Excerpt: ... 1-8 FACTUAL BACKGROUND Plaintiff Korea Trade Insurance Corporation alleges that it is assignee to Mido Trade Co., Ltd, and brings this action for common counts, alleging that defendant Mix & Match Apparel, Inc. has become indebted to plaintiff in the sum of $152,244.49. The complaint alleges causes of action for open book account, account stated, and reasonable value. Defendant Mix & Match Apparel, Inc. has filed a cross-complaint against Mido T...

Excerpt: ...t through third causes of action. CAUSES OF ACTION: from Second Amended Complaint 1) Strict Liability: Manufacturing and Design Defect 2) Strict Liability: Failure to Warn 3) Negligence SUMMARY OF FACTS: Plaintiff David Desoto alleges that from approximately 1980 to 1994 plaintiff was employed at the facilities of Lockheed Corporation and its various affiliates (Lockheed), a manufacturer, supplier and seller of defense weaponry and related produc...

Excerpt: ...ve resided in an illegally built structure located at 12223 Wick Street in Sun Valley, Unit B, since April 2012 to the present, pursuant to a written lease agreement with the former landlord. Plaintiffs allege that defendant Karen Baca is the true owner of the subject property and unit, and that defendant Ana Moreno has acted as property manager since September of 2015. Plaintiffs allege that during their tenancies at the unit and defendants' own...

Excerpt: ...lege that plaintiffs at all relevant times have resided in an illegally built structure located at 12223 Wick Street in Sun Valley, Unit A, since February 2009 to the present, pursuant to a written lease agreement with the former landlord. Plaintiffs allege that defendant Karen Baca is the true owner of the subject property and unit, and that defendant Ana Moreno has acted as property manager since September of 2015. Plaintiffs allege that during...

Excerpt: ...ents, Set One FACTUAL BACKGROUND: Plaintiffs Edwin Shahjanian and Armenoohi Zeinalvand allege that in December of 2020 plaintiffs entered into a warranty contract with defendant General Motors, LLC (GM) regarding a 2020 Chevrolet Equinox vehicle, which was manufactured or distributed by GM. Plaintiffs allege that defects and nonconformities to warranty manifested themselves within the applicable express warranty period, including engine defects a...

Excerpt: ... Topa Insurance Company issued plaintiff a homeowner's insurance policy for plaintiff's home in Glendale, which was in full force and effect when, in April of 2021, a water loss occurred at the property. The complaint alleges that plaintiff discovered the water leak, which had penetrated the majority of the interior of the property, and immediately turned off the water line and called a plumber. The plumber hired to repair the leak determined tha...

Excerpt: ...o. 1 FACTUAL BACKGROUND Plaintiff Korea Trade Insurance Corporation alleges that it is assignee to Mido Trade Co., Ltd, and brings this action for common counts, alleging that defendant Mix & Match Apparel, Inc. has become indebted to plaintiff in the sum of $152,244.49. The complaint alleges causes of action for open book account, account stated, and reasonable value. Defendant Mix & Match Apparel, Inc. has filed a cross-complaint against Mido T...

Excerpt: ...: None sought CRC separate statement, etc.: Yes DECLARATION SUPPORTING MOTION: Reasonable and good faith attempt to resolve informally:Yes, Exs. 5, 6 FACTUAL BACKGROUND: Plaintiffs Alejandro Sanchez and Edgar Montenegro allege that in February of 2022 plaintiffs purchased a 2021 Ford EcoSport vehicle, in connection with which defendant Ford Motor Company issued a written warranty. Plaintiffs allege that defendant warranted the subject vehicle and...

Excerpt: ...tion Stay lawsuit until arbitration is had. REQUIREMENTS Personal Service? (CCP §1290.4) No (Plaintiffs have already appeared in Superior Court: Plaintiffs filed action) Copy of agreement included and referenced: Decl., Ex. 2 Demand and refusal to arbitrate: None mentioned No waiver of right to compel arbitration: None mentioned No grounds for rescission of agreement to arbitrate: None mentioned Parties to the agreement are not parties to an act...

Excerpt: ... action. In the alternative, summary adjudication of issues with respect to the first through seventh causes of action. CAUSES OF ACTION: from First Amended Complaint 1) Trespass 2) Private Nuisance 3) Conversion 4) IIED 5) CA Civil section 527.6—Civil Harassment 6) Declaratory Relief 7) Injunctive Relief SUMMARY OF FACTS: Plaintiff Jean Kechichian alleges that plaintiff owns a parcel of residential property located at 945 Flanders Road in La C...

