Excerpt: ...Los Angeles (“Defendant”) and Southwest Airlines Co. On October 5, 2022, Defendant filed this motion to strike Plaintiff's request for punitive damages. Any party, within the time allowed to respond to a pleading may serve and file a notice of motion to strike the whole or any part thereof. (Code Civ. Proc., § 435, subd. (b)(1).) The court may, upon a motion, or at any time in its discretion, and upon terms it deems proper, strike any irrele...

Excerpt: ...ember 2, 2020, plaintiff Deeanna Linsmaier (“Plaintiff”) filed an action against defendant Wail Bushara (“Defendant”) arising from a car accident that occurred on November 4, 2018. Plaintiff was a passenger in Defendant's car at the time of the accident. On November 3, 2020, Plaintiff filed a second action against Matthew Muldoon (“Muldoon”) and Esurance Property and Casualty Insurance Company (“Esurance”, erroneously sued as “E...

Excerpt: ...complaint against defendants City of Los Angeles (“City”) and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals (“Kaiser”) for negligence, premises liability, and violation of Government Code section 835 after she fell on May 12, 2020 at approximately 8:30 p.m. On October 28, 2021, Kaiser filed an answer to complaint and a cross- complaint against City for declaratory relief and equitable indemnity. On November 17, 2021, City filed a cross-complaint against Ka...

Excerpt: ...intiff Deeanna Linsmaier (“Plaintiff”) filed an action against defendant Wail Bushara (“Defendant”) arising from a car accident that occurred on November 4, 2018. Plaintiff was a passenger in Defendant's car at the time of the accident. On November 3, 2020, Plaintiff filed a second action against Matthew Muldoon (“Muldoon”) and Esurance Property and Casualty Insurance Company (“Esurance”, erroneously sued as “Esurance Insurance ...

Excerpt: ...(“Plaintiff”) filed this action against defendants Sunray Healthcare Center, Inc. (“Defendant”), Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Inc. (“Kaiser Foundation Hospitals”), Southern California Permanente Medical Group (“SCPMG”), and Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. (“Kaiser Foundation Health Plan”) for elder abuse and negligence. Plaintiff has since dismissed Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, SCPMG, and Kaiser Foundation Health Plan from...

Excerpt: ...gle cause of action for general negligence. Plaintiff alleges that on March 26, 2019, he was hired by Defendant to: (1) prune a tree on Defendant's property that was at least 15 feet tall, (2) haul debris, and (3) conduct weed abatement. Defendant provided Plaintiff with a ladder to use while pruning two branches on a tree that was allegedly at least 15 feet tall and when Plaintiff pruned the last branch, the branch fell on him and knocked him of...

Excerpt: ...leges Zhong Xin Du (“Defendant”) completed an unsafe lane change and collided with a vehicle driven by plaintiff Aram Dachian with co-plaintiff Aram Dashyan in the passenger seat. The complaint alleges causes of action for (1) motor vehicle and (2) general negligence. Defendant was served on May 28, 2022, and filed an untimely answer on September 16, 2022 without a cross-complaint. Defendant filed this motion for leave to file a cross-complai...

Excerpt: ...�Lyft”) and Greg Bell (“Defendant”) (named as “Greg Doe”). Plaintiff alleges that on April 27, 2019, she was a passenger in the vehicle driven by Defendant when an argument ensued. (Compl., pp. 6- 7.) Defendant stopped the vehicle and ordered her to exit the vehicle. (Ibid.) As Plaintiff was halfway out of the vehicle, Defendant drove away leaving Plaintiff “hanging half out of the car and with [Plaintiff's] child in thevehicle [sic] ...

Excerpt: ...ndant”) arising from a motor vehicle collision that occurred on August 8, 2019. Trial is currently scheduled for January 20, 2023. On October 28, 2022, Defendant filed this motion for an order continuing the trial date, final status conference, and all cut off dates. In the alternative, Defendant requests that the Court extend the discovery and motion cut-off dates to an unspecified date after March 2023. At this time, the first available trial...

