Excerpt: ...romptly investigate and correct FEHA violations, failure to engage in the interactive process, and failure to accommodate) based on disability for conduct that occurred w ithin one year of Plaintiff's 3/20/20 DFEH Complaint, i.e., wrongful conduct based on disability that occurred before 3/19/19 is time-barred. The Court specifically granted summary adjudication against Plaintiff with respect to his claims for violation of the FEHA based on race ...

Excerpt: ... Defendant Simcha Mandelbaum's Motion to Strike Portions of Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint. BACKGROUND ALAN TONKINS (“Tonkins”), in and through his Successor -In -Interest, JOSHUA TONKINS and JOSHUA TONIKINS (“Plaintiffs”) bring this case against GUARDIAN REHABILITATION HOSPITAL; 533 SOUTH FAIRFAX AVENUE, INC. dba GUARDIAN REHABILITATION HOSPITAL; SKILLSERVE, INC. dba US SKILLED SERVE; JANET MANDELBAUM; BRENDA MANDELBAUM; and...

Excerpt: ...unds that Plaintiff executed a valid agreement to submit all employment-related disputes to arbitration. Plaintiff opposes the motion, arguing that: 1) Defendant failed to establish a valid, enforceable arbitration agreement because Defendant has not authenticated her signature; and 2) the agreement is otherwise unenforceable because it is unconscionable. LEGAL STANDARD A party seeking arbitration has the burden of proving by a preponderance of e...

Excerpt: ...”) (collectively, “Defendants”) improperly withheld rent payments due to Plaintiff for breaches of contracts by SGE and Lighthouse. Plaintiff also alleges that Rubin and other Defendants induced and interfered with a sublease. The FAC's listed causes of action are: 1) Conversion; 2) Breach of Contract; 3) Inducing Breach of Contract; and 4) Intentional Interference with Contractual Relations. Rubin filed a demurrer to the first, third, and ...

Excerpt: ... and he has been making false statements to cause other tenants not to pay rent and prospective tenants to decline rentals. The causes of action are: 1) Defamation; 2) Intentional Interference with Prospective Economic Advantage; and 3) Civil Harassment. Plaintiff has since dismissed the civil harassment claim. Plaintiff requests summary judgment, or summary adjudication as to the First and Second Causes of Action. Defendant opposes the motion. L...

Excerpt: ...s and then entered into subcontracts with SCEI and its assignor InScope Innovation, Inc. (“InScope”). Alliance filed a Cross-Complaint against SCEI for breaches of contract. After the Court sustained a demurrer with leave to amend, Alliance filed a First Amended Cross -Complaint (FACC) for breaches of subcontract agreements it had with SCEI and InScope. SCE I demurs to the FACC and Alliance opposes the demurrer. LEGAL STANDARD Demurrers are t...

Excerpt: ...arbitration and stay Plaintiff's non -individual representative PAGA claim pending the outcome of the arbitration. Plaintiff does not oppose the motion to compel arbitration of Plaintiff's individual claims bu t does oppose Defendants' request to stay the non-individual PAGA portion of the case pending the outcome of the arbitration. LEGAL STANDARD “[W]here a plaintiff has filed a PAGA action comprised of individual and non -individual claims, ...

Excerpt: ...Defendants”) alleging damages based on habitability issues in her apartment. Plaintiff alleges that Defendants owned, operated, and/or managed the apartment complex located at 2928 4th Street in Santa Monica (the “Property”) that includes Plaintiff's unit. Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) alleges the following causes of action: 1) Breach of Implied Warranty of Habitability; 2) Negligence; 3) Nuisance; 4) Breach of Covenant of...

Excerpt: ...laims and issued a final ruling in favor of Plaintiff. Plaintiff gave notice of the Court's judgment in favor of Plaintiff on 3/7 /24. Defendant now moves for a new trial under Code of Civil Procedure § 657(1), (3), (6), and (7). Plaintiff opposes the motion. Legal Standard Code of Civil Procedure § 657 governs motions for new trial and, relevant here, provides that a new trial may be granted for: (1) “[i]rregularity in the proceedings of the...

Excerpt: ...a First Amended Complaint on 3/5/24, alleging the following causes of action: 1) Breach of Contract; 2) Breach of the Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing; 3) Private Nuisance; 4) Violation of Penal Code Section 496; 5) Trespass; 6) Battery; (7) Unfair Business Practices; 8) Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress; and (9) Violation of Civil Code Section 51.9. Plaintiffs' motion seeks leave to file a proposed Second Amended Complaint (SAC...

