Excerpt: ...Class Action Settlement, Attorneys' Fees, Litigation Costs and Expenses, and Enhancement Payment is GRANTED. Background This action was instituted on July 9, 2019. On October 5, 2020, Plaintiff Cesar Martinez, on behalf of himself and other current or former aggrieved employees pursuant to the Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”) and on behalf of other members of the general public similarly situated, filed a First Amended Class Action Comp...

Excerpt: ...ATTACH ORDER AND ORDER FOR ISSUANCE OF WRIT OF ATTACHMENT AFTER HEARING [against Edgar Robles] Responding Party: None (unopposed, as of 6/22/21, 2:04 p.m.; due 6/3/21) Tentative Ruling 1. The hearing on Plaintiff Pawnee Leasing Corporation's Application for Right to Attach Order and Order for Issuance of Writ of Attachment After Hearing against Fernando Solis is CONTINUED to July 15, 2021 at 10 a.m. See below. 2. Plaintiff Pawnee Leasing Corporat...

Excerpt: ....e., as to the second, third, and eighth through twelfth causes of action). Defendants On Chan's and Binh Luu's demurrer to the tenth cause of action is OVERRULED. Defendants On Chan's and Binh Luu's demurrer to the thirteenth cause of action is SUSTAINED as to Plaintiff K Chan and OVERRULED as to Plaintiff F Chan. The court will hear from counsel for Plaintiffs as to whether leave to amend is requested, and as to which cause(s) of action, and wi...

Excerpt: ...prejudice. Background Case No. KC070593 (i.e., “Gaboras Matter”) Plaintiff Petru Gaboras dba Advanced Construction & Restoration (“Gaboras”) alleges that on or about April 24, 2017, Gaboras, Catano Enterprises, Inc. (“CEI”) and Jose Catano (“Catano”) entered into a written construction contract, wherein Gaboras agreed to provide certain labor, equipment, material and services on a private work of improvement on the property locate...

Excerpt: ...o Set Aside and Vacate Judgment. Background Plaintiff Pacific Mercantile Bank (“Plaintiff”) alleges as follows: Defendant Usman Vakil (“Usman”) executed a written Business Loan Agreement with Plaintiff dated October 16, 2018, bearing loan number 80012780-001 (“Loan Agreement”), wherein Plaintiff agreed to lend $400,000.00 to Usman in connection with Usman's business (the “Loan”). In connection with the Loan Agreement, Usman execut...

Excerpt: ... STRIKE PORTIONS OF PLAINTIFF'S COMPLAINT Responding Party: Plaintiff, Steven Anthony Montoya[2] Tentative Ruling 1. Defendant County of Los Angeles' (also erroneously sued as Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department) Demurrer to Plaintiff's Complaint is SUSTAINED without leave as to the third through fifth causes of action and SUSTAINED as to the sixth cause of action. The court will hear from counsel for Plaintiff as to whether leave to amend is...

Excerpt: ...ONE Responding Party: None (unopposed, as of 6/14/21, 9:52 a.m.; due 6/9/21) Tentative Ruling 1. Defendant Tu Aung's unopposed Motion to Compel Plaintiff's Responses to Requests for Admissions, Set One is GRANTED. Pursuant to CCP § 2033.280(b), the court orders that the truth of the matters specified in the Requests for Admissions, Set One, propounded by Tu Aung to Plaintiff be deemed admitted. Sanctions are awarded in the reduced amount of $585...

Excerpt: ...ion on Behalf of Minor Claimant D.B., subject to Petitioner's counsel's filing of a proof of service at or before the time of the hearing reflecting notice of the continued hearing date (see footnote one). Petitioner and claimant are to be present at the time of the hearing, as per California Rules of Court Rule 7.952. Background Plaintiff D.B., a minor, and by and through his Guardian ad Litem, Beverly Q. (“Plaintiff”) contends that Plaintif...

Excerpt: ...s Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.'s and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals' Motion to Compel Deposition of Plaintiff's Person(s) Most Qualified and Related Document Requests is DENIED. Background Plaintiff Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center (“PVHMC”) alleges that Plaintiff was underpaid for emergency medical services Plaintiff provided to members of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. (“KFHP”), both during the term of the parties' contrac...

