Excerpt: ...sed Notice: OK Ruling: The Motions to Quash are denied. The Motions to Seal are granted. Moving parties to give notice. If counsel do not submit on the tentative, they are strongly encouraged to appear by LACourtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On November 24, 2021, Plaintiff Simmons Unlimited, LLC filed the operative Complaint against Defendants Dejanee Riley Izydorczyk (“Riley”), Gabriella McNeill, and Deja Riley ...

Excerpt: ...d. Plaintiff to give notice. If counsel do not submit on the tentative, they are strongly encouraged to appear by LACourtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On August 19, 2022, Plaintiff Jane Doe filed the operative Complaint against Defendants LAUSD and Does 1 -60 for (1) childhood sexual abuse, (2) intentional infliction of emotional distress (“IIED”), (3) negligent hiring, supervision, and retention, (4) fai lure to...

Excerpt: ...ear by LACourtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On June 1, 2022, Plaintiff Diego Mejia Duarte filed the operative Complaint for violations of the PAGA against Defendant Apple, Inc. Defendant now moves for summary judgment on the ground that Duarte does not have standing because he did not suffer any Labor Code violations. Specifically, Defendant argues that “Plaintiff identified the following items that he claims shoul...

Excerpt: ...urtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On December 15, 2023, the Court entered a terminating sanction for Defendant Bruce Stallworth by striking his answer and entering a default. The reason for this sanction was that Bruce did not appear for his deposition or produce documents after the Court ordered him to do so on October 4, 2023. Bruce now seeks to set aside his default due to excusable neglect, surprise, inadvertence,...

Excerpt: .... Perry to give notice. If counsel do not submit on the tentative, they are strongly encouraged to appear by LACourtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. I.Confirm/Vacate Award Mark Perry seeks to confirm an arbitration award in his favor issued by arbitrator Hon. Glen M. Reiser (Ret.) on January 8, 2024. Gibson, Dunn, & Crutcher LLP (“GD”) seeks to vacate this award. The award at issue requires GD to pay Perry $557,371....

Excerpt: ...otice. If counsel do not submit on the tentative, they are strongly encouraged to appear by LACourtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On February 7, 2023, a jury entered verdicts in favor of Plaintiffs DONE! Ventures, LLC (“Done!”) and Coastal Laundromat, Inc. (“Coastal”), and against Defendants Jerry Jamgotchian, El Segundo Plaza Associates L.P. (“ESPA”), and Theta Holding IV, Inc. (“Theta”), for Plaintif...

Excerpt: ..., they are strongly encouraged to appear by LACourtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On July 28, 2021, Plaintiff Jeremy Pfau filed the operative Complaint against Defendants Riko Wiemer International, LLC and Riko Wiemer (actually spelled “Weimer”) for (1) violation of Labor Code §§ 1182.12, 1194, 1197, 1197.1, and 1198 (Unpaid Wages); (2) violation of Labor Code §§ 226.7 and 1198 (Failure to Authorize and Permit...

Excerpt: ...ed to appear by LACourtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a lemon law matter. On November 24, 2020, the Court compelled this matter to arbitration. Since that time, Plaintiff Vladimir Ouzdin did not initiate arbitration. Plaintiff now seeks reconsideration of the Court's November 24, 2020, arbitration order on the basis of new law that indicates that a non-signatory manufacturer like BMW of North America, LLC cann...

Excerpt: ...y: Plaintiff Kathleen Sullivan Notice: OK Ruling: The Demurrer is overruled. The Motions to Strike of Ishaque and Dixon- Peters are denied. The Motion to Strike of Sarcedo -Magruder is granted, without leave to amend. Moving party to give notice. If counsel do not submit on the tentative, they are strongly encouraged to appear by LACourtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is an employment action in which Plaintiff Kat...

Excerpt: ... they are strongly encouraged to appear by LACourtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On February 8, 2024, Defendant Michelle Chen Frost filed the operative First Amended Cross - Complaint (“FACC”) against Manuel Gomez, Jr. asserting causes of action for (1) conversion, (2) nuisance, (3) trespass, (4) assault, and (5) intentional infliction of emotional distress (“IIED”). The allegations of the FACC are as follows....

