Excerpt: ...7 is granted. Defendants are to comply within 20 days of this ruling. Plaintiff's request for monetary sanctions is granted against Defendant is the amount of $2,160.00. Plaintiff Eileen Vines (“Vines”) (“Plaintiff”) moves to compel Defendant American Honda Motor Company, Inc. (“AHMC”) (“Defendant”) to comply with this Court's July 12, 2023 Ruling compelling Defendant to provide further responses to Plaintiff's Request for Product...

Excerpt: ...s its December 20, 2022 order (“12/20/22 Ruling”) granting Defendants Mercedes-Benz USA LLC's (“MBZ”) and Silver Star A.G. Ltd.'s (“Silver Star”) (collectively, “Defendants”) motion to compel arbitration. (Notice of Motion, pg. 2.) Procedural Background On April 28, 2022, Plaintiff filed his operative complaint against Defendants alleging five causes of action under the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act, Civil Code §§1790 et se...

Excerpt: ...for December 9, 2024, at 8:30 a.m. The parties are directed to submit a joint statement five calendar days in advance, apprising the Court of the status of the arbitration. Defendant The Estate of Legacy EJY, Inc. f/k/a Enjoy Technology Inc. by and through Alan D. Halperin as Plan Administrator (“ETI”) (“Defendant”) moves to compel Plaintiff Hashani Pipersburgh (“Pipersburgh”) (“Plaintiff”) to arbitrate her claims and for an order...

Excerpt: ...fees and costs. Defendants Fox Normandie LP (“Fox Normandie”), Jeffrey Mitchell (“Mitchell”), and Belinda Hatcher (“Hatcher”) (collectively, “Defendants”) move unopposed to strike portions of the complaint (“Complaint”) of pro per Plaintiff Derrick Lamont Beverly (“Beverly”) (“Plaintiff”) on the grounds that Plaintiff's Complaint contains at least one allegation or more arising out of protected activity and Plaintiff c...

Excerpt: ... Navid Faizi and his counsel of record is granted in the reduced amount of $560.00. Sanctions are payable within 20 days. Petitioner State Farm Automobile Insurance Co. (“State Farm”) (“Petitioner”) moves unopposed for terminating sanctions to dismiss and further bar Respondent Navid Faizi's (“Faizi”) (“Respondent”) demand for arbitration. (Notice of Motion, pg. 2.) Petitioner further moves for monetary sanctions in the amount of ...

Excerpt: ...)(1)(B). Non‐Party Konnech Inc.'s motion for reconsideration is granted. The Court will reconsider Petitioners' petition to enforce subpoena duces tecum. Konnech is ordered to file its opposition to the petition by December 21, 2023. Petitioners are ordered to file their reply by January 11, 2024. The Court will hear the petition on Wednesday, January 17, 2024, at 8:30 am. Non-Party Konnech Inc. (“Konnech”) applies unopposed to permit Const...

Excerpt: ...t confirm its contractual arbitration award issued in its favor and against Respondents 702 Saint Andrews, LLC (“702”), Manuel Bernal (“Bernal”), and Bernal Capital Group (“BCG”) (collectively, “Respondents”). (Notice of Petition, pg. 1.) Request for Judicial Notice Respondents' 4/6/23 request for judicial notice of (1) City of Los Angeles – Safer at Home (Exh. A); (2) City of Los Angeles Rent Freeze (Exh. B); (3) Safer at Home ...

Excerpt: ...ley Ulisky's unopposed demurrer to Plaintiff Swamp Capital LLC's complaint is sustained with 20 days leave to amend as to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd causes of action. Defendants' demurrer is sustained without leave to amend as to the 4th cause of action. Defendants H.O.T.N. Holdings, LLC (“Holdings”), H.O.T.N. Club, Inc. (“Club”), Libra Hollywood, LLC (“Hollywood”), Libra Crenshaw, LLC (“Crenshaw”), Zaremy Inc. (“Zaremy Inc.”), J. ...

Excerpt: ...0 days. Plaintiff's request for monetary sanctions against Defendant and its counsel of record, Erskine Law Group, is granted in the amount of $2,310.00. Defendant Jose Tapia (“Tapia”) (“Plaintiff”) moves to compel the deposition of Defendant General Motors LLC's (“GM”) (“Defendant”) person(s) most qualified and custodian of records (“PMQ”) to appear for deposition. (Notice of Motion, pg. 1; C.C.P §2025.450(a).) Plaintiff als...

