Excerpt: ...king (“Jim Palmer”), and Pepe's Inc. (“Pepe's”). On January 29, 2020, Plaintiff filed the First Amended Complaint. On January 19, 2021, Plaintiff named Interstate Truck Center, Inc. (“ITC”) as Doe 1. On March 10, 2021, Plaintiff filed the operative Second Amended Complaint. On January 13, 2022, Wilson and Jim Palmer (collectively, “Settling Defendants”) filed this motion for determination of good faith settlement after they entere...

Excerpt: ...n. On December 28, 2016, Plaintiff filed a First Amended Complaint. Plaintiff alleged that before the collision, Defendant consumed an entire bottle of tequila. Defendant filed a motion to strike Plaintiff's prayer for punitive damages, which was denied. Discovery commenced but Defendant failed to comply with a court order directing him to serve discovery responses. However, the Court declined to grant Plaintiff's first request to strike Defendan...

Excerpt: ...ies, Inc. (“Uber”) and Zhirayr Aleksanyan (“Aleksanyan”) (collectively, “Defendants”) arising from a February 11, 2018 motor vehicle accident. Plaintiff alleges that Defendants' vehicle was involved in a collision while he was getting into the vehicle at the pick-up location. On July 30, 2021, the Court granted Aleksanyan's motion to deem the truth of the matters within his Requests for Admission (Set One) admitted. On October 5, 2021...

Excerpt: ... Nika Sibley, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and County of Los Angeles arising from an August 2, 2019, motor vehicle collision. County of Los Angeles was dismissed on June 25, 2021. On December 8, 2021, Plaintiff filed a First Amended Complaint which added Levon Brooks (“Brooks”) as a plaintiff. On January 25, 2022, Plaintiff and Brooks (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) filed a Second Amended Complaint. Before this C...

Excerpt: ... (“Garcetti”), Bob Blumenfield (“Blumenfield”), Michael Bonin (“Bonin”), Joe Buscaino (“Buscaino”), Nury Martinez (“Martinez”), Mitch O'Farrell (“O'Farrell”), David E. Ryu (“Ryu”), Kevin Lee James (“James”), Aura Garcia (“Garcia”), Mike Davis (“Davis”), Jessica M. Caloza (“Caloza”), M. Teresa Villegas (“Villegas”), and Adel H. Hagekhalil (“Hagekhalil”) (collectively, “Defendants”) arising fr...

Excerpt: ...Folarin Jolayemi (“Defendant”) (erroneously sued as “Fola Jolayemi”). Plaintiff alleges that on January 19, 2017, she was a pedestrian walking in a crosswalk she when hit by Defendant's vehicle. On May 10, 2021, Plaintiff filed the First Amended Complaint adding a cause of action for fraudulent asset transfer, alleging that Defendant transferred property to non-party Michael O. Jolayemi to avoid paying a debt to Plaintiff. On November 2, ...

Excerpt: ...nts Jose David Barajas Villa (“Defendant Villa”) and G.I. Industries (collectively, “Defendants”) arising from a November 12, 2020 incident. Plaintiff alleges that he was struck by a vehicle—a garbage truck-- that was driven by Defendant Villa while employed by Defendant G.I. Industries. This matter is on for a motion to compel a further deposition of Defendant Villa to answer four questions to which his counsel objected at Defendant Vi...

Excerpt: ... filed this action against defendant 99 Cents Only Stores, LLC (“Defendant”) (erroneously sued as “99 Cent Only Stores, LLC”). Plaintiff asserts causes of action for strict products liability, breach of express warranty, breach of implied warranty, and negligence, alleging that he was injured by using a plastic folding step stool when it collapsed beneath him. On April 21, 2021, Defendant served a request for a visual inspection of the st...

Excerpt: ...nst defendant City of Los Angeles (“Defendant”) arising from an August 3, 2019 trip and fall. On November 29, 2021, Defendant filed an answer. On January 5, 2022, Defendant filed a motion for judgment on the pleadings. An amended notice of motion was filed on January 6, 2022. Defendant argues that Plaintiff's Complaint is time-barred because it was filed more than six months after the claim for damages was rejected and after the tolling perio...

Excerpt: ... Tesoro Del Valle Fund, LP (erroneously sued as “Tesoro Del Valle Apartments”) and FPI Management, Inc. (“FPI”) (collectively, “Defendants”) arising from an October 10, 2018 dog bite. Plaintiff, who was a former tenant at the apartment building owned and managed by Defendants, alleges that the dog who bit him was owned by co-defendant Jenny Juarez (“Juarez”). Plaintiff alleges that Defendants knew that Juarez's dog had vicious pro...