Excerpt: ... encouraged to appear by LACourtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On October 13, 2023, Plaintiffs Bak Auto Enterprise Inc. and Ashot Keshishyan filed the operative Complaint against Defendants City of Los Angeles, County of Los Angeles, State of California, and California Department of Transportation asserting causes of action for (1) dangerous condition of public property and (2) nuisance. The allegations of the Complai...

Excerpt: ...l do not submit on the tentative, they are strongly encouraged to appear by LACourtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is an employment action. Defendant Performance Team Logistics, LLC, joined by Defendant Jeanie Jenkins, seeks to compel arbitration of this matter based on an arbitration agreement executed by Plaintiff Joshua Domingos as a component of his employment. Plaintiff opposes the Motion, contending that (a)...

Excerpt: ...y encouraged to appear by LACourtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is an action in which Plaintiff Hennig, Kramer, Ruiz & Singh, LLP, Defendant Wendy Seretan's former attorney, claims that Defendant failed to compensate Plaintiff after Plaintiff was able to settle Defendant's case. On April 22, 2022, Plaintiff filed the operative Complaint asserting claims for (1) breach of contract, (2) breach of the implied covena...

Excerpt: ...ect rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is an employment action. Plaintiff Gena Persons seeks to compel further responses from Defendant City of Pasadena as to her requests for production, set four, nos. 107- 110. The requests at issue seek documents from the employment personnel file of Commander Kelly Evans. Plaintiff alleges that she had PTSD and that Evans, her supervisor, “who had it out for plaintiff because she had c...

Excerpt: ...ect rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is an unlawful detainer matter. On February 5, 2024, the Court entered a default judgment in the amount of $33,162.81 against Defendant Samantha Clark. Defendant Clark, a pro per litigant, now seeks to set aside her default and default judgment under Code Civ. Proc. §§ 473(b) -(d), 473.5. Clark contends that “[t]he Proof of Service filed by Plaintiff indicates that she was served su...

Excerpt: ...ect rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is an employment action. On February 16, 2024, Defendant Jobsource Downey, Inc. filed a motion to withdraw its admissions to Plaintiff Jasson Reyes Lopez's requests for admission nos. 2, 4, 6, 12, 14- 16, and 19-22. In that Motion, Defendant's agents , Carmen Ruiz and Stephany Torres, indicate that they incorrectly admitted these requests. Their declarations state that “The responses ...

Excerpt: ...ather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a lemon law matter. Defendant Ford Motor Company demurs to the Complaint's sixth cause of action for concealment for failure to state sufficient facts. When considering demurrers, courts read the allegations liberally and in context, and “treat the demurrer as admitting all material facts properly pleaded, but not contentions, deductions or conclusions of fact or law.” ( Serrano v. Pr...

Excerpt: ...ice: OK Ruling: The Motions to Quash are denied. The Motion to Seal is granted. Moving parties to give notice. If counsel do not submit on the tentative, they are strongly encouraged to appear by LACourtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On November 24, 2021, Plaintiff Simmons Unlimited, LLC filed the operative Complaint against Defendants Dejanee Riley Izydorczyk (“Riley”), Gabriella McNeill, and Deja Riley Athletics...

Excerpt: ...ct rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is an action arising from a fist -fight during Halloween trick -or -treating. On November 8, 2022, Justin Gimelstob filed a Fourth Amended Cross -Complaint (“4ACC”) against Randall Kaplan and Madison Kaplan for (1) assault, (2) battery, (3) equitable indemnity, (4) tort in essence, (5) intentional interference with contractual relations , (6) intentional interference with prospective...

Excerpt: ..., they are strongly encouraged to appear by LACourtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 21STCV18469 and 21STCV18241 are related cases. In 21STCV18241, Plaintiff Brendan Schulz filed a First Amended Complaint against Defendants Pitzer College (“Pitzer”), Janet Schwing, Nigel Boyle, and Melvin Oliver for (1) violation of the Unruh Act, (2) attempted extortion, (3) intentional infliction of emotional distress, (4) breach o...

