Excerpt: ...s an independent physician association, that managed the health care of Medi-Cal beneficiaries who were members of LA Care, which included Decedent. Later that evening EHS ordered Decedent transferred to Defendant Pacific Alliance Medical Center (“PAMC”). When he arrived at PAMC, Decedent was made to wait hours before medical staff attended to him. By that time, Decedent had developed sepsis. Decedent spent three weeks in PAMC intensive care ...

Excerpt: ... Fugro filed a cross- complaint against Kennedy/Jenks. Glendale's and Fugros' cases were consolidated. In 2019, Glendale settled with Fugro and assigned its rights in this action to Fugro. In December 2019, Glendale filed their First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) against Kennedy/Jenks alleging causes of action for: 1. Professional Negligence 2. Breach of Written Contract The FAC also added Staheli as a defendant. On January 27, 2020, Kennedy/Jenk...

Excerpt: ...s-Sinai where she was treated by Chaudhry and Lalezari, who misdiagnosed Lisa as suffering from Munchausen syndrome by proxy, a mental health problem in which a caregiver makes up or causes an illness to a person under their care. On July 17, 2019, Plaintiffs filed a first amended complaint (“FAC”) alleging causes of action for: 1. Professional Negligence (Medical Malpractice); 2. Fraud; 3. Defamation; 4. Negligent Infliction of Emotional Dis...

Excerpt: ...rties Newport Family Medicine and Thomas J. Hopkins, M.D. Plaintiff now requests-unopposed--that the subpoenas be quashed or modified. Plaintiff also requests $2,310 in sanctions, for each motion, against Defendants and their counsel. Standard: If a subpoena requires the attendance of a witness or the production of books, documents, or other things before a court, or at the trial of an issue therein, or at the taking of a deposition, the court, u...

Excerpt: ...ortly after he was born. Plaintiff alleges that he has sustained physical and mental damages and developmental delays because of Defendants' negligence. Defendants served a subpoena duces tecum on North Los Angeles Regional Center (“NLARC”) for Plaintiff's medical records. NLARC refused to provide the records absent a court order pursuant to Welfare & Institutions Code § 4514. On October 18, 2019, Defendants filed the instant motion. Defenda...

Excerpt: ...ting equestrian shows. Saddletree alleges that Defendants stopped paying their monthly rent in April 2016. On November 7, 2018, Saddletree served a Demand for Production of Documents, Set No. 1, on Dorado and Villar. Saddletree has not received a response from either Dorado or Villar. No opposition has been filed. Saddletree requests that Dorado and Villar be ordered to respond to Saddletree's Demand for Production, Set No. 1, without objections,...

Excerpt: ... reusing an old building for a purpose other than that which it was built for. Omgivning alleges that Hellman failed to pay them what was owed under the agreements. Hellman's second amended cross-complaint (“SACC”) against Cross-Defendants for: 1) Negligence; 2) Professional Negligence; 3) Breach of Contract; 4) Breach of Implied Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing; 5) Fraud/Misrepresentation; 6) Negligent Misrepresentation; 7) Fraud/Indu...

Excerpt: ...ck program and that Defendant was supposed to pay off the loan on the vehicle, but failed to do so. Plaintiff's operative First Amended Complaint (“FAC”), alleges causes of action for: (1) Violation of the California False Advertising Act (Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code §§ 17500 et seq.); (2) Violation of California's Unfair Competition Law (Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200 et seq.); (3) Breach of Contract; (4) Breach of Duty of Good Faith and Fair ...

Excerpt: ...ue Defendants Anne Penners Bergen and the Penners Bergen Law Corporation (collectively, “Bergen”), AMBS Diagnostics, LLC, (AMBS) Fidelity Brokerage Services, LLC, (Fidelity) and Edward J. Panconi (Panconi), for damages based on allegations that Bergen fraudulently forged a notice of levy. It is alleged that Bergen, who was working on behalf of AMBS and Panconi, attempted to collect on a judgment against plaintiff Timothy O'Brien. Bergen attem...

Excerpt: ...nts”), this case which arises from a prior lawsuit concerning ownership of TLLC, a medical marijuana shop. Defendants represented a party who claimed to have purchased the marijuana shop. Plaintiffs represented the other party who also claimed ownership of the shop. Litigation ensued and ultimately a court determined that Plaintiffs were the rightful owners. Plaintiffs then sued Defendants in this case alleging that they conspired to deprive th...

Excerpt: ... down. Plaintiff alleges that they have been excluded from management and profit participation. On August 6, 2019, Plaintiff filed the operative Complaint which alleges causes of action against Defendant for: 1. Breach of Contract; 2. Fraud; 3. Breach of Fiduciary Duty; 4. Conversion; 5. Partition; 6. Accounting. On September 16, 2019, Defendant filed this opposed instant demurer. Meet and Confer: NOT SATISFIED “Before filing a demurrer…the d...

Excerpt: ...e Warehouse, Inc., Gary McFarland, and Tom Nolimal, filed a separate Complaint, No. 19STCV24265, against Luke (which was consolidated with Luke's lawsuit on January 30, 2020), alleging causes of action for: 1) Invasion of Privacy- Penal Code Sections 630-638; 2) Invasion of Privacy- Intrusion. Because the consolidation makes BC687760 the single case number, The Service Warehouse, Inc., Gary McFarland, and Tom Nolimal, should be referred to as Def...

