Excerpt: ...ven and the parties do not appear, the Court will adopt the tentative ruling as the final ruling. Plaintiffs allege that there was a defect with the 8L56 MYC Hydra-Matic automatic transmission in the 2017 Chevrolet Colorado purchased by Plaintiff. Defendant General Motors LLC moves for summary judgment or, in the alternative, summary adjudication. TENTATIVE RULING Defendant General Motors LLC's motion for summary judgment is GRANTED. ANALYSIS: Mo...

Excerpt: ...ven and the parties do not appear, the Court will adopt the tentative ruling as the final ruling. Plaintiff insurer seeks declaratory relief against insureds that no policy benefits are due based on the insureds breach of obligation to cooperate with the claims adjusting investigation pertaining to an automobile accident. Plaintiff State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company moves for reconsideration of the November 10, 2022 order granting Def...

Excerpt: ...ven and the parties do not appear, the Court will adopt the tentative ruling as the final ruling. Plaintiff alleges that she suffered harassment and discrimination based upon her pregnancy and related complications, need for accommodations and/or the need for protected finite medical leave. Plaintiff alleges that she was denied incentive payments, had the total number of hours of compensation reduced, her salary reduced, and was demoted to an hou...

Excerpt: ...ven and the parties do not appear, the Court will adopt the tentative ruling as the final ruling. Plaintiff alleges that he was terminated after taking time of to be with his wife during her recovery during pregnancy. Plaintiff also alleges wage and hour violations and brings a PAGA claim. On October 10, 2019, Judge Bryant-Deason granted Defendants' motion to compel arbitration as to the first through eleventh causes of action and thirteenth caus...

Excerpt: ...ven and the parties do not appear, the Court will adopt the tentative ruling as the final ruling. This is an action to shut down an alleged illegally operated immigration consulting business. Plaintiff Immigrant Rights Defense Council, LLC moves for terminating sanctions or, in the alternative, an order compelling Defendant Michaela Chang to comply with this Court's August 16, 2022 order. Plaintiff also requests monetary sanctions. TENTATIVE RULI...

Excerpt: ...iven and the parties do not appear, the Court will adopt the tentative ruling as the final ruling. Defendant General Star Indemnity Company's demurrer to the Second Amended Complaint is SUSTAINED without leave to amend as to the first through fourth causes of action. The case is ordered dismissed with prejudice. ANALYSIS Demurrer Meet and Confer The Declaration of David A. Tartaglio reflects that Defendant's counsel satisfied the meet and confer ...

Excerpt: ...en and the parties do not appear, the Court will adopt the tentative ruling as the final ruling. Plaintiffs alleges that Defendant defamed Plaintiff Srivastava and intentionally interfered with a business deal that would have netted Plaintiff approximately $40,000,000 in profit, then tried to extort $500,000 out of Plaintiff. Plaintiffs also alleges a breach of a settlement agreement by Defendant whereby the parties agreed not to disparage each o...

Excerpt: ...iven and the parties do not appear, the Court will adopt the tentative ruling as the final ruling. Plaintiff leased production studio space from Defendant, with an option to purchase the property. Defendant allegedly interfered with Plaintiff's business from prospective clients who wished to rent studio space from Plaintiff. Moreover, Defendant was allegedly responsible for a flood to the building, which Plaintiff paid to have the resulting damag...

Excerpt: ...en and the parties do not appear, the Court will adopt the tentative ruling as the final ruling. Plaintiff alleges that Defendant (the live-in girlfriend of Plaintiff's late father, Eugene) fraudulently transferred title to two real properties from Plaintiff's name to Defendant's name, pursuant to a Power of Attorney Plaintiff had given to her father to refinance a loan. Defendant Ludmilla Haikin filed a Cross-Complaint alleging that Plaintiff/Cr...

Excerpt: ...en and the parties do not appear, the Court will adopt the tentative ruling as the final ruling. Plaintiff alleges that she suffered from major depressive disorder, anxiety disorder, and a sleep disorder (severe insomnia), and was prescribed anti-anxiety, anti-depression and sleep medications. Plaintiff alleges that she was pretextually terminated for violations of the drug-free workplace policy. After a jury trial, the jury returned a special ve...

Excerpt: ...e wrongfully withheld monies owed to Cross-Complainant and made false representations to Payan, which caused him to record the reconveyance. Defendant Firooz Payan moves for an order disqualifying attorney Steven C. Huskey, Esq. and the law firm of Epport, Richman & Robbins, LLP from representing Cross-Defendant Houshang Aframian and any other party in this action. TENTATIVE RULING The hearing on Defendant Firooz Payan's motion to disqualify coun...

Excerpt: ...en and the parties do not appear, the Court will adopt the tentative ruling as the final ruling. The Court will not be available to hear argument on this motion on December 1, 2022. In the event that any party requests oral argument, the Court will schedule a hearing on a future date. Plaintiffs allege that there was a defect with the 8L56 MYC Hydra-Matic automatic transmission in the 2017 Chevrolet Colorado purchased by Plaintiff. Defendant Gene...