Excerpt: ...y Andrew Northup (“Plaintiff”) filed this action against defendants City of Los Angeles (“City”), County of Los Angeles (“County”), and City of Pico Rivera (“Defendant”). Plaintiff alleges that he tripped and fell on a sidewalk surface on February 8, 2019. On October 16, 2019, Plaintiff dismissed County. On April 22, 2021, Plaintiff dismissed City. On May 27, 2021, Plaintiff named Naomi Arias as Doe 1. On September 1, 2022, Defend...

Excerpt: ...fs Eric Browning (“Browning”) and Terri Hayes (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) filed this action for dependent abuse and neglect, negligence, and loss of consortium against Kaiser Foundation Hospitals (“Kaiser”) and Southern California Permanent Medical Group (“Medical Group”) (collectively, “Defendants”). On August 16, 2022, Defendants jointly filed a demurrer to Plaintiffs' elder abuse cause of action. Defendants also filed a mo...

Excerpt: ... Ramirez arising from a motor vehicle accident that occurred on January 9, 2019. Trial is currently scheduled for December 2, 2022. On October 31, 2022, Plaintiff filed this motion for an order continuing the trial date, and all related deadelins, 90 days. The motion is unopposed. II. LEGAL STANDARD Trial dates are firm to ensure prompt disposition of civil cases. (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 3.1332(a).) Continuances are thus generally disfavored. ...

Excerpt: ... this action against defendant Candytopia, LLC (“Candytopia”). On March 14, 2022, Plaintiff added Youtopia Entertainment, LLC (“Youtopia”) and ZH Productions, Inc. (“ZHP”) as Doe defendants. On July 27, 2022, Plaintiff dismissed ZHP as a defendant, but on August 16, 2022, Candytopia filed a cross-complaint against ZHP for indemnification, contribution, apportionment of fault, and declaratory relief. ZHP subsequently filed a cross-comp...

Excerpt: ...lpractice action against defendants Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (“Cedars- Sinai”), Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic (“Kerlan-Jobe”), Kenneth S. Jung, M.D. (“Dr. Jung”), and Francis M. Yamazaki, M.D. (“Dr. Yamazaki”). Plaintiff alleges he is an American professional male basketball player and on July 1, 2020, presented himself to Kerlan-Jobe's Orthopedic Center for an arthroscopic partial lateral meniscetomy surgery to his left knee ...

Excerpt: ...ATION ARMY, A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION; COLBY HUDSON PINCKARD, AN INDIVIDUAL, JACKIE ROE TRIPLETT, AN INDIVIDUAL, EDWIN BONILLA, AN INDIVIDUAL; AND DOES 1 THROUGH 20, Defendant(s), ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CASE NO.: 21STCV37000 [TENTATIVE] ORDER RE: DEFENDANT THE SALVATION ARMY'S DEMURRER TO PLAINTIFFS' THIRD AMENDED COMPLAINT Dept. 27 1:30 p.m. November 22, 2022 I. INTRODUCTION On October 7, 2021, Plaintiffs Rich...

Excerpt: ...PLAINTIFFS' MOTION TO QUASH DEPOSITION SUBPOENAS Dept. 27 1:30 p.m. November 18, 2022 I. INTRODUCTION On January 23, 2020, Mariam Varosyan and Eliza Makichyan filed this action against defendants Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority and Evan William Paul Ramsey (collectively, “Defendants”) arising from a motor vehicle collision that occurred on August 4, 2019. On May 22, 2020, Williams Alfredo Alvarez-Molineros (“Williams”), Ma...

Excerpt: ...ndants Lyft, Inc. (“Lyft”), Jose Gabriel Martinez (“Martinez”), and Eugene Min Lee, along with the State of California, acting by and through the California Highway Patrol, arising from a motor vehicle collision that occurred on December 23, 2019. At this time, only Lyft and Martinez remain as defendants in this matter. On October 5, 2022, Plaintiff filed this motion for leave to file a first amended complaint. On November 4, 2022, Lyft f...

