Excerpt: ...ntiffs Natalie Hakimpour, Elizabeth Solyman, Mia Shalom, and Ana Fled are good faith settlements pursuant to CCP section 877.6. All further claims against Settling Defendants for equitable indemnity, contribution and comparative fault or comparative negligence arising out of the subject action with respect to these Plaintiffs are barred pursuant to CCP section 877.6(c). Moving parties to provide notice and to file proof of service of such notice ...

Excerpt: ...ile proof of service of such notice within five court days after the date of this order. Facts On April 23, 2021, Kimberly Rose Williams (“Plaintiff”) filed an action against Parminder Singh Sidhu (“Defendant”) in connection with a motor vehicle accident that occurred on November 8, 2019. The causes of action are motor vehicle negligence and general negligence. On May 17, 2021, Plaintiff served Form Interrogatories and Requests for Admiss...

Excerpt: ...e names of those experts and the dates for depositions into its order. Moving party is ordered to provide notice and to file proof of such notice within five court days after the date of this order. Background On December 2, 2019, Naira Yesayan commenced this premises liability action against Citywest Corp PTY LTD and Elmwood Rose LLC. The parties' expert designations were due on January 18, 2022. Though Defendants served their expert designation...

Excerpt: ...sociated with the accident at issue here. The requests for attorney's fees and costs by all parties are denied. Moving party is ordered to provide notice and to file proof of service of such notice within five court days after the date of this order. Background On May 7, 2021, Geros Zargaryan (“Plaintiff”) filed a complaint against Devko, Inc., Classique Worldwide, Kevin Illingworth and Xarvion Emauel Johnson (“Defendants”) alleging negli...

Excerpt: ...tiff Robert Hernandez filed a complaint against Defendants SBH Real Estate Group, Inc., National Construction Rentals, Inc., and Does 1 through 50, alleging premises liability and negligence with respect to a bicycle accident at a construction site that occurred on May 4, 2019. On January 14 and 18, 2022, the Court ordered Plaintiff to serve verified responses without objections to Defendant SBH Real Estate Group, Inc.'s Form Interrogatories, Set...

Excerpt: ...uests for Admissions Admitted as to Plaintiff and Request for Sanctions DECISION All the motions are granted. Plaintiff is ordered to serve within 20 days after the date of this order verified responses without objections to (1) Request for Production of Documents, Set One; (2) Form Interrogatories, Set One; and (3) Special Interrogatories, Set One. The Requests for Admissions are deemed admitted without objections. Sanctions in the amount of $1,...

Excerpt: ... to file proof of service of such notice within five court days after the date of this order. Background On April 20, 2021, Plaintiff Robert Hernandez filed a complaint against Defendants SBH Real Estate Group, Inc., National Construction Rentals, Inc., and Does 1 through 50, alleging premises liability and negligence in a bicycle accident at a construction site that occurred on May 4, 2019. On November 9, 2021, the Court ordered Plaintiff to ser...

Excerpt: ...Background Plaintiff Monique Howard (“Plaintiff”) brings this action against Defendant Accor Management US Inc., erroneously sued as Sofitel North America Corporation, (“Defendant”) alleging causes of action for general negligence and premises liability. This case is based on Plaintiff sustaining injuries while showering in a hotel room at Sofitel Las Angeles in Beverly Hills at 8555 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, California on March 24, 201...

Excerpt: ...d On October 7, 2020, Plaintiffs Priscila Argueta and Jonathan Argueta commenced this action against Defendants Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, Sonya Zeitzer, R.N., and Does 1 through 100. Norma C. Salceda, M.D. was later named through amendment. Plaintiffs' causes of action are medical negligence and negligent infliction of emotional distress. This action arises out of the death of Plaintiffs Priscila Argueta's and Jonathan Argueta's daug...

Excerpt: ...ndard California Rules of Court 3.1324 establishes the requirements with which a motion seeking leave to amend must comply. Subdivision (b) requires that a separate declaration must accompany the motion and must specify: (1) The effect of the amendment; (2) Why the amendment is necessary and proper; (3) When the facts giving rise to the amended allegations were discovered; and (4) The reasons why the request for amendment was not made earlier.”...

Excerpt: ...kground On May 12, 2020, plaintiff Kimberly K. Higgins (“Plaintiff”) filed this action against defendants Does 1 to 10, alleging one cause of action for general negligence arising from a ladder striking Plaintiff. On September 1, 2020, Plaintiff amended her Complaint to substitute defendant Environmental Design Studio (“Defendant”) as the true name for the defendant sued under the fictitious name Doe 2. The Complaint alleges the following...

Excerpt: ...rt days after the date of this order. Background On April 11, 2019, Plaintiff Mylene Reyes Riconalla (“Plaintiff”) filed a complaint against Defendants Macy's Corporate Services, Inc., Kellermeyer Bergensons Services, LLC, and Does 1 to 20 alleging causes of action for general negligence and premises liability. This action is based on Plaintiff slipping and falling on a liquid substance while walking toward the cosmetics section of Defendants...