Excerpt: ...o give notice. If counsel do not submit on the tentative, they are strongly encouraged to appear by LACourtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On January 16, 2019, Plaintiffs Brian Yang and Jerry Xu filed a Complaint against Defendants Michel Amar, Alec Amar, Bit.Management, LLC, NYAM, LLC and Multiple Application Technology, LLC for (1) breach of fiduciary duty, (2) breach of contract, (3) breac h of the implied covenant ...

Excerpt: ...o give notice. If counsel do not submit on the tentative, they are strongly encouraged to appear by LACourtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID -19 pandemic. On March 18, 2021, Plaintiff D&M Restaurant Group, Inc. filed the operative First Amended Complaint for (1) negligence, (2) breach of contract, and (3) breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. Plaintiff's primary allegations are as follows. Plaintiff owned a s...

Excerpt: ...t rather than in person due to the COVID -19 pandemic. Plaintiff Delia Alvino seeks leave to file a first amended complaint. Plaintiff states that “[t]he proposed FAC differs from the Complaint in three primary aspects. First, the FAC adds Plaintiff's husband, Alfred Alvino, as a plaintiff. Defendants Sunrun Inc. and Sunrun Installation Services Inc. (collectively, ‘Sunrun') prompted the addition of Mr. Alvino to this case by way of Sunrun's ...

Excerpt: ...give notice. If counsel do not submit on the tentative, they are strongly encouraged to appear by LACourtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID -19 pandemic. On February 7, 2023, a jury entered verdicts in favor of Plaintiffs DONE! Ventures, LLC (“Done!”) and Coastal Laundromat, Inc. (“Coastal”), and against Defendants Jerry Jamgotchian, El Segundo Plaza Associates L.P. (“ESPA”), and Theta Holding IV, Inc. (“Theta”), for P...

Excerpt: ...e strongly encouraged to appear by LACourtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID -19 pandemic. Plaintiff Massamilano Valladares seeks to strike the Answer of Defendants Black Executive Security Inc. and George Flaviu Pop because they are unrepresented litigants. Motions to strike are used to challenge defects in the pleadings not subject to demurrer. Any party may move to strike the whole or any part of a pleading within the time allotted...

Excerpt: ... they are strongly encouraged to appear by LACourtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID -19 pandemic. This action was filed on August 28, 2019. On January 17, 2023, the Second Amended Complaint (“SAC”) was dismissed. On March 9, 2023, this dismissal was set aside, subject to the condition that Defendants' expenses be paid. On October 12, 2023, the Court ruled that the aforementioned expenses totaled $16,420.50 and that they must be p...

Excerpt: ... as to Requests for Admission is granted. The Motions as to Requests for Production are denied. Moving parties to give notice. If counsel do not submit on the tentative, they are strongly encouraged to appear by LACourtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID -19 pandemic. On September 20, 2022, Plaintiffs Wei Chen, Weifeng International, Inc., and AIIC 17 YM Culver City, LLC filed the operative First Amended FAC (“FAC”) against Defenda...

Excerpt: ...re strongly encouraged to appear by LACourtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID -19 pandemic. This is a habitability matter. Defendant D&A Endeavors, Inc. seeks to exclude or limit the testimony of Plaintiffs' expert, Shilpa Sayana, M.D., because “she intends to opine that [Plaintiff] Roth suffered from a panoply of medical conditions causally rel ated to the mold exposure, including ‘brain fog', fatigue, immunosuppression, chronic ...

Excerpt: ... due to the COVID -19 pandemic. On August 19, 2022, Plaintiff Jane Doe filed the operative Complaint against Defendants LAUSD and Does 1 -60 for (1) childhood sexual abuse, (2) intentional infliction of emotional distress (“IIED”), (3) negligent hiring, supervision, and retention, (4) fai lure to report suspected child abuse, (5) negligent supervision of a minor, and (6) negligence. Plaintiff alleges that when she was a minor attending middle...

Excerpt: ... are strongly encouraged to appear by LACourtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is an action in which Plaintiffs Travelers Commercial Insurance Company and Consumers County Mutual Insurance Company allege that “Defendant West Hollywood Collision Center (“WHCC”) (and, by extension, the other defendants, who Travelers alleges are a lter egos and successor corporations of one another) had engaged in improper condu...

