Excerpt: ...ITION: January 27, 2022 REPLY: February 2, 2022 TENTATIVE: Defendant's motion is denied. Plaintiff is to give notice. Background This is a declaratory and injunctive relief action arising out of Defendant, County of Los Angeles' (“Defendant”) mandate for all of its employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Plaintiffs, Vincent Tsai (“Tsai”), Oscar Rodriguez (“Rodriguez”), Enrique Iribe (“Iribe”), Mohamed Bina (“Bina”) and Sh...

Excerpt: ...ternative demurrer to the Complaint is overruled. Plaintiff is to give notice. Background This action arises in connection with a lease for the property located at 7765-7775 Kester Avenue, Van Nuys, California. (the “Property”) According to the Complaint, Defendant Industrial Electronic Engineers, Inc. (“Property”) has leased commercial properties including the Property and Plaintiff, Cinmark Company, LP (“Plaintiff”) has entered seve...

Excerpt: ... deferred until the hearing.. Background This is an action to appeal a Labor Commissioner Award brought by Petitioner, Derek Hay. (“Hay”) According to the operative petition, filed June 19, 2020, Hay is the owner and Chief Executive Officer of Petitioner, Direct Models Inc. dba LA Direct Models (“Direct Models”) who represents artists in the adult entertainment industry and who entered into agreements to represent Respondents, Jane Does 1...

Excerpt: ...tories, Set One is denied. The parties' requests for sanctions are denied. MOTION: Plaintiff's Motion to Compel Responses to Form Interrogatories, Set One OPPOSITION: January 26, 2022 REPLY: None as of February 3, 2022 [ TENTATIVE: Plaintiff's Motion to Compel Responses to Form Interrogatories, Set One is granted as to Nos. 15.1 and 17.1 as to Requests 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, l7, 18, 19, 20, 21, 27, and 32 and otherwise denied. ...

Excerpt: ...cker & Associates, also known as RST & assoc., et al. TRIAL DATE: January 10, 2023 PROOF OF SERVICE: OK MOTION: Plaintiffs' Motion for Trial Preference OPPOSITION: None as of February 2, 2022 REPLY: No opposition filed. TENTATIVE: Plaintiffs' motion is granted. Plaintiffs are to give notice. Background This is a habitability action arising out of Plaintiffs, Bambadjan Bamba, individually and as Guardian Ad Litem for minor Theophilia Bamba, an ind...

Excerpt: ...fs, Roberta G. Veloz, by and through her attorney in fact, David Veloz TRIAL DATE: None PROOF OF SERVICE: OK MOTION: Defendant's Motion to Vacate Default OPPOSITION: January 24, 2022 REPLY: None as of February 1, 2022 TENTATIVE: Defendant's motion is denied. Plaintiff's request for sanctions is denied. Plaintiff is to give notice. Background This action arises in connection with property located at 26845 Black Oak Drive in Valencia, California (t...

Excerpt: ...tice. Background This action arises in connection with alleged sexual abuse of Plaintiff, John Doe (“Plaintiff”) during the late 1970s and early 1980s by his teachers. Plaintiff alleges that he experienced sexual abuse beginning in the seventh grade and occurring at least once a month during the school year. According to the Complaint, this sexual abuse continued for approximately two years until Plaintiff transferred to a different school. P...

Excerpt: ...ion for a new trial in advance of the entry of final judgment, entered on November 29, 2021, on the jury verdict and on reserved issues decided by the court. The court finds the notice of intention for new trial and the motion for new trial to be timely filed. Plaintiff moves on the following grounds: As to the judgment pertaining to Defendant Hunter Wayne Lassos, (1) insufficiency of the evidence to justify the verdict or other decision (Cal. Ci...

Excerpt: ...s Motion to Dismiss for Failure to Bring Case to Trial Within Five Years OPPOSITION: None as of January 31, 2022 REPLY: No opposition filed. TENTATIVE: Defendants' motion is granted. This action is dismissed with prejudice. Defendants are to give notice. Background This habitability action arises in connection with real property located at 335 E. 109th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90061 (the “Premises”) which is allegedly owned by Defendants Pablo...

Excerpt: ...s motion is denied. Defendants' request for sanctions is granted in the amount of $3,000. Defendant is to give notice. Background This action arises out of Defendant's application for an apartment unit at 860 3 rd Street, Apartment 3, Santa Monica, 90403. (“Subject Property”) Plaintiff, Federal Avenue Partners, LLC (“Plaintiff”) alleges that Defendant, Traci LP Wong (“Defendant”) applied for the Subject Property in her own name and si...

