Excerpt: ...n Place Construction, Inc.'s Demurrer to Defendant A&R Corporation, Inc.'s Cross-Complaint is OVERRULED. Plaintiff and Cross-Defendant Cast in Place Construction, Inc.'s Motion to Strike Portions of Defendant A&R Corporation, Inc.'s Cross-Complaint is GRANTED with leave to amend as to Paragraphs 14 and 41 related to the filing of a mechanic's lien, and DENIED as to the prayer for punitive damages. FACTUAL BACKGROUND This is an action for breach o...

Excerpt: ...Cause of Action for Breach of Implied Warranty of Merchantability, and OVERRULED as to the Third, Fourth, Sixth, and Seventh Causes of Action. Defendant Kia Motors America, Inc.'s Motion to Strike Portions of the Second Amended Complaint is DENIED. FACTUAL BACKGROUND This is a Lemon Law case. The Second Amended Complaint (“SAC”) alleges as follows. In September 2012, Plaintiff Eric Escorsia (“Escorsia”) purchased a 2012 Kia Optima with an...

Excerpt: ... that Plaintiff John Nathan Gordon (“Gordon”) obtained a favorable judgment against Defendant Kambiz Faalzadeh (“Faalzadeh”) in Colombia on March 4, 2015. (Complaint ¶ 3.) $3,414,822.74 are due Gordon in damages. (Complaint ¶4.) Gordon asks for entry of this judgment here. (Complaint at p. 4.) PROCEDURAL HISTORY Gordon filed the Complaint on September 8, 2017, alleging one cause of action for entry of judgment based on foreign judgment....

Excerpt: ...t Amended Cross-Complaint is SUSTAINED, with leave to amend, as to the Fifteenth Cause of Action for Unfair Competition, and OVERRULED as to the Second and Fourth Causes of Action for Fraud and Negligent Misrepresentation. Cross-Defendant Gregory R. Ryan's Motion to Strike Portions of the First Amended Cross- Complaint is GRANTED as to the prayer for attorneys' fees against Ryan, without leave to amend, and DENIED as to the prayer for punitive da...

Excerpt: ...Pittsburgh, PA's Motion for Reconsideration of this Court's November 1, 2018 Order is GRANTED. Core must produce unredacted retainer agreements, fee inovices, time sheets, and payment records for attorney services for which Core will claim entitlement to Brandt fees. FACTUAL BACKGROUND This is an action for bad faith breach of contract and legal malpractice. The Complaint alleges as follows. Plaintiffs Core Health & Fitness, LL, Core Fitness, LLC...

Excerpt: ...mplaint, and Request for Sanctions, is DENIED. FACTUAL BACKGROUND This is an action for negligence and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The Complaint alleges as follows. Plaintiff Eulalia Chavez (“Chavez”) fell down in the aisle of an airliner after being hurried to her seat by an aggressive flight attendant. (Complaint ¶¶ 12–13.) She was sent to the hospitals for injuries. (Complaint ¶ 14.) PROCEDURAL HISTORY Chavez filed t...

Excerpt: ...unitive Damages Allegations is DENIED. FACTUAL BACKGROUND <0033004f0044004c005100 00510056005200510003>Petroleum (“Bronson”) owns a gas station. (Complaint ¶ 1.) Defendant Sunset Studios Holdings, LLC (“Sunset”) owns real property across the road from Bronson's gas station. (Complaint ¶ 2.) Sunset contracted with Defendant Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Company (“Hathaway”) to build a high rise building on Sunset's property. (Compl...

Excerpt: ...00. FACTUAL BACKGROUND This is an action for fraud and elder abuse. The First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) alleges as follows. Plaintiff is Yolanda Gallegos Terrazas (“Terrazas”) as conservator of the estate of Carmen Guzman (“Guzman”). In 2012, Guzman was 80 years old and living with dementia. (FAC ¶ 12.) In August 2012, Defendant Inez Landin (“Landin”), Guzman's granddaughter, moved into Guzman's home to provide health care. (FAC ...

