Excerpt: ...S. Lee RESPONDING PARTY: Defendants/Cross-Complainants Bagram Mardirossian and Susanna Mardirossian 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 (the “Property”). They contend Defendants Bagram and Susanna Mardirossian are illegally occupying the Property. They have...

Excerpt: ...l detainer action. The property is located at 8250 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood (the “Premises”). Defendant 8250 Sunset Blvd, Inc. (“Tenant”) has been leasing the Property since 1996. Tenant operates a strip club, the Body Shop, at the Premises. The Premises was recently sold to Plaintiff 8250 Sunset Holdings, LLC (“Landlord”). Landlord filed an unlawful detainer action, alleging that Tenant failed to “maintain and repair the roof, e...

Excerpt: ...ONE ETC, (2) MOTION TO COMPEL ANSWERS TO SECOND SET OF SPECIAL INTERROGATORIES, ETC. AND (3) PLAINTIFF/CROSS-DEFENDANT RICHARD S. LEE'S MOTION TO COMPEL RESPONSES TO SUPPLEMENTAL INTERROGATORY, SET ONE ETC. MOVING PARTY: Plaintiffs George C. Kopek, Toni Kopek, Richard S. Lee RESPONDING PARTY: Defendants Bagram Mardirossian, Susanna Mardirossian BACKGROUND This case involves a dispute over parking spaces. Plaintiffs George C. Kopek, Toni Kopek and...

Excerpt: ...einhardt RESPONDING PARTY: Defendants Leonard Hsu Jr. and Susan Lee BACKGROUND This is a wrongful foreclosure case. Plaintiff Edgar Meinhardt alleges Defendants[1] misrepresented the terms of a home loan, including the amount of the loan, and then wrongfully foreclosed on his home. Plaintiff alleges sixteen causes of action for (1) violation of Civil Code §2923.5, (2) wrongful foreclosure, (3) set aside foreclosure sale, (4) violation of Civil C...

Excerpt: ...STS FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS SET ONE AND FOR MONETARY SANCTIONS AGAINST PLAINTIFFS IN THE SUM OF $1,580 MOVING PARTY: Defendant LA Apartment Rentals, Inc. RESPONDING PARTY: Plaintiffs Jeremy Pemberton, Arina Leontyeva and Anastasia Aygistova BACKGROUND This is a landlord tenant dispute. Defendant LA Apartment Rentals Inc. (“LAAR”) leased a property located at 525 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA 90401 (the “Property”). It then subleased the ...

Excerpt: ...a cannabis dispensary. Defendant MM Enterprises USA, LLC (“Buyer”) and Plaintiffs Ryan Rayburn (“Rayburn”) and South Cord Management LLC (“South Cord”) (collectively, the “Sellers”) entered into a stock purchase agreement (the “Agreement”), whereby Buyer would buy Ryan Cameron Rayburn Collective, Inc. (“RCRC”), a cannabis dispensary. Buyer would pay for the purchase through a combination of debt forgiveness and stock issua...

Excerpt: ...bouncer employed by Defendant Trunks LLC. Plaintiff was denied entry into Defendant's bar based on Defendant's policy requiring proof of Covid vaccinations. Plaintiff asked for an exception based on a medical condition (epilepsy), and he alleges the bouncer tasered him for no reason. After he took a photo of the bouncer, Plaintiff claims the bouncer then followed him for a block from the bar, shouting and cursing at him. This hearing is on Plaint...

Excerpt: ...an Pharmaceuticals Pte. Ltd. (“Shares”), a company involved in the development of cancer-fighting drugs. Defendant William Jeffery Tomlinson is Aslan's Chief Business Officer. Plaintiff Thomas Jones alleges that Defendant convinced him to invest $250,000 to purchase the Shares. Plaintiff further alleges Defendant represented the Shares would be nominally issued to Defendant's entertainment company (Big Wonder Studios, Inc. (“BWS”)) but th...