Excerpt: ...Bolanos”), Lazaro Benitez (“Benitez”), Juan Morales Silverio (“Silverio”), and Demetria Velasquez (“Velasquez”) filed this action against defendants Ruben Morales (“Morales”) and City of Los Angeles (“City”) (collectively, “Defendants”) arising from a November 20, 2019 motor vehicle collision. On June 17, 2020, a First Amended Complaint was filed. On October 7, 2021, a notice of settlement was filed. Silverio, Velasquez,...

Excerpt: ...Hyperion UTS, Inc. dba United Trucking Solutions arising from a November 7, 2019, motor vehicle collision. On January 12, 2022, Defendant filed a motion to disqualify Plaintiff's counsel, Stuart Sherman, on the grounds that he violated California Rules of Professional Conduct rule 4.3, which prevents a lawyer from communicating directly or indirectly about the subject of the representation with a person the lawyer knows to be represented by anoth...

Excerpt: ...terio (“Decedent”), Angelean Monterio, Albert Monterio, Alphonso Monterio, II, and Alphonso Monterio, Jr. (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) filed this action against defendants LG Motorsports, Inc. (“LG Motorsports”), Robert Finley (“Finley”), and Robert Early King, Jr. (“King”). On November 4, 2019, Plaintiffs filed a first amended complaint asserting causes of action for wrongful death and a survival action. Plaintiffs allege tha...

Excerpt: ...Givens Jr., through their respective guardians ad litem, filed this action as the successors in interest to Ryan Givens (“Decedent”) against Defendants Brandon Hinton (“Hinton”), Century City Mall, LLC (“Century City Mall”), and Javier's CC, LLC (“Defendant”) (erroneously sued as “Marcos & Javiers, LLC dba Mexi- Grill LLC”). Plaintiffs allege causes of action for negligence as well as assault and battery arising from a dispute...

Excerpt: ...d this action against defendants Chi Hoon Kim (“Kim”), Steve J. Limb (“Limb”), Nam Soo Choi (“Choi”), and Kwang Chan Kim (“Kwang”) (collectively, “Defendants”). Plaintiff asserts causes of action for assault, battery, false imprisonment, and negligence, alleging that he was assaulted, battered, and falsely imprisoned by Defendants at a church meeting held on September 11, 2021, and that Defendants breached their duty to hold t...

Excerpt: ...cery Company dba Ralphs (“Defendant”) arising from a February 25, 2019 slip and fall from a banana peel. On September 15, 2021, Defendant filed this motion to compel Plaintiff to post an undertaking in the amount of $25,000 pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 1030. Where a plaintiff in an action resides out of the state, the defendant may, at any time, apply to the court for an order requiring the plaintiff to file an undertaking to s...

Excerpt: ...verard Carl Campbell (“Plaintiff”) filed this action against defendants Sherman Oaks Hospital and Kaiser Permanente Hospital for medical malpractice arising from treatment provided on May 10, 2020. On July 26, 2021, Plaintiff named Kaiser Foundation Hospitals as Doe 1, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. as Doe 2, Southern California Permanente Medical Group as Doe 3, and Sherman Oaks Ambulatory Surgery Center as Doe 4. On November 18, 2021, ...

Excerpt: ...ndant Bodega Latina Corporation dba El Super (“Defendant”) arising from a June 15, 2018 slip and fall. On July 19, 2021, Defendant filed this motion for summary judgment, arguing that there are no issues of triable fact as to whether Defendant had actual or constructive notice. II. FACTUAL BACKGROUND Plaintiff alleges that on June 15, 2018, she slipped and fell on Defendant's premises after picking up a plant in the store. (Defendant's Undisp...

Excerpt: ...ra Zuboff filed this action against defendants Del Rey Properties LLC (“Defendant”) and Avison Young, Ltd. (“Avison”) for negligence and premises liability. Plaintiff alleges that on April 16, 2019, while she walked down the driveway of a building owned by Defendant, she tripped on an unexpected step of approximately 2.5 inches at the end of the driveway where it joined the asphalt. (Compl., ¶¶ 9-12.) On January 15, 2021, Plaintiff dism...

Excerpt: ...Harris (“Plaintiff”) filed this action against Universal Protection Service, LP (“Defendant”) (erroneously sued as Allied Universal). In his original complaint, Plaintiff alleges that on November 30, 2017, he was forcibly handcuffed by Defendant. The original complaint also included an insufficiently filled out attachment to a form complaint. On July 30, 2021, the Court sustained Defendant's demurrer to Plaintiff's complaint with 20 days'...