Excerpt: ...that they entered into a “Gamer Agreement” (“Agreement”) with Respondent, providing for Petitioners to competitively coach or play for the XSET team for Valorant—a video game released by Riot Games. Paragraph 19 of the Standard Terms & Conditions to the Agreement contains an arbitration clause. Respondent allegedly refused to pay Petitioners their share of revenue related to the Valorant game. Petitioners then filed demands for arbitrat...

Excerpt: ...aintiffs move for an order summarily adjudicating that Defendant is liable on the First Cause of Action for Breach of Contract, for at least $6,000.00. Defendant opposes the motion. LEGAL STANDARD In moving for summary judgment or summary adjudication, a “plaintiff . . . has met his or her burden of showing that there is no defense to a cause of action if that party has proved each element of the cause of action.” Code Civ. Proc., § 437c(p)(...

Excerpt: ...tion has the burden of proving by a preponderance of evidence that a valid arbitration agreement exists. Ruiz v. Moss Bros. Auto Group, Inc. (2014) 232 Cal.App.4th 836, 842; see also § CCP 1281.2. A party meets its initial burden simply by reciting the terms of the governing provision, or by attaching a copy of the provisions. Sprunk v. Prisma LLC (2017) 14 Cal.App.5th 785, 793. Once the petitioner meets its burden, “the burden shifts to the p...

Excerpt: ... based on alleged substandard conditions at Plaintiffs' apartments, which are managed by Defendant. The causes of action in the First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) filed on 10/25/23 are: 1) Negligent Violation of Statutory Duty; 2) Intentional Violation of Statutory Duty; 3) Tortuous Breach of Warranty of Habitability; 4) Breach of Covenant of Quiet Enjoymen t; 5) Nuisance; 6) Negligence; 7) Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress; and 8) Co...

Excerpt: ...oyed as Cafeteria Manager IIs with Defendant ABC Unified School District (“ABC School District”). In this case, Plaintiffs allege that ABC School District paid them less than other male employees in similar jobs, and Plaintiff Montenegro alleges that ABC School District discriminated against her based on her disability (torn meniscus in her left knee) and refused to reasonably accommodate her disability. Plaintiffs' FAC alleges claims against...

Excerpt: ... orally requested a loan forbearance. Also, the purported Trustee, Integrated Lender Services, relates to no existing substitution of trustee. The causes of action in the First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) are: 1) Violation of Civ. Code § 2923.5; 2) Violation of Civ. Code § 2924(a)(1); 3) Violation of Civ. Code § 2924.9; 4) Wrongful Foreclosure; 5) Interpleader Pursuant to Code Civ. Proc. §386, Civ. Code §§ 2924j and 2924k; 6) Unfair Busin...

Excerpt: ...ts”) alleging, among other claims, a claim for declaratory relief in connection with a Partnership Agreement and Operating Agreement pur portedly entered into between Plaintiff and Darlene J. Upchurch-Friedman for properties located on La Brea Avenue and W. Jefferson Boulevard in Los Angeles (the “Property”). Defendants' Cross-Complaint alleges claims against Plaintiff for trespass, intentional interference with prospective economic relatio...

Excerpt: ...t of Quiet Enjoyment, (4) Breach of the Implied Warranty Of Habitabili ty - Civ Code §1941.1, (5) Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress, (6) Intentional Misrepresentation (Civ Code§1709), (7) Abuse of Process, (8) Landlord Retaliation (Civ. Code § 1942.5), (9) Violation Of Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200 et. seq., Unlawful, Fraudulent and Unfair Business Acts and Practices, and (10) Negligence. Plaintiff now seeks leave to file a proposed Fi...

Excerpt: ...ient utilities, structural defects, and deficient security. Cross -Defendant/Cross -Complainant INGENIOUS ASSET GROUP, INC. (“Ingenious”) filed a First Amended Cross -Complaint (“FACC”), alleging that it was harmed by Plaintiffs and the new property owners due to their failure to timely correct the habitability issues that allegedly existed during or before the property transfer on 3/4/20. Plaintiffs demur to the First, Fourth, Fifth and ...

Excerpt: ...) arising from alleged childhood sexual abuse perpetrated against Plaintiff by a teacher at a school owned by Defendant. Defendant served a demand for a physical exam of Plaintiff pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure Section 2032.220 and Plaintiff served an objection to the demand, stating that Plaintiff refused to submit to the exam. Defendant now moves for an order compelli ng Plaintiff to submit to the physical exam as stated in the demand. Def...

