Excerpt: ...uired to leave the country. During this time, Plaintiff and Defendant Margarita Chicas had an agreement that Defendant would manage the real property owned by Plaintiff located at 10234 S. 10th Ave. Inglewood, CA 90303. However, instead, Defendant obtained title to Plaintiff's real property through fraud and forgery of the deed. Plaintiff alleges the following causes of action: 1. Quiet Title; 2. Slander of Title; 3. Cancellation of Instrument; 4...

Excerpt: ...IVE RULING Fabio Albano's Motion to Confirm Arbitration Award is granted, in part. Henrik Fisker, et al.'s Petition to Vacate Arbitration Award is denied. Background Plaintiff filed the Complaint on October 9, 2020. Fisker, Inc. is an electric vehicle automaker. The individual Defendants are the co-founders of Fisker Inc. Henrik Fisker is the Chief Executive Officer of Fisker Inc. and Dr. Geeta Fisker is the Chief Financial Officer of Fisker Inc....

Excerpt: ...sts for Admissions, Set One TENTATIVE RULING Sabine De Weijer's Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings is granted with 20 days leave to amend. Sabine De Weijer's Motion to Compel Further Responses to Form Interrogatories, Set One is denied. Sabine De Weijer's Motion to Compel Further Responses to Requests for Admissions, Set One is denied. Background Plaintiff filed her Complaint on April 3, 2018. Plaintiff is the owner of real property located at ...

Excerpt: ... to Strike Portions of First Amended Complaint TENTATIVE RULING Riley Johnson, Jr., et al.'s Demurrer to First Amended Complaint is sustained with 20 days leave to amend. Riley Johnson, Jr., et al.'s Motion to Strike Portions of First Amended Complaint is denied, in part, granted with 20 days leave to amend, in part, and moot, in part. Background Plaintiff's Complaint was filed on January 3, 2022. Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint was filed on ...

Excerpt: ...ts. Plaintiff alleges that her 2016 Jeep Cherokee suffers from transmission, engine, and electrical defects. Plaintiff sets forth causes of action under the Song-Beverly Act as well as a cause of action for Fraudulent Concealment. Request for Judicial Notice Plaintiff's request for judicial notice is granted. Motion to Compel Arbitration “California law reflects a strong public policy in favor of arbitration as a relatively quick and inexpensiv...

Excerpt: ...or Summary Adjudication is denied, in part, and granted, in part. Background Plaintiff filed the Complaint on January 15, 2020. Plaintiff alleges the following facts. Plaintiff was employed as a police officer with the City of Hermosa Beach. Plaintiff was injured as an officer, and then improperly investigated in contravention of her rights under the Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights Act. Plaintiff was retaliated against for attemp...

Excerpt: ...intiff filed the Complaint on May 25, 2021. Plaintiff alleges the following facts. Plaintiff retained Defendants for dental services. Plaintiff discovered a remnant inside her tooth, number 14, which was negligently left behind during a root canal theory treatment. Plaintiff alleges the following causes of action: 1. Professional Negligence; 2. Professional Negligence – Res Ipsa Loquitor (sic); 3. Lack of Informed Consent. Meet and Confer Defen...

Excerpt: ...VE RULING Henrik Fisker, et al.'s Application to File Under Seal is denied. Fabio Albano's Application to File Under Seal is denied. Background Plaintiff filed the Complaint on October 9, 2020. Fisker, Inc. is an electric vehicle automaker. The individual Defendants are the cofounders of Fisker Inc. Henrik Fisker is the Chief Executive Officer of Fisker Inc., and Dr. Geeta Fisker is the Chief Financial Officer of Fisker Inc. In 2016, Plaintiff pr...

Excerpt: ...'s deputy undergoing administrative disciplinary proceedings. Plaintiff retained Defendant to represent him. Defendant told Plaintiff not to attend an administrative hearing known as a Skelly hearing. Defendant also failed to attend. Plaintiff was discharged after not attending the hearing. Defendant also improperly disclosed privileged matters. Plaintiff alleges the following causes of action: 1. Professional Negligence (Legal Malpractice); 2. B...

Excerpt: ...TIVE RULING Financial Services Vehicle Trust, et al.'s Application for Writ of Possession is granted pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure § 512.040(b). Background Plaintiff filed its Complaint on September 19, 2022. Plaintiff alleges the following facts. Defendant Ng breached the motor lease agreement which Defendants entered into with Plaintiff's assignor. Defendant Edward Transit Express Group, Inc. is wrongfully retaining possession of the veh...

Excerpt: ...cts. Plaintiff alleges that her 2018 Jeep Compass suffers from electrical defects. Plaintiff sets forth causes of action under the Song-Beverly Act. Request for Judicial Notice Plaintiff's request for judicial notice is granted. Motion to Compel Arbitration “California law reflects a strong public policy in favor of arbitration as a relatively quick and inexpensive method for resolving disputes. [Citation.] To further that policy, [Code of Civi...

Excerpt: ...Claw Back of Documents and Seeking Sanctions is denied. Background Plaintiff 2221 Park Place Partners LLC (“Landlord”) filed its original Complaint on June 30, 2020. Plaintiff operative Fourth Amended Complaint was filed on November 29, 2021. Plaintiff alleges the following facts. Plaintiff was the landlord and Defendant 2221 Park Place Tenant LLC (“Tenant”) was the tenant on the subject property located at 2221 Park Place, El Segundo, Ca...