Excerpt: ...granted as to the second and fourth causes of action and otherwise denied. Defendant is to give notice. Background This action arises from Defendant, Angel Garcia's (“Defendant”) employment with Plaintiff, C.R. Laurence Co., Inc. (“Plaintiff”) Plaintiff alleges that beginning in 2018, it began experiencing “mass defections” of employees to a rival company, Frameless Hardware Company, (“FHC”) including Defendant. During this time, ...

Excerpt: ...POSITION: January 19, 2022 REPLY: January 24, 2022 TENTATIVE: Plaintiff's motion is denied. Plaintiff is to give notice. Background This action arises in connection with sexual assault that allegedly occurred on April 19, 2018 (the “Incident”) at Defendant Sharon Care Center (“Sharon Care”), located at 8167 West 3rd Street, Los Angeles, California and concerns the allegedly “retaliatory termination” of Plaintiff, Jane MS Doe (“Plain...

Excerpt: ...: Drake Kennedy's demurrer is sustained as to the fifth, seventh, twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth causes of action. The demurrer is otherwise overruled. Drake Kennedy's motion is granted as to the request to strike punitive damages. (Notice of Motion, items 1, 3-6, 8-11.) The motion is otherwise denied. Plaintiff is granted 30 days leave to amend. Drake Kennedy is to give notice. MOTION: Demurrer to Second Amended Complaint; Motion to Strike P...

Excerpt: ...ed on July 8, 2021 and default judgment entered on December 6, 2021 against Mirabel are set aside. Mirabel is to give notice and file his proposed answer within 10 days of this date. Background This action arises in connection with remodeling work performed by Defendant, Mac Pro Sales and Installation, Inc (“Mac Pro”) at Plaintiffs, Freddy Ramirez and Silvia Ramirez's (“Plaintiffs”) property located at 7747 Greenbush Avenue, Panorama City...

Excerpt: ...022 REPLY: January 24, 2022 TENTATIVE : Defendants' motion is granted. Plaintiff is ordered to appear for deposition and produce documents on or before March 15, 2022. Defendants' request for sanctions is denied. Defendants are to give notice. MOTION: Defendants' Motion to Compel Compliance OPPOSITION: January 18, 2022 REPLY: January 24, 2022 TENTATIVE: Defendants' motion is granted. Plaintiff is to serve further responses and produce responsive ...

Excerpt: ...PLY: January 21, 2022 TENTATIVE: Defendants' motion is granted as to the second through fourth causes of action and the claim for punitive damages. The motion is otherwise denied. Defendants are to give notice. Background This action arises from Anthony Guytan's (“Plaintiff”) employment with Swift Transportation from 2015-2016. The Complaint alleges that during his employment, Plaintiff engaged in activities protected under the public policie...

Excerpt: ...n for Good Faith Settlement Determination OPPOSITION: January 14, 2022 REPLY: January 21, 2022 (by Plaintiff, Brad Waisbren) TENTATIVE: The Heger Defendants' motion is granted. The court finds the settlement was entered into in good faith, which bars any other joint tortfeasor or co- obligor from any further claims against the Heger Defendants for equitable comparative contribution, or partial or comparative indemnity, based on comparative neglig...

Excerpt: ...s to give notice and prepare a proposed judgment. Background This is a petition to confirm arbitration award. According to the Petition, Petitioner Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (“SpaceX”) and Respondent, Jose Arreola (“Arreola”) entered an agreement to arbitrate on August 14, 2015. Pursuant to this agreement, the parties arbitrated their dispute before the Honorable Luis A. Cardenas (Ret) (the “Arbitrator”) Arreola initi...

Excerpt: ...ition January 20, 2022 TENTATIVE: Plaintiff's motion is denied. Kazemi is to give notice. Background This is an action for defamation arising out of Plaintiff, John Neal Drooyan's (“Plaintiff”) representation of E.S.E. Electronics, Inc. (“ESE”) Plaintiff alleges that he is an attorney and has represented ESE since 2008 in various matters. According to the Complaint, Defendant David Kazemi (“Kazemi”), who is the president of ESE, has a...

Excerpt: ...2022 TENTATIVE: Plaintiff's motion is denied. Both parties' request for sanctions are denied. Plaintiff is to give notice. Background This action arises out of Plaintiff, Shawn Michael Dolmage's (“Plaintiff”) employment as a synthetic turf installer for Beyond the Turf, Inc. (“Beyond”) According to the Complaint, Plaintiff worked installing synthetic turf fields throughout Los Angeles County, including at the University of California. Pla...