Excerpt: ...reach of a written subcontract between the parties and Onni's alleged failure to pay Precision for pr oducts it provided to Onni, all in connection with Precision's work as a subcontractor at the real property located at 6933 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles (the “Property”). Precision, which recorded a mechanics lien against the Property, has also sued RLI INSURACE BOND (“RLI”) to recover from the lien release bond the amount stated in th...

Excerpt: ...dant NK are general partners of the Group 48 limited partnership, which is controlled by Defendant Hogan. Plaintiffs and Defendants entered into this agreement in connection with the development of the Century Plaza Hotel (the “Project”). On 2/6/24, the Court granted Defendants' motion for judgment on the pleadings with leave to amend only with respect to the three causes of action in the Complaint (rescission -frustration of purpose; breach ...

Excerpt: ... services. (Compl., ¶ 1, Ex. A.) Defendant allegedly breached the contract by publishing behind-the-scenes videos of her work on social media accounts, without written permission as required by the contract. ( Id., ¶¶ 3, 11.) Plaintiff further alleges that Defendant admitted to breaching the contract at her deposition in another case. ( Id., ¶ 4, Ex. B.) Defendant now moves to strike the Complaint pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure Section 4...

Excerpt: ... default entered on 1/19/23 because the motion was untimely under Code of Civil Procedure Section 473(b). The Court entered the default judgment against Defendant on 3/19/24. The Court then de nied Defendant's ex parte application to set the default judgment and entry of default. Defendant now brings a noticed motion to set aside the default judgment and entry of default pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure Sections 473(d) and 473.5, as well as th...

Excerpt: ...h an option to purchase 2115 N. Upper Krest St., Los Angeles. Defendant DEWITTE MORTGAGE INVESTORS FUND, LLC (“DMIF”) had foreclosed on a second d eed of trust. Also, Defendant DEWITTE recorded an assignment of a deed of trust to himself, and seeks to foreclose on the extinguished first deed of trust, using CLE CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC (CLE) as a strawman or alter ego. Plaintiff's causes of action are: 1) Fraud; 2) Violation Of Anti-Harassment Or...

Excerpt: ...ty”). Plaintiffs' causes of action in the First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) against Defendant Block are: (1) Wrongful Foreclosure; (7) Accounting; and (8) Unfair Business Practices. Plaintiffs' causes of action against both Defendants are: (2) Quiet Title; (3) Cancellation of Instrument; (4) Declaratory Relief; (5) Violation of Regulation Z of the Truth in Lending Act; and (6) Fraud. On 2/6/24, the Court denied Plaintiffs' ex parte applicatio...

Excerpt: ...he summary judgment hearing so that the Court could first consider Plaintiff's motion to amend the complaint. Plaintiff now moves f or a new trial under Code of Civil Procedure Section 657(1). (Plaintiff's notice of intention to move for new trial also states that Plaintiff moves for new trial under Code of Civil Procedure Section 657(7), but that code section is not referenced in the memorandum of points and authorities or the reply brief.) Defe...

Excerpt: ...ent owed under a lease with non-party HYUNDAE CAR WASH, INC. The cause of action is Breach of a Personal Guaranty. Plaintiffs bring a motion requesting the Court impose terminating or evidentiary sanctions, and $2,760.00 in monetary sanctions, because Defendants did not comply with the Court's 2/7/24 order compelling responses to Plaintiffs' form interrogatories. Defen dants oppose the motion. LEGAL STANDARD Ultimate discovery sanctions are justi...

Excerpt: ...e, electrical, emission, structural, and transmission system defects, which caused dangerous driving conditions. The causes of action are: 1. Violation of Song-Beverly Act - Breach of Express Warranty; 2. Violation of Song- Beverly Act - Breach of Implied Warranty; 3. Violation of The Song- Beverly Act Section 1793.2; and 4. Negligent Repair. Defendants moved to compel arbitration based on the arbitration clause in the clause in the Retail Instal...

Excerpt: ..., discriminated against Plaintiff due to his disability. Defendants move for an order transferring this case to Ventura County, and requiring Plaintiff's counsel to pay $5,385.00 to Defendants. Plaintiff opposes the motion. LEGAL STANDARD A defendant seeking a change of venue has the burden to show facts justifying transfer of venue. Mission Imports, Inc. v. Sup. Ct . (1982) 31 Cal.3d 921, 929. The defendant must negate all possible bases for pro...