Excerpt: ...days leave to amend. Roshan Jayasinghe's Motion to Strike Portions of Second Amended Complaint is deemed moot. Background Plaintiff filed its Complaint on August 10, 2020. Plaintiff filed its Second Amended Complaint on October 25, 2022. Plaintiff alleges the following facts. Plaintiff delivered merchandise to Defendants pursuant to an agreement. Defendants failed to pay for the merchandise. Plaintiff alleges the following causes of action: 1. Br...

Excerpt: ... 2021. Plaintiff alleges the following facts. Plaintiff made and delivered meals to Defendant Air Fayre CA Inc. to be provided to its airline customers. Air Fayre's purchase orders commonly omitted the price for the meals it ordered. Therefore, the parties used a system, designed and maintained by Air Fayre, to set the prices it owed to Chase. Air Fayre and Defendant Darryl Terrell manipulated the pricing system and underpaid Chase. Defendants al...

Excerpt: ...0. Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint was filed on August 19, 2020. Plaintiff alleges the following facts. Plaintiff is a former employee of Defendants. Defendants failed to provide proper break and rest periods. Defendants failed to compensate Plaintiff at the required rate for all the hours worked. Defendants failed to accommodate Plaintiff's disability. Plaintiff was wrongfully terminated when he had to take care of his sick wife. Plaintiff a...

Excerpt: ...quio Aguilar-Hernandez's Motion to Continue Trial and Uber Technologies, Inc.'s Joinder to Motion to Continue Trial, are continued to February 27, 2023. Estaquio Aguilar-Hernandez's Motion to Compel Neurological Independent Medical Examination is continued to February 27, 2023. Background Plaintiff filed his Complaint on July 18, 2019. Plaintiff's operative Second Amended Complaint was filed on September 2, 2021. Plaintiff alleges the following f...

Excerpt: ...or Summary Adjudication is denied. Background Plaintiffs' Complaint was filed on April 1, 2021. Plaintiffs' First Amended Complaint was filed on June 17, 2021. Plaintiffs allege the following facts. Plaintiffs own and reside at 601 Paseo de los Reyes, Redondo Beach, California 90277. Defendant Karyn Chamberlain is the owner of neighboring property. Defendant Gutierrez & Sons Tree Service & Landscaping, Inc. was hired by Defendant Chamberlain. Def...

Excerpt: ...e following facts. Plaintiff is a former employee of Defendants. Plaintiff filed this action on behalf of himself and similarly aggrieved non-exempt employees under the Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”) for recovery of civil penalties pursuant to Labor Code Section 2698, et seq. Request for Judicial Notice Defendant's request for judicial notice, filed on December 29, 2022, is denied. While the Court may, generally, take judicial notice ...

Excerpt: ...rty, Inc., et al.'s Motion to Strike Portions of Complaint 3. Jimmy Kim, et al.'s Demurrer to Complaint 4. Jimmy Kim, et al.'s Motion to Strike Portions of Complaint TENTATIVE RULING 401 South Hoover Property, Inc., et al. and Jimmy Kim, et al.'s Demurrers to Complaint are sustained with 20 days leave to amend. 401 South Hoover Property, Inc., et al. and Jimmy Kim, et al.'s Motions to Strike Portions of Complaint are moot, in part, and granted wi...

Excerpt: ... Jamele, et al.'s Application for Writ of Possession is granted pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure § 512.040(b). Background Plaintiffs filed the Complaint on June 14, 2022. Plaintiffs allege the following facts. Defendants entered into stock purchase agreements with Plaintiffs. Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, Plaintiffs were to be given a Retained Earnings Promissory Note in an amount to be agreed upon by the parties. Eventually, four a...

Excerpt: ...Background Plaintiffs filed their Complaint on May 31, 2018. Plaintiffs' First Amended Complaint was filed on October 15, 2018. Plaintiffs allege the following facts. From 1982 to 2000, Plaintiff Dan O' Leary worked for The Boeing Company (“Boeing”) as an electrical journeyman at Boeing. (First Am. Compl. (“FAC”) ¶ 20.) Plaintiffs allege that, during this time, Dan O'Leary used or was exposed to certain solvents containing trichloroethyl...

Excerpt: ...mplaint on March 27, 2017, in both state and federal court. On August 28, 2017, Plaintiff filed a Second Amended Complaint in the federal action. Thus, the Second Amended Complaint is the operative pleading as it was the pleading at issue when the action was remanded back to the instant State Court. Plaintiff alleges the following facts: On October 31, 2016, Plaintiff's mother, decedent Michelle Shirley, was shot and killed by officers of the Tor...

Excerpt: ...nted. Fred J. Kim, DDS, Inc., et al.'s Motion for Attorneys' Fees and Costs is granted. Background Plaintiffs filed their Complaint on January 29, 2020. Plaintiffs allege the following facts. Plaintiff Fred J. Kim, D.D.S. (“Dr. Kim”) is a licensed dentist. Defendant Ta Yeon Park is Dr. Kim's former patient. Defendant Joo Hwan Kim is Ta Yeon Park's son, and he served as Ms. Park's translator during several of her dental appointments. Beginning...

Excerpt: ...denied. Background Plaintiff filed the Complaint on January 15, 2020. Plaintiff alleges the following facts. Plaintiff was employed as a police officer with the City of Hermosa Beach. Plaintiff was injured as an officer, and then improperly investigated in contravention of her rights under the Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights Act. Plaintiff was retaliated against for attempting to exercise those rights and her due process rights w...

Excerpt: ...e the following facts. Defendants are committing violations of the Los Angeles Municipal Code for home sharing. Transient occupants have exclusive use of Defendants' property. This has resulted in activities that have caused the risk of fire damage based on the occupants smoking and setting of fires. Also, Defendants' conduct exposes Plaintiffs, and the public in general, to COVID-19 risks. The transient occupants have engaged in numerous instanc...