Excerpt: ...f filed the first amended complaint (“FAC”) on April 4, 2022, alleging a single cause of action for violation of the Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“the Act”). Plaintiff alleges that he incurred a consumer credit transaction debt and that Defendant has made efforts to collection the debt from Plaintiff. Plaintiff alleges that he retained an attorney, informed Defendant via email, and Defendant acknowledged that Plaintiff wa...

Excerpt: ... egregious elder abuse committed by Defendants Continuity Care Home Nurses, Inc. (“CCHN”) and Continuity Care Staffing Services, Inc. (“CCSS”), along with their owner and director, Defendant Maryann Sawoski. Plaintiff alleges that CCHN and CCSS (collectively, “Continuity Care”) turned a blind eye as one of its employees, Carmen Magaña de Mendoza, repeatedly raped Plaintiff, an elderly and debilitated patient. The complaint, filed May...

Excerpt: .... Simonec alleges that on May 10, 2018, he was riding his motorized scooter southbound on the sidewalk when he was presented with perilous and hazardous conditions, including but not limited to a ramp with a dangerous height and insufficient clearance/space for him to pass safely with his scooter on the sidewalk in front of the property at 736 N. Buena Vista, Burbank, CA (“Buena Vista Property”), which is owned by Defendant Helen J. Griffen T...

Excerpt: ... alleges that Defendant Ben “Ben Baller” Yang (“Defendant”) made numerous profane, libelous, and slanderous comments on social media and his podcast accusing Plaintiff of putting Drugs/RX prescription pills on his son's birthday cake. The operative complaint, filed October 17, 2019, alleges causes of action for: (1) libel; (2) slander; and (3) unfair business practices. 2. Relevant Background On February 7, 2020, the Court denied Defendan...

Excerpt: ... located at 16549 Beaver Road, Adelanto, California, which required, among other things, electrical distribution lines to be laid. Plaintiff alleges that it entered into an oral agreement with Defendant Aram G. Construction (“AGC”) in November 2018, wherein Plaintiff would pay AGC $110,000 to excavate areas of a roadway and lay electrical pipes and conduits in accordance with diagrams provided/prepared by Southern California Edison (“SCE”...

Excerpt: ...ril 30, 2019, Plaintiff Belen Hernandez (“Plaintiff”) commenced this action for enforcement under the Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”), California Labor Code, § 2968, et seq. against Defendants Morphe, Inc. and Morphe LLC (“Defendants”). Plaintiff alleges that she and other aggrieved hourly-paid or non-exempt employees were employed by Defendants and Defendants had failed to compensate them for all hours worked and missed meal ...

Excerpt: ...ias Dayan (“Defendant”) on February 24, 2021, alleging a single cause of action for quantum meruit. Plaintiff alleges that within the past 4 years, Plaintiff's assignor performed services for Defendant. Plaintiff alleges that the value of the services amounted to $105,804.30. Plaintiff alleges that though demand was made for the sums, Defendant did not make any payments. B. Motion on Calendar On May 25, 2022, Plaintiff filed a motion against ...

Excerpt: ...enced this action against Defendant Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc. (“Defendant”) on November 15, 2021. Plaintiff filed the first amended complaint (“FAC”) on April 4, 2022, alleging a single cause of action for violation of the Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“the Act”). Plaintiff alleges that he incurred a consumer credit transaction debt and that Defendant has made efforts to collection the debt from Plaintiff. Plain...

Excerpt: ...) alleges that Defendant Molonlave Group, LLC dba Rush Charge (“Defendant”) became indebted to Plaintiff within the last 4 years on an open book account for the sum of $39,500. The complaint, filed August 25, 2021, alleges a single cause of action for common counts. B. Relevant Background On December 2, 2021, the default of Defendant was entered. On December 3, 2021, the default judgment by the clerk of Defendant was entered in the sum of $40...

Excerpt: ...Two Michaels LLC owns and operates 2 businesses located at 10057 Riverside Drive in Toluca Lake, consisting of a lounge and restaurant in the back of the property called “The Red Door”, and a full restaurant in the front called “Riverside.” Plaintiff is the head chef and kitchen manager of the businesses, while Defendant is the bar manager, maintains the corporate records, and manages finances. Plaintiff alleges that Defendant mishandled ...

Excerpt: ... Bobblehead Ent., and Acre Beyond the Rye on December 8, 2020, alleging causes of action for fraud and breach of contract. On January 4, 2021, Plaintiff filed the First Amended Complaint (“FAC”), alleging causes of action against Defendants Barry Bernstein, Bobblehead Entertainment, Bernstein Samuels & Co., LLP, Acre Beyond the Rye LLC, Richard Craig Manley (Doe 1), and 12th Planet Productions (Doe 2) for: (1) breach of contract; (2) bad fait...