Excerpt: ...its entirety, with leave to amend. Defendants Velur Enterprises, Inc. and Velur Properties, LLC's Motion to Strike Portions of the Complaint is DENIED as moot. FACTUAL BACKGROUND This is an action for fraud. The Complaint alleges as follows. Plaintiffs Haiming Hu and Limin Jiang (“Plaintiffs”) responded to advertisements by Defendants Velur Enterprises, Inc. and Velur Properties, LLC (“Velur”) stating that Velur owned properties that were...

Excerpt: ... is fully and adequately set forth in prior orders of the Court. Cross-Complainant Jessica Herwill (“Herwill”) has filed thirteen motions in limine and Cross- Defendants Nicholas Wagner and Wagner, Jones, Kopfman & Artenian (hereinafter collectively “WJKA”) have filed ten. The purpose of this Tentative Ruling is to set forth the court's tentative rulings on those motions. MOTIONS IN LIMINE HERWILL'S MOTIONS IN LIMINE CC1 — TO PRECLUDE C...

Excerpt: ...ntiff Jordan Simons (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant David Saffron (“Defendant”) entered into a written settlement agreement whereby Defendant agreed to pay Plaintiff 2,250 Bitcoin and $16,600.00 or the equivalent value in Bitcoin by a certain date in July 2018. (Complaint ¶ 5.) Plaintiff has performed his end of the contract, but Defendant has not delivered any payment. (Complaint ¶ 6.) PROCEDURAL HISTORY Plaintiff filed the Complaint on No...

Excerpt: ...practice action. Plaintiff Mohammad Mazed (“Mazed”) alleges that defendant Leech, Tishman, Fuscaldo & Lampl, LLP (“Leech”) mailed him a demand letter on February 21, 2017 seeking $19,795.07 relating to legal services allegedly performed inMazed v. J.P. Morgan Chase. (First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) ¶ 8.) Mazed alleges he does not owe Leech any money because defendant Ivan Posey (“Posey”) explicitly waived any claim for fees when ...

Excerpt: ...on, A.P.C., Julie A. Mehrban, and Morse Mehrban's Special Motion to Strike Complaint is GRANTED. FACTUAL BACKGROUND This is an action for defamation and fraud. The Complaint alleges that Defendants Law Office of Morse Mehrban, A.P.C., Mehrban Law Corporation, A.P.C., Julie A. Mehrban, and Morse Mehrban (“Defendants”) engage in a practice of filing fraudulent disability lawsuits, including against Plaintiff James Shin (“Shin”), in which th...

Excerpt: ...This is an action for fraud, defamation, and wrongful eviction arising out of a family dissolution matter. The First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) alleges as follows. Plaintiff Arthur Tsatryan (“Arthur”) filed a petition for divorce from his wife, Polina Tsatryan (“Polina”) in September 2009. (FAC ¶ 12.) During the dissolution proceedings, Polina testified that an interspousal transfer deed for their Santa Clarita residence executed in A...

Excerpt: ...merica is GRANTED in part as to Requests No. 7, 8, 11, 12, 48, 49, 59, 72, 73, and 82. The motion is otherwise DENIED. FACTUAL BACKGROUND This is a Lemon Law case. The Complaint alleges as follows. Plaintiff Delinda W. Smith (“Smith”) on October 24, 2015, purchased a 2014 Kia Rio with an express written warranty. (Complaint ¶¶ 6–7.) During the warranty period, the vehicle developed several defects. (Complaint ¶ 8.) PROCEDURAL HISTORY Smi...

Excerpt: ... Services, Inc.'s Motion for Determination of Good Faith Settlement is GRANTED. Defendants James H. Dresselaers and Colleen Dresselaers's Motion for Determination of Good Faith Settlement is GRANTED. FACTUAL BACKGROUND The First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) alleges as follows. Plaintiff Eric Barton (“Barton”), a former NFL player, was a member of EBB Promotions, LLC (“EBB”), a Maryland LLC. (FAC ¶¶ 1, 2.) Barton was a client of defenda...

Excerpt: ...end his deposition within 20 days of this order. No sanctions are awarded. FACTUAL ALLEGATIONS This is a wage-and-hour case. Plaintiffs Shahriyar Khansari and Pershing Fallahpour allege that they are former employees of Defendants TC Lounge, Inc. and Ahmad Massoud. (Complaint ¶ 12.) Plaintiffs allege that throughout their employment with Defendants, they were misclassified as independent contractors, leading to various labor law violations. (Com...

