Excerpt: ...rict Liability and Negligence/ Negligence Per Se arising from a fall on November 19, 2019. Memo's Scaffolding filed its answer on September 8, 2021. On January 11, 2023, Plaintiffs amended their complaint to name Gordon S. Gibson, Inc., dba Gordon Gibson Construction (“Gibson”) as Doe 1. Gibson filed its answer to the complaint on May 3, 2023. On June 9, 2023, Memo's Scaffolding filed a cross -complaint against Gibson. Gibson filed an answer ...

Excerpt: ...ect rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is an unlawful detainer matter. On February 5, 2024, the Court entered a default judgment in the amount of $33,162.81 against Defendant Samantha Clark. Defendant Clark, a pro per litigant, now seeks to set aside her default and default judgment under Code Civ. Proc. §§ 473(b) -(d), 473.5. Clark contends that “[t]he Proof of Service filed by Plaintiff indicates that she was served su...

Excerpt: ... a nd John Doe 10, an individual (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) RESPONDING PARTY: Defendant Facey Medical Group (“Defendant”) NOTICE: ok RELIEF REQUESTED: An order compelling Defendant's further responses to Plaintiffs' Requests for Production of Documents (“RFPs”), Set One, Request No. 11. TENTATIVE RULING: The motion is granted. Defendant to provide further code- compliant responses to Plaintiff's RFP No. 11, as modified herein, withi...

Excerpt: ...l further responses to special interrogatories is granted for Special Interrogatory No. 6 and the verification of responses. SUMMARY OF ACTION Plaintiff Justine Amanda Cruz Echavez (Plaintiff) filed this action against Defendant California Institute of the Arts (Defendant) on April 18, 2023. On July 7, 2023, Plaintiff served Defendant with Plaintiff's Special Interrogatories, Set One. On September 19, 2023, Defendant served Plaintiff with objecti...

Excerpt: ... (1) sexual harassment in violation of Civil Code section 51.9; (2) sexual battery in violation of Civil Code section 1708.5; and (3) negligence. Nogales has been dismissed from the lawsuit. According to the complaint, Aquino was employed by CDLF as a marriage and family therapist from April 2019 to May 2020. (Compl. ¶ 15.) Plaintiff alleges that on October 5, 2019, she attended a therapy appointment with Aquino wherein Aquino sexually assaulted...

Excerpt: ...ect rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is an employment action. Plaintiff Gena Persons seeks to compel further responses from Defendant City of Pasadena as to her requests for production, set four, nos. 107- 110. The requests at issue seek documents from the employment personnel file of Commander Kelly Evans. Plaintiff alleges that she had PTSD and that Evans, her supervisor, “who had it out for plaintiff because she had c...

Excerpt: ...uary 27, 2023, Plaintiff filed suit against Defendants COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION (“Costco” or “Defendant Costco”), XAVIER SOLIS (“Defendant Solis”), JOHN FONTAINE (“Defendant Fontaine”), and JOSHUA SNOOK (“Defendant Snook”). On June 26, 2023, Costco filed a demurrer (to the Unruh Civil Rights Act COA, Sexual Harassment COA, and Gender Violence COA). On August 14, 2023, Plaintiff filed a FAC asserting the following COAs: 1. ...

Excerpt: ...se Cruz, and DOES 1 -50, for negligence/negligence per se cause of action. On July 25, 2022, Defendants Shippers Transport Express, Inc. and Jose Cruz (collectively, “Defendants”) filed their Answer to the Complaint. On May 31, 2023, Defendants served Plaintiff with a demand for inspection of a vehicle. (Warren Decl., ¶ 4 & Exh. A.) Plaintiff did not serve a response to the discovery. (Id. , ¶ 6.) Defendants' investigator apparently obtaine...

Excerpt: ...vis Scott RESPONDING PARTY: Defendants Samuel Luke Llaneras and Tharsys Da Silva The Court has considered the moving papers. No opposition has been filed. BACKGROUND This is a breach of contract action. On June 30, 2023, Plaintiffs Andrew Donegan, DG LLC, and Travis Scott (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) filed this action against Defendants Samuel Luke Llaneras (“Llaneras”), Tharsys Da Silva (“Da Silva”) (collectively, “Defendants”), ...