Excerpt: ...ely, “Plaintiffs”) filed this action against defendants TMAT Corp. dba Taxi Taxi (“Taxi Taxi”), Lubale Makokha (“Makokha”), City of Los Angeles (“City”), and Cade Jeffrey Gaspar (“Gaspar”). Plaintiff alleges that on December 28, 2019, decedent Maria Cozzi was a passenger in a taxi cab driven by Makokha when the taxi collided with an emergency vehicle driven by Gaspar. At the time of the accident, Gaspar was working within the ...

Excerpt: ...Plaintiff”) (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) filed this action against defendants Reina Guevara (“Guevara”), Adrian Salazar (“Adrian”), Andrea Salazar (“Andrea”), and BJ's Restaurants, Inc. (“Defendant”) (collectively, “Defendants”). Plaintiff alleges that on February 16, 2019, and at all relevant times, she and Andrea worked for Defendant at a BJ's restaurant. On February 16, 2019, Andrea was babysitting Ethan when, without...

Excerpt: ...gainst defendant The Grand Inn for negligence arising from an attack on September 15, 2019 in the parking lot of a bar (the “Premises”). On October 2, 2020, Plaintiff amended the complaint to add Maza Gray as Doe 1. On November 16, 2020, Plaintiff added Maza Enterprises, Inc. (“Maza Enterprises”) as Doe 2 and substituted Gary Maza (“Defendant”) as the correct name of Maza Gray. On September 15, 2021, Plaintiff filed a First Amended Co...

Excerpt: ...am Contreras (“Contreras”) arising from a July 18, 2016 motor vehicle collision. J Martinez Trucking was served with the summons, complaint, and statement of damages on October 24, 2019 by personal service. Contreras was served on October 27, 2019 by substituted service. A copy of the summons, complaint, and statement of damages were left with his grandmother, Carmen Contreras, and another copy mailed to his house. At Plaintiffs' request, the...

Excerpt: ...rust, Inc. (“Defendant”). Plaintiff alleges that on June 19, 2020, he was threatened with a gun at a 7-11 store by purported residents of the nearby Alessio apartments. The Alessio apartments are owned and operated by Defendant; Plaintiff is also a resident of the Alessio Apartments. Plaintiff also alleges he continued to be harassed and threatened by these reseidents. On July 7, 2021, Defendant filed a cross-complaint against Platinum Securi...

Excerpt: ...tion against defendants Decron Properties Corp. (“Defendant”) and NF Capital Finance, LP (“NF Capital Finance”) (collectively, “Defendants”) arising from a January 20, 2019 trip and fall. Plaintiff alleges that she was returning to her apartment when she tripped on a plastic tarp which covered the floor in the hallway and fell. On May 15, 2019, Defendants filed a joint cross-complaint against Burns Environmental Services (“BES”) f...

Excerpt: ...ising from a September 22, 2018 slip and fall. On August 10, 2020, Plaintiff filed a First Amended Complaint naming Costco Wholesale Membership, Inc. and Costco Wholesale Corporation (“Defendant”). On November 5, 2021, Defendant filed this motion for summary judgment on the grounds that it did not have any actual or constructive notice of any dangerous condition at any time prior to Plaintiff's incident. II. FACTUAL BACKGROUND On September 22...

Excerpt: ...onry, Inc. and Jose Delgadillo (collectively, “Defendants”) arising from a July 24, 2019 motor vehicle collision. On December 21, 2021, Defendants file this motion for leave to take a second deposition of Plaintiff. The motion specified that this deposition would take place within 30 days of trial. Trial is currently scheduled for February 9, 2022. However, on January 18, 2022, the parties submitted a proposed stipulation to continue trial to...

Excerpt: ...ising from a January 23, 2018 motor vehicle accident. Defendant moves for an order compelling Plaintiff to attend a mental examination with Charles H. Hinkin, Ph.D (“Dr. Hinkin”), whose specialty is neuropsychology, within 30 days of this hearing. A mental examination shall be performed only by a licensed physician, or by a licensed clinical psychologist who holds a doctoral degree in psychology and has had at least five years of postgraduate...

Excerpt: ...filed this action against defendants Conejo Valley Electric, Inc., Herberth Chinchilla, and Brian Ridge (collectively, the “Conejo Defendants”). The action arose from an August 5, 2019 automobile collision. Stephany Buendia (“Buendia”) also filed her own complaint for negligence arising from the same collision. On July 31, 2020, the Hershs, Buendia, and the Conejo Defendants reached a settlement agreement wherein the Hershs and Buendia di...

