Excerpt: .... Defendant Brand Boulevard Associates, L.P. owns the parcel and assigned the lease. Plaintiff opened Oak & Vine Restaurant on the first floor and loft ar ea of the premises. In 2017, renovations began for the opening of “Veranda” restaurant operating on the rooftop immediately above Oak & Vine. Defendant Elevate Venues, LLC was responsible for the operation of Veranda. Plaintiff alleges the renovations, including improperly installed drainag...

Excerpt: ...er for airport employees. During the course of employment, Plaintiff alleges defendant Timothy Boykin began a course of sexually inappropriate comments and touching. On June 5, 2021, Boykin visited her home, where he non- consensually engaged in sexual intercourse with Plaintiff while Plaintiff was intoxicated and incapacitated in her home after normal work hours. Plaintiff complained about the conduct of Boykin, which led, at least in part to hi...

Excerpt: ...rand. Third party Catrone Freight Logistics coordinated the importation of the shipment(s) from the Port of Long Beach and storage of the merchandise from the with defendant Empire Container Freight Station, Inc. While Plaintiff utilized the services of Defendant, beginning in 2017, Plaintiff began to discover missing merchandise appearing for sale on eBay. When Plaintiff confronted Defendant, a counter demand for $732,915.50 in storage charges w...

Excerpt: ...��early 2021” to establish a business relationship, whereby Lee would work with Kim at an existing establishment owned and operated by Kim, and identified as Star Night. Kim alleges De fendant proposed the joint venture in order to improve revenue at Star Night given Lee's prior operation of a similar restaurant business lost to a fire. Lee purportedly represented to offer certain proprietary “secret” recipes and “restaurant management kn...

Excerpt: ...nt officer, suffered fatal head injury when a fellow officer conducted an exercise causing blunt force trauma to the head and neck of Officer Tipping during a “tr aining exercise” purportedly to simulate a fall from a certain height. The training program was part of the Arrest and Control Bicycle Training Program. Officer Tipping was not provided any protective gear normally associated with such a training program, and other padding was not p...

Excerpt: ...rimination, Violation Of Cal. Gov. Code §§ 12940 Et Seq.; (3) Sex/Gender Retaliation, Violation of Cal. Gov. Code §§ 12940 Et Seq.; (4) Actual/Perceived Disability Harassment, Violation Of Cal. Gov. Code §§ 12940 Et Seq.; (5) Actual/Perceived Disability Discrimination, Violation of Cal. Gov. Code §§ 12940 Et Seq.; (6) Actual/Perceived Disability Retaliation, Violat ion of Cal. Gov. Code §§ 12940 Et Seq.; (7) Failure to Engage In The Man...

Excerpt: ...in 1985, until the sale of the premises to 3432 E. 15th St., LLC in 2017, 3424 E. 15 th Street, Los Angeles, was subjected to chemical contamination from various occupants, and subsequent groundwater contamination. On November 18, 2021, Plaintiff Bronze -Way Plating Corporation filed its complaint for 1. Contribution Under the Hazardous Substance Account Act, California Health & Safety Code Section 25300, et Seq.; 2. Contribution; 3. Equitable In...

Excerpt: ... alleges Dr. TC Tsao, and Dr. Mitchell Spearrinm, currently engineering professors at Unive rsity of California Los Angeles (UCLA), also participated as “founders,” though both faculty members deny any such business relationship. ACT itself formed as a result of an “invention report,” for a jointly developed “adaptive camless technology” to a UCLA run program identified as the Technology Development Group (TDG), and the filing of thre...

Excerpt: ...f the Song- Beverly Act—Breach of Implied Warranty, Violation of the Song- Beverly Act Civil Code section 1793.2, and Violation of the Song Beverly Act Civil Code section 1793.22—Tanner Consumer Protection Act. On August 21, 2023, General Motors answered the complaint. RULING: Granted. Plaintiff Luis Robles moves to compel further responses to request for production of documents, numbers 13-16 and 34 -35. The dispute involves the request for ...

Excerpt: ...ff Albert Agdaian owned certain real property at 7373 Perigord Court, Tujunga. The common areas were managed by homeowner association Defendant Renaissance Maintenance Corp. In March 2022, sold the residence. Upon the close of escrow, $67,153 was pa id to Defendant homeowner association for purported landscape repairs. Plaintiff contends no repairs were actually completed, and challenges the reasonableness of the amount. On July 12, 2022, Plainti...

Excerpt: ...nant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing · 6th Cause of Action: Constructive Wrongful Discharge · 7th Cause of Action: Unjust Enrichment · 8th Cause of Action: Theft by False Pretense SUMMARY OF ACTION Plaintiff Kelly Soojin Kim alleges Defendant Jason Lee approached her in “early 2021” to establish a business relationship, whereby Lee would work with Kim at an existing establishment owned and operated by Kim, and identified as Star Night. Kim ...

Excerpt: ...logies, LLC, a separate entity 50% owned by Flyer Technologies. In 2000, Flyer Technologies entered into a joint venture agreement with Marvin Engineering Co., Inc. for a project involving the developments and sale of lightweight tactical all- terrain vehicles to the United States Marine Corps. Flyer agreed to license its intellectual property to Marvin Engineering, and transferred its subsidiary, Flyer Defense, LLC. Flyer Technologies retained a...