Excerpt: ...ril 21, 2022. Plaintiff alleges that it is the owner of property located at 7764 San Fernando Rd., #13, Sun Valley, CA 91352 and that defendant is currently in possession of the premises. Plaintiff alleges that the parties entered into a written, fixed term lease on November 23, 2009. Plaintiff alleges that a 3‐day notice to pay rent or quit was served on Defendant on April 15, 2022. Plaintiff seeks possession of the premises, costs, pas‐due ...

Excerpt: ...ime prior to the incident on January 14, 2020. Plaintiff alleges that she was in the emergency department for stomach pains. During her treatment, her physician had put in an order for an electrocardiogram test (“EKG”). Plaintiff alleges that while she was in the room receiving her EKG, the room's center divider fell out of its place and onto her shoulder. She alleges that the incident resulted in a lengthier hospital stay, which contributed ...

Excerpt: ...606 in February 2020. Plaintiff Ryan Sweeney (“Plaintiff”) was the buyer and currently resides at the property. (Compl., ¶3.) Plaintiff retained Defendant Pinnacle Estate Properties, Inc. (“Pinnacle”) and Defendant Marite C. Matassa (“Ms. Matassa”) as his real estate brokerage firm and real estate salesperson for the purchase of the subject property. (Id., ¶¶5, 7, 30, 31.) Defendants Derek and Holly “Aguirre” Klein (together, �...

Excerpt: ...Lorenzo Espinosa (“Plaintiff” or “Espinosa”) alleges that he entered into a Residential Income Property Purchase Agreement and Joint Escrow Instructions (“Agreement”) with Defendant Jay Shermer and Leslie Druss as individuals and as trustees of the Shermer Trust dated March 7, 1984 (“Shermer Trust”) on January 11, 2022 involving the real property located at 6833-6835 Simpson Ave., North Hollywood, CA 91604. Plaintiff alleges that ...

Excerpt: ...nt”) each own 50% ownership of Two Michaels LLC and MRRS Co. LLC. Two Michaels LLC owns and operates 2 businesses located at 10057 Riverside Drive in Toluca Lake, consisting of a lounge and restaurant in the back of the property called “The Red Door”, and a full restaurant in the front called “Riverside.” Plaintiff is the head chef and kitchen manager of the businesses, while Defendant is the bar manager, maintains the corporate records...

Excerpt: ...tchyan Atoyan (“Plaintiff”) and Defendants Vicken Antoine Dournayan aka Vicken A. Douranyan (“Vicken”), Lena Kayzakian aka Lena Dournayan (“Lena”), and Rozaleen Dournayan aka Rozalyn Dournayan aka Rozaleen Vicken Dournayan (“Rozaleen”) (collectively, “Dournayan Defendants”) regarding the purchase and sale of a business, Mediterranean Best Food, which operated out of a strip mall located at 6743 and 6745 Bakman Ave. in North Ho...

Excerpt: ...resa Hernandez, and Luis Quinones (“Plaintiffs”) allege that the property they rented at 8391 San Fernando Rd., #9, Sun Valley, CA 91352 was not maintained in a habitable condition. They allege that Defendant APB Properties, LLC (“Defendant”) was the landlord of the premises. The Fourth Amended Complaint (“4AC”), filed April 14, 2022, alleges causes of action for: (1) breach of implied warranty of habitability; (2) breach of contract;...

Excerpt: ...REQUIRING PLAINTIFF TO POST A SECURITY AND PROHIBITING PLAINTIFF FROM FILING NEW LITIGATIONS IN PROPRIA PERSONA BACKGROUND A. Allegations Plaintiff Teresa Jean Moore (“Plaintiff”) filed this action against Defendants Western Progressive LLC (“Western Progressive”); Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Successor by Merger to Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association as Trustee for First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust 2002‐FF4 (“Wells Fargo”);...

Excerpt: ...hat Defendant Sherry Kilpatrick (“Defendant”) entered into a written contract with Plaintiff's assignor National City Bank on April 2, 2007, whereby Plaintiff's assignor loaned money to Defendant for financing education expenses. Plaintiff alleges that on October 12, 2015, Defendant failed to make payments on the contract as agreed and defaulted on the agreement. Plaintiff alleges damages in the principal sum of $31,830.20. The complaint, fil...

