Excerpt: ...on in Violation of Public Policy · 9th Cause of Action: Discrimination in Violation of Government Code section 12940, et. seq. · 11 th Cause of Action: Breach of Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing · 14 th Cause of Action: Workplace Harassment Motion to Strike New Allegations · “Status and Demand for Justice” page 3 -4 · “Summary” page 4 -10; o Exhibits 1 through 5 found on page 74 to 96 · Sixth Cause of Action · Seventh Cause ...

Excerpt: ... and handling “two ragin g litigation matters,” Plaintiff also contributed more than 2,000 hours of work in other “important and lucrative civil matters” for the firm. While the parties engaged in some form of moderately specified compensation agreement, Plaintiff maintains Defendant in fact “stiffed” Plaintiff on some or all promised compensation, notwithstanding the tremendous wealth of Mark Geragos. While the parties sought a compe...

Excerpt: ...nc. dba Whole Foods Market as a “grocery team member.” Plaintiff suffers from epilepsy as well as learning impediments thereby impacting the uptake in lea rning new tasks. The inability to complete job assignments within the assigned work shift and disinclination to paying overtime led to written reprimand of Plaintiff. Notwithstanding requests for additional time or assistance from coworkers, no such accommodation was made. Defendant was ter...

Excerpt: ...Chen entered into a written contract with defendant V -Stream Aviation Corp. for a one -way private jet aircraft charter from Maui Hawaii to Van Nuys California. The flight date was scheduled for April 15, 2022 at a cost of $47,600. Plaintiff Becky Yue was an intended co -passenger. On April 8, 2022, Chen cancelled the charger via email “due to covid -19 exposure” with a confirmed positive test result. Chen subsequently requested a refund bas...

Excerpt: ... Pressed Down, LLC, Protech Minerals, LLC, and Protech Minerals RE LLC. O n October 17, 2023, the court denied the petition as to petitioners, and granted as to respondents. Petitioners filed a notice of appeal on July 2, 2021. On June 24, 2022, the order on the petition was affirmed on appeal. Remittitur was issued on September 12, 2022. RULING: Continued to July 19, 2024. On June 9, 2023, respondents Pressed Down, LLC, Protech Minerals, LLC, an...

Excerpt: ...Vice President. In 1996, Plaintiff alleges an oral agreement, whereby defendant, company owner and president of Wild Win and Canay Manufacturing, Earl Bayless, offered 20% of “proceeds,” if Plaintiff stayed on as an employee. The promise was reiterated in “the early 2000's.” In 2021, Bayless represented the sale of both companies to private equity firm, defendant Tide Rock Holdings, LLC. When Plaintiff mentioned the 20% agreement, Bayless...

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: ...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: ...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: ...��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: ...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: ... 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: ...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: ...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: ...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: ...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...