Excerpt: ...employment law action for sexual harassment and retaliation that was filed on September 21, 2020. Plaintiff alleges that she was sexually harassed by her supervisor, and that her employers refused to investigate or take action, permitting the supervisor to retaliate against her for her complaints. Plaintiff moves to compel further responses to requests for production propounded to Defendants The Kroger Co. and Ralph's Grocery Co. TENTATIVE RULING...

Excerpt: ... May 4, 2022. Plaintiff purchased a new 2019 Chevrolet Silverado which was delivered with serious structural and electrical system defects. Plaintiff moves to compel the deposition of Defendant's person most knowledgeable and for production of documents at that deposition. TENTATIVE RULING: Plaintiff's Motion to Compel Deposition of Person Most Knowledgeable is GRANTED. Defendant is ordered to designate and produce its person most knowledgeable t...

Excerpt: ...omplaint filed.  10/14/22: Third Amended Complaint filed. STATEMENT OF MATERIAL FACTS AND/OR PROCEEDINGS: Plaintiff's brother was killed by Sheriff's Deputies when they were allegedly responding to a domestic dispute call to his home. Plaintiff alleges a cause of action for negligent infliction of emotional distress. Defendant moves for judgment on the pleadings. TENTATIVE RULING: Defendant's motion for judgment on the pleadings is DENIED. DIS...

Excerpt: ...raud that was filed on December 23, 2022. Plaintiff alleges that Defendants fraudulently induced her to transfer title to her home to Defendants. Specially Appearing Defendant Ruben Montes Trejo moves to quash service of the summons and complaint. TENTATIVE RULING: Defendant's Motion to Quash Service of Summons is GRANTED. DISCUSSION: Specially Appearing Defendant Ruben Montes Trejo moves to quash service of the summons and complaint. Timeliness ...

Excerpt: ...Complaint filed. STATEMENT OF MATERIAL FACTS AND/OR PROCEEDINGS: This is a breach of contract and negligence case. Plaintiffs contend that Defendants failed to pay the entirety of Plaintiffs' insurance claims following the loss of their home in the Woolsey Fire, and mishandled Plaintiffs' insurance coverage. Plaintiffs move for summary adjudication on a single issue of duty. TENTATIVE RULING: Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Adjudication is DENIED....

Excerpt: ...ngton Savings Fund Society FSB. RESPONDING PARTY(S): No response on eCourt as of 8/23/23 CASE HISTORY:  12/21/21: Complaint filed.  03/21/22: First Amended Complaint filed.  10/17/22: Second Amended Complaint filed. STATEMENT OF MATERIAL FACTS AND/OR PROCEEDINGS: This is an action for wrongful foreclosure on a property located at 82 W. Abor Street, Long Beach, CA 90805. Defendants move to compel responses to special interrogatories propo...

Excerpt: ...ONDING PARTY(S): Plaintiffs Maritza Padilla and Jesus Chavez, individually and as successors in interest to Leonel Chavez STATEMENT OF MATERIAL FACTS AND/OR PROCEEDINGS: This is a wrongful death action that was filed on January 6, 2022. Plaintiffs allege that Officer Daniel Castaneda of the California Highway Patrol employed excessive force in responding to a minor traffic collision involving Plaintiffs' son, Decedent Leonel Chavez. Plaintiffs al...

Excerpt: ...ONDING PARTY(S): Plaintiff Olenna Taskey STATEMENT OF MATERIAL FACTS AND/OR PROCEEDINGS: This is a tort action for battery, trespass, and negligence that was filed on September 3, 2019. Plaintiff alleges that Defendant Hyland was employed by the other Defendants as a property manager, and, while so employed, sexually harassed and physically attacked Plaintiff, who was a tenant at a property owned by Defendants. Defendants move for terminating san...