Excerpt: ...eeks an order for preliminary approval of a class action settlement. The settlement class consists of approximately 57 current and former exempt Production Managers, and/or hourly employees of Defendant in California. The agreement would provide them with an overall value of $610,000.00. LEGAL STANDARD Judges are to apply an appropriate standard of review of PAGA case settlements, by inquiring whether settlements are “‘fair, adequate, and rea...

Excerpt: ...n Of Documents, Set One. Plaintiff On Point Builders, Inc.'s Motion To Deem Requests For Admissions As Admitted Or, Alternatively, To Compel Defendant Las Palmas Silver, LLC's Further Responses To Request For Admission, Set One. Background Plaintiff and Cross -Defendant ON POINT BUILDERS, INC. (“On Point”) bring this case against Defendant and Cross -Complainant LAS PALMAS SILVER, LLC (“Las Palmas”) and Defendant DAVID PARTIEL for claims ...

Excerpt: ... of action are: 1. Forcible Entry; and 2. Forcible Detainer. Defendant has filed a motion requesting summary judgment against Plaintiff, or summary adjudication of the Affirmative Defense of Abandonment. Plaintiff opposes the motion. LEGAL STANDARD In moving for summary judgment or summary adjudication, a “defendant . . . has met his or her burden of showing that a cause of action has no merit if the party has shown that one or more elements of...

Excerpt: ...y judgment on its claims, or summary adjudication of the following issues: 1) Defendant Sanderson's obligation under the parties' lease agreement to pay rent to Plaintiff between April 2020 and December 2020 was not excused due to the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting government orders; 2) Defendant Sanderson abandoned the Premises on November 25, 2020; and 3) Defendant Sanderson's fixed- term lease for the premises expired on December 31, 2020. Pl...

Excerpt: ... alleged substandard conditions at the commercial property Plaintiffs leased from Defendant. Defendant has filed a motion to compel Plaintiffs' deposition attendance and document production, and requests monetary sanctions, contending that Defendant met and conferred with Plaintiffs about deposition dates, but Plaintiffs failed to attend. Plaintif fs oppose the motion and request monetary sanctions, arguing that informal discovery efforts and mee...

Excerpt: ...on. Plaintiff alleges that in February 2021 she sent Defendants a demand letter stating her intent to sue Defendants for employment discrimination. (Compl., ¶ 11.) Shortly after receiving the demand letter, Defendants filed a lawsuit against Plaintiff alleging claims for defamation, intentional interference with contractual relations, intentional interference with prospective economic relations, unfair competition, breach of contract, and breach...

Excerpt: ...laintiff and wrongfully terminated Plaintiff's employment, because of Plaintiff's cancer-related disability and/or medical condition. Defendants have filed a motion to compel arbitration. The Court had previously continued this motion for Plaintiff to have the opportunity to obtain discovery. Plaintiff filed no opposing memorandum to the motion to compel arbitration but did file evidentiary objections to two declarations. LEGAL STANDARD A party s...

Excerpt: ...fraudulently induced Plaintiff to make a loan on a real property investment and they failed to pay back a loan secured by a Gulfstream corporate jet. Plaintiff brings two motions to compel Defendant Niami's deposition attendance and response to document requests. The motions have different reservation numbers but otherwise appear to be duplicative of one another. The Court will refer to Plaintiff's filing as a motion (singular) for purposes of th...

Excerpt: ...lated dates. Plaintiff opposes the motion. LEGAL STANDARD Continuances of trial are disfavored and may be granted only on an affirmative showing of good cause. Cal Rules of Ct 3.1332(c). Circumstances that may show good cause include the substitution of trial counsel if there is an affirmative showing that the su bstitution is required in the interests of justice, or a party's excused inability to obtain essential discovery. Cal Rules of Ct 3.133...

Excerpt: ...) , and Roof Supply G&F San Diego (“Defendant Roof Supply”) related to a roof construction project. Defendant Roof Supply filed a First Amended Cross-Complaint (“FACC”) against some of the Plaintiffs as well as Defendants Altura and Garcia. Defendant Garcia has filed a motion to set aside entry of default. Plaintiffs have not opposed the motion. Separately, Defendant Roof Supply has filed a motion to set aside entry of default, which incl...

Excerpt: ...; 5. Harassment In Violation Of Gov't Code §§ 12940 Et Seq.; 6. Retaliation In Violation Of Gov't Code §§ 12940 Et Seq.; 7. Failure To Prevent Discrimination, Harassment, And Retaliation In Violation Of Gov't Code § 12940(K); 8. Violation Of The Ralph Civil Rights Act (Civil Code § 51.7); 9. Violation Of The Tom Bane Civil Rights Act (Civil Code § 52.1); 10. Retaliation (Lab. Code §§ 232.5, 1102.5 And 1102.6); 11. Wrongful Termination In...