Excerpt: ... of Los Angeles, Inc., US Renal Care Culver City Dialysis and Jaime Leongson BACKGROUND This case arises from a medical negligence claim. Plaintiff Octavio Pineda was receiving dialysis treatment from Defendants Renal CarePartners of Los Angeles, Inc., US Renal Care Culver City Dialysis and Jaime Leongson. Plaintiff developed a blister at the site where he received dialysis. Over the next twelve visits, the blister grew, but Defendants took no ac...

Excerpt: ... This is a malicious prosecution case. Plaintiffs Siamak Michael Rahimi and Rahimi & Co. (the “Rahimi parties”) were accountants of Defendants Behrouz Farzad, Nasrin Farzad, Ali Farzad, Farbod Farzad, Elite Pros, Inc. and Lyons Capital Investments LLC (the “Farzad parties”). The Farbod parties sued the Rahimi parties for voluntarily producing their tax-related documents in a separate action during a deposition and without a subpoena. Thei...

Excerpt: ...ING PARTY: Defendant Natasha Maidoff BACKGROUND This case arises from debts owed. Defendant Natasha Maidoff opened an account with American Express Bank FSB (the “Account”). (Separate Statement of Facts (“SSOF”) No. 1.) American Express Bank FSB has now merged with American Express National Bank with American Express National Bank as the surviving entity after merger. (SSOF No. 12.) The terms and conditions for use of the Account are gove...

Excerpt: ...s action arises from a landlord-tenant dispute. Plaintiff Olesya Manokhina is a tenant at 425 N. Doheny Drive, Beverly Hills, California (the “Property”). Defendant Maynard Brittan Trust is the owner of the Property. Defendant Maynard Brittan is the trustee of the Maynard Brittan Trust. Defendant Roxbury Management Company (“Roxbury”) is the manager of the Property. Tenant complains of various habitability issues at the Property including...

Excerpt: ...TY: Defendants Garfield Beach CVS, LLC, Auerbach National Sepulveda, LLC and Kennedy Wilson Properties Ltd. BACKGROUND This case arises from an assault and battery. Plaintiff Mehdi Mohammadi alleges he was beaten outside of a CVS by a security guard for the strip mall. In addition to the security guard (Nathaniel Teague), Plaintiff has sued CVS, the owner of the strip mall where the CVS was located (Auerbach National Sepulveda), the manager of th...

Excerpt: ...ction. The property at issue is located at 389 Upper Mesa Road, Santa Monica, California (the “Property”). The Property was bought by Guy Cognein who later donated it to Plaintiff and Cross-Defendant The UCLA Foundation (“the Foundation”). Defendant and Cross-Plaintiff Perside Nicole Cognein (“Mrs. Cognein”) is the wife of Mr. Cognein, who continues to live on the Property. The Foundation filed a Complaint, seeking primarily a declara...

Excerpt: ...nd Cross-Complainants Misti Schwartz, Courtney Schwartz and Simon Kittiyachavalit BACKGROUND This cases arises from a bitter feud between neighbors. Plaintiffs Jessica Harbeck and Nicole Harbeck allege their neighbors, Defendants Misti Schwartz and Courtney Schwartz, are operating an illegal vacation rental in violation of Santa Monica's Municipal Code (SMMC). (Compl. ¶22.) The Harbecks have also sued their landlord, Defendant Simon Kittiyachava...

Excerpt: ... Freeman RESPONDING PARTY: Cross-Complainant LMA & SAI 1433 Wilshire, LLC BACKGROUND This action arises from a landlord-tenant dispute. Plaintiff and Cross-Defendant Israel Freeman (“Freeman”) is the owner of Cross-Defendant Izzy's Deli Inc. (“Tenant”) which in turn owns and operates Izzy's Deli located at 1433 Wilshire Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA (the “Premises”). Tenant leases the Premises from Defendant and Cross-Complainant LMA & ...

