (Compl., Prem.L-1.) Plaintiff also alleges tha...

Excerpt: ... Los Angeles, and Cynthia A. Dailey. Plaintiff alleges that on December 11, 2018, he tripped and fell on a sidewalk. On September 23, 2019, Plaintiff dismissed the County of Los Angeles. Plaintiff filed the operative First Amended Complaint on January 16, 2020. The Court granted Dailey's motion for summary judgment in an order dated March 23, 2021 after a hearing held on March 22, 2021. On June 8, 2021, Dailey filed a memorandum of costs. Plainti...

Excerpt: ... liability. Plaintiff alleges she slipped and fell on a substance on the ground on October 14, 2017. Plaintiff moves to compel further responses to her Requests for Production of Document Nos. 30 and 31, and Special Interrogatory No. 1. Plaintiff requests all documents from one year before the October 14, 2017 incident which show or describe other incidents where a customer slipped on a liquid or foreign substance on the floors of the store, as w...

Excerpt: ...LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc. (“LG”). Plaintiff alleges that she suffered burn injuries when a cell phone and charger overheated. On June 23, 2020, Plaintiff filed an amendment substituting New Wave PCS, Inc. as Doe 1. On June 11, 2021, T-Mobile and LG's motion to compel Plaintiff's deposition was granted. The Court ordered Plaintiff to appear for her deposition on June 25, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. and to pay $335 in sanctions. T-Mobile and LG (colle...