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2024.02.02 Demurrer to SAC 103
Location: Los Angeles
Judge: Hofer, Ralph C
Hearing Date: 2024.02.02
Excerpt: ...ional Elder Abuse 5) Fraud 6) Theft SUMMARY OF FACTS: Plaintiff Lorraine Rhone alleges that in January of 2022 plaintiff entered into an agreement with defendant Redondo Van and Storage, Inc. to move plaintiff's household goods from a two-bedroom upstairs apartment in Glendale to the city of San Pedro. Plaintiff was quoted a price of $2,400 to $3,200, with four men. Plaintiff alleges that instead of four men, five men arrived not prepared to crat...
2024.02.02 Demurrer, Motion to Strike 971
Location: Los Angeles
Judge: Hofer, Ralph C
Hearing Date: 2024.02.02
Excerpt: ...ations, punitive damages, treble damages CAUSES OF ACTION: from Complaint 1) Fraud v. Hamadi, Minasyan 2) Conspiracy to Defraud v. Hamadi, Minasyan 3) Intentional Misrepresentation v. Hamadi, Minasyan 4) Breach of Fiduciary Duty v. Minasyan 5) Breach of Oral Contract v. Hamadi, Keshishyan 6) Unjust Enrichment v. Hamadi, Keshishyan 7) Conversion v. Hamadi, Keshishyan 8) Theft -Receipt of Stolen Property v. Hamadi 9) NIED v. Hamadi SUMMARY OF FACTS...
2024.01.26 Motions to Compel Further Responses to Discovery 710
Location: Los Angeles
Judge: Hofer, Ralph C
Hearing Date: 2024.01.26
Excerpt: ...ction of Documents, Set One FACTUAL BACKGROUND Plaintiff Toni Lawson-Apana alleges that she leased a vehicle from defendant Sunrise Ford, which vehicle was manufactured by defendant Ford Motor Company, and which was equipped with a Power Liftgate System, an electrical opening and closing system. Plaintiff alleges that contrary to defendants' representations regarding the subject vehicle's safety and reliability, in April of 2015, while plaintiff ...
2024.01.26 Motion for Substitution of Personal Representative 289
Location: Los Angeles
Judge: Hofer, Ralph C
Hearing Date: 2024.01.26
Excerpt: ...entative of the Estate of Jim Cox. SUMMARY OF FACTS: The complaint alleges that Ivy Fung, the mother of plaintiff Kurt Takashi Ando, created a Revocable Trust in 2016. Ivy Fung was the Trustee, with successor Trustees being plaintiff and/or Marie Bernardini. The Trust was created by Ivy Fung after she was diagnosed with terminal illness, and was revocable until her death, after which the Trust became irrevocable and all Trust property was to be h...
2024.01.26 Demurrer, Motion to Strike 744
Location: Los Angeles
Judge: Hofer, Ralph C
Hearing Date: 2024.01.26
Excerpt: ...(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 Civil Code Section 1793.2 4) Breach of the Implied Warranty of Merchantability 5) Fraudulent Inducement—Concealment SUMMARY OF FACTS: Plaintiff Grigor Golamirians alleges that in September of 2020 plaintiff entered into a warranty contract with defendant General Motors, LLC (GM) regarding a 2020 Chevrolet Bolt vehi...
2024.01.26 Demurrer, Motion to Strike 483
Location: Los Angeles
Judge: Hofer, Ralph C
Hearing Date: 2024.01.26
Excerpt: ...m First Amended Complaint 1) Negligence 2) Conversion 3) Breach of Contract 4) NIED 5) IIED SUMMARY OF FACTS: Plaintiff Raya Torossian alleges that in March of 2020, plaintiff contracted with defendant Zippy Shell, Inc. (Zippy Shell) to have personal belongings moved, in a closed storage container, to North Carolina. In April of 2020, defendant Pack Rats Portable Mini Storage, LLC (Pack Rats), on behalf of Zippy Shell, met with plaintiff to pick ...
2024.01.26 Demurrer 021
Location: Los Angeles
Judge: Hofer, Ralph C
Hearing Date: 2024.01.26
Excerpt: ...First Amended Complaint 1) Negligent Act or Omission of Public Entity or Public Employee 2) Dangerous Condition of Public Property SUMMARY OF FACTS: Plaintiffs Natasha Asatryan and Vartan Asatryan, the parents of decedent Liana Asatryan, allege that on December 2, 2021, defendants City of Glendale, Glendale Unified School District, and Balboa Elementary School negligently hired, retained, trained and supervised defendants' employees, and negligen...
2024.01.26 Application for Writ of Possession 864
Location: Los Angeles
Judge: Hofer, Ralph C
Hearing Date: 2024.01.26
Excerpt: ...of the plaintiff's claim and that entitled to possession? No declaration or documentary evidence submitted. If based on written instrument, copy attached? No. Showing that property wrongfully detained by defendant, manner in which came into possession and reason for detention? No showing Particular description of property and statement of its value? No showing, application Statement of location of the property No showing, application Property not...
