Excerpt: ... Plaintiff on one of Defendant's buses on June 11, 2018. On September 26, 2019, the Court overruled Defendant's demurrer to Plaintiff's complaint. On October 9, 2019, Defendant filed a motion for reconsideration pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure section 1008. Trial is set for November 6, 2020. PARTY'S REQUESTS Defendant asks the Court to reconsider its overruling of Defendant's demurrer as to Plaintiff's fourth cause of action for ne...

Excerpt: ...isk Management for Nova Casualty Company filed a motion for leave to file a complaint-in-intervention pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure section 387. Trial is set for March 11, 2021. PARTY'S REQUEST Plaintiff-in-Intervention Tristar Risk Management for Nova Casualty Company (“Intervening Party”) seeks leave to file a complaint in this action because Intervening Party has paid and continues to pay workers' compensation benefits on ...

Excerpt: ...auses of action: (1) premises liability, (2) negligence, and (3) willful misconduct, recklessness, and gross negligence for an errant golf ball that hit Plaintiff on October 12, 2015. On July 24, 2019, the Court granted Defendants Los Coyotes Country Club and American Golf Corporation's unopposed motion for summary judgment. On July 26, 2019, Defendants Kelly Shoemaker and Southern California Illumination (“Moving Defendants”) filed a motion ...

Excerpt: ...Northgate Gonzalez Markets, Inc.) (“Defendant”) filed an answer to the complaint. Trial is set for December 4, 2019. PARTY'S REQUEST Defendant moves for evidentiary sanctions, pursuant to C.C.P. §§2023.010 and 2023.030, “precluding all parties, their counsel of record, and all witnesses, from using, referring to or relying on, in any way, for any purpose, and at any time, the deposition testimony of Miriam Nava taken September 10, 2019, i...

Excerpt: ...d loss of consortium arising from a motor vehicle accident that occurred on March 16, 2016. On October 1, 2019, Defendants filed the instant motion to compel Plaintiff Mona Ahdoot to submit to a medical examination. Plaintiff Ahdoot filed an opposition on October 18, 2019. Defendants filed a reply on October 24, 2019. Trial is set for March 12, 2020. PARTY'S REQUESTS Defendants request a court order compelling Plaintiff Ahdoot to submit to a medi...

Excerpt: ...June 6, 2016. On August 3, 2018, Defendants filed a cross-complaint against Plaintiffs for implied indemnity, comparative contribution, total equitable indemnity, and declaratory relief. On January 31, 2019, Plaintiffs filed substitutions of attorney, indicating they were now representing themselves. On July 30, 2019, the Court granted Defendants' motions to compel Plaintiff Moreno to provide verified responses to Form Interrogatories (Set One), ...

Excerpt: ...ed on October 6, 2015. On April 10, 2019, Plaintiff filed a substitution of counsel, indicating she would be representing herself. On July 29, 2019, the Court granted Defendant's motion to compel Plaintiff to submit to a medical examination. On September 26, 2019, Defendant filed the instant motion for terminating sanctions or, in the alternative, issue and evidentiary sanctions. No opposition was filed. Trial is set for December 17, 2019. PARTY'...

Excerpt: ...retention. The complaint alleges Defendant Carlie, while heavily intoxicated and under the influence of alcohol, lost control of his vehicle while traveling at a high rate of speed around a left hand curve in the roadway. Carlie's vehicle collided with the rear end of Plaintiff's parked vehicle. As a result, Plaintiff suffered severe injuries. Carlie was employed as a branch manger for Defendants EAN Holdings and ERAC and was allegedly acting wit...

Excerpt: ...12, 2017. On September 17, 2019, Plaintiffs filed an amendment to complaint, substituting in Jorge Alberto Hernandez for Doe 1. On September 26, 2019, Defendants Commercial Cartage, Inc. (“Commercial Cartage”) and Jorge Alberto Hernandez (“Hernandez”) (collectively “Defendants”) filed the instant motion to compel responses. Trial is set for July 13, 2020. PARTY'S REQUEST Defendants request that the Court issue an order compelling Plai...

Excerpt: ...Moving Defendant”) filed a motion to strike punitive damages and all reference to malice, oppression, fraud, and punitive or exemplary damages from the complaint. On October 16, 2019, Moving Defendant filed her answer to the complaint. Trial is set for December 28, 2020. PARTY'S REQUESTS Moving Defendant requests that the Court grant her motion to strike portions of the initial complaint because Plaintiff fails to plead specific facts showing m...

