Excerpt: ... the Court can take judicial notice that TSBs are given to NHTSA which in turn makes them publicly available. Complaint 126 and 127 alleges that "none ofthis information was available to the public" and that GM 'had exclusive knowledge of the defect" and actively concealed information from the public The Court will entertam argument as to whether Plaintiff needs to make further allegations as to GM's failure to disclose TSBs to NHTSA and whether ...

Excerpt: ...PT, Inc. Since then, Defendant, Thomas Blackburn has been dismissed. Complaint alleges causes of action for: (1) Motor Vehicle Negligence; and (2) General Negligence. Plaintiff alleges that on February 11, 2021, she was a passenger in a vehicle driven by Defendant when it was involved in a collision at "Highway 183 at Austin-Bergstrom Intl airport." (Request for Judicial Notice, ("RIN"), Exhibit ("Ex.") 1, (Complaint), pp. 4-5.) Notably, Plaintif...

Excerpt: ...CMC and conduct it immediately after the Demurrer hearing On December 1, 2023, Plaintiffs, Sergio Hernandez and Oscar Enriquez filed an unverified Complaint against Defendants, Jose Carlos Regalado, Kenneth M. Frittz, KW International, Incu and DOES 1 through 25. The Complaint alleges causes of action for: (1) Motor Vehicle; and (2) General Negligence. The Complaint notes that on December 11, 2020, Plaintiffs, Sergio Hernandez and Oscar Enriquez ...

Excerpt: ...i ¿¿ TRIAL DATE: None Set. ¿¿ MOTION:¿ (1) Motion to Stay Action on Grounds of Inconvenient Forum ¿ Tentative Rulings: (1) DENIED On March 10, 2023, this Court continued the hearing on the defense motion to stay or the representation by defense counsel that a “more robust” showing could be made addressing the Court's concerns. In Defendants' supplemental briefing, they provide a proposed Indiana Declaratory Relief Action Complaint to be...

Excerpt: ... property located at 2145 Rambla Pacifico in Malibu, California 90265 (the “Property”). Since the Property is in a brush fire zone, Plaintiff's only option for fire insurance was to purchase it from California Fair Plan (“CFP”), California's fire insurer of last resort. Besides purchasing a policy from CFP to insure the Property against the peril of fire (the “CFP Policy”), Plaintiff also purchased a supplemental homeowners' policy fr...

Excerpt: ... Factual¿¿ ¿ On October 18, 2022, Plaintiffs Michael Trenery and Noble Witcher (collectively “Plaintiffs”) filed a complaint against Defendant, Brandon Xavier Calhoun (“Defendant”) and DOES 1 through 25 alleging causes of action for: (1) Negligence and (2) Negligence Per Se. This action is based on the allegations in Plaintiffs' complain that on April 2, 2022, Calhoun knowingly and consciously got behind the wheel of his vehicle while ...

Excerpt: ... Daniel Curtis Investments, LLC ¿ TRIAL DATE: Not Set ¿ MOTION:¿ (1) Motion to Compel Further Responses by Plaintiff to Defendant's Form Interrogatories (2) Motion to Compel Further Responses by Plaintiff to Defendant's Requests for Admission Tentative Rulings: The Court will order an additional verified further response to the RFOGs. The Court intends to have Plaintiff excise much of the preamble to each of the further responses to Form Inter...

Excerpt: ...minating Sanction is GRANTED. The Court will grant a default judgment for plaintiff and schedule a prove-up hearing for the monetary award sought. I. BACKGROUND¿¿ ¿¿ A. Factual¿¿ On February 3, 2023, this Court granted Plaintiff's motions to compel responses to Form Interrogatories, Special Interrogatories, Request for Production of Documents, and Requests for Admission. The Court ordered Defendant Roquemore to provide verified responses, w...