Excerpt: ...rmer Defendants National General Holdings Corp., and National General Insurance Company (collectively, “Former Defendants”) filed a demurrer against Plaintiffs' First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) successfully arguing that Plaintiffs had failed to sufficiently allege their claim that they were the alter ego of CNIC. On December 4, 2017, the Court SUSTAINED Former Defendants' demurrer and on January 25, 2018, entered a judgment dismissing with...

Excerpt: ...fendant Grancell Village of the Los Angeles Jewish Home of the Aging dba Joyce Eisenberg Keefer Medical Center (“Defendant”). Plaintiffs allege that Decedent was elderly and required medical care, which Defendant failed to provide. On April 24, 2019, Plaintiffs filed a second amended complaint (“SAC”) against multiple defendants alleging causes of action for: 1. Elder Abuse Neglect (Joyce Eisenberg Keefer only) 2. Elder Abuse Neglect (Cov...

Excerpt: ... Ambient's invoices were fraudulent or inflated. On September 18, 2019, Industry served its Deposition Subpoena for Production of Business Records to the Custodian of Records for Ambient. Ambient objected and the parties met and conferred to narrow the scope of discovery. Ambient provided a response on December 17, 2019. Industry argues that the Ambient's production of records was deficient. Industry requests that Ambient be ordered to comply wit...

Excerpt: .... The parties dispute whether Petitioner's December 13, 2016 letter was a proper demand for arbitration. Respondent contends that the letter did not comply with the relevant statute and therefore the instant action is untimely. Originally, Petitioner filed the petition to compel arbitration on September 6, 2019. On January 10, 2020, Petitioner re-filed the instant petition to compel arbitration, including a previously missing declaration. On Janu...

Excerpt: ...enied coverage for damages to the 2015 Hino truck. The controversy amongst the parties is whether the 2015 Hino truck was covered by the insurance policy. Plaintiff's Complaint against Defendant alleges causes of action for: 1. Breach of Contract; 2. Breach of the Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing; 3. Declaratory Relief. On October 3, 2019, Defendant filed this opposed motion for summary judgment or in the alternative summary adjudication. ...

Excerpt: ...ion for summary judgment or in the alternative summary adjudication as to the first three causes of action. Objections: Plaintiffs object to paragraphs and exhibits in the Declaration of Steven Franklin. Plaintiffs' objections 1-14 are OVERRULED. Defendant moves for summary adjudication of the first three causes of action and the civil penalties claim on the ground that they complied with the Song-Beverly Act by making an offer to repurchase the ...

Excerpt: ...ed Notice of Taking Depositions and for Production of Documents, seeking to depose Scott Ross, Eric Lasky, Jill Fallows Macaluso, and Kathy Ward among others. Ross and Lasky are Novo's in-house counsel, Macaluso is Novo's Chief Compliance Officer, and Ward is an employee of Novo. On July 22, 2019, Defendants filed this opposed motion seeking to quash the notice of depositions and to stay the depositions. Alternatively, Defendants request that a p...

Excerpt: ...mer products that contained the chemical DEHP without a Proposition 65 compliant warning. Plaintiff has previously settled with H Mart and has reached a settlement with Koco. The terms of the settlement are as follows: 1) Koco will stop selling or distributing kitchen tongs consumer products that contain DEHP in excess of 0.1 % by weight without a Proposition 65 compliant warning, 2) Koco will pay $5,720 in civil penalties and an Additional Settl...

Excerpt: ...f the PMQ and demand to produce responsive documents. On November 30, 2018, Defendant objected. Plaintiff's counsel states that after that date they spoke with opposing counsel and came to an agreement to coordinate deposition dates for the PMQ and Plaintiff. Plaintiff filed an instant motion was filed on October 2, 2019. Plaintiff requests that Defendant be compelled to produce its PMQ for deposition, as well as responsive documents. The Court c...

Excerpt: ...ost Qualified (“PMQ”) #2. This Court previously ordered the deposition of Defendants' PMQ #1. On June 11, 2019, Defendants counsel informed Plaintiff that they objected to the deposition but <00130014001c000f000300 00570056000300500052[ved ex parte for a protective order preventing the deposition of PMQ #2. Defendants' ex parte motion was denied and on the same day, they refiled this request for a protective order. Plaintiff files an oppositi...

Excerpt: ...ale members. On January 18, 2019, Plaintiff filed a Complaint. <004c005200510003005a00 00030044005100470003[granted by the Court. On July 19, 2019, Plaintiff filed an appeal, which is pending. Defendants now bring this opposed motion for attorneys' fees and costs asserting they spent 243.3 hours directly related to the anti-SLAPP motion and an additional 32.4 hours for this motion. As such, Defendants request $95,046.75 in attorneys' fees and $85...

Excerpt: ...ntiff initiated arbitration in accordance with the agreement. Each party was to pay their pro-rata share for the arbitration. A final hearing was scheduled for March 25 through March 29, 2019. To proceed with that hearing Defendant needed to pay $30,000 by January 24, 2019. Defendant failed to make the appropriate payment and the hearing was taken off calendar. On May 16, 2019, Plaintiff filed this Complaint seeking to have her malpractice case h...

Excerpt: ...mplaint (“FAC”), using a judicial council form. Hunter alleges causes of action for: “Loss property, Bail Bond, Stolen Money Order for Rent, Pain and Suffering, Harassment.” On April 15, 2019, SRO filed a demurrer to the FAC. Hunter filed an opposition in name only in which she states that SRO knows what she is alleging and that they are merely delaying the case. Meet and Confer: “Before filing a demurrer pursuant to this chapter, the d...