Excerpt: ...tion of Documents, Set One and the Interrogatories, Set One within 20 days after the date of this order. Plaintiff is ordered to appear for deposition within the next 30 days. If Plaintiff wishes to file a motion for a protective order with respect to this deposition, Plaintiff must reserve the first available hearing date within two court days after the date of this order and must file the motion within seven court days after the of this order. ...

Excerpt: ...Sanjiv Kumar Jain, M.D., and Shubha Jain, M.D. This action is based on Plaintiff falling while attempting to get out of a medical bed after Defendants had completed a procedure on Plaintiff on September 25, 2018. After the procedure was complete, “plaintiff was told by the staff to leave as soon as she woke up even though she was still not ambulatory.” (Complaint, para. 8.) “As Ms. Villacorta got out of the bed while recovering from being s...

Excerpt: ...irmative defense (intervening/superseding actions); (4) eleventh affirmative defense (statute of limitations); (5) twelfth affirmative defense (waiver): (6) thirteenth affirmative defense (laches); (7) fourteenth affirmative defense (estoppel); (8) eighteenth affirmative defense (actions of others); (9) twenty- fifth affirmative defense (failure to exercise ordinary care); (10) twenty-sixth affirmative defense (negligence of others); (11) twenty-...

Excerpt: ...rove the 110 bus traveling towards Florence and Miramonte (from Jefferson and Sepulveda) between 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. on the day in question. These individuals shall not be considered the persons most knowledgeable as defined in the deposition notice served by Plaintiff. If no bus drivers meet the criteria, the MTA shall file within five court days after the date of this order a declaration so stating. No sanctions are imposed. Moving party ...

Excerpt: ...hose sanctions are due within 10 days after the date of this order. Moving party is ordered to provide notice and to file proof of service of such notice within five calendar days after the date of this hearing. Background On December 10, 2019, Plaintiff Maria Isabel Galleguillos commenced this action against Defendant Lynn Marlene Flores. This action is based on a car accident. According to Plaintiff, Defendant did not provide dates for a deposi...

Excerpt: ...to file proof of service of such notice within five court days after the date of this order. Background This action arises out of the death of Earnestine Casey (“Decedent”). Decedent was a patient at Palmdale Cardiology Office, where she would regularly visit her primary care physician, Kanwaljit Gill, M.D. Decedent allegedly died following the alleged medical negligence of Kanwaljit Gill, M.D. and Palmdale Cardiology Office. On December 31, ...

Excerpt: ...s ordered to serve within 30 days after the date of this order verified responses without objections to the Form Interrogatories, Special Interrogatories and Requests for Production of Documents. Sanctions in the amount of $1,600 are imposed and are due within 30 days after the date of this order. Moving party is ordered to provide notice and to file proof of service of such notice within five court days after the date of this order. Background O...

Excerpt: ...idney Cruz, a minor, by and through her guardian ad litem, Evelyn Culajay, commenced this action against Defendants Sandoval, Jr., General Binding Corporation LSE, Acco Brand, Jane Culajay, and Does 1 to 50. This action arose out of a multi-vehicle car accident that occurred on January 19, 2015. The causes of action are general and motor vehicle negligence. The accident involved Plaintiff Sidney Cruz, a passenger in Defendant Jane Culajay's vehic...

Excerpt: ...-Third (23 rd) affirmative defenses, with leave to amend. The Court overrules the Demurrer as to the rest of the affirmative defenses in New Creation's Answer. Any amended answer shall be filed within 30 days after the date of this order. Moving party is ordered to provide notice and to file proof of service of such notice within five court days after the date of this order. Background On October 12, 2021, plaintiff Travis Macritchie (“Plaintif...

Excerpt: ...tinuances. Moving party is ordered to provide notice and to file proof of service of such notice within five court days after the date of this order. Background On November 16, 2020, Plaintiff James A. Watson commenced this action against Nicholas Petricca for general negligence and premises liability. Plaintiff tripped and fell while feeding Defendant's animal. Defendant filed an answer on January 20, 2021. On January 31, 2022, Defendant filed t...

Excerpt: ...ne within 10 days after the date of this order. The motion to compel Plaintiff to provide further responses to Form Interrogatories, Set One (2.5, 2.6, 6.4, 6.5, 12.1 and 17.1) is granted. The request for sanctions is granted jointly and severally against Plaintiff and Plaintiff's counsel in the amount of $1,347.25. Sanctions are due to be paid within 10 days after the date of this order. Plaintiff shall serve updated verified responses with obje...

Excerpt: ...round On October 1, 2020, Plaintiff Alfredo Silva commenced this action against Artsvik Khachatryan based on a car accident that occurred on May 2, 2019. Plaintiff filed the case as a limited civil case. Plaintiff's complaint included a prayer for relief of for general and special damages in excess of $25,000 but also stated at paragraph 20 that Plaintiff's injuries would not be in excess of $25,000. On November 19, 2020, Defendant Khachatryan fi...

Excerpt: ...ed on January 11, and it is the mental examination that will be heard on February 24. Defendant's Motion to Compel Plaintiff to undergo a mental examination is granted in part. The parties are ordered to meet and confer within 20 days of this order to decide upon a mutually agreeable date and location for Plaintiff's mental examination which is ordered to occur within the next 60 days. Defendant is ordered to give notice and to file proof of serv...