Excerpt: ...tion to strike the claim for punitive damages from the original complaint. On September 4, 2019, Plaintiff filed the first amended complaint for motor vehicle negligence (negligence per se) and general negligence. On September 15, 2019, Defendant filed another motion to strike attacking portions of the first amended complaint. PARTIES' REQUEST In its Defendant moves to strike the following portions of the first amended complaint: (1) Plaintiff's ...

Excerpt: ...l (proximate) cause of injuries and damages to Plaintiff, and the acts occurred on October 4, 2016, at the intersection of Havenhurst Avenue and Kalisher Street, in Granada Hills, California. On October 22, 2018, Defendant filed an answer to the complaint. Trial is set for November 18, 2019. PARTY'S REQUEST Plaintiff moves for an order compelling Defendant to attend his deposition and produce requested documents. Plaintiff also requests an award ...

Excerpt: ...ereinafter referred to as “Defendant”) to provide verified responses, without objections, to Plaintiff's Form Interrogatories (Set Two) and Special Interrogatories (Set One) within twenty (20) days of the Order. (Saylor Decl. Exh. 1.) The Court deemed the matters asserted in Plaintiff's Requests for Admission (Set Two) to be true against Defendant, and ordered Defendant to appear for a deposition within 30 days of the Order. (Id.) Finally, th...

Excerpt: ...es for injuries only to her neck, back, head, shoulders, left arm and for dizziness, nausea, vomiting and anxiety. On or about July 8, 2019, Defendants issued a deposition subpoena to Broadspire Services, Inc., seeking the following documents: “All documents and records pertaining to the insurance and claim file of Lisa Rollins, including, but not limited to, all payments, policy information, listing of providers, correspondence, all log notes,...

Excerpt: ...ailiffs on duty entered into an elevator at the courthouse and pressed the button to change floors, the elevator dropped into free-fall for multiple floors and then abruptly stopped. On October 7, 2016, Defendant/Cross-complainant ThyssenKrupp Elevator Corporation filed a cross-complaint against Roes 1-20 and filed a first amended cross-complaint on November 4, 2016. On May 22, 2017, Plaintiff-in-Intervention County of Los Angeles filed a complai...

Excerpt: ...stant motion for summary judgment. Plaintiff filed opposition papers on August 16, 2019. Defendant filed reply papers on October 18, 2019. Trial is set on March 30, 2020. PARTY'S REQUEST Defendant requests that this Court enter summary judgment against Plaintiff pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 437c on the grounds that Defendant did not breach any duties owed to Plaintiff, did not know of the alleged adhesive substance on the ground, a...

Excerpt: ...a filed this motion to compel the deposition of Defendant Munoz. On August 27, 2019, Defendant Munoz filed a substitution of attorney, substituting in counsel Melissa Ogunnubi. On September 10, 2019, the court continued the hearing from September 24, 2019 to October 25, 2019. PARTIES' REQUEST Plaintiff Salvador Pena moves to compel the deposition of Defendant Maria Munoz and the production of documents at the deposition. Plaintiff Pena requests t...

Excerpt: ...r agents/employees negligently owned, controlled, supervised, managed, maintained and operated the subject premises – a Ralphs store -- so as to proximately cause Plaintiff to slip and fall, resulting in injuries and damages. Plaintiff alleged she was walking in the beverage aisle when she slipped and fell on a slippery substance, believed to be water, that was left on Defendants' floor, creating a dangerous condition. On September 21, 2018, De...

Excerpt: ...n May 14, 2019, Plaintiff filed a first amended complaint. On August 21, 2019, Plaintiff filed a second amended complaint (“SAC”). On September 20, 2019, Defendants filed a motion to strike punitive damages from the SAC. Trial is set for September 23, 2020. PARTY'S REQUEST Defendants request that the Court strike punitive damages from the FAC because facts have not been alleged to impute fraud, malice or oppression to Defendant. LEGAL STANDAR...

Excerpt: ...nd general negligence arising from an automobile collision that occurred on May 15, 2016. On September 20, 2019, Defendants filed the subject motion to compel Plaintiff Andres Ortega's attendance and testimony at deposition. Jury trial is currently set for May 15, 2020. PARTIES REQUESTS Defendants request that the Court issue an order compelling Plaintiff Andres Ortega to attend and testify at deposition. Defendants also request the Court to impo...