Excerpt: ... REPLY: January 19, 2022 TENTATIVE: Defendants' demurrer is overruled. Defendants' motion is denied. Defendants are to give notice. Background This action arises in connection with Plaintiff's residency at 417 W. Los Feliz Road, Glendale, California. (the “Property”) Plaintiff alleges that she resided in Unit 22 (“Rental Unit”) of the Property from September 2020 to April 26, 2021 and that she vacated the Rental Unit due to an ongoing pes...

Excerpt: ...r, by and through her guardian ad litem, Miriam Rios OPPOSITION: None as of January 21, 2022 REPLY: No opposition filed. TENTATIVE: Defendants' motion is granted. Milly Delgadillo, by and through her guardian ad litem Miriam Rios is to serve verified responses without objection to Requests for Production, Set One within 30 days of this date. Defendants' request for sanction is granted in the amount of $180. Failure to comply with this order may r...

Excerpt: ... proposed FAC with the corrected code section within 10 days of this date. Plaintiff is to give notice. Background This is a habitability action arising out of Plaintiff, Ines Cubias' (“Plaintiff”) residency at 1332 Walnut Avenue, Long Beach, California. (the “Property”) Defendant, 1332 Walnut Ave LB, LLC (“Defendant”) was allegedly the owner of the Property. Plaintiff alleges that he became a tenant in 2007 and that between 2010 and ...

Excerpt: ...ge and Dismissal of Plaintiff OPPOSITION: None, Notice of Non-Opposition January 12, 2022 REPLY: No opposition filed. TENTATIVE : Plaintiff's motion is granted. Plaintiff is dismissed from this action. Plaintiff is to give notice. Background This is an interpleader action arising in connection an escrow contract (the “Contract”) which was opened with Plaintiff Capital Trust Escrow, a California corporation (“Plaintiff”) for Defendant, Bur...

Excerpt: ...d. Plaintiff is granted leave to amend for 30 days from today's date. Moving Defendants are to give notice. Background This action arises out of a divorce settlement between Plaintiff, Holly Wiersma (“Plaintiff”) and Cassian Elwes. (“Elwes”) According to the operative Second Amended Complaint, (“SAC”), Plaintiff and Elwes formally dissolved their marriage in September 2013 and Elwes granted Plaintiff an option (the “Option”) comme...

Excerpt: ...r, by and through her guardian ad litem, Miriam Rios OPPOSITION: None as of January 21, 2022 REPLY: No opposition filed. TENTATIVE: Defendants' motion is granted. Milly Delgadillo, by and through her guardian ad litem Miriam Rios is to serve verified responses without objection to Requests for Production, Set One within 30 days of this date. Defendants' request for sanction is granted in the amount of $180. Failure to comply with this order may r...

Excerpt: ... 2022 REPLY: No opposition filed. RECOMMENDATION: Plaintiff's motion is granted. Plaintiff is to give notice. Background This action arises out of loans made by Plaintiff, ACF Finco I LP (“Plaintiff”) to non-party Terravant Wine Company, LLC. (“Terravant”) Plaintiff alleges that it is an asset-based lender that provides asset-based loans to small and middle market companies such as Terravant. Terravant allegedly sought financing from Plai...

Excerpt: ...nts' motion is granted. The Award is confirmed. Defendants are to give notice and prepare a judgment. Background This is a professional negligence action arising out of Defendants, Buchalter, a Professional Corporation (“Buchalter”) and Tracy A. Warren's (“Warren”) representation of Plaintiff, Dan Markel (“Plaintiff”), in the separate action JM Van Nuys, LLC, et al. v. Leonard Babaie (Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BC540867) (“...

Excerpt: ...sition of Roselly Rios is granted. The parties are ordered to meet and confer regarding a date for Ms. Rios' deposition. The deposition is to take place no later than February 28, 2022. Defendants' request for sanctions is denied. Failure to comply with this order may result in more severe sanctions, including evidentiary or terminating sanctions. Defendants are to give notice. MOTION: Defendants' Motion to Compel Deposition of Miriam Rios MOVING...

Excerpt: ... Cross-Defendant's Demurrer to Cross-Complaint, Cross-Defendant's Motion to Strike Portions of Cross-Complaint OPPOSITION: January 10, 2022 REPLY: January 14, 2022 TENTATIVE: TMC's demurrer is sustained as to the second cause of action and otherwise overruled. TMC's motion is granted as to the request to strike monetary damages (Notice of Motion, item 2.) TMC's motion is otherwise denied. Broadway is granted 30 days leave to amend. Broadway is gr...