Excerpt: ...nts. SUMMARY OF FACTS: Plaintiff Jamie Black alleges that in October of 2022, plaintiff, who had a history of depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD and schizophrenia, for which she had previously been placed on several 5150 involuntary psychiatric holds, went for a walk, and a group of people she encountered noticed she was upset and scared and not acting appropriately and asked if she needed an ambulance, to which plaintiff replied in the affirmati...

Excerpt: ...F FACTS: Plaintiff Edna Martikian Boghassian alleges that in February of 2021 plaintiff was injured at premises in Glendale which were negligently owned, operated, and maintained by defendants the Americana at Brand, LLC and Americana Residential, LLC in a dangerous condition. Plaintiff alleges that defendants failed to implement safety measures to protect individuals on the premises, and failed to warn and cordon off access to a disabled escalat...

Excerpt: ...ternative, summary adjudication as to plaintiff's first through seventh and ninth causes of action and claim for punitive damages. CAUSES OF ACTION: from Complaint 1) Breach of Warranty of Habitability 2) Breach of Covenant of Quiet Enjoyment 3) Nuisance 4) Business & Professions Code section 17200 et seq. 5) Negligence 6) Breach of Contract 7) Constructive Eviction 8) Violation of LARSO* 9) Civil Code 1950.5 *Cause of action dismissed pursuant t...

Excerpt: ...) Elder Abuse 5) Theft SUMMARY OF FACTS: Plaintiff Lorraine Rhone alleges that in January of 2022 plaintiff entered into an agreement with defendant Redondo Van and Storage to move plaintiff's household goods from a two-bedroom 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 crate a glass top dining table o...

Excerpt: ...rust RELIEF REQUESTED: Order charging the Judgment Debtors' beneficial interests in the America B. Alejo Revocable Trust established May 2, 2012, by way of liquidation and sale of all trust property to which their beneficial interests attach Costs of suit SUMMARY OF FACTS: Plaintiff National Commercial Recovery, Inc. alleges that in September 12, 2013, plaintiff obtained a joint and several court judgment for $881,599.33 in Los Angeles Superior C...

Excerpt: ...USES OF ACTION: from Complaint 1) Violation of the California Homeowners Bill of Rights 2) Wrongful Foreclosure 3) Promissory Estoppel 4) Injunctive Relief * *Cause of action dismissed pursuant to a Request for Dismissal with prejudice filed by plaintiff on 07/31/2023 and entered as requested the same date. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND: Plaintiff Ayman M. Salem alleges that plaintiff is the owner of real property in La Canada, and that plain...

Excerpt: ... Production of Business Records to KFH/SCPMG (Billing) Quash Second Subpoena for Production of Business Records to KFH/SCPMG (Electronic & Paper Medical Records) FACTUAL BACKGROUND: Plaintiff Paul Abramson, also known as Paul Van Richter, brings this action against defendant Spinnaker Insurance Company (Spinnaker) and Spinnaker's claims administrator, defendant Hippo Analytics, Inc. (Hippo), alleging that defendants engaged in unlawful claims han...

Excerpt: ...ction of Documents, Set One Order Deeming Requests for Admissions Admitted CHRONOLOGY Date Discovery served: March 23, 2023 Extensions of time to respond until: May 29, 2023 Date Responses served: NO RESPONSES SERVED Date Motion served: August 4, 2023 Timely OPPOSITION: No opposition. ANALYSIS: Interrogatories and Documents Under CCP § 2030.290, “If a party to whom interrogatories are directed fails to serve a timely response,” that party �...

Excerpt: ...Mulcher in a foreseeable manner while vacuuming up leaves in her yard, when, suddenly, her hair became sucked into hidden air intake valves, causing her hair to be ripped out of her scalp as she struck her head against the subject product, knocking her unconscious. The complaint alleges that defendant Snow Joe LLC is the manufacturer, designer, and/or distributor of the subject product, and defendant Home Depot, Inc. is the distributor and/or ret...

Excerpt: ...ause of action asserted against moving defendant CAUSES OF ACTION: from Complaint 1) Wrongful Death (Negligence—Premises Liability) 2) Wrongful Death (Medical Malpractice) SUMMARY OF FACTS: Plaintiff Francesca Morales, the surviving wife of decedent Robert Austria Morales, and plaintiffs Robert Nathan Morales and Matthew Ethan Kyle Morales, the surviving adult and minor sons of decedent, allege that in June of 2020, decedent was admitted to def...