2024.01.19 Motion to Compel Arbitration 990
Location: Los Angeles
Judge: Hofer, Ralph C
Hearing Date: 2024.01.19
Excerpt: ...s this action against her former employer, defendant Systech Solutions, LLC, alleging that in July of 2020, plaintiff was hired as a Marketing and Corporate Communications Analyst, and was wrongly classified as an exempt employee and paid an annual salary, when her employment position did not fall under any exception to the non-exempt employee status. Plaintiff alleges that due to this misclassification, plaintiff was denied overtime that she was...
2024.01.19 Motion to Compel Arbitration 753
Location: Los Angeles
Judge: Hofer, Ralph C
Hearing Date: 2024.01.19
Excerpt: ... vehicle from Glendale Hyundai, and that upon the purchase defendant Hyundai Motor America issued an express warranty to plaintiff, pursuant to which defendant undertook to preserve or maintain the utility or performance of the vehicle. Plaintiff alleges that since purchasing the vehicle, plaintiff has delivered the vehicle for repair to defendant or its authorized repair facility not less than three times for repair of nonconformity to warranty,...
2024.01.19 Motion to Compel Further Responses 082
Location: Los Angeles
Judge: Hofer, Ralph C
Hearing Date: 2024.01.19
Excerpt: ...Plaintiff Nate Beltran alleges that while he was a resident or patient with defendant BHC Alhambra Hospital, Inc. (BHC Alhambra), he was a dependent adult. Plaintiff alleges that in September of 2021, plaintiff was brutally attacked by another patient while admitted at BHC Alhambra, when, while plaintiff was sound asleep in his hospital bed, another patient started punching and choking plaintiff. Plaintiff rolled out of bed and was on the ground ...
2024.01.19 Motion to Set Aside Default 759
Location: Los Angeles
Judge: Hofer, Ralph C
Hearing Date: 2024.01.19
Excerpt: ...ants Wayne Hazle and Mary Ellen Hazle to occupy premises in Glendale, and has at all times satisfied her lease and has been in lawful possession of her apartment. Plaintiff alleges that the tenancy is subject to the Tenant Protection Act of 2019. Plaintiff alleges that plaintiff has been living in the back room/garage of defendants' property as specified in the Lease Agreement, but that the premises were not permitted to be safe, inhabitable, or ...
2024.01.19 Motion to Vacate Judgment 944
Location: Los Angeles
Judge: Hofer, Ralph C
Hearing Date: 2024.01.19
Excerpt: ...LA Auto Center, Inc. owes plaintiff money in the sum of $10,000 because defendant paid off plaintiff's loan amount of $5,700 and evaluated his Honda Civil for $9,800 as his trade in value, and in the same transaction defendant sold plaintiff a used Volkswagen GTI for $12,166. Plaintiff claims that when he drove the car off the lot the check engine light turned on, and there followed a six-month period of empty promises, excuses and run around ans...
2024.01.12 Petition to Compel Arbitration 788
Location: Los Angeles
Judge: Hofer, Ralph C
Hearing Date: 2024.01.12
Excerpt: ...leges that in February of 2023, plaintiff entered into a written Food Truck Lease Agreement with defendants Timofey Kravtsov, Elena Kravtsova, and Coffeegizer, LLC pursuant to which defendants agreed to lease a 2021 Mercedes Sprinter Food Truck for 12 months at $3,500 per month. The complaint alleges that the Lease required an initial $10,000 payment for first and last month's lease payments and a $3,000 security deposit, which defendants paid, b...
2024.01.12 Motions to Compel Further Responses 001
Location: Los Angeles
Judge: Hofer, Ralph C
Hearing Date: 2024.01.12
Excerpt: ...r Production of Documents, Set One DECLARATION SUPPORTING MOTION: Reasonable and good faith attempt to resolve informally: Yes, Sobati Decl., paras. 6, 7 Ex. E FACTUAL BACKGROUND Plaintiff and decedent Alberd Ishoo, through his successor in interest, his daughter, Sinla Ishoo, alleges that decedent passed away as a result of injuries caused by abuse and neglect while decedent was a patient at defendant Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Bu...
2024.01.12 Motions for Leave to FIle Amicus Curiae Brief, to Proceed Using Pseudonyms 128
Location: Los Angeles
Judge: Hofer, Ralph C
Hearing Date: 2024.01.12
Excerpt: ...er to Proceed Using Pseudonyms and accompanying exhibits in the Court's public file. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND: This action is brought by plaintiff Jane DOE K.C. 1 and plaintiff Jane Doe A.H. 2, who allege that they are survivors of childhood sexual abuse, sexual battery, assault, molestation and abuse at the hands of defendant (originally sued as defendant Doe 1) Gloria de Los Angeles Trevino Ruiz aka Gloria Trevi, and defendant (origina...
2024.01.12 Motion to Transfer Venue 498
Location: Los Angeles
Judge: Hofer, Ralph C
Hearing Date: 2024.01.12
Excerpt: ...s been served) RELIEF REQUESTED: Order transferring this action from Los Angeles Superior Court to Fresno County Superior Court FACTUAL BACKGROUND: Plaintiffs David Montes and Consuelo Montes allege that in March of 2019 plaintiffs purchased a 2019 Ford F-150, for which defendant Ford Motor Company (Ford) issued a written warranty, pursuant to which Ford agreed to preserve or maintain the utility or performance of the vehicle or provide compensat...