Excerpt: ...EMENT OF MATERIAL FACTS AND/OR PROCEEDINGS: The City of Los Angeles alleges Defendant owes transient occupancy taxes totaling $1,349,359.74, including penalties and interest. Plaintiff moves for summary judgment. TENTATIVE RULING: Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED. DISCUSSION: Plaintiff moves for summary judgment against Defendant. Legal Standard The purpose of a motion for summary judgment “is to provide courts with a mechanis...

Excerpt: ...06/14/21: First Amended Complaint filed in lead case.  09/13/21: Second Amended Complaint filed in lead case.  06/07/22: Complaint filed by Plaintiff Nancy Allen in this case  05/24/23: First Amended Complaint filed by Plaintiff Nancy Allen in this case. STATEMENT OF MATERIAL FACTS AND/OR PROCEEDINGS: This is an action for breach of contract, fraud, product liability, and negligence arising from a defective stair lift. Plaintiff moves fo...

Excerpt: ...cember 22, 2022. Plaintiff alleges that the individual Defendants, while serving as executives for Plaintiff, usurped corporate opportunities from Plaintiff to establish their own independent venture, the LLC Defendant. Defendants demur to the Complaint in its entirety. TENTATIVE RULING: Defendants' Demurrer to the Complaint is OVERRULED. DISCUSSION: Defendants demur to the Complaint in its entirety. Legal Standard A demurrer tests whether the co...

Excerpt: ... Complaint filed. STATEMENT OF MATERIAL FACTS AND/OR PROCEEDINGS: This case arises out of an altercation at a DMV location between Plaintiff and her boyfriend and a DMV employee who allegedly blocked their access to their vehicle, struck Plaintiff multiple times, and had her boyfriend's vehicle towed. Plaintiff alleges assault, battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, false arrest, and civil rights violations. Defendants request iss...

Excerpt: ...21/20: Complaint filed.  04/01/22: First Amended Complaint filed. STATEMENT OF MATERIAL FACTS AND/OR PROCEEDINGS: This is an employment discrimination action. Plaintiff alleges that he was subjected to extensive harassment by Defendant Gustavo Valencia while they were both employees at California State University Northridge. Defendant Board of Trustees of the California State University moves for an order deeming the truth of the matters in De...

Excerpt: ... 30, 2020. Plaintiff alleges that he was the victim of a fraud scheme based in Nigeria. Plaintiff moves to set aside the Court's order dismissing this action for failure to prosecute. TENTATIVE RULING: Plaintiff's Motion to Set Aside the Dismissal for Failure to Prosecute is GRANTED. DISCUSSION: Plaintiff brings this motion under both Code of Civil Procedure section 663a, which provides for relief from a judgment that is inconsistent with the fac...

Excerpt: ...laint filed. STATEMENT OF MATERIAL FACTS AND/OR PROCEEDINGS: This is an employment discrimination action. Plaintiff alleges that Defendant wrongfully terminated her because of her pregnancy. Defendant moves to compel this matter to binding arbitration and stay this proceeding pending resolution of arbitration. TENTATIVE RULING: Defendant's Motion to Compel Arbitration is DENIED. DISCUSSION: Defendant moves to compel this matter to binding arbitra...

Excerpt: ...D/OR PROCEEDINGS: This is an action for employment discrimination that was filed on May 23, 2022. Plaintiff alleges that Defendant Jauregui engaged in extreme and pervasive sexual harassment and outright assault against Plaintiff, and that Defendants terminated Plaintiff in retaliation for her complaints about Defendant Jauregui's conduct. Plaintiff moves to terminate the stay of judicial proceedings and reverse the order compelling this matter t...

Excerpt: ...on eCourt as of 8/14/23 CASE HISTORY:  02/19/19: Complaint filed [lead case].  03/04/19: Cross-Complaint filed [lead case].  03/15/19: First Amended Complaint filed [lead case].  04/25/19: First Amended Cross-Complaint filed by Blaine Laboratories as to Paul Edalat et al. [lead case].  05/10/19: Second Amended Complaint filed [lead case].  06/05/19: Complaint filed [19STCV19489].  09/24/19: Cross-Complaint filed by Paul Edala...