Excerpt: ...d a cross-complaint against Defendant/Cross-Defendant Estate of Molly Kathleen Lynch. On May 23, 2019, the Court dismissed the cross-complaint with prejudice pursuant to a Request for Dismissal filed by Cross-Complainant Sumekh. On the same date, the Court dismissed the entire action of all parties and all causes of action with prejudice pursuant to a Request for Dismissal filed by Plaintiff. On August 20, 2019, Plaintiff filed the instant motion...

Excerpt: ...rred on September 15, 2016. On September 10, 2019, Defendant filed the subject motion to compel Plaintiff's attendance and testimony at deposition. Jury trial is currently set for March 16, 2020. PARTIES REQUESTS Defendant requests that the Court issue an order compelling Plaintiff Antonio Salazar to attend and testify at deposition on November 13, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. at Defendant's counsel's office located at 655 N. Central Avenue, Suite 1125, Gl...

Excerpt: ... in an automobile collision that occurred on February 1, 2016. On January 10, 2019, the Court dismissed Defendant CPSI Titling Co. without prejudice. On October 1, 2019, Plaintiff's counsel; H. Dean Aynechi, Esq.; filed a motion to be relieved as counsel pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure section 284, subdivision (2). Trial is set for January 6, 2020. PARTY'S REQUEST Plaintiff's counsel of record, H. Dean Aynechi, Esq., seeks to be re...

Excerpt: ...e for an automobile collision that occurred on May 15, 2018. On September 27, 2018, Plaintiffs filed a first amended complaint. On January 14, 2019, the Court dismissed Defendant Cab West LLC without prejudice. On February 14, 2019, the Court stayed discovery as to Defendant Lassos while his criminal case was pending. On September 30, 2019, Plaintiffs filed a motion for trial preference pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure section 37, s...

Excerpt: ...ember 28, 2018, Plaintiff filed a second amended complaint naming Defendant Pacific Gateway Workforce Development Board. On March 31, 2019, Plaintiff filed a third amended complaint. On July 25, 2019, Defendant Employment Development Department filed a motion for summary judgment pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure section 473c. On September 5, 2019, the Court dismissed the complaint as to Defendant Pacific Gateway Workforce without pr...

Excerpt: ...the collision. On May 30, 2019, Defendants filed motions to compel further responses to their Form Interrogatories (Set One) and Request for Production (Set One). Defendants also seek $915 in discovery sanctions and costs for each motion filed jointly and severally against Plaintiff and his counsel of record. After the parties participated in an informal discovery conference on September 27, 2019, the only remaining issue involves whether Plainti...

Excerpt: .... On September 17, 2019, Plaintiff filed a motion to quash a deposition subpoena Defendants issued to the Department of Health Care Services pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure section 1987.1. Trial is set for September 16, 2020. PARTY'S REQUESTS Plaintiff asks the Court to quash, or in the alternative, issue a protective order limiting Defendants deposition subpoenas issued to Department of Health Care Services because it is overbroad...

Excerpt: ...ondition of public property in relation to an automobile collision that occurred on July 2, 2016. On June 1, 2018, Plaintiffs filed an amendment to their complaint naming Defendant Gidi Cohen as Doe 21. On September 18, 2018, Defendant/Cross-Complainant City of Los Angeles filed a cross- complaint against Defendants/Cross-Defendants 851 S. Kenmore Bliss, LLC, and Sergio Casteneda. On October 5, 2018, Defendant/Cross-Complainant Gidi Cohen and Def...

Excerpt: ...2016. On May 30, 2019, Plaintiff Devin Armenta, by and through his guardian ad litem Darleen Garcia, filed a first amended complaint. On August 12, 2019, the Court consolidated case number BC676655 with case number BC677290. On September 18, 2019, Plaintiff Devin Armenta, by and through his guardian ad litem Darleen Garcia, filed a motion for leave to file a second amended complaint pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure section 473, subd...

Excerpt: ...or an automobile collision that occurred on March 10, 2014. On September 6, 2019, Defendants filed a demurrer to Plaintiff's complaint pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure 430.10. Trial is set for September 1, 2020. PARTY'S REQUESTS Defendants ask the Court to sustain their demurrer to Plaintiff's complaint arguing that the statute of limitations bars both of Plaintiff's causes of action against Defendants. LEGAL STANDARD A demurrer for...