Excerpt: ...ainst defendant 221 North Cedar Street Associates (“Defendant”) arising from a March 13, 2019 robbery. On July 1, 2020, Plaintiff filed an amended complaint alleging that two unknown individuals verbally and physically assaulted him in the parking structure of the property on which he resided which was owned by Defendant. Plaintiff asserted causes of action for premises liability, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and negligent in...

Excerpt: ...nst defendant County of Los Angeles (“Defendant”) (erroneously sued as Olive View UCLA Medical Center) arising from the death of her sister, Rosa Rivera. On November 29, 2021, Defendant filed a demurrer and motion to strike, arguing that Plaintiff's action is barred by the statute of limitations and fails to comply with the Tort Claims Act. On January 12, 2022, the Order to Show Cause Re: Why Plaintiff Should Not Be Declared a Vexatious Litig...

Excerpt: ... through his guardian ad litem, Elissa Blatt, filed this action against defendants Contractor's Wardrobe, Inc. (“Defendant”), NM Homes One, Inc., and New Millennium Homes, LLC. Plaintiff alleges that on September 14, 2019, a glass shower door manufactured by Defendant suddenly shattered and tore his tendon. (Compl., GN-1.) On November 2, 2021, Plaintiff filed the operative First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) asserting causes of action for neg...

Excerpt: ...a Arthur John Wong (“Defendant”), Laurence Alkire, and Jennifer Alkire arising from an October 5, 2015 motor vehicle collision. On October 15, 2019, Laurence Alkire and Jennifer Alkire were dismissed from the action. On October 21, 2020, Ivan Delgado dismissed his claims. On December 17, 2021, Defendant filed this motion to reclassify this action as a limited civil case. The motion is unopposed. I. LEGAL STANDARD A motion to reclassify an unl...

Excerpt: ... Fachtmann (“Fachtmann”) (collectively, “Defendants”) arising from a March 22, 2017 slip and fall in her kitchen, which was being remodeled by Defendants. Plaintiff alleges that on March 20, 2017, Defendants mixed a leveling compound and poured it onto her kitchen floor. They advised her “to not go onto the floor for 4 to 6 hours so that it could dry.” (Compl., GN-1.) On March 22, 2017, she noted that the floor “seemed to have some ...

Excerpt: ...��), and Jerry Bryant (“Jerry”) filed this action against defendants City of Pomona (“Defendant”) and Foothill Transit. Plaintiffs allege that on January 23, 2019, Julian was struck by a motor vehicle while crossing the street to reach a bus stop located near the southwest corner at the intersection of Garey Avenue and Alvarado Street (the “Intersection”). Plaintiffs claim that the bus stop was placed in a dangerous and unsafe locatio...

Excerpt: ...a motor vehicle accident that occurred on November 4, 2018. At the time of the accident, plaintiff DeeAnna Linsmaier (“Plaintiff”) was a passenger in defendant Wail Bushara's (“Defendant”) vehicle. Before the Court are three Plaintiff's motions: one to compel Defendant's attendance at his deposition, one to compel his responses to written discovery, and a “motion for judicial notice.” None of these motions are opposed. Compel Depositi...

Excerpt: ...rnandez, Linda Hernandez, and Victor Hernandez (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) filed this wrongful death action against defendants John Hanassab (“Defendant”) and Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company of Los Angeles, LLC arising from the death of Maria Hernandez (“Decedent”) in a January 29, 2018 pedestrian-motor vehicle accident. Plaintiffs move to compel Defendant to provide further answers to 6 questions which he refused to answer at his Nove...

Excerpt: ...2020 motor vehicle collision. On September 10, 2021, Defendant filed an answer. On November 19, 2021, Defendant filed this motion to strike Plaintiff's request for punitive damages. The court may, upon a motion, or at any time in its discretion, and upon terms it deems proper, strike any irrelevant, false, or improper matter inserted in any pleading. (Code Civ. Proc, § 436, subd. (a); Stafford v. Shultz (1954) 42 Cal.2d 767, 782 [“Matter in a ...

Excerpt: ...imant”) filed this petition to resolve a discovery dispute with Respondent Twenty-First Century Insurance Company (“Respondent”) in an uninsured motorist arbitration arising from a July 20, 2016 motor vehicle collision. On November 5, 2021, the Court granted Respondent's motions to compel Claimant's responses to Requests for Production of Documents (Set Two) and ordered Claimant to provide verified responses, without objections, to Responde...