Excerpt: ...ra Costa and County of San Diego 7/14/23 CASE HISTORY:  10/03/22: Complaint filed (this case)  10/07/22: Complaint filed (Consolidated case) STATEMENT OF MATERIAL FACTS AND/OR PROCEEDINGS: This is an action for refund of a real property transfer tax assessed against Plaintiff. Plaintiff moves to transfer two other pending actions on the same issue in different jurisdictions into Los Angeles Superior Court and consolidate those actions with ...

Excerpt: ...1)(2) Defendant Comenity Bank; (3) Plaintiff Patrick L. Rendón RESPONDING PARTY(S): (1)(2) Plaintiff Patrick L. Rendón; (3) Defendants Comenity Bank and Second Round Sub, LLC CASE HISTORY:  12/13/21: Complaint filed.  07/17/23: First Amended Complaint filed. STATEMENT OF MATERIAL FACTS AND/OR PROCEEDINGS: This is an action for negligence and violation of the California Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the Consumer Credit R...

Excerpt: ... filed on August 21, 2020. Plaintiffs allege that the parties entered into a joint venture agreement in 2019 regarding the promotion and production of an event called the Fall Ball All Star Event. Plaintiffs contend that Defendants misrepresented that the event was scheduled for March 21, 2020, and that certain celebrities would appear. Plaintiffs move to enforce a settlement agreement between the parties and for an award of attorney's fees pursu...

Excerpt: ...stricts of Los Angeles, McFarland, Visalia and Kern, the Health Care District of Tehachapi, ex rel. Med-Legal Associates, Inc. and CLCI, Inc. RESPONDING PARTY(S): Defendants Bruce E. Fishman, M.D., Bruce E. Fishman, M.D., FISC, Inc. and Family Urgent Care & Industrial Medical Clinic, Inc. CASE HISTORY:  01/27/17: Complaint filed under seal.  11/06/17: Order lifting seal entered.  12/22/17: First Amended Complaint filed under seal. (Not o...

Excerpt: ... November 4, 2022, for breach of contract, conversion, and money had and received. Plaintiff alleges that the parties entered into an agreement concerning the development and management of real property located in Dallas, Texas. Plaintiff alleges that, when the property was sold, Defendants refused to compensate Plaintiff for his investment into the property from the proceeds of the sale. Defendants demur to the Complaint in its entirety. TENTATI...

Excerpt: ...mpel arbitration pursuant to a commercial lease agreement. Petitioner seeks to compel its landlord to arbitration to resolve a dispute concerning the fulfilment of the landlord's obligations under the lease. TENTATIVE RULING: One Up Vapor, LLC's petition to compel arbitration is GRANTED. DISCUSSION: Petitioner seeks to compel its landlord, 5 Horseman, LLC, to arbitration to resolve a dispute arising out of a commercial lease agreement. Service of...

Excerpt: ...o the job duties, performance, and discipline imposed on the plaintiff employee in that action. Elizarraras testified that he worked as a Ralphs manager beginning in September 2019 in Store 336 and that it was his understanding that Ralphs did not accommodate work restrictions for employees with a non-work-related medical conditionS. (Plaintiff's Exh. 1, pp. 8-9, 11, 103-104.) If the offer of proof for Elizarraras' testimony is limited to these e...

Excerpt: ...ion that was filed on March 23, 2021. Plaintiff alleges that Defendant intentionally misclassifies its California sales employees as exempt employees to deprive them of wage and hour law protections. Plaintiff moves for an order (1) approving a proposed PAGA settlement; (2) approving the PAGA penalties fund; (3) appointing CPT Group as the settlement administrator; (4) directing Defendant to deposit the maximum settlement amount into an account f...