Excerpt: ... from working with defendants' products containing crystalline silica. The causes of action are: 1) Negligence; 2) Strict Liability – Warning Defect; 3) Strict Liability – Design Defect; 4) Fraudulent Concealment; 5) Breach of Implied Warranties; and 6) Loss of Consortium. This tentative ruling addresses motions filed by two of the defendants. First, Defendant CAESARSTONE USA, INC. (“Caesarstone”) demurrers to each claim of the Complaint ...

Excerpt: ...wful Business Practices (Bus. & Prof. Code 17200 et. seq.); 2. Failure to Pay Minimum Wage; 3. Failure to Provide Meal Breaks; 4. Failure to Provide Rest Periods; 5. Labor Code Section 203 Wages; 6. Labor Code 226 Damages; and 7. Wrongful Termination in Violation of Public Policy. Defendants demur to the FAC and move to strike allegations regarding appointment of a receiver. Plaintiffs oppose as addressed below. LEGAL STANDARD Demurrers are to be...

Excerpt: ...nvey three parcels of land to Plaintiff in violation of a written settlement agreement between the parties. Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint (“FAC”), filed on 8/28/2023, alleges claims against Defendant for: (1) Breach of Contract/Specific Performance of Contract; (2) Quiet Title; (3) Breach of the Implied Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing; (4) Declaratory Relief; (5) Nuisance; and (6) Negligent Interference with a Prospective Econom...

Excerpt: ...anctions. Plaintiff opposes the motion and seeks sanctions. LEGAL STANDARD Section 2025.450(a) provides that after service of a deposition notice, if a party fails to appear without service of a valid objection, the party giving the notice may move for an order compelling the deposition. A motion to compel deposition attendance m ust include a declaration showing that the moving party inquired about the nonappearance. CCP §2025.450(b)(2). “Imp...

Excerpt: ...ile attending a game on August 20, 2021. Defendant LOS ANGELES DODGERS LLC (“Defendant”) brings a demurrer to the single cause of action for violation of the Unruh Act. Plaintiff opposes the demurrer. Defendant correctly argues that the Unruh Act claim is time -barred under the two- year statute of limitations (Code Civ. Proc., § 335.1) because the face of the Complaint shows that Plaintiff's claim accrued on August 20, 2021, but he did not ...

Excerpt: ...ent Filed on October 13, 2014 in Case No. 05A01698 (CCP 473). Background In this case, plaintiff NAREK AROUTYNYAN (“Plaintiff') seeks to quiet title and for other relief against Defendants BAG FUND, INC. and JASON LYNN (“Defendants”) in connection with a property located at 8943 Telfair Avenue, Los Angeles, and owned by Plainti ff. In its Cross-Complaint, Defendant Bag Fund, Inc. (“Defendant Bag Fund”) seeks declaratory relief and unjus...

Excerpt: ...KMAN and JUDITH LORRAINE RYCKMAN (“Plaintiffs”) brought this case against Defendants LAURA DREXLER and DAVID DREXLER as Trustees of the Drexler Trust (“Drexler Defendants”), and the Drexlers' attorney Michael Schwimer (“Schwimer”) (Drexler D efendants and Schwimer collectively referred to herein as “Defendants”), to preclude enforcement of sanctions orders issued in a separate case between Plaintiffs and the Drexler Defendants. Sc...

Excerpt: ...ant of Good Faith And Fair Dealing; 3) Private Nuisance; 4) Violation of Penal Code 496; 5) Battery; 6) Unfair Business Practices; and 7) Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress. Defendant has filed a demurrer to the Complaint. Plaintiff opposes the demurrer. LEGAL STANDARD Demurrers are to be sustained where a pleading fails to plead adequately any essential element of the cause of action. Cantu v. Resolution Trust Corp. (1992) 4 Cal. App. ...

Excerpt: ...Defendants Thomas Block and Sue Emrek (“Defendants”) related to Defendants' involvement with a loan and deed of trust for the property at 4351 La Barca Drive, Tarza na, California (the “Property”). Plaintiffs' causes of action in the First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) against Defendant Block are: (1) Wrongful Foreclosure; (7) Accounting; and (8) Unfair Business Practices. Plaintiffs' causes of action against both Defendants are: (2) Quie...