2024.01.12 Motion to Set Aside Default Judgment 093
Location: Los Angeles
Judge: Hofer, Ralph C
Hearing Date: 2024.01.12
Excerpt: ... action based on a complaint in intervention. Plaintiff alleges that plaintiff is a licensed escrow agent and is now in possession of $33,750.00 in disputed money, which funds represent the earnest money deposit of defendant Lusine Hakhverdyan (Buyer) submitted to Escrow during the purchase of real property in Van Nuys from defendants Karapet Kiramichyan and Tsonvinar Kiramittchian (Sellers). Plaintiff alleges that in June of 2018, the defendants...
2024.01.12 Motion to Intervene 284
Location: Los Angeles
Judge: Hofer, Ralph C
Hearing Date: 2024.01.12
Excerpt: ...that in February of 2021, plaintiff walked into a commercial building located on private property on Brand Boulevard owned, operated, maintained, and controlled by defendants Alta Construction and UBS Realty Investors LLC. Plaintiff alleges that while moving into the facility on surfaces and other points of passage intended for public use, plaintiff slipped and fell due to oil that was on the floor, and fell to the ground, sustaining injuries. Pl...
2024.01.12 Motion for Summary Judgment, Adjudication 166
Location: Los Angeles
Judge: Hofer, Ralph C
Hearing Date: 2024.01.12
Excerpt: ...achs Bank USA and against defendant Viktoryia Antashkevich. In the alternative, summary adjudication in favor of plaintiff on the first cause of action for open book account. CAUSES OF ACTION: from (Form) Complaint 1) Common Counts Open Book Account Account Stated Money Lent Money Paid, Laid Out and Expended at Defendant's Special Instance and Request Other SUMMARY OF FACTS: Plaintiff Goldman Sachs Bank USA alleges that within the last four years...
2024.01.12 Motion for Reconsideration 515
Location: Los Angeles
Judge: Hofer, Ralph C
Hearing Date: 2024.01.12
Excerpt: ...amount of $3,826 for plaintiff's purported failure to comply with the March 11, 2022 Order. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND: Plaintiff Mark Ellensohn alleges that on June 9, 2015, plaintiff was traveling on Interstate 5 southbound approximately 100 feet north of Alameda Avenue in the City of Burbank, where a low hanging live and uncovered electrical wire was stretched across the freeway, hanging at such a height that it posed an unreasonable an...
2024.01.05 Writ of Possession 200
Location: Los Angeles
Judge: Hofer, Ralph C
Hearing Date: 2024.01.05
Excerpt: ...umyan for the sale of a motor vehicle. (Ex. 1). Under this Contract, upon a default of any provision, plaintiff has the right to immediate possession of the vehicle. [Wilber Decl., ¶ 6, Ex. 1, ¶ 3d]. Defendant has defaulted in payment on the agreement. [Wilber Decl., ¶¶10, 11]. Plaintiff is aware that defendant Shaumyan is no longer in possession of the vehicle, and that defendant Gad Auto Body Shop Inc. (Gad Auto) is currently in possession ...
2024.01.05 Motion to Compel Further Responses 001
Location: Los Angeles
Judge: Hofer, Ralph C
Hearing Date: 2024.01.05
Excerpt: ...ORTING MOTION: Reasonable and good faith attempt to resolve informally: Yes, Sobati Decl., paras. 6, 7 Ex. E FACTUAL BACKGROUND Plaintiff and decedent Alberd Ishoo, through his successor in interest, his daughter, Sinla Ishoo, alleges that decedent passed away as a result of injuries caused by abuse and neglect while decedent was a patient at defendant Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank. The complaint alleges that decedent, a depen...
2024.01.05 Demurrer 022
Location: Los Angeles
Judge: Hofer, Ralph C
Hearing Date: 2024.01.05
Excerpt: ...blic Nuisance v. Bedikian Defendants 4) Trespass v. Bedikian Defendants 5) Negligence v. Bedikian Defendants 6) Breach of Contract v. Hippo 7) Breach of Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing v. Hippo 8) Violation of Fair Housing Act v. Hippo SUMMARY OF FACTS: Plaintiff Mae Abou-Chakra alleges that defendants Alice Bedikian and Hrant Bedikian are the owners of property which adjoins property owned and occupied by plaintiff in La Crescenta. Plain...
2023.12.22 Motion to Quash Service of Summons 695
Location: Los Angeles
Judge: Hofer, Ralph C
Hearing Date: 2023.12.22
Excerpt: ... damages to plaintiff. The form complaint alleges causes of action for Motor Vehicle and General Negligence. ANALYSIS: CCP § 418.10 permits a defendant, on or before the last day of his time to plead, to serve and file a motion to quash service of summons “on the ground of lack of jurisdiction of the court over him...” § 418.10(a)(1). With respect to a motion to quash for lack of jurisdiction, the burden is on plaintiff to demonstrate by a ...

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