Excerpt: ...June 29, 2016, Plaintiff Jiang Qi (“Plaintiff”) filed a complaint, asserting causes of action against Defendants Bluestar Express Group Inc. (“Bluestar”), Yidan Zhang (“Yidan”) and Does 1-20 for: 1. Failure to Pay Minimum Hourly Wages and Overtime Wages [Cal. Labor Code §§ 510, 1194] 2. Failure to Provide Meal and Rest Periods [Cal. Labor Code § 226.7] 3. Knowing and Intentional Failure to Comply with Accurate Itemized Employee Wag...

Excerpt: ...hang Tentative Ruling 1. Defendants Jing Jin's and Benjamin Lee's Motion to Strike Plaintiff's Complaint Pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure Section 425.16 is DENIED. 2. See below. Background Plaintiff Honghua Shang (“Plaintiff”) alleges as follows: Plaintiff is a licensed real estate broker. Plaintiff incorporated Echain in 2012 and Great Wall Realty, Inc. in 2017 and has operated both since the aforesaid dates. Defendants Jing Ji...

Excerpt: ...e Ruling Defendants CPP-City of Industry Cast Parts, Inc.'s and Cast Parts, Inc.'s Motion to Consolidate Cases is GRANTED. Background Case No. 21PSCV00014 Plaintiff Alfredo Salazar, individually, and on behalf of other aggrieved employees pursuant to the California Private Attorneys General Act (“Salazar”) alleges as follows: Salazar was employed by CPP-City of Industry Cast Parts, Inc. and Cast Parts, Inc. (“Defendants”) as an hourly-pai...

Excerpt: ...st to David Flores, Sr. (deceased) and Ana Ramos Tentative Ruling See below. Background Plaintiffs Consuelo Rodriguez, individually and as successor-in-interest to David Flores, Sr. (deceased) and Ana Ramos (“Plaintiffs”) allege as follows: David Flores, Sr. (“Flores”) passed away after two falls he experienced at a skilled nursing facility on or about April 8, 2019 and April 13, 2019. On March 24, 2021, Plaintiffs filed a complaint, asse...

Excerpt: ... Tentative Ruling Defendant HT State Travel & Bus Company, Inc.'s Motion to Compel Plaintiffs' Further Responses to Special Interrogatories is GRANTED in part (i.e., as to Nos. 3, 6, 9, 12, 16 and 19) and DENIED in part (i.e., as to Nos. 1, 4, 7, 14, 17, 22-26, 31, 32 and 34) with respect to T. Peng; GRANTED in part (i.e., as to Nos. 10 and 13) and DENIED in part (i.e., as to 5, 7, 8 and 11) with respect to M. Peng; GRANTED in part (i.e., as to N...

Excerpt: ...entative Ruling 1. Defendant Pomona Unified School District's Demurrer to Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint is SUSTAINED in part (i.e., as to the first through third and fifth causes of action) and OVERRULED in part (i.e., as to the fourth cause of action). The court will hear from counsel for Plaintiff as to whether leave to amend is requested, and as to which cause(s) of action, and will require an offer of proof if so. 2. Defendant Pomona Un...

Excerpt: ...ice in compliance with the “Order for Temporary Restraining Order and OSC Re: Preliminary Injunction” filed May 26, 2021 [see below]. Background Plaintiff City of La Puente (“City”) alleges as follows: Defendants Dank City, Dank City 420, Robert Francis Tran and Jacqueline Hsu (collectively, “Defendants”) each claim to have an interest in the property located at 651 Glendora Avenue, La Puente, California, 91744 (“subject property”...

Excerpt: ...e., as to 25, 28 and 29) otherwise TAKEN OFF-CALENDAR as MOOT. Background Plaintiff Maria Villalpando (“Plaintiff”) alleges that, on or about December 5, 2016, Plaintiff purchased a 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan VIN #2C4RDGCG7GR250011 (“subject vehicle”). Plaintiff alleges that the subject vehicle suffers from various defects and that the subject vehicle has not been repaired after a reasonable number of attempts. On June 9, 2020, Plaintiff fi...