Excerpt: ...t rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Plaintiff Delia Alvino seeks leave to file a first amended complaint. Plaintiff states that “[t]he proposed FAC differs from the Complaint in three primary aspects. First, the FAC adds Plaintiff's husband, Alfred Alvino, as a plaintiff. Defendants Sunrun Inc. and Sunrun Installation Services Inc. (collectively, ‘Sunrun') prompted the addition of Mr. Alvino to this case by way of Sunrun's m...

Excerpt: ...If counsel do not submit on the tentative, they are strongly encouraged to appear by LACourtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On August 22, 2023, Gohar Babazadeh (“Gohar”) filed the operative First Amended Cross - Complaint for (1) breach of fiduciary duty (derivatively by Hayem's Daughters, Inc. (“HD”)), (2) breach of fiduciary duty (derivatively by Shalom Brothers Enterprises, LP (“SB”)), (3) breach of fidu...

Excerpt: ...d to appear by LACourtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On November 17, 2023, Plaintiff Maynor Galindo filed the operative First Amended Complaint against Defendants Phillips 66 Company, Raudell Covarrubias, and Heriberto Plascencia for (1) FEHA harassment, (2) FEHA discrimination, (3) FEHA retaliation, (4) FEH A failure to prevent misconduct, (5) negligent hiring and retention, (6) intentional infliction of emotional di...

Excerpt: ...Connect rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is an employment action. On February 16, 2024, Defendant Jobsource Downey, Inc. filed a motion to withdraw its admissions to Plaintiff Jasson Reyes Lopez's requests for admission nos. 2, 4, 6, 12, 14- 16, and 19-22. In that Motion, Defendant's agents , Carmen Ruiz and Stephany Torres, indicate that they incorrectly admitted these requests. Their declarations state that “The respon...

Excerpt: ...ppear by LACourtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On June 1, 2022, Plaintiff Diego Mejia Duarte filed the operative Complaint for violations of the PAGA against Defendant Apple, Inc. Defendant now moves for summary judgment on the ground that Duarte does not have standing because he did not suffer any Labor Code violations. Specifically, Defendant argues that “Plaintiff identified the following items that he claims sho...

Excerpt: ...y encouraged to appear by LACourtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On March 2, 2022, Plaintiff Roland Esparza filed the operative Second Amended Complaint (“SAC”) against Defendants Conagra Brands, Inc., The Vons Companies, Inc., and Does 1 -50 for (1) Strict Product Liability —Manufacturing Defect, (2) Strict Product Liabi lity— Design Defect, (3) Strict Product Liability —Failure to Warn, (4) Negligence, and ...

Excerpt: ...denied without prejudice. The Motion with respect to requests for admission is granted. The Motion with respect to requests for production is granted. Moving party to give notice. If counsel do not submit on the tentative, they are strongly encouraged to appear by LACourtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “This case arises from Defendants' failure to honor their agreement to pay Willat a contractually - required bonus p...

Excerpt: ... person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On November 20, 2023, the Court granted Plaintiff Shahla Melamed's motion to compel further responses to her requests for production, set one, nos. 6, 7, 8, 10, 17, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, and 20 propounded on Defendant Vasel Malota. Plaintiff now seeks terminating sanctions against Malota because he did not comply with the Court's November 20, 2023, ruling. “California discovery law authorizes a range of penal...

Excerpt: ...the tentative, they are strongly encouraged to appear by LACourtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Plaintiff Consumers County Mutual Insurance Company seeks to amend the judgment in this matter against Final Touch Collision Center by adding West Hollywood Collision Center (“WHCC”) and WEHO Collision Center (“WEHO”) as successor corporations. “Modification of a judgment may . . . be proper under the ‘successor ...

Excerpt: ...e Motions to Strike are denied. Moving parties to give notice. If counsel do not submit on the tentative, they are strongly encouraged to appear by LACourtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On July 14, 2023, Plaintiff Mahendra Kumar Patel filed the operative Complaint against Defendants Jayesh Kumar, Madhuben Kumar, Govind Patel, Shyamal Patel, Taz Hospitality, LLC, and Hollywood Corner, Inc. for (1) fraud, (2) conspiracy...