Excerpt: ...mmary Adjudication is DENIED. FACTUAL BACKGROUND This is an action for disability discrimination. The Complaint alleges as follows. Plaintiff Carlos Belteton (“Belteton”) worked for Defendant Gelson's Markets, Arden Group Inc. (“Gelson”) as a meat cutter. (Complaint ¶ 1.) Beleton was disabled, and Defendant managers Fred White and Karla Ash knew of his disability and his need for accommodation. (Complaint ¶ 4.) Defendants subjected Belt...

Excerpt: ...wain and Asi Rayn's Motion to Strike Portions of the First Amended Complaint is GRANTED with leave to amend as to the prayer for punitive damages and the FAC's mention of claims for breach of contract and tortious breach of contract but DENIED as to the mention of “Personal Injury” in the complaint's label. FACTUAL BACKGROUND This is an action for negligence. The First Amended Complaint alleges that Defendants Zipora Atwain and Asi Rayn negli...

Excerpt: ...er, LLC's Demurrer to the Complaint is SUSTAINED with leave to amend as to the First, Second, Third, Fifth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Causes of Action as alleged by Plaintiff Gerard Lingad, and otherwise OVERRULED. FACTUAL BACKGROUND This is a landlord-tenant habitability action. The Complaint alleges as follows. Plaintiffs Maria Hazel San Mateo, Lindsey Mejia, Orisza Mejia, and Gerard Lingad (“Plaintiffs resided in a...

Excerpt: ...ND CROSS- COMPLAINANTS FIERSTADT & MANS, LLP, JACK A. FIERSTADT, AND DAVID A. MANS'S MOTION FOR JUDGMENT NOTWITHSTANDING THE VERDICT Plaintiffs and Cross-Defendants Michael and Donna Zimmerman's Motion for New Trial is DENIED. Plaintiffs and Cross-Defendants Michael and Donna Zimmerman's Motion for Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict is DENIED. Defendants and Cross-Complainants Fierstadt & Mans, LLP, Jack A. Fierstadt, and David A. Mans's Motion...

Excerpt: ...t Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC, is GRANTED in part, as follows: <000f000300140013000f00 000300150015000f0003[26, and 50, the matters upon which Nicholas Cinquepalmi testified. As to the matters for which Mercedes offered no PMK, the Motion is GRANTED as toMatters No. 7, 9, 11, 12, 15–21, 23, 25, 27–29, and 31–49, and Mercedes must produce a witness for them. The Motion is DENIED as to Matters No. 24 and 30. No sanctions are awarded. FACTS This is...

Excerpt: ...a protective order stipulated to by the parties and submitted for Court approval within 15 days of this order, or to an order entered by the Court pursuant to a noticed motion. The Motion is DENIED as to all other requests. FACTUAL BACKGROUND This is a Lemon Law case. The First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) alleges as follows. Plaintiff Jennifer Daily (“Daily”) purchased a 2012 GMC Terrain in November 2012. (FAC ¶ 17.) That purchase included...

Excerpt: ...ave to amend as to the Second and Third Causes of Action, and OVERRULED as to the First and Fourth Causes of Action. FACTUAL BACKGROUND This is an action for breach of contract and tortious interference with economic relations. The Complaint alleges as follows. Plaintiff Steve A. Simons (“Simons”) is involved in the vehicle recovery and repossession business. (Complaint ¶ 8.) Defendant Allied Finance Adjusters Conference, Inc. (“Allied”)...

Excerpt: ...nd Cross-Complainant General Street Media, LLC's Motion to Modify Preliminary Injunction is GRANTED in LASC Case No. BC709958. Defendant Sunset Hills Car Wash Inc.'s Demurrer is OVERRULED in LASC Case No. 19STCV01317. FACTUAL BACKGROUND This is an action for breach of contract. The Complaint alleges as follows. Plaintiff Sunset Hills Car Wash, Inc. (“Sunset”) entered into a license agreement with Defendant General Barricade, LLC (“General�...