Excerpt: ...ong-Beverly Act—Breach of Implied Warranty 3) Violation of the Song-Beverly Act Section 1793.2 SUMMARY OF FACTS: Plaintiff Naomi Mendoza alleges that in October of 2022 plaintiff purchased a 2021 Ford Explorer vehicle 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 compensation if there was a failure in such utilit...

Excerpt: ...rre alleges that in 1991 plaintiff joined defendant Peter K. Robbins as a 50/50 partner in an advertising and branding agency, which came to be known as Bird Design, Inc. (Bird). By 1998, the company had become profitable enough that the parties decided to invest in commercial real estate, and created a new company for the new enterprise, Lucas King, LLC (Lucas King). Plaintiff alleges that she did not set up a separate Lucas King email accounts,...

Excerpt: ...z III RELIEF REQUESTED: Order changing the venue of this action from Los Angeles County to Santa Cruz County FACTUAL BACKGROUND: Plaintiffs Jose Fernandez Vargas and Denise Parra bring this action as the heirs and successors in interest of decedent Jose Fernandez III, alleging that in March of 2022, decedent, who was under the age of 21, was an invitee of defendant Applebee's Bar at the Applebee's Neighborhood Grill + Bar Restaurant, located in W...

Excerpt: ...SES OF ACTION: from Complaint (from body of pleading, not caption) 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 Civil Code Section 1793.2 4) Breach of Express Written Warranty 5) Breach of Implied Warranty of Merchantability 6) Violation of Tanner Consumer Protection Act SUMMARY OF FACTS: Plaintiff Monique Korina Salazar alleges that...

Excerpt: ...Director) of Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) from approximately September 2020 to approximately April 16, 2021. Plaintiff alleges that plaintiff is an Indian immigrant to the United States who speaks English with an accent and was recruited by defendant to apply for the position while plaintiff was Head of Corporate FP&A at Walmart eCommerce, with unvested stock options valued at $300,000. Plaintiff alleges that during the interv...

Excerpt: ... None sought FACTUAL BACKGROUND: Plaintiff Arvin Pairavi alleges that in August of 2022 plaintiff purchased from defendant dealer Allen Gwynn Chevrolet, Inc. a new 2023 Chevrolet Corvette vehicle, which was sold to plaintiff with an express warranty from the vehicle manufacturer, defendant General Motors LLC. Plaintiff alleges that the vehicle was also sold with a statutorily implied warranty of merchantability as described in the Song-Beverly Co...

Excerpt: ...t FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND: Plaintiff Kian Shamim alleges that in August of 2020 plaintiff leased a 2020 Porsche 911 vehicle, and express warranties accompanied the lease of the vehicle, by which defendant Porsche Cars North America, Inc. undertook to preserve or maintain the utility or performance of the vehicle or provide compensation if there was a failure in such utility or performance. Plaintiff alleges that the vehicle was delivere...

Excerpt: ...tted CHRONOLOGY Date Discovery served: June 16, 2023, personal Extension to Respond to: August 10, 2023 (Ex. B) Date Responses served: NO RESPONSES SERVED Date Motion served: August 15, 2023 Timely OPPOSITION: No opposition ANALYSIS: Procedural Plaintiff has filed two motions, one to compel responses to two sets of interrogatories, and one for an order deeming requests for admissions admitted. The motion to compel responses to interrogatories see...

Excerpt: ...of venue to West Covina Courthouse. FACTUAL BACKGROUND: Plaintiff Kashif Khan alleges that in February of 2021 plaintiff leased a 2021 Mercedes-Benz S560, for which defendant Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (Mercedes) issued a written warranty, pursuant to which Mercedes agreed to preserve or maintain the utility or performance of the vehicle or provide compensation if there was a failure in such utility or performance. Plaintiff alleges that the vehicle ...

Excerpt: ...tion to Clarify Order clarifying the comments at the September 15, 2023 hearing regarding the discovery cutoff or, in the alternative, allowing the completion of only the deposition of plaintiff's expert Dr. Tawhid Gazi Motions to Compel Depositions (2) Order compelling the deposition of the Person Most Qualified for Olympus America Inc. and Production of Documents Order compelling the deposition of the Person Most Qualified for Olympus Corporati...