Excerpt: ... aka Vicken A. Douranyan (“Vicken”), Lena Kayzakian aka Lena Dournayan (“Lena”), and Rozaleen Dournayan aka Rozalyn Dournayan aka Rozaleen Vicken Dournayan (“Rozaleen”) (collectively, “Dournayan Defendants”) regarding the purchase and sale of a business, Mediterranean Best Food, which operated out of a strip mall located at 6743 and 6745 Bakman Ave. in North Hollywood. Plaintiff alleges that Defendants Warren Faubel and Priscilla ...

Excerpt: ...t has a specific purpose to acquire, preserve, and maintain one or more parks or open spaces in the Los Angeles or Ventura Counties for the use and enjoyment of the general public to be named in honor of Charles Fond and Rosemary Ann Fond. Plaintiff alleges that it owns 600 acres located in the Shadow Hills Community and land adjacent to the community. Plaintiff alleges that it has a number of easements for its benefit from Sunland Boulevard up T...

Excerpt: ...ff”), alleges that Defendant Hrachya Aghamiryan (“Aghamiryan”) leased a 2017 Ram 1500 motor vehicle (VIN 1C6RR7NTXHS572192) and agreed to timely pay all accounts. (Compl., ¶9, Ex. A.) Plaintiff alleges that Aghamiryan defaulted on the lease by failing to make a payment on July 16, 2017, such that Plaintiff is entitled to immediate possession of the vehicle. Plaintiff alleges that prior to the commencement of the action, Aghamiryan transfer...

Excerpt: ...ealth Pro Pharmaceutical Consulting and Management, Corp. d/b/a Bellaire Pharmacy (“Plaintiff”) is a community retail pharmacy under Dr. Armen Minasian as pharmacist‐in‐charge as of January 2007. (SAC, ¶15.) Defendant Lusine Mardyan (“Ms. Mardyan”) was Plaintiff's employee from February 2007 to December 6, 2019. (Id., ¶16.) Defendant Ana Khimonidi (“Ms. Khimonidi”) was also an employee of Plaintiff until her resignation in Septe...

Excerpt: ...Trail, Sierra Madre, California 91204 (“Plaintiff's Property”) and Defendants Andrea Lin and Tusnuy Dilekmahamongkol reside at 540 Mount Wilson Trail (“Defendants' Property”). Plaintiff alleges that 8 properties are located on the private roadway commonly known as Mount Wilson Trail Road, where the homeowners have the right of way over an easement owned by the United States that connects the community with the Angeles National Forest. Pla...

Excerpt: ...mployees, commenced this action for enforcement under the Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”) against Defendants Providence Health System – Southern California and Providence Health & Services. Plaintiff alleges that she was employed by Defendants and that Defendants violated various Labor Codes, including failure to pay overtime, failure to provide meal and rest periods, failure to pay minimum wage, failure to timely pay wages upon term...

Excerpt: ... real property located at 5646 Elmer Ave., North Hollywood, CA 91601. Plaintiff alleges that the contract was comprised of a California Residential Purchase Agreement and Joint Escrow Instructions signed by Plaintiff on April 26, 2021 and by Defendant on May 11, 2021, as well as the Seller Counter Offer No. 1, the Buyer Counter Offer No. 1, and the Seller Counter Offer No. 2. (Compl., ¶7, Ex. 1.) Plaintiff alleges that it performed all condition...

Excerpt: ...nsy (“Dr. Tawansy”), Khaled A. Tawansy, M.D. (a California corporation), Raymond Renaissance Surgery Center (an LLC), Renaissance Surgical Holdings (an LLC), Renaissance Surgery Center (an LLC), Renaissance Surgery Center Holdings (an LLC), Golden State Eye Center (a corporation), Golden State Eye Medical Group (a corporation), and 95 N. Arroyo (an LLC) (collectively, “Tawansy Entities”). Plaintiff alleges that Defendants each breached th...

Excerpt: ...inuity Care Home Nurses, Inc. (“CCHN”) and Continuity Care Staffing Services, Inc. (“CCSS”), along with their owner and director, Defendant Maryann Sawoski. Plaintiff alleges that CCHN and CCSS (collectively, “Continuity Care”) turned a blind eye as one of its employees, Carmen Magaña de Mendoza, repeatedly raped Plaintiff, an elderly and debilitated patient. The complaint, filed May 3, 2021, alleges causes of action for: (1) elder a...

Excerpt: ...R AN ORDER AWARDING ATTORNEYS' FEES BACKGROUND A. Allegations On October 16, 2018, Plaintiffs Jim M. Ayach and Sandra S. Ayach (“Plaintiffs”) filed this action against Defendant Interinsurance Exchange of The Automobile Club of Southern California (“Defendant”), alleging causes of action for: (1) breach of contract; and (2) breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. Plaintiffs allege that they had an insurance policy w...