Excerpt: ...ven and the parties do not appear, the Court will adopt the tentative ruling as the final ruling. The Court will not be available to hear argument on November 30, 2022. In the event that any party requests argument on the tentative, the Court will schedule a hearing at a future date. This is a Lemon Law action whereby Plaintiff allege that Defendants failed to repair the subject vehicle to conform to warranties after a reasonable number of attemp...

Excerpt: ...given and the parties do not appear, the Court will adopt the tentative ruling as the final ruling. The Court will not be available to hear argument on November 30, 2022. In the event that any party requests argument on the tentative, the Court will schedule a hearing at a future date. Plaintiffs allege that there was a Battery Defect in the 2019 Chevrolet Bolt Plaintiffs leased, and Defendant has failed to repair the vehicle to conform to warran...

Excerpt: ...ven and the parties do not appear, the Court will adopt the tentative ruling as the final ruling. The Court will be unavailable to hear this motion on November 29, 2022. In the event that any of the parties request oral argument, the Court will schedule a hearing on a future date suitable for the Court's calendar. Plaintiff alleges that he had an agreement with Defendants, his parents, that property would be purchased and held jointly in Plaintif...

Excerpt: ...ven and the parties do not appear, the Court will adopt the tentative ruling as the final ruling. The Court will be unavailable to hear this motion on November 29, 2022. In the event that any of the parties request oral argument, the Court will schedule a hearing on a future date suitable for the Court's calendar. Plaintiffs allege that Defendants failed to replace a known defective ceiling fan in the bathroom of a neighboring unit. The fan caugh...

Excerpt: ... Janet Brandstetter and Timothy Nelson. Plaintiff's request for leave to amend is DENIED. Plaintiff's request to strike this anti‐SLAPP special motion to strike pursuant to CCP § 128.7 is DENIED. Defendants may bring a separately‐noticed motion to recover attorney's fees incurred in connection with this anti‐SLAPP motion. Given the ruling on the anti‐SLAPP motion, Defendants Janet Brandstetter and Timothy Nelson's demurrer to the Complai...

Excerpt: ...ven and the parties do not appear, the Court will adopt the tentative ruling as the final ruling, and will set a case management conference for a future date. Plaintiff insurer seeks declaratory relief against insureds that no policy benefits are due based on the insureds breach of obligation to cooperate with the claims adjusting investigation pertaining to an automobile accident. Defendants Anna Arsenyan and Zhora Sargisyan move for an order se...

Excerpt: ...ven and the parties do not appear, the Court will adopt the tentative ruling as the final ruling and set a post-arbitration status conference in one year. This is a lawsuit filed by Plaintiff general contractor alleging that Defendant subcontractor has breached a settlement agreement by filing an arbitration demand. Defendant KS Steel Corporation brings an amended motion to compel arbitration, and stay this action. TENTATIVE RULING Defendant KS S...

Excerpt: ...ven and the parties do not appear, the Court will adopt the tentative ruling as the final ruling. Plaintiff alleges that Defendant informed Plaintiff that Defendant intends to impose charges on Plaintiff's bank account despite a promise made by Defendant's predecessor that there would never be any charges associated with the account. Plaintiff alleges that Defendant has changed the terms of the account whereby he must maintain a minimum balance o...

Excerpt: ...iven and the parties do not appear, the Court will adopt the tentative ruling as the final ruling AND the case management conference will be continued to January 3, 2023 at 8:30 a.m. Plaintiff alleges that Defendants steered Plaintiff into a “hard money loan” mortgage used to evade the requirements of the Dodd-Frank Amendments to the Truth-in-Lending Act (“TILA”). Defendant lender allegedly deprived Plaintiff of use of loan funds needed t...

Excerpt: ...en and the parties do not appear, the Court will adopt the tentative ruling as the final ruling. This is a putative [1] class action brought on behalf of class members who were victims of Defendants' alleged scheme whereby Defendants would fraudulently dupe victims into unknowingly transferring title to real property under the guise of lowered mortgage payments negotiated on the victims' behalf. Defendants would then collect “mortgage payments�...

Excerpt: ...en and the parties do not appear, the Court will adopt the tentative ruling as the final ruling. Plaintiff alleges that he was discriminated against and harassed by his supervisor on the basis of his sexual orientation. Plaintiff also alleges that he suffered retaliation for taking CFRA leave to care for his grandparent. Plaintiff also alleges wage and hour violations. Plaintiff was allegedly constructively terminated in retaliation for complaini...

Excerpt: ...ar is not given and the parties do not appear, the Court will adopt the tentative ruling as the final ruling. Plaintiffs allege that there was a Battery Defect in the 2019 Chevrolet Bolt Plaintiffs leased, and Defendant has failed to repair the vehicle to conform to warranties. Defendant General Motors LLC demurs to the Second Amended Complaint and moves to strike portions thereof. TENTATIVE RULING Defendant General Motors LLC's demurrer to the S...

Excerpt: ...en and the parties do not appear, the Court will adopt the tentative ruling as the final ruling. Plaintiff alleges that she purchased a used vehicle which manifested serious defects within 30 days of the sale, and that she purchased a pre-paid repair contract, but the dealer failed to register the vehicle with the service contract company, so the company would not assist Plaintiff with repairs. Defendants Nexxt Car, Inc. and American Contractors ...