Excerpt: ...pecial Interrogatories (Set One), Interrogatories Nos. 1, 4, and 19, from each plaintiff FACTUAL BACKGROUND Plaintiffs Neuro Diagnostic Center, Inc. and Shushanik Devine allege that they were in possession of premises in Glendale and that defendants A & D Fire Sprinklers, Inc. and National Community Renaissance of California, while conducting construction work installing a new fire sprinkler system and plumbing at property directly behind the sub...

Excerpt: ... within 75 miles of the courthouse Order Dr. Gazi to answer questions from previous deposition Order plaintiff and plaintiff's counsel to pay $6,672.90 in monetary sanctions (Olympus) Order plaintiff and plaintiff's counsel to pay $3,351.93 in monetary sanctions (Dr. Kasher and Dr. Kao) FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND: Plaintiff Jason Steger alleges that in October of 2016, plaintiff was admitted to CSJ Providence St. Joseph Medical Center with...

Excerpt: ...allege that they have resided in an illegally built structure located at 12223 Wick Street in Sun Valley, Unit B, since April 2012 to the present, pursuant to a written lease agreement with the former landlord. Plaintiffs allege that defendant Karen Baca is the true owner of the subject property and unit, and that defendant Ana Moreno has acted as property manager since September of 2015. Plaintiffs allege that during their tenancies at the unit ...

Excerpt: ...llege that plaintiffs at all relevant times have resided in an illegally built structure located at 12223 Wick Street in Sun Valley, Unit A, since February 2009 to the present, pursuant to a written lease agreement with the former landlord. Plaintiffs allege that defendant Karen Baca is the true owner of the subject property and unit, and that defendant Ana Moreno has acted as property manager since September of 2015. Plaintiffs allege that durin...

Excerpt: ...entation 2) Intentional Misrepresentation 3) Promissory Estoppel 4) Breach of Implied Contract 5) Breach of Implied Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing 6) Violation of Business & Professions Code § 17200 SUMMARY OF FACTS: Plaintiff Odet Ayvazyan alleges that she has an ownership interest in property on Chestnut Street in Glendale and has used the property as her primary residence. Plaintiff alleges that in 2011 plaintiff took out a loan mort...

Excerpt: ... Code Section 2923.5 2) Violation of Civ. Code Section 2924 (a)(1) 3) Violation of Civ. Code Section 2923.6 (c) 4) Violation of Civ. Code Section 2923.7 5) Violation of Civ. Code Section 2924.9 6) Violation of Civ. Code Section 2924.10 7) Unfair Business Practices 8) Cancellation of Written Instruments SUMMARY OF FACTS: Plaintiff Ariel Obregon alleges that plaintiff was the owner of real property in Glendale, which is subject to a mortgage loan, ...

Excerpt: ...o Prevent Discrimination, Harassment, or Retaliation 5) Violation of the Fair Chance Act 6) Violation of Article 1 section 31 of the California Constitution 7) Wrongful Demotion 8) Negligent Supervision 9) IIED 10) Breach of Contract SUMMARY OF FACTS: Plaintiff Adrineh Ordookhanian alleges that she has been an employee of defendant County of Los Angeles (County) for over sixteen years, and in 2016 applied for a promotion within the County's asses...

Excerpt: ...tive damages, attorney's fees, injunction, disgorgement CAUSES OF ACTION: from Complaint 1) Breach of Contract 2) False Promise 3) Declaratory Relief 4) Unfair Practices SUMMARY OF FACTS: Plaintiff Griffith Park Rehabilitation Center, LLC alleges that in November 2018, plaintiff leased property in Glendale pursuant to a Lease Agreement with the owner of the property, defendant Panorama Convalescent Hospital Inc., for the operation of a licensed s...

Excerpt: ...tiff was driving his 2021 Cadillac Escalade Sport Platinum down the street just outside of his mother's home in Glendale, when defendant Mary Jenner, pulling her car out of her driveway, struck plaintiff's car. Defendant exited the car and apologized. Plaintiff alleges that his car was damaged, and defendant, and/or her insurance carrier, repaired the car, but have refused to repair it to the state it was in beforehand, including refusing to full...