Excerpt: ...ntiff Silviano Navarro Jr. (“Plaintiff”) filed this action against defendants Julian William Debaca (“Debaca”) and PLH Constructors, Inc. (“PLH”). Plaintiff alleges he was involved in a motor vehicle collision with Debaca on April 13, 2022. Debaca was allegedly operating a vehicle that was registered to and owned by PLH while in the course and scope of his employment with PLH. On October 19, 2022, PLH filed this motion to quash on the...

Excerpt: ...za (“Plaintiff”) filed this action against defendants Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (“Defendant”) and Christopher Garcia arising from a traffic incident that occurred on July 2, 2020. On October 7, 2022, Plaintiff filed this motion for leave to submit a tardy expert designation. Plaintiff also moves to continue the trial date to December 2022 because at the time this motion was filed, trial was scheduled for Oct...

Excerpt: ... November 16, 2022 I. INTRODUCTION On June 1, 2020, plaintiffs Oscar Reyes Sanchez (“Plaintiff”) and Maria Luiza Perez (“Perez”) (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) filed this action against defendants Candyland Amusements (“Candyland”), Resurrection Catholic Church (“Resurrection”) (erroneously sued as “Resurrection Church”), the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Los Angeles (“RCALA”), and Archbishop Jose Horacio Gomez (“Gomez�...

Excerpt: ...rk”) and Cameron Louis (“Louis”) (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) filed this action against State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (“Defendant”) (erroneously named as “State Farm Insurance Claims”) and Theca Ferdinand Winter (“Winter”). Plaintiffs allege they were involved in a motor vehicle collision with Winter on February 27, 2022, while Winter was driving under the influence and fell asleep behind the wheel. On Octob...

Excerpt: ... filed this action against defendants Eduardo Leija, Sherry Middler, Corporate DNA, LLC, and Suitable Staffing Solutions, Inc. On May 5, 2022, Plaintiff filed the operative First Amended Complaint (“FAC”). On May 23, 2022, Plaintiff added moving defendant, 4 What It's Worth, Inc. dba What It's Worth Global Sourcing (“Defendant”) as Doe 1. The action arises from an eye injury sustained by Plaintiff when he was moving a glass tabletop or mi...

Excerpt: ...ARTY ROUZBEH M. MASROUR, DC'S COMPLIANCE WITH DEPOSITION SUBPOENA Dept. 27 1:30 p.m. November 15, 2022 I. INTRODUCTION On November 19, 2020, plaintiff Luis Alcaraz (“Plaintiff”) filed this action arising from a traffic accident on January 26, 2019. Plaintiff named Joshua Coby Herrera and Tina Herrera as Defendants, and then added Round Table Pizza, Inc., Round Table Pizza No. 00137, Ahad Bagherdia, and Marijala Ghannahi as Does 1 through 4. O...

Excerpt: ...s Moses Jr. Rangel (“Defendant”) and Farmers Insurance (“Farmers”) arising from a November 28, 2020, motor vehicle accident. Trial is currently scheduled for December 14, 2022. Defendant seeks an order continuing the trial date, final status conference, and all discovery cut-off dates for a period of at least 90 days to April 17, 2023, or any available date thereafter. On October 31, 2022, Plaintiff filed an opposition brief. II. LEGAL ST...

Excerpt: ...efendant Hensel Phelps Construction Company and Hensel Phelps, Inc. (collectively, “Hensel Phelps”) for injuries sustained on April 6, 2018 at a construction project. Plaintiff was working in the course and scope of his employment with City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles World Airports (“City”) when a vehicle contacted an unfilled water-fillable plastic barrier and caused it to collide with Plaintiff's person. Plaintiff alleges that Hensel P...