Excerpt: ...e Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (“Defendant”) in 2017, whereby Plaintiffs would pay a premium of about $3,927.38 and Defendant agreed to provide insurance coverage for property damage and reimbursement of rental expenses necessary in the event their 2017 Mercedes‐Benz G63 vehicle was damaged in an accident and inoperable. They allege that on October 13, 2020, Plaintiffs were traveling through Arizona on a return trip from Washing...

Excerpt: ...walk when he was presented with perilous and hazardous conditions, including but not limited to a ramp with a dangerous height and insufficient clearance/space for him to pass safely with his scooter on the sidewalk in front of the property at 736 N. Buena Vista, Burbank, CA (“Buena Vista Property”), which is owned by Defendant Helen J. Griffen Trust. He alleges that the dangerous condition was compounded and made even more hazardous by concr...

Excerpt: .../64 Gibson Korina Flying V guitar for sale on the Voltage Guitars website. Plaintiff alleges that he saw the listing on the website and relied on the representations regarding the guitar, such that he purchased the guitar for $200,000 in June 2021. Plaintiff alleges that Defendant provided a handwritten signed receipt dated June 26, 2021 representing the sale of the guitar, which stated that Plaintiff would have 3 days following receipt of the gu...

Excerpt: ...avjian”), as well as their co- conspirators KSR Realty, Inc. (“KSR”), Reta Narkaz, Ruzana Badeer (“Badeer”), Kiane Shabazian (“Shabazian”), and Mariam Kakoian (“Kakoian”). Ambarachyan alleges that Kakoian was the owner of property located at 1737 Bel Aire Dr. in Glendale and that Chukhyan and Kakoian took out loans on the property to pay off other investors that Chukhyan scammed or defrauded. In February 2015, Chukhyan and Kakoi...

Excerpt: ...io Servicing, Inc. (“Defendant”) on November 15, 2021. Plaintiff filed the first amended complaint (“FAC”) on April 4, 2022, alleging a single cause of action for violation of the Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“the Act”). Plaintiff alleges that he incurred a consumer credit transaction debt and that Defendant has made efforts to collection the debt from Plaintiff. Plaintiff alleges that he retained an attorney, informe...

Excerpt: ...RIES (ASULIN) BACKGROUND A. Allegations Plaintiff Calin Keeley ("Keeley") filed suit against Defendants Mr. Build Construction and Electric Co. ("MBCEC"), Mr. Build Home Improvement Company ("MBHIC", and together with MBCEC, "Employer Defendants"), David Asulin ("Asulin"), and Mikhaila Bellenbaum ("Bellenbaum", and together with Asulin, "Individual Defendants") (collectively, "Defendants"), alleging that she was formerly employed by Defendants, w...

Excerpt: ...ff Teresa Jean Moore (“Plaintiff”) filed this action against Defendants Western Progressive LLC (“Western Progressive”); Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Successor by Merger to Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association as Trustee for First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust 2002‐FF4 (“Wells Fargo'); First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust 2002‐FF4 (“Frist Franklin”); Radiant Services LLC (“Radiant”), Tom Block (“Mr. Block”); Norm Pome...

Excerpt: ...inuity Care Home Nurses, Inc. (“CCHN”) and Continuity Care Staffing Services, Inc. (“CCSS”), along with their owner and director, Defendant Maryann Sawoski. Plaintiff alleges that CCHN and CCSS (collectively, “Continuity Care”) turned a blind eye as one of its employees, Carmen Magaña de Mendoza, repeatedly raped Plaintiff, an elderly and debilitated patient. The complaint, filed May 3, 2021, alleges causes of action for: (1) elder a...

Excerpt: ... and wife in a dissolution proceeding. She alleges that they have a family home located at 700 Irving Drive, Burbank, CA 91504 and that she resides at the property with her children. Plaintiff alleges that on July 7, 2021—30 days after she served Mr. Sirakanian with the summons and petition for dissolution—Mr. Sirakanian caused to be recorded an instrument transferring the property to Defendant I Concert Entertainment LLC (“ICE LLC”), a b...

Excerpt: ...22, alleging that Defendant was served with a Notice to Pay Rent or Quit on May 03, 2022 and mailed a copy of the same on April 28, 2022. B. Motion on Calendar The Court received the Motion to Quash Service of Summons filed by Defendant on May 20, 2022; and the opposition filed by Plaintiff on May 18, 2022. C. Procedural History On May 18, 2022, Plaintiff filed an Ex Parte Application and moved for an order on a Motion to Quash Service of Summons...