Excerpt: ...dant Shirley M. Faulk alleging breach of implied warranty of habitability, breach of covenant of quiet use and enjoyment, negligence, premises liability, violation of California Civil Code section 1942.4, nuisance, negligent failure to provide habitable premises, violation of Business & <0003005200490003002f00 00480056000300300058[nicipal Code section 151.00, et seq. The complaint arises from Plaintiff living in a vermin and cockroach infested ap...

Excerpt: ...y 19, 2019, Defendants filed a motion for summary judgment, or in the alternative, summary adjudication pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure section 437c. Trial is set for March 10, 2020. PARTIES' REQUEST Defendants asks the Court to grant summary judgment, or in the alternative, summary adjudication against Plaintiff because (1) Plaintiff waived her right to sue Defendants for negligence, (2) Plaintiff assumed the risk, and (3) Plainti...

Excerpt: ...Sunbelt Rentals. The complaint alleges strict products liability, negligence, failure to recall/retrofit, and premises liability for the rolling of a Genie S-85 telescopic boom causing fatal injuries to decedent Jamie Rubio on August 31, 2017. <004c004a004b0057001000 0056000f0003002f002f>C d.b.a. Calabasas Country Club filed a cross-complaint against Roes 1-100 seeking indemnity, contribution, and apportionment of fault. On May 23 and 24, 2019, P...

Excerpt: ...2019, Plaintiff filed a motion for trial preference pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure section 36, subdivision (a). Trial is set for October 19, 2020. PARTY'S REQUEST Plaintiff asks the Court for a preferential trial date to be set within 120 days from the date Plaintiff's motion is granted because Plaintiff's age and health necessitate an expedited trial. LEGAL STANDARD California Code of Civil Procedure section 36 states, in relevan...

Excerpt: ...amendment to the complaint naming Defendant Duggan Property Management, Inc. as Doe 1. On August 9, 2019, Defendants filed Alliakbar Neyestani, Shirin Neystani, and Neystani Family Trust a motion for leave to file a cross-complaint against Defendant Amos Stockfish pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure sections 426.50 and 428.50. Trial is set for February 24, 2020. PARTY'S REQUEST Defendants filed Alliakbar Neyestani, Shirin Neystani, and...

Excerpt: ... and negligent misrepresentation for an incident when Plaintiff fell off a severe drop outside the back door of an open house on January 27, 2018. On September 24, 2019, Plaintiff filed a motion to quash deposition subpoenas Defendant Bristol Farms had issued to medical providers pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure section 1987.1. Trial is set for September 8, 2020. PARTY'S REQUESTS Plaintiff asks the Court to quash, or in the alternat...

Excerpt: ... to uneven asphalt on April 11, 2017. On January 12, 2018, Defendant/Cross-Complainant City of El Segundo filed a cross- complaint against Cross-Defendants Sialic Constructors Corporation d.b.a. Shawnan and Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. seeking equitable indemnity, indemnity, express contractual indemnity, and declaratory relief, as well as alleging a bad faith denial – additional insured. On February 2, 2018, Defendant/Cross-Complain...

Excerpt: ...t/Cross-Complainant Daniel Cuevas Elizondo filed a cross-complaint against Cross-Defendant Emerik Urban seeking indemnification and apportionment of fault. On March 16, 2018, Cross-Defendant/Cross-Complainant Emerik Urban filed a cross- complaint against Defendant/Cross-Complainant/Cross-Defendant Daniel Cuevas Elizondo seeking indemnification, apportionment of fault, and declaratory relief. On September 6, 2019, Defendant/Cross-Complainant/Cross...

Excerpt: ..., 2019, Defendant Liddon Wesley Jr. Cowden filed a demurrer to the complaint pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure section 430.10 and motion to strike to portions of the complaint pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure section 435. On September 12, 2019, Plaintiff amended his complaint to name Defendant Linda L. Koenekamp as Doe 1. Trial is set for December 24, 2020. PARTY'S REQUESTS Defendant Liddon Wesley Jr. Cowden (“Moving ...

Excerpt: ...ctive mini-mill that caused Plaintiff injuries on December 7, 2015. On July 19, 2019, Defendant filed a motion for summary judgment, or in the alternative, summary adjudication pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure section 437c. Trial is set for April 30, 2020. PARTY'S REQUEST Defendant asks the Court to grant summary judgment, or in the alternative, summary adjudication against Plaintiff arguing there was no defect in the mini-mill and ...