Excerpt: ...022, Plaintiff Raymond Ghermezian, A Professional Law Corporation (“Plaintiff”) filed the instant Complaint in Interpleader against Defendants Celia Vargas, Precise Imaging, Wilshire Radiology; Ronald Fisk, M.D., Gary Chen, M.D., Bobby Moussaz adeh, M.D., Umi Of Gardena; Skye Anesthesia; Huntington Park Advanced Imaging, CCC Surgery Center, Golden West Medical Center, Gardena Hospital, Beverly Radiology; MDR Network Care, LLC, Bay City Surger...

Excerpt: ...tion is granted. SUMMARY OF ACTION In this case, the Plaintiffs, including Plaintiff Angela Karapetyan (Angela), were teachers and other employees at Defendant Granada Hills Charter (GHC). Plaintiffs were terminated because they refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine as required by LAUSD. Ange la, in refusing to get the vaccine, claimed a religious exemption. After Plaintiffs were terminated, they filed this case on April 22, 2022. From September 9,...

Excerpt: ...On February 22, 2019, Plaintiff Richard Bundy (“Plaintiff”) filed this action against Defendants Lashon Bundy- Lawrence (“Defendant”) and Does 1 to 10, asserting causes of action for (1) financial elder abuse, (2) quiet title, (3) ejectment, and (4) cancell ation of instrument. According to the Complaint, this action concerns the real property commonly known as 15156 Kingsbury Street, Mission Hills, CA 91345. (Compl., ¶ 2.) Plaintiff and...

Excerpt: ...ourt allow him to file an answer and cross complaint. Additionally, Defendant Fu moves to set aside an order for admission to be deemed admitted. The motion is denied. Under Code of Civil Procedure section 473, subdivision (b): “the court may, upon any terms as may be just, relieve a party or his or her legal representative from a judgment, dismissal, order, or other proceeding taken against him or her through his or her mistake, inadvertence, ...

Excerpt: ...ceanside, California as of September 1977 (the Property). In May 2015 and October 2017, unbeknownst to Plaintiff, Decedent borrowed $100,000 and $50,000 from Defendants, secured by the Property. Decedent passed away in August 2020, and Plaintiff alleges that as a result, she wholly owns the Property without encumbrance. Defendants have refused to remove the subject liens from the Property, prompting this lawsuit. On March 4, 2021, Defendants Tsas...

Excerpt: ... Carlos Mendoza) (collectively, “Defendants/Cross -Defendants”) RESPONDING PARTY: None NOTICE: OK RELIEF REQUESTED: An order from this Court striking the language regarding attorney's fees in the Cross-Complaint. TENTATIVE RULING: The motion is GRANTED. BACKGROUND This action arises from a three -vehicle collision that allegedly occurred on October 22, 2021. (Compl., at p. 4) On October 13, 2023, Plaintiff Ninnette Rodriguez Lopez (“Plainti...

Excerpt: ...nce Brown, Stephen Thompson, Erick Herrera, Diana Salazar, Christopher Pearl, Brandon Gaviria, Amanda Flores, Osvaldo Perez, Mark Escalante, Katherine Gerbasi, Danyelle Leah Sims, Kevin Jesus Ruiz, Elver Hernandez, Paris Was hington, Aaron Walker Matis, Lacramiora Muntean, Kent Villa, Jasmin Rincon, Elizabeth Tooley, Alicia Reyna, Samantha De Leon, Morgan Fangue, Leslye Alaniz, Katherine Gray, Katelynn Rhoads, and Grace Evelyn Bowland Motion to S...