Excerpt: ...ION On March 18, 2021, plaintiff Adrien Seixas (“Plaintiff”), individually and as successor-in-interest to Sara Seixas (“Decedent”), filed this action asserting causes of action for elder abuse, professional negligence, wrongful death, negligent infliction of emotional distress, and violation of patients' rights. Plaintiff names 533 South Fairfax Avenue, Inc. dba Guardian Rehabilitation Hospital (“Guardian”) and La Brea Rehabilitation...

Excerpt: ...and through her guardian ad litem, Luis Fernando Mayoral Barajas, filed this action against defendant Jose Eduardo Draquez (“Defendant”). Plaintiff alleges that on November 5, 2018, her mother, Yolanda Beatriz Centeno Rivera (“Decedent”), was a passenger on a motorcycle when Defendant negligently operated a motor vehicle and caused it to crash into the motorcycle. On November 29, 2021, Defendant filed this demurrer arguing that there is a...

Excerpt: ...Conveyance Auto LLC (‘Conveyance Auto”) arising from a June 3, 2019 multi-vehicle automobile collision. Plaintiff alleges that the accident involved two vehicles: (1) a white Hyundai owned by Conveyance Auto and driven by “Doe 21”, and (2) a green Lexus owned and driven by Rasheed. On May 6, 2021, Plaintiff filed a motion for summary judgment/adjudication on the grounds that Conveyance Auto had no evidence for any of its purported defense...

Excerpt: ..., Inc. (“Uber”) and Zhirayr Aleksanyan (“Aleksanyan”). Plaintiff alleges that on February 11, 2018, Aleksanyan negligently operated a motor vehicle owned by Uber while he was acting as an agent and employee of Uber. Plaintiff served Uber by personal service on March 9, 2020. A year later, on February 9, 2021, Uber filed its Answer. On February 16, 2021, Uber filed a First Amended Answer (“FAA”). On February 17, 2021, Plaintiff added J...

Excerpt: ...ndants Booking.com B.V. and Erin Hughes arising from the death of Grant Schneider (“Decedent”). Decedent was allegedly a short-term tenant at Hughes's property in Malibu on January 17, 2021, when the property caught fire. On August 4, 2021, Plaintiff added Tripadvisor, LLC (“Defendant”) as Doe 1. On August 9, 2021, Plaintiff filed a request to dismiss Booking.com B.V. as a defendant. On November 15, 2021, Defendant filed a demurrer to the...

Excerpt: ...iff”) filed this action against defendant Target Corporation (“Defendant”) arising from an October 4, 2017 slip and fall. Around December 2020, after commencing the action, Plaintiff moved to Texas. On December 8, 2021, Defendant filed two motions, one to compel Plaintiff's attendance at an in-person deposition, and one for an orthopedic independent medical examination (“IME”), both in California. Pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure sec...

Excerpt: ...asovich (“Tamasovich”) and Desiree Fimbres (“Fimbres”) (collectively, “Plaintiffs”). filed this action against defendant California Commerce Club, Inc. (“Defendant”) (erroneously sued as “CA Commerce Club Inc.”) arising from their exposure to hydrogen sulfide and ammonia while working at the Commerce Casino. On December 9, 2021, Defendant filed motions to compel each plaintiff's responses to written discovery as well as their ...

Excerpt: ...TRODUCTION On January 7. 2019, plaintiff Mark Sterling (“Plaintiff”) filed this action against defendants Michael Barrett and National Ready Mix Concrete Company (erroneously sued as “National Cement Company”) (collectively, “Defendants”) arising from a May 30, 2018 automobile accident. On December 3, 2021, Plaintiff filed this motion to quash a deposition subpoena issued by Defendants to nonparty Los Angeles County Department of Publ...

Excerpt: ...dants”) arising from a May 2, 2017 motor vehicle accident. Trial is currently scheduled for March 18, 2022 and Defendant filed this motion on December 7, 2021 requesting a trial continuance of at least 6 months A party seeking a continuance of the date set for trial must make the request for a continuance by a noticed motion or an ex parte application as soon as reasonably practical once the necessity for the continuance is discovered. (Cal. Ru...

Excerpt: ...May 16, 2019, Plaintiff Ryan Andrew Bergstrom(“Plaintiff”) filed this action against Defendants Loera Trucking and Sandor Balmore Brito (“Defendant”) for injuries arising from a March 6, 2018 motor vehicle accident. On June 28, 2021, Plaintiff served Form Interrogatories, Special Interrogatories, Requests for Production of Documents, and Requests for Admission on Defendant by electronic service on “[email protected]”. Having receive...