Excerpt: ...leges as follows: Sometime in 2019, Rajinder Adlakha (“Rajinder”) approached Plaintiff about selling a commercial property and a business located thereon to Plaintiff. Rajinder represented that he was the owner of said commercial property on which he owned and operated a laundromat and check cashing business and that a 7-Eleven franchisee was a tenant of the other unit at the property. Rajinder also conveyed that he was the operator and day-t...

Excerpt: ...ng's and Ling Yin's MOTION TO REJECT ELECTRONIC SERVICE AND UNTIMELY SERVICE FOR DEFENDANT SHU WANG'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON PLAINTIFFS' THIRD AMENDED COMPLAINT Responding Party: Defendant/Cross-Complainant, Shu Wang 3. Plaintiff/Cross-Defendant Troy Trang's MOTION TO COMPEL FURTHER RESPONSES TO FORM INTERROGATORIES, SET NO. TWO Responding Party: Defendant/Cross-Complainant, Shu Wang 4. Plaintiff/Cross-Defendant Ling Yin's AMENDED MOTION ...

Excerpt: ...TTACH ORDER AND ORDER FOR ISSUANCE OF WRIT OF ATTACHMENT AFTER HEARING [against Edgar Robles] Responding Party: Fernando Solis, individually and dba BP Auto & Smog Repair Tentative Ruling 1. The hearing on Plaintiff Pawnee Leasing Corporation's Application for Right to Attach Order and Order for Issuance of Writ of Attachment After Hearing against Fernando Solis is CONTINUED to June 28, 2021 at 8:30 a.m. Counsel for Solis is instructed to file a ...

Excerpt: ...tiff”) is the owner of the property located at 2855 Foothill Boulevard, Building B, Suite 101, in La Verne (“subject premises”). On or about August 28, 2018, Plaintiff and Defendants Qi Deng (“Deng”), Jessie Feng (“Feng”), Sumei Zhang aka Salina Zhang (“Zhang”) and Kin Long Hon (“Hon”) (collectively, “Defendants”) entered into a written Guaranty of Lease (“Guaranty”), wherein Defendants, jointly and severally, guaran...

Excerpt: ...�) is a supplier of poultry products. Plaintiff alleges that, from in or about September 2018 through December 2018, Defendants Leane Wholesale LLC (erroneously sued as Feather Fresh Foods) (“Corporation”), Lee Costlow (“Costlow”) and Leanne Snow (“Snow”) (collectively, “Defendants”) sent purchase orders for $1,776,000.00 worth of frozen marinated chicken tenders to Plaintiff. Plaintiff alleges that it was ready, willing, and able...

Excerpt: ...ve Ruling Defendant Hathaway-Sycamores Child & Family Services' Demurrer to Plaintiffs' First Amended Complaint is SUSTAINED. The court will hear from counsel for Plaintiffs as to whether leave to amend is requested, and as to which cause(s) of action and will require an offer of proof if so. Background Plaintiffs Evangelina Hernandez, individually (“Hernandez”), and as successor in interest to the Estate of Noah Cuatro and as guardian ad lit...

Excerpt: ...n, Hugo Rivero, Rubidelma Merida Damian and Diana Rubi Gamboa, a minor, by and through her guardian ad litem, Rubidelma Merida Damian 2. Defendants JMA Legacy, Inc.'s, Luis Eduardo Fajardo's and Sergio Omar Becerra's DEMURRER TO PLAINTIFFS' THIRD AMENDED COMPLAINT Responding Party: Plaintiffs Estate of Hugo Rivero, Jr., by and through its successors in interest, Hugo Rivero and Rubidelma Merida Damian, Hugo Rivero, Rubidelma Merida Damian and Dia...

Excerpt: ...s, LLC (“Plaintiff”) alleges as follows: Plaintiff, as Lessor, and Min Zhu (“Zhu”), as Lessee, entered into a written Standard Multi-Tenant Shopping Center Lease—Net dated for reference purposes October 22, 2018 (“Lease”) for the premises located at 18989 Colima Road, Rowland Heights, California 91748 (“Premises”). The Lease was for a term of three years, commencing November 1, 2018 and expiring October 31, 2021. Beginning Janua...