Excerpt: ...endants KYN Group; KWN, LLC; Jack Ng; and Kwok Ng (“Defendants”) RESPONDING PARTY : Plaintiffs Tiangang Sun and Xiangming Sun (“Plaintiffs”) SERVICE: Filed February 20, 2024 OPPOSITION: Filed April 19, 2024 REPLY: Filed April 26, 2024 RELIEF REQUESTED Defendants move for an order striking Plaintiffs' memorandum of costs. BACKGROUND Plaintiffs Tiangang Sun and Xiangming Sun (“Plaintiffs”) allege that defendants KYN Group, KWN LLC, Jack...

Excerpt: ... for Plaintiff. TENTATIVE RULING: GRANTED. While Plaintiff's motion is broad, evidence of any potential effects of a verdict on Defendants would be irrelevant and potentially excluded under Evidence Code § 352. Plaintiff's MIL #4 : Withdrawn. Plaintiff's MIL #5 : seeking exclusion of written warnings given in 2012 and 2015 and testimony about those warnings and the underlying circumstance. TENTATIVE RULING: GRANTED. Defendants oppose the motion ...

Excerpt: ... Lilach Basson, filed a complaint against Defendants Krystal Burns, Norma Burns, and Glory Project LLC for assault, battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligent infliction of emotional distress, and interference with tenancy. Plaintiff Yacov leases property from Defendant Glory Project, LLC. Plaintiff Lilach Basson alleges when she was visiting her husband's office with Noam, their son, Basson was physically and verbally attac...

Excerpt: ...item Jesse Ronald Carrasco, (“Plaintiff Carrasco”) propounded set one of form interrogatories, special interrogatories, and request for production of documents on defendant Becky Radgowski (“Defendan t Becky”) on December 27, 2023. To date, Defendant Becky has not served responses. Plaintiff Carrasco therefore seeks an order compelling Defendant Becky to respond, without objections, to the outstanding discovery and to pay sanctions. Defen...

Excerpt: ...rren Player. Defendant filed his Answer to the Complaint on January 23, 2023. A bench trial took place between September 18, 2023 and September 26, 2023. At the conclusion of the Plaintiff's case, Defendant moved for entry of judgment under CCP § 631.8. The Court granted the motion for judgment and issued its oral statement of decision at the conclusion of the trial explaining why the Court was granting Defendant's motion for judgment. This Cour...

Excerpt: ...) filed this p\ etition for a writ of mandate ordering respondent Pasaca Capital, Inc. (“Pasaca”\ ) and its controlling stockholder, respondent Charles Huang (“Huang”) to a\ llow the inspection and copying of Pasaca's corporate records. On January 9, 2024, Pasaca and Huang (collectively, “Respondents”\ ) filed a response. The response and supporting papers were ordered sealed\ by the Honorable Margaret L. Oldendorf on February 2, 2024...

Excerpt: ...”) and Tyler Patrick Whiteman (“Whiteman”) for damages arising from an automobile incident. Plaintiff alleges that on January 22, 2020, Whiteman lost con trol of his vehicle and collided with Plaintiff's vehicle. Plaintiff sets forth a cause of action for liability of public entities and public employees pursuant to Gov. Code section 815.2 and 820. Plaintiff moves to compel the City to produce medical employment records of Whiteman related ...

Excerpt: ...Defendants violated HBOR by failing to contact Plaintiffs thirty days or more before recording a notice of default in order to discuss Plaintiffs' financial situation and explore ways to avoid foreclosure. On November 8, 2018, Plaintiffs filed he operative First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) alleging causes of action for (1) violation of Civ. Code § 2923.5, (2) accounting, (3) negligence, and (4) violations of the UCL. Demurrer Defendants demur ...

Excerpt: ...mplaint alleges the following causes of action: 1. Breach of Contract; 2. Failure to Pay Wages (Lab. Code, §§ 202, 203, 558); 3. Failure to Pay all Wages at Time of Termination of Employment (Lab. Code, §§ 201, 202, 203, 227.3, 558); and 4. Unfair Competition (Bus. And Prof. Code, § 17200, et seq.) Defendant now moves for summary judgment, or, in the alternative, summary adjudication. An opposition and reply have been filed and considered. I...