Excerpt: ...l Deposition of Ms. Torres is granted. The parties are ordered to meet and confer regarding a date for Ms. Torres' deposition. The deposition is to take place no later than February 28, 2022. Defendants' request for sanctions is denied. Failure to comply with this order may result in more severe sanctions, including evidentiary or terminating sanctions. Defendants are to give notice. MOTION: Defendants' Motion to Compel Deposition of Gilbert Mald...

Excerpt: ...is granted. Ms. Rios is to serve verified responses without objection within 30 days of this date. Defendants' request for sanctions is granted in the amount of $300. Failure to comply with this order may result in more severe sanctions, including evidentiary or terminating sanctions. Defendants are to give notice. MOTION: Defendants' Motion to Compel Responses to Special Interrogatories, Set One OPPOSITION: None as of January 11, REPLY: No oppos...

Excerpt: ...iled] REPLY: No opposition filed until after statement of non-opposition filed. TENTATIVE: Defendant's motion is granted. The parties are ordered to meet and confer on dates for Plaintiff's deposition. The deposition is to take place no later than April 30, 2020, unless plaintiff can show that it is impossible because of this incarceration to give a deposition. Defendant's request for sanctions is granted in the amount of $2,000 against plaintiff...

Excerpt: ...his is an action for breach of fiduciary duty arising in connection with real property located at 1155 S. Grand Avenue, Unit #1016, Los Angeles, California. (the “Property”) Plaintiff, Rikki Selby (“Plaintiff”) brings this action against Defendant, Greg Stangl (“Stangl”), who she alleges to be her representative in connection with purchase of the Property. According to the Complaint, Plaintiff entered into a Residential Purchase Agree...

Excerpt: ...int OPPOSITION: December 15, 2021 REPLY: None as of December 28, 2021 TENTATIVE: Moving Defendants' demurrer is sustained. Plaintiffs are granted 30 days leave to amend from this date. Moving Defendants are to give notice. Having sustained Moving Defendants' demurrer, Moving Defendants' motion is moot. Background This action arises out of a transaction for the purchase of property located at 14960 Dickens Street, Unit 214, Sherman Oaks, 91403. (t...

Excerpt: ...red quashed. Asia Top is to give notice. Background This action arises out of real estate development projects in Los Angeles, California concerning properties with assessor parcel numbers 4419-015-196, 4419-015-907, 4419-015-026, 4419-015-022 and 4378-002-032. (the “Parcels”) Plaintiff, Steven Powers, as trustee under Amended and Restated Trust Agreement for R.E.I. 401(k) Trust entered into December 29, 2009 and effective as of January 1, 20...

Excerpt: ... Plaintiff's motion is granted as to interrogatories 1, 2, 5, 8-9, 15, 17, 18, 19, and 21-22 subject to the limitations stated in the court's ruling. Facility is to serve verified, supplemental responses within 30 days of this date. As to interrogatories 21-22, the parties are ordered to meet and confer and agree on an opt-in letter by January 15, 2022. Letters are then to be mailed no later than January 31, 2022. Facility is ordered to submit a ...

Excerpt: .... The motion is otherwise denied. Plaintiff is granted 30 days leave to amend. Defendant is to give notice. Background This action arises out of Defendant's application for an apartment unit at 860 3 rd Street, Apartment 3, Santa Monica, 90403. (“Subject Property”) Plaintiff, Federal Avenue Partners, LLC (“Plaintiff”) alleges that Defendant, Traci LP Wong (“Defendant”) applied for the Subject Property in her own name and signed a leas...

Excerpt: ...REPLY: None as of December 23, 2021 : Defendants' motion re Ana Gutierrez is moot. Defendants' request for sanctions is denied. Defendant is to give notice. MOTION: Defendant's Motion to Compel Responses of Ana Gutierrez to Form Interrogatories, Set One MOVING PARTIES: Defendants, Eubank Partnership 2 LLC and Eubank Partnership 3, LLC OPPOSING PARTY: Plaintiff, David Gutierrez OPPOSITION: December 14, 2021 REPLY: None as of December 23, 2021 TENT...

Excerpt: ...aintiff's motion is denied as to interrogatory 12.3 and otherwise moot. Plaintiff's request for sanction is denied. Plaintiff is to give notice. Background This is an elder abuse action arising out of Plaintiff, Antonio Guerrero's (“decedent”) residency at Defendant, Bakersfield Healthcare and Wellness Centre, LLC. (“Facility”) Decedent brings this action through his successor in interest, Carlos Guerrero. (“Mr. Guerrero”) According t...

Excerpt: ...bitration OPPOSITION: December 13, 2021 REPLY: December 17, 2021 TENTATIVE: FCA's motion is granted. Plaintiffs are ordered to arbitrate their claims against FCA. This action is stayed pending completion of arbitration or further order of the court. The court sets an order to show cause re commencement of the arbitration for March 25, 2022, at 8:30 a.m. in Department 37. FCA is to give notice. Background This is a lemon law action arising in conn...