Excerpt: ...iff”) alleges that he suffered permanent brain damage and injuries arising from a violent attack by Defendant Gregory Bryant Brewer (“Brewer”) on January 7, 2021. He alleges that Brewer attacked Plaintiff without provocation or warning, using a tomahawk-style axe, crushing Plaintiff's skull. The subject incident occurred at the Anacapa View Beach Homes (“AVBH”), which is a small community of 84 single-family residences located in Ventur...

Excerpt: ...aintiff Eastern Savings Bank, FSB (“Plaintiff”) filed a complaint for judicial foreclosure against Defendants Massoud Mazhari (“Mazhari”), City of Glendale (“City”), and Marcus Cable Associates, L.L.C. (“MCA”). The real property at issue is located at 719 East Acacia Avenue, Glendale, California 91205. Plaintiff alleges that Mazhari acquired the property in 1989 and was the obligor under a commercial loan. Plaintiff alleges that M...

Excerpt: ...egregious elder abuse committed by Defendants Continuity Care Home Nurses, Inc. (“CCHN”) and Continuity Care Staffing Services, Inc. (“CCSS”), along with their owner and director, Defendant Maryann Sawoski. Plaintiff alleges that CCHN and CCSS (collectively, “Continuity Care”) turned a blind eye as one of its employees, Carmen Magaña de Mendoza, repeatedly raped Plaintiff, an elderly and debilitated patient. The complaint, filed May ...

Excerpt: ...l ("RK"), Cigar Cartel ("Cigar"), and William S. Prevost, III ("Prevost", and collectively, "Defendants"), alleging that she was an employee at RK, and Prevost sexually harassed her, committed sexual battery against her, and discriminated against her on the basis of gender and race at the workplace. Plaintiff filed a Complaint on February 03, 2020, alleging eight (8) causes of action sounding in: (1) Quid Pro Quo Sexual Harassment (Gov. Code § 1...

Excerpt: ...("Defendant"), alleging that Plaintiff is the owner of the real property located at 5319 Goodland Avenue, Valley Village, California 91607 ("Subject Property"), and Defendant is his loan servicer. Plaintiff alleges that he sent to Defendant a loan modification application on October 19, 2021, but despite confirming the receipt of such application, Defendant did not respond to the application, and further caused a Notice of Trustee's Sale to be re...

Excerpt: ...itor with Plaintiff Coloredge, Inc. (“Plaintiff”) in the field of visual design, conspired with each other to engage in a series of actions that resulted in Duggal taking Plaintiff's employees, clients, and proprietary information, along with disrupting its business operations, when Defendant Edie Gelardi (“Gelardi”), Plaintiff's Vice President, along with Colleen Pih (Snr. Acc. Exec.), Cynthia Matsamura (Acc. Exec.), Nimali Ramachandran ...

Excerpt: ...Ho, "Million Defendants"), alleging that Escobar and Ho are married and both co-principal owners of PM, a used car dealership. Plaintiff also alleges that Escobar and Ho own Mr. Million, which owns the real property where PM operates, at 6831 Vineland Avenue, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California ("Vineland Property"). Plaintiff alleges that he entered into an agreement to loan Escobar $50,000 on November 12, 2013, to be repaid from sales of u...

Excerpt: ...at she and Defendant entered into a rental agreement on April 17, 2020, which dictated that she pay $1,900 in monthly rent and the lease term would be for 6 months from April 20, 2020 to October 20, 2020 for the middle unit of a tri-plex. (Compl., ¶¶8-9.) Plaintiff alleges that she paid 6 months up front, plus a security deposit for a total amount of $13,300 to be paid in 2 installments of $6,650 on April 17 and April 20, 2020. (Id., ¶10.) Pla...

Excerpt: ...on November 8, 2018. Plaintiff alleges that Defendant Tamera Ann Agovino (Decedent's daughter, “Tamera Agovino”) and Defendant Ryan Page Robertson Pollock (Decedent's granddaughter, “Ryan Pollock”) controlled all of Decedent's finances and orchestrated the execution of estate planning documents by Decedent that benefitted Tamera Agovino and Ryan Pollock to the detriment of Plaintiff. Plaintiff alleges that Tamera Agovino and Ryan Pollock ...

Excerpt: ...Respondent Vladyslav Simanko d/b/a Vladyslav's Constructions (“Respondent”). Petitioner seeks to confirm a contractual arbitration award. The underlying action arises out of a Merchant Processing Application between Petitioner and Respondent. (Pet., Attachment 4B.) The arbitration was conducted by Arbitrator Lawrence J. Kaplan of the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) on April 1, 2022 in Fresno, California. (Pet., ¶¶6-8.) The Awar...