Excerpt: ... of documents served on the custodian of records for Bank of the West (BMO Harris Bank, NA) c/o CT Corporation System, located at 330 N. Brand Blvd., Suite 700, Glendale, CA 91203, is denied. Allstate is directed to submit a protective order to the Court. The Court declines Healthcare Financial Solutions, LLC's request to award sanctions. Third‐Party Witness Healthcare Financial Solutions, LLC's motion to quash Plaintiff People of the State of ...

Excerpt: ...ssica Caldera, Min Zhou, Nadia Saban, Lily Saban, Arnaud Larousse, and Nima Razfar. Defendants DOE 101 Paola Caldera (“P. Caldera”), DOE 102 Mian Guo erroneously sued as Mian Gvo (“Guo”), DOE 103 Jia Shen (“Shen”), DOE 104 Yunying Li erroneously sued as Yun Ying Li (“Li”), DOE 105 Min Zhou (“Zhou”), DOE 112 Yavuz Ertas (“Ertas”), DOE 113 Nima Razfar (“Nima” or “N. Razfar”), DOE 114 Ali Razfar (“Ali” or “A. Ra...

Excerpt: ...ndent Navid Faizi. Background On November 12, 2021, Petitioner/Respondent State Farm Automobile Insurance Company (“Petitioner”) filed a petition so as to move to compel discovery responses in its uninsured motorist arbitration action. On December 6, 2021, Petitioner filed 3 separate motions to compel discovery, all of which were GRANTED. On October 18, 2022, Petitioner filed a Motion for Terminating Sanctions, which was DENIED. Petitioner fi...

Excerpt: ...(“Yoon”), Yoon Chung Design, Inc. (“YCD”), and Ona by Yoon Chung, LLC (“Ona”) (collectively, “Defendants”) demur to the 1st through 6th causes of action in Plaintiff Adam Cohen's (“Plaintiff”) first amended complaint (“FAC”). (Notice of Demurrer, pg. 2.) Meet and Confer Before filing a demurrer, the moving party must meet and confer in person or by telephone with the party who filed the pleading to attempt to reach an agre...

Excerpt: ...reditor of all funds held under levy. Plaintiff Eric Mintz (“Mintz”) (“Judgment Creditor”) petitions for a hearing to determine the validity of the third-party claim of Third-Party Claimant Euro Spec Motoring (“Euro Spec”) and for proper disposition of the property that is the subject of the Third-Party Claim. (Notice of Motion, pgs. 1- 2; C.C.P. §720.270.) Judgment Creditor seeks an order directing payment to be made directly to Jud...

Excerpt: ...e reduced total of $30,235.18. Plaintiffs Xavier Richie (“Richie”) and Karime Aguilar Richie aka Karime Aguilar (“Aguilar”) (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) move to tax costs requested by Defendant Kia America, Inc. fka Kia Motors America, Inc. (“KA”) (“Defendant”) in the total amount of $25,433.72. (Notice Plaintiff Motion, pg. 1.) Plaintiffs move in the alternative to tax Defendant's costs as excessive, unreasonable and/or not r...

Excerpt: .... Holdings, LLC (“Holdings”), H.O.T.N. Club, Inc. (“Club”), Libra Hollywood, LLC (“Hollywood”), Libra Crenshaw, LLC (“Crenshaw”), Zaremy Inc., J. Mills, Inc. PMOrdonez Company, Bau Inc., John Greenwood, Howard J. Mills, Pedro Ordonez and Bradley Ulisky alleging (1) breach of contracts; (2) fraud; (3) conversion; and (4) appointment of a receiver. A dispute arose between non-party Robert Fierro and the Defendants relating to Fierro...

Excerpt: ...nied as moot. Defendant FPI Management Inc. (“FPI”) demurs to the complaint of Plaintiffs Larisha Perkins and Isaiah Sampson (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) on the basis the complaint fails to state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action against Defendants. (Notice of Demurrer at pp. 2-3.) FPI also moves to strike various portions of the complaint that compose of the following prayers for relief and their related allegations: “pu...