Excerpt: ...UANT TO CCP §2033.420 BACKGROUND This is a personal injury action. Plaintiff Berenice Williams was driving her car on the freeway when she was rear-ended by Defendant Jessica Mandujano. After a trial, the jury found that Defendant was negligent, that Defendant's negligence was a substantial factor in causing injury, and that Plaintiff was not negligent. Plaintiff sought over $865,000 in damages, but the jury awarded Plaintiff only $5000. This he...

Excerpt: ...al malpractice claim. Plaintiffs Badria Elnaggar and Eman Elamin were injured in a car accident. (Separate Statement of Fact (“SSOF”) ¶1.) They retained Defendant Gregory Stannard to represent them in a suit against the other driver. (SSOF ¶9.) The case proceeded to trial, and the jury returned a verdict in favor of Plaintiffs, finding the other driver negligent. (SSOF ¶70.) The jury award was $8,416, which Plaintiffs characterize as “gr...

Excerpt: ...gement Company BACKGROUND This action arises from a landlord-tenant dispute. Plaintiff Montgomery Management Company is the manager and agent for the owners of 8615 Sunset Boulevard, West Hollywood California (the “Property”). Defendant Tinseltown Sunset LLC (“Tenant”) was a tenant of the Premises. Defendants Robert Azinian and CCA Foods Inc. are alleged to be the managers and alter ego of Tenant (collectively “Defendants”). This disp...

Excerpt: ...G PARTY: Defendant North Los Angeles County Regional Center, Inc. BACKGROUND This is a personal injury case. It arises from an assault of Plaintiff Al Shalghoun by JC, a resident/patient of Hargis Home, a residential group home where Plaintiff worked as a supervisor. JC was a patient/client of Defendant North Los Angeles County Regional Center (“NLACRC”). Plaintiff alleged that NLACRC had notice of JC's dangerous and violent propensities prio...

Excerpt: ... The Mayme A. Clayton Library and Museum and Renai V. Clayton, Jr. RESPONDING PARTY: Defendants Steven Fisher, Fox Hills Ladera Healthy Family Association, Lindsay Hughes BACKGROUND The First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) alleges that Defendants[1] engaged in a scam to kick Plaintiff The Mayme A. Clayton Library and Museum (“MCLM”) out of its housing at the former Culver City courthouse. The scheme was also designed to force MCLM to move its ...

Excerpt: ...jar BACKGROUND This is a personal injury case. Plaintiff Eric Bejar, a police officer, was struck from behind by Defendant Josephina Lopez while Bejar was on duty and pulling over another motorist. At the time of the accident, Lopez was insured by Victoria Fire & Casualty Company (“Victoria”). Lopez's policy was subject to a limit of $15,000. Prior to filing suit against Lopez, Eric Bejar and his wife Christina attempted to settle their claim...

Excerpt: ... IN THE AMOUNT OF $57,865 MOVING PARTY: Defendant 1227 Formosa, LLC RESPONDING PARTY: Plaintiff Roxanna McBryde BACKGROUND This case involves a dispute between neighbors over a hedge. Plaintiff is the owner of a home located at 1221 Formosa Avenue (“1221 Property”). McBryde Decl. ¶2. Defendant 1227 Formosa, LLC is a commercial developer. Defendant bought the property next door to Plaintiff's (the “1227 Property”), to build a five story c...

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: ..., 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: ...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: ...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: ... 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: ... 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: ...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: ...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: ...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: ...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...

Excerpt: ... property. Plaintiff claims Defendants' property had a dangerous condition and Defendants failed to have competent supervisory personnel and did not provide Plaintiff with safety equipment or a safe working environment. Defendants move for summary judgment on the grounds that no triable issue exists to form the basis for negligence or premises liability because there was no unsafe condition and therefore no breach of duty. Defendants also contend...

Excerpt: ...he grounds that Conveyance Auto has no evidence for any of its purported defenses and that Plaintiff can establish that Conveyance owned the vehicle which was driven negligently, provided the vehicle without ascertaining that person's driver's license or license number or address, and negligently entrusted the vehicle. On July 16, 2021, the Court granted Conveyance Auto's motion for leave to file an amended answer to assert the Graves Amendment a...