Excerpt: ...iff Lisa Goodrich alleges that on June 19, 2017, while she was a passenger in a vehicle which was entering an intersection, defendant Guillermo Eduardo Padilla, Jr., driving a tractor-trailer, made an unsafe left-hand turn, causing a massive collision, which totaled the vehicle where plaintiff was a passenger and caused a life-changing injury to plaintiff requiring a cervical fusion surgery. The complaint alleges that defendant was negligent per ...

Excerpt: ...: from Complaint (from body of complaint, not caption) 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 Civil Code section 1793.2 4) Breach of Express Warranty 5) Breach of Implied Warranty of Merchantability SUMMARY OF FACTS: Plaintiff Jimmy Hwang alleges that in January of 2017, plaintiff purchased a 2017 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid vehicle ...

Excerpt: ... serve timely responses to discovery. MONETARY SANCTION: None sought FACTUAL BACKGROUND: Plaintiff Vivian Cheryl Lane alleges that in May of 2022 plaintiff purchased a 2022 Ford Transit, for which defendant Ford Motor Company issued various warranties, pursuant to which defendant undertook to preserve or maintain the utility or performance of the vehicle or provide compensation if there was a failure in such utility or performance. Plaintiff alle...

Excerpt: ...AUSES OF ACTION: from First Amended Complaint 1) Violation of Song Beverly Act—Breach of Express Warranty 2) Violation of Song Beverly Act—Breach of Implied Warranty 3) Violation of Business & Professions Code section 17200 4) Negligent Repair SUMMARY OF FACTS: Plaintiffs Lourdes Isabel Aguilar and Jose R. Aguilar allege that in January of 2020, they purchased a 2017 Subaru Impreza pursuant to which defendant Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) ...

Excerpt: ...Erika W. Navarrete (referenced in the complaint caption with the spelling Navarete, and in some portions of the complaint as Navarette) alleges that in November of 2021, she acquired an interest in a single-family residential dwelling in South El Monte with defendant David A. Rodriguez, and that at the time of purchasing the subject property, plaintiff and Rodriguez were in a romantic relationship, but have never been lawfully married to one anot...

Excerpt: ...plaintiff was injured when defendant Renato Abolencia negligently operated a motor vehicle owned by defendant Perla Salvador. The file shows that moving defendant Abolencia was served with the summons, complaint, and plaintiff's statement of damages by personal service on November 20, 2022, by a registered California process server. Moving defendant Salvador was served by a registered process server by substituted service at defendant's home by s...

Excerpt: ...S: Plaintiff American Express National Bank, as successor by merger to American Express Bank, FSB, brings this action on a cause of action for common counts against defendant Linda M. Bekeredjian, and various akas, alleging that defendant became indebted to plaintiff on an open book account and account stated in the sum of $46,669.76. The file shows that on May 3, 2023, the parties filed a Stipulation for Conditional Entry of Judgment executed by...

Excerpt: ...erican Express Centurion Bank brings this action to collect sums allegedly due to plaintiff by defendant Mario Apodaca and his various akas on an American Express credit card account. The complaint alleges that the amount due, owing, and unpaid is $33,024.13. The file shows that on February 16, 2017, the parties filed a Stipulation for Conditional Entry of Judgment executed by the parties on November 15, 2016. On February 16, 2017, the court sign...

Excerpt: ... 75, and 82 MONETARY SANCTION: None sought FACTUAL BACKGROUND: Plaintiff Khristopher Kobaian alleges that in March of 2018, plaintiff entered into a warranty contract with defendant Ford Motor Company regarding a 2018 Ford F-150 vehicle which was manufactured or distributed by defendant Ford Motor Company. Plaintiff alleges that the warranty contract contained various warranties, including a bumper-to-bumper warranty, powertrain warranty, and emi...

Excerpt: ...pposition) RELIEF REQUESTED: Order granting plaintiffs leave to file a First Amended Complaint Effect of Amendment Dismiss public entity defendants from cause of action for negligence, add a cause of action for Liability for Dangerous Condition of Public Property against public entity defendants, strike claims for punitive damages against public entity defendants only. RELEVANT FACTS: The complaint is brought by the surviving spouse of decedent M...

Excerpt: ... Entry of Judgment. SUMMARY OF FACTS: Plaintiff Gary S. Tchobanian filed this action alleging that in connection with the construction of an additional dwelling unit at plaintiff's private residence in Glendale, the contractor on the project, defendants Edwin Galstanyan and EPC Commercial Plumbing, Inc., made various misrepresentations concerning the project, including its cost, that it could be started without first obtaining permits, and its co...