Excerpt: ...s to give notice. If counsel do not submit on the tentative, they are strongly encouraged to appear by LACourtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a habitability matter. Defendants 3J1M LLC, Ironwood Velvet LLC, and Aperto Property Management Inc. seek to compel the depositions of Plaintiffs Dawnielle Desensi, Shyann Redmond, and Alexis Redmond. Counsel for Plaintiffs, Suzanne E. Rand- Lewis, without citing any real...

Excerpt: ...ving parties to give notice. If counsel do not submit on the tentative, they are strongly encouraged to appear by LACourtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On February 7, 2023, a jury entered verdicts in favor of Plaintiffs DONE! Ventures, LLC (“Done!”) and Coastal Laundromat, Inc. (“Coastal”), and against Defendants Jerry Jamgotchian, El Segundo Plaza Associates L.P. (“ESPA”), and Theta Holding IV, Inc. (“T...

Excerpt: ...ed. Leave to amend is to be argued. Moving parties to give notice. If counsel do not submit on the tentative, they are strongly encouraged to appear by LACourtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On April 19, 2022, Plaintiff Eva Niño filed the operative Complaint against Defendants El Monte Veterans Apartments, LP (“LP”), El Monte Veterans Apartments, LLC, and Mercy Housing CalWest for (1) retaliatory eviction and anti...

Excerpt: ...ey are strongly encouraged to appear by LACourtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On April 12, 2023, Plaintiff Jasson Reyes Lopez filed the operative First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) against Jobsource, Inc., Jobsource Holdings, Inc., Jobsource Downey (collectively, “Jobsourse”), Farwest Corrosion Control Company (“Farwest”), and Reliant Immediate Care Medical Group, Inc. (“Reliant”) for 1) disability discri...

Excerpt: ...ng Party: (1) Defendant Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services (“Defendant”) (2) Defendant Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services (“Defendant”) Responding Party: (1) Plaintiff Dan Ma (“Plaintiff”) (2) Plaintiff Dan Ma (“Plaintiff”) Notice: OK Ruling: The Motion to Compel Further Responses to Form Interrogatories (Set One) is GRANTED. Sanctions are GRANTED in the reduced amount of $1,500. The Motion to Compel Further Responses to...

Excerpt: ...ce: OK Ruling: The Demurrer is overruled. The Motion to Strike is granted, without leave to amend. Moving parties to give notice. If counsel do not submit on the tentative, they are strongly encouraged to appear by LACourtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The initial Complaint in this matter was filed on January 3, 2023, without a wrongful death claim. On August 22, 2023, Plaintiffs moved to file the First Amended Compla...

Excerpt: ...ar by LACourtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On December 6, 2023, Plaintiff Durant McLeod filed the operative Second Amended Complaint (“SAC”) against Defendants California Physicians Service, Arshad Haqib, and Sandra Griffin for (1) FEHA discrimination, (2) FEHA harassment, (3) FEHA retaliation, (4) FEHA failure to prevent discrimination, retaliation, and harassment, (5) whistleblower retaliation, (6) wrongful ter...

Excerpt: ...uraged to appear by LACourtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On June 28, 2023, Plaintiff Chauncey Richmond filed a Second Amended Complaint (“SAC”) for (1) breach of fiduciary duty; (2) breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing; (3) unfair and deceptive business practices; (4) deceit; (5) fraud; (6) frau dulent conveyance; (7) civil conspiracy; (8) violation of Civil Code § 1185; (9) constructive fraud, ...

Excerpt: ...e strongly encouraged to appear by LACourtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On February 9, 2023, Plaintiff Sally Faal filed the operative Fourth Amended Complaint against Defendants The Estate of Lawrence Dorr, MD and Keck Hospital of USC for medical negligence. Plaintiff alleges that “Dr. DORR did not recommend physical therapy after the surgeries, breached the standard of care in performance of the 3 revision surgeri...

Excerpt: ...LLC, United Investexusa 7, Inc., and Investexusa 11, Inc. Notice: OK Ruling: The Motion is granted. Moving parties to give notice. If counsel do not submit on the tentative, they are strongly encouraged to appear by LACourtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On August 10, 2021, Plaintiffs Matthew Miller, Donald Bake, Saad Khan, Mark Iroha, Joey Keane, Nathan Abebe, Christian Merchain, and Adam Stone filed their Third Amend...