Excerpt: ...xpenses. Background On October 14, 2020, Plaintiffs Jack Simantob and 8451 Melrose LLC, (“Plaintiffs” or “Judgment Creditors”) filed a complaint against Defendants Michael S Drucker, Esq., Ian J. Singer, Esq., Foley, Bezek, Behle & Curtis, LLP (“Defendants” or “Judgment Debtors”). The complaint alleged one cause of action: Malicious Prosecution. On December 24, 2020, Plaintiffs filed a First Amended Complaint, which added Sina Akh...

Excerpt: ...s Inc. dba Athens Services (“Athens”) (“Defendant”) moves to strike the sole cause of action in the complaint of Plaintiff WasteXperts, Inc. (“WasteXperts”) (“Plaintiff”) on the ground this same dispute was previously determined to be subject to C.C.P. §425.16, resulting in an order striking the complaint in the previous dispute and the entry of judgment in favor of Athens. (Notice of Motion, pg. 1; C.C.P. §425.16.) Specifically...

Excerpt: ...ied as moot. Defendant Parsoda U.S.A., Inc. DBA Pacifica Wholesale Tile and Stone (“Parsoda”) (“Defendant”) demurs to Plaintiff Adan Gomez-Rivera's (“Gomez-Rivera”) (“Plaintiff”) first amended complaint (“FAC”). (Notice of Demurrer, pgs. 1-2; C.C.P. §430.10(e).) Defendant also moves to strike portions of the FAC. (Notice of MTS, pgs. 2-3.) Background Plaintiff filed his initial Complaint on January 25, 2023. On March 2, 2023,...

Excerpt: ...intiffs' subpoena within 20 days of this motion, subject to a protective order that (1) limits use of the documents produced to only this action, and (2) limits access to the documents to the parties, their counsel, expert witnesses, court staff, and jurors. Defendant's request for sanctions is denied. Plaintiffs' request for reasonable costs in opposing this motion is denied. Defendant GM Gutierrez Construction Company, Inc. (“GM Gutierrez”)...

Excerpt: ... (“FMC”) (“Defendant”) on behalf of Quill and Arrow, LLP (“QA”) in the total amount of $123,701.39, reflecting (1) $82,282.50 in attorney fees for QA; (2) a 1.35 multiplier enhancement on the attorney fees (or $28,798.87); (3) $6,620.02 in costs incurred by QA; and (4) an additional $6,000.00 for Plaintiff's counsel to review Defendant's Opposition, draft the Reply, and attend the hearing on this Motion. (Notice of Motion, pg. 2; Civ....

Excerpt: ...ys leave to amend as to the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 17th, and 25th causes of action, and overruled as to the 5th cause of action. Defendants Home Run Builders Inc.'s, Valley Vista 18 Project LLC's, Shachar Shabtay's, Anette Sharvit's, Shachar Sharvit's, and Asaf Asi Azami's motion to strike is denied as moot. Defendants Home Run Builders Inc. (“HRB Inc.”), Valley Vista 18 Project LLC (“Valley 18 LLC”), Shachar Shabtay (“S. Shabtay”), Anet...

Excerpt: ...f record, Law Offices of Maryann Gallagher, is denied. Defendant County of Los Angeles (“County”) (“Defendant”) demurs to Plaintiff Gia Nguyen's (“Nguyen”) (“Plaintiff”) first amended complaint (“FAC”). (Notice of Demurrer, pgs. 2-3; C.C.P. §§430.10(e), 430.30(a), 430.40(a), 430.41; CRC, Rule 3.1320.) County moves for sanctions against Plaintiff and her counsel of record, Law Offices of Maryann Gallagher, for bad faith tacti...

Excerpt: ... Control, Inc. (“Defendant”) moves for summary adjudication against Mario Joseph Espinosa and Gail Denise Espinosa (“Plaintiffs”) on the fourth cause of action for fraudulent concealment, fifth cause of action for breach of implied warranties, and punitive damages. Preliminarily, the reply is untimely. (Code Civ. Pro., § 1005.) Background On February 11, 2021, Plaintiffs Raymond Leyba, Karen Castillo-Leyba, Mario Joseph Espinosa, and Gai...