Excerpt: ...mie Lu Dominguez sued as DOE 1, TRIAL DATE: July 7, 2023 ¿¿¿ MOTION:¿ (1) Plaintiff's Motion to Compel Jamie Lu Dominguez to Special Interrogatories, Set One. (2) Plaintiff's Motion to Compel Jamie Lu Dominguez to Respond to Demand for Production of Documents, Set One. (3) Plaintiff's Motion to Compel Jamie Lu Dominguez to Respond to Demand for Production of Documents, Set Two. ¿¿ Tentative Rulings: (1) Denied, as per previous rulings and g...

Excerpt: ... Johnson's (“Plaintiff”) former counsel served Plaintiff with “Notice of Order Granting Motion to be Relieved as Counsel and Hearing on Motion to Declare Vexatious Litigant; Motion to Consolidate; Case Management Conference; OSC Failure to Prosecute, Failure to File Proof of Service” (the “Notice”). Mr. Douglas notes he provided all parties with notice that on August 24, 2022, this Court granted his Motion to be Relieved as Counsel fo...

Excerpt: ...he sustaining of the Demurrer. I. BACKGROUND¿ ¿ A. Factual¿ ¿¿ On October 19, 2022, Gail Chelebian (“Plaintiff”) filed a complaint against General Motors LLC (“GM”). On January 12, 2023, Plaintiff filed a First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) alleging causes of action for: (1) Violation of Subdivision(D) of Civil Code section 1793.2; (2) Violation of Subdivision(B) of Civil Code section 1793.2; (3) Violation of Subdivision (A)(3) of Ci...

Excerpt: ...2, Plaintiff filed an unlawful detainer or UD Complaint against Defendants, Avetis Hekimyan, and DOES 1 through 10. However, Defendant denies being served personally, by substitution, or by posting and mailing. Defendant asserts no knowledge of the summons and complaint, nor that anyone was attempting to serve him until Thursday, February 23, 2023, when Defendant arrived home to his primary residence located at 16 Narscissa Drive, Rancho Palos Ve...

Excerpt: ...murrer to Plaintiffs Writ of Mandate is OVERRULED. (2) The Motion to Strike is GRANTED in part as to tvvo ofthe identified allegations, and DENIED as to the rest. (3) The REIN is DENIED On October 21, 2022, Petitioner, Alan Elias ("Petitioner"), filed a Writ of Mandate agamst Respondent, West Coast Laboratories, Inc. ("Respondent' or "WCL".) On Februaty 14, 2023, Petitioner filed an Amended Writ of Mandate. ("AWOM".) Petitioner requested in his A...

Excerpt: ...ial Council form complaint for bodily injury arising out of a motor vehicle collision. On January 23, 2023, Plaintiff filed a First Amended Complaint ("FAC") alleging causes of action for: (1) Motor Vehicle Negligence; and (2) General Negligence against Defendant, City of Los Angeles ("City"). The FAC is based on the followmg alleged facts: On July 21, 2022, defendants owned, operated, entrusted and controlled an unspecified vehicle that was negl...

Excerpt: ... is GRANTED On June 21, 2022, Plaintiff, 31 Horses Incorporated filed a complaint against Defendants, Virginia Gamble, Genevieve Cooley, and DOES 1 through 1. The Complaint alleged causes of action for: (1) Failure to Pay Promissory Note; and (2) Fraud. Defendant, Virginia Gamble, admits in her declaration that she was personally served with the summons along with the complaint on July 5, 2022. (Gamble Decl„ 2.) However, she further notes that ...

Excerpt: ...Jamie Lu Dominguez sued as DOE 1, July 7, 2023 (1) Motion to Compel Jamie Lu Dommguez to Respond to Form Interrogatories, Set One. (1) Plaintiffs Motion to Compel Jamie Lu Dominguez to Respond to Form Interrogatories, Set One. Is DENIED. Since the parties declined the Courts invitation to stipulate to a resolution of this and other pending discovety motions that raise the same issues as the RFA motions last week the Court will consider making an ...

Excerpt: ...amend as to RR Financial Services, butthe case may proceed as to remaining Defs. The Court also notes that Rolls Royce Financial's demurrers have been previously sustained to the first, second, and third amended complaints, all with leave to amend being granted. On October 26, 2020, Plaintiffs Avakian Engineering. Inc„ and Marine Gasparian (collectively "Plaintiffs") filed this action against Rolls-Royce Motor Cars NA, LLC, Rolls-Roy:e Cars Fin...