Excerpt: ...Gender); 3. FEHA Discrimination (Disability); 4. FEHA Fa ilure to Accommodate Disability; 5. FEHA Failure to Engage in the Interactive Process; 6. FEHA Retaliation; 7. Violation of the California Family Rights Act (CFRA); 8. Retaliation in Violation of the California Family Rights Act (CFRA); 9. FEHA Failure to Take All Reasonable Steps to Prevent Discrimination, Harassment, and/or Retaliation; 10. Violation of Lab. Code § 1102.5; 11. Violation ...

Excerpt: ...g Kong based company authorized to conduct business in California alleges an unspecified defaulted balance owed by defendant RLoom LLC (RLoom) in 2022. On February 8, 2023, RLoom and defendant D. Mas in Consulting, LLC (D. Masin) executed a “General Assignment for the Benefit of All Creditors,” whereby all assets were subject to liquidation for payment of outstanding debts. Also on February 8, 2022, D. Masin and RLoom Design Corp. aka Newstyl...

Excerpt: ...tion, the underlying case settled. Defendant apparentl y submitted a lien on the underlying action, and seeks collection of certain fees and costs from the settlement. Plaintiff seeks to challenge the recovery, or at least the amount of recovery. On January 4, 2024, Plaintiff filed a complaint for Declaratory Relief. RULING: Overruled. 1st Cause of Action: Declaratory Relief Defendant O'Neil & Matusek challenge the declaratory relief claim on gro...

Excerpt: ...roup, a Nevada Limited Company (SBE), KBM Holdco, LTD., a British Virgin Island Company, and KBM Operating LTD.., a Bahamas Company for Breach of Oral Contract, Breach Of Implied - In fact Contract, Breach of Written Contract, Unjust Enrichment, Money Had And Received, Accounting, and Declaratory Relief. On January 16, 201`9, the court sustained the demurrer of SBE t o the fourth cause of action without leave to amend, and the granted the motion ...

Excerpt: ...��We treat the demurrer as admitting all material facts properly pleaded, but not contentions, deductions or conclusions of fact or law. . . . Further, we give the complaint a reasonable interpretation, reading it as a whole and its p arts in their context.” ( Id . at p. 318; see also Hahn. v. Mirda (2007) 147 Cal.App.4th 740, 747 [“A demurrer tests the pleadings alone and not the evidence or other extrinsic matters. Therefore, it lies only w...

Excerpt: ...e properties remains either jointly held or solely held in the name of defendant Cesar Segovia, but maintains a series of agreements between the parties supports claims legal title to all three based contributions to the properties by Plaintiff. On August 28, 2023, Plaintiff filed a complaint for Quiet Title (three separate causes of action), Conversion, Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress, Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress, Rep...

Excerpt: ... for Violation of Song- Beverly Act— Breach of Express Warranty of Merchantability, and Violation of the Song- Beverly Act—Civil Code section 1793.2. On June 21, 2023, FCA US LLC answered the complaint. RULING: Granted Plaintiff Reina Garcia moves to compel further responses to request for production of documents, numbers 45 -46. Plaintiff alleges unmeritorious objections. Plaintiff submitted a notice of non -opposition and the court electron...

Excerpt: ...ff beginning in 2007. Plaintiff was born on May 17, 1999. Berendt was arrested in 2012 for the alleg ed molestation of numerous students on the campus. On October 3 and 21, 2022, Plaintiff filed a complaint for Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress; Negligence; Negligent Supervision; Negligent Hiring/Retention; Negligent Failure to Warn, Train, or Educate; Breach of Fiduciary Duty; Constructive Fraud; Sexual Battery; and, Sexual Assault. D...

Excerpt: ...financing of solar panels to Plaintiff's residence. Plaintiff sought to cancel the contracts, but defendants refused. Plaintiff seeks a Public Injunction enjoining Solgen Construction, LLC from engaging in solar panel installations without adhering to certain standards, due to prior fraudulent activities. On August 1 and 24, 2023, Plaintiff filed a complaint and first amended complaint for Fraudulent Concealment; Negligence; Violations of The Eld...

Excerpt: ...s and databases due to suspicion of potential identity theft. Kartch specifically represents that a business entity identified as DAGUT Group Inc., and agent for service David Gutierrez unlawfully uses Kartch's personal address in its corporate registration documents with the California Secretary of State. RULING: Continued. Petitioner David Kartch moves for relief pursuant to Civil Code section 1798.201: “A person who has learned or reasonably...

Excerpt: ...reaks in Violation of Labor Code § 226.7 · 14 th Cause of Action: Failure to Provide Meal Breaks in Violation of Labor Code § 226.7 · 15 th Cause of Action: Waiting Time Penalties Pursuant to Labor Code §§ 201 and 203 · 17 th Cause of Action: Breach of Contract in Violation of Civil Code Section 1549 Motion to Strike · Seventeenth Cause of Action for Breach of Contract · SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT, ¶ 36: all references to “past situatio...

Excerpt: ... working with “toxic” stone products led to the development of silicosis and death of Garcia -Leon on February 16, 2023. On May 22, 2023, Plaintiff filed a 582 paragraph complaint for negligence, strict liability – warning defect, strict liability – design defect, fraudulent concealment, and breach of implied warranties. The complaint names a multitude of parties comprised o f suppliers, sellers, etc. The case was deemed non-complex on Ju...

Excerpt: ...am, though the agr eement attached to the complaint lists the name Jongju Na. Notwithstanding, Lim alleges the rights to enforcement of the agreement were assigned, and Lim obtained a $27,000 judgment in a prior action. Lim alleges two other “related cases” 19STCV14007[1] and 19STCV08038.[2] Lim appears to now seek execution on the judgment, and maintains Moon fraudulently continues to evade collection. On April 14, 2022, Lim filed the instan...