Excerpt: ...ranted. Defendants' memorandum of costs is taxed in its entirety. Plaintiff is to give notice. Background This action arises out of Plaintiff, Carmen Liza's (“Plaintiff”) employment with a Carl's Jr. Restaurant, “Unit 66”. Defendant, CKE Restaurant Holdings, Inc. (“CKE”), Carl's Jr. Restaurants, LLC (“Carl's Jr.”) and Akash Management, LLC (“Akash”) allegedly own and operate chains of restaurants, including Carl's Jr restauran...

Excerpt: ...r 10, 2021 REPLY: December 14, 2021 TENTATIVE : Plaintiff's motion is granted as to requests 10, 14 and 15 subject to the limitations stated in the court's ruling. Plaintiff's request for sanctions is denied. Rockport is serve verified, supplemental responses and produce documents within 30 days of this date. Plaintiff is to give notice. Background This is an elder abuse action arising out of Plaintiff, Antonio Guerrero's (“decedent”) residen...

Excerpt: ... Plaintiff's request for sanctions is denied. Defendant is to give notice. Background This is a habitability action arising out of Plaintiff, Ines Cubias' (“Plaintiff”) residency at 1332 Walnut Avenue, Long Beach, California. (the “Property”) Defendant, 1332 Walnut Ave LB, LLC (“Defendant”) was allegedly the owner of the Property. Plaintiff alleges that he became a tenant in 2007 and that between 2010 and December 2020, Plaintiff's ap...

Excerpt: ...is claims with GAC. The action is stayed pending the completion of arbitration or further order of the court. The court sets an order to show cause re status of commencement of the arbitration for April 6, 2022, at 8:30 a.m. in Department 37. GAC is to give notice. Background This action arises out of Plaintiff, William Prosser's (“Plaintiff”) employment with Defendant, Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation. (“GAC”) Plaintiff alleges that he s...

Excerpt: ...itan, Raul Gaitan and Abigail Gaitan OPPOSING PARTIES: Defendant, Rosa Maria Medina OPPOSITION: None TENTATIVE: Plaintiffs' Petitions to Approve Minors Compromise are GRANTED. Plaintiffs are to give notice. Background This is a habitability action arising out of Plaintiffs, Adriana Garcia Perez, Leonardo Gaitan, Aaron Gaitan, Raul Gaitan, Abigail C. Gaitan, Angelo G. Gaitan, Genaro Rafael Gaitan (the “Perez Family”), Oscar Jimenez Mendo, Omar...

Excerpt: ...o give notice and prepare a proposed judgment. MOTION: Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment MOVING PARTY: Defendant, United Fabricare Supply, Inc. OPPOSING PARTY: Plaintiff Carla Benitez OPPOSITION: December 8, 2021 REPLY: December 17, 2021 TENTATIVE: United's motion is granted. United is to give notice and prepare a proposed judgment. MOTION: Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment MOVING PARTY: Defendant, Univar Solutions OPPOSING PARTY: Pla...

Excerpt: ...otion is granted. Both parties' requests for sanctions are denied. Defendant is to serve verified, supplemental responses within 30 days. Plaintiff is to give notice. Background This is a lemon law action arising out of Plaintiff, Carlos Rodriguez Revolorio's (“Plaintiff”) purchase of a 2018 Ford Mustang (the “Vehicle”), manufactured and/or distributed by Defendant, Ford Motor Company. (“Defendant”). Plaintiff alleges that he received...

Excerpt: ...TATIVE: Defendants' demurrer is sustained. Defendants are to give notice. Background This action arises out of Plaintiff, Melanie McDade-Dickens' (“Plaintiff”) employment with Defendant, City of Inglewood. (the “City”) Plaintiff alleges that she was supervised by Defendant, Mayor James T. Butts (“Mayor”) during her employment and sues him in both his individual and official capacities. Additionally, Defendant Jose. O Cortes (“Cortes...

Excerpt: ...alternative, Summary Adjudication OPPOSITION: November 24, 2021 REPLY: December 3, 2021 TENTATIVE: Cross-Defendants' motion is granted as to the first, second, fourth and fifth causes of action and otherwise denied. Cross-Defendants are to give notice. Background Plaintiff Evan Israel Brenner (“Evan Brenner”), on behalf of his minor child Mika Jaymes Brenner (“Mika Brenner”) (“Plaintiff”),[1] alleges that Defendants Mika Jaymes, Inc. ...