Excerpt: ... (1) Specially Appearmg Defendant Le'mar Marshall's Motion to Compel Arbitration is DENIED. On July 5, 2022, Plaintiff Strategic Funding Source, Inc. d/b/a Kapitus ("Plaintiff') filed a verified complaint against Defendants Lemar Marshall a/k/a Le'Mar Marshall and Marshall Horizons LLC (Collectively, "Defendants") for an alleged breach of a business loan agreement ("Agreement") entered into by Marshall Horizons as a borrower and by Mr. Marshall a...

Excerpt: ...hinks she might be able to further allege before deciding whether one last chance to amend will be granted. On November 2, 2022, Plaintiff Persona310 ("Plaintiff') filed this action against Defendant, City of Hawthorne ("Defendant"). On December 16, 2022, Plaintiff filed its First Amended Complaint On February 9, 2023, Plamtiff filed a Second Amended Complaint ("SAC") alleging causes of action for: Breach of Contract. Defendant now demurs to the ...

Excerpt: ... Gayane Ambartsumyan; Jonathan Christian Terpanjian, a Minor, by and through his Guardian ad Litem, Gayane Ambartsumyan; Michael Andrew Terpanjian, a Minor, by and through his Guardian ad Litem, Gayane Ambartsumyan. August 22, 2023 (1) Defendant, Eric J. Castleman, M.D. and COR Healthcare Medical Associates' Motion for Summaty Judgment (2) Defendant, Ankush K. Chhabra, M.D.'s Motion for Summary Judgment (3) Defendant, Torrance Memorial Medical Ce...

Excerpt: ...ry 14, 2019, Plaintiff filed this bodily injury action agamst Defendants. Plaintiffs action is a products liability case in which he alleges he suffered a traumatic brain injury resulting in loss of income and permanent loss of earning capacity. In response to Form Interrogatories, Plaintiff disclosed the identity of Larry Pitkin ("Mr. Pitkin") as a witness who Will support his loss of income claim. Nautilus, Inc. ("Defendant) personally served M...

Excerpt: ... the alternative, Summary Adjudication, is DENIED without prejudice to being re-field with Code- compliant original Ps and As. On September 25, 2020, Vatche Cabayan ("Plaintiff) filed a complaint against Petri Entertainment LLC and Warner Davis (collectively "Defendants" for (1) breach of contract, (2) breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and (3) declaratory relief. On December 22, 2020, plaintiff filed a FAC for (1) breach ...

Excerpt: ...e offer by Plamtiffs counsel to depose the Defendants in Palm Desert near their residence where, per defense counsel, they currently reside. Plamtiff filed the Complaint on Februaty 3, 2022. Plaintiff alleges that he and Defendant Alan Boeke were both shopping at a Vons market in Manhattan Beach when they had an argument inside the store. The Complaint further alleges that when Plaintiff exited the store, Defendant Boeke, who was already in his v...

Excerpt: ...urt will hear arguments as to whether the SDT court be ordered modified such that it is made clear to the Ävo banks that only the signature cards for the two specified accounts are bemg sought, and/or that social security numbers must be redacted. But first, Plamtiffwill need to clarify the legitimate discoverable purpose of the signature cards (2) Denied Plamtiffs Dinesh Bharat and Prachi Bharat ("Plaintiffs") allegedly worked as property manag...

Excerpt: ...ord Motor Company, Case No. 8312261ü 1. FACTUAL BACKGROUND On April 1, 2021, Plaintiff Paula Watts ("Plaintiff') alleges that she purchased a used, certified pre-owned 2020 Nissan Altima (the 'Vehicle") and that she entered into an express written contract with Defendant Nissan North America, Inc. ("Nissan") for a new vehicle limited warranty. Plaintiff alleges that the Vehicle has a certain transmission defect Plaintiff further alleges that she...