Excerpt: ...ptember 10, 2019, Defendants filed two separate motions to compel Plaintiffs to submit to a physical examination due to Plaintiffs' claimed injuries. Defendants also seek monetary sanctions. Trial is set for December 9, 2019. PARTIES' REQUESTS Defendants request that the court compel plaintiff to submit to a physical examination with Stuart M. Gold, M.D., whose specialty is orthopedic surgery. Defendants do not specify a date for these examinatio...

Excerpt: ...compel Plaintiff's attendance at a medical examination pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure section 2032.410. Trial is set for January 6, 2019. REQUEST FOR RELIEF Defendants asks the Court to compel Plaintiff's medical examination in Los Angeles County. LEGAL STANDARD In any case in which a plaintiff is seeking recovery for personal injuries, any defendant may demand one physical examination of the plaintiff where: (1) the examination d...

Excerpt: ...lleged he suffered injuries and sustained damages as a result of Defendant's negligence. On September 10, 2018, the Court entered default against Defendant. On April 22, 2019, the Court entered default judgment against Defendant in the amount of $544,501.11. On May 7, 2019, Defendant filed the instant motion to set aside the default and default judgment. PARTIES' REQUESTS Defendant requests that the Court set aside the default and default judgmen...

Excerpt: ...., and Belmont Brokerage and Management, Inc. alleging negligence for injuries sustained from electromagnetic field emissions. On September 7, 2018, Defendant/Cross-Complainant Belmont Brokerage and Management, Inc. filed a cross-complaint against Defendants/Cross-Defendants Southern California Edison Company and Charter Communications, Inc. On November 1, 2018, Plaintiff filed a first amended complaint. On September 6, 2019, Defendant/Cross-Comp...

Excerpt: ...014001700110003[ On September 4, 2019, Defendant Rosie Grier filed motions to compel Plaintiff to serve verified responses without objections to Form Interrogatories, Special Interrogatories, and Request for Production (All Set One) pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure sections 2030.290 and 2031.300. Trial is set for November 25, 2019. PARTY'S REQUEST Defendant Rosie Grier (“Moving Defendant”) asks the Court to compel Plaintiff to r...

Excerpt: ...complaint naming Defendant Lucien Ezros as Doe 1 and Defendant Better Living Home Care as Doe 2. On August 23, 2019, Plaintiff filed a motion to have a discovery referee appointed and a motion to compel Defendant's deposition pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure sections 624.1 and 2025.420. Trial is set for February 3, 2020. PARTIES' REQUESTS Plaintiff asks the Court to appoint a discovery referee because of Defendant's counsel's unprof...

Excerpt: ...otated under Plaintiff's foot that caused Plaintiff to fall on December 3, 2015. On July 17, 2019, Defendant Grand Harbor Property Management filed a motion for summary adjudication pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure section 437c. On July 26, 2019, Plaintiff amended her complaint to name Defendant Luna's Carpet and Vinyl, Inc. as Doe 1. Trial is set for November 8, 2019. PARTY'S REQUESTS Defendant Grand Harbor Property Management (“...

Excerpt: ...ed on January 19, 2018. On September 6, 2019, Plaintiff filed a motion for a protective order pertaining to Defendant Costco Wholesale Corporation's propounded Special Interrogatories (Set One) pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure section 2030.010. Trial is set for October 20, 2020. PARTY'S REQUESTS Plaintiff asks the Court for an order limiting Defendant Costco Wholesale Corporation's (“Opposing Defendant”) Special Interrogatories ...

Excerpt: ...reatment administered between November 30, 2017 and December 1, 2017. On May 2, 2019, Plaintiffs filed an amendment to the complaint naming Defendant Wouter Schievink, MD as Doe 51. On May 23, 2019, Plaintiffs filed an amendment to the complaint naming Defendant Menahem M. Maya, MD as Doe 52. On August 28, 2019, Plaintiff filed a motion for leave to file a first amended complaint pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure section 473, subdivi...

Excerpt: ...ded the complaint to name CVS Pharmacy as Doe 1. On April 9, 2019, Plaintiff filed a second amended complaint alleging professional <0049004800510047004400 0003002c005200490048[l, M.D. and Defendant Garfield Beach CVS, L.L.C. for a wrongful prescription and distribution of Warfarin. On July 31, 2019, Plaintiff filed a third amended complaint to allege additional facts. On August 30, 2019, Defendant Garfield Beach CVS, L.L.C. filed a demurrer and ...