Excerpt: ... as to the second and fourth causes of action, but is denied as to the third cause of action. Twenty days leave to amend is granted as to the second cause of action. Leave to amend is denied as to the fourth cause of action. 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 October 16, 2020, Plaintiffs Dana Urick...

Excerpt: ...s is granted in part. The Court awards $65,461. 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 action relating to violations of the ICRAA. On July 26, 2022, the Court entered judgment in favor of Plaintiffs Ronnie Smith, Eloise Darrough, Sandra Udebu, Pinkey Ford, Marie Miller and Melvin Patton and again...

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. BACKGROUND Thomas J. Escott and Paula Escott (Plaintiffs) live on real property adjacent and downslope to real property owned by Rodgerton Drive, LLC and managed by Levon Chesmedjian (Defendants). Plaintiffs alleged Defendants built a swimming pool and deck on Defendants' property without firs...

Excerpt: ...l Compliance and Further Complete Responses to RFP No. 10, including “Zero Pay Claims” data is GRANTED. The Motion for Monetary Sanctions is GRANTED in the amount of $2,625.00. Moving party is 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. BACKGROUND This is a fraud case brought by Plaintiffs, Regal Medical Group (“Regal�...

Excerpt: ...��Defendant”) Notice: OK (2) Motion: Motion to Tax Costs or Strike Moving Party: Defendant Responding Party: Plaintiffs Notice: OK Ruling: (1) Plaintiffs' Motion to Tax Costs is GRANTED. Defendant's memorandum of costs is stricken in its entirety. (2) Defendant's Motion to Tax Costs is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. Plaintiffs' memorandum of costs is taxed in the amount of $60. Plaintiffs to give notice. If counsel do not submit on the ten...

Excerpt: ...ngs The Motion to Stay Action Pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure § 1284.4 is GRANTED. Defendants 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. BACKGROUND On May 6, 2022, Plaintiff initiated this action against Defendants alleging the following causes of action: (1) harassment in violation of Government Code §§ 12940, et se...

Excerpt: ...es or, alternatively, for Contractual Interest; and Attorney Fees Pursuant to Statute is GRANTED. Plaintiff is awarded $71,523.36 in prompt penalties fees and $39,169.55 in reduced attorney fees pursuant to Civil Code § 8800(c). The Court declines to address the requests made in the alternative. 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 ...

Excerpt: ...y Ruling: The Motion for Summary Adjudication is DENIED. 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. BACKGROUND On September 4, 2019, Plaintiff filed a complaint for money against Defendants. On June 9, 2022, Plaintiffs filed their Second Amended Complaint (SAC), alleging breach of contract against Defendants Is...

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. This is a lemon law action. On June 22, 2022, Plaintiff Steve Collier filed the operative First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) for (1)-(4) violations of the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act §§ 1793.2(d), 1793.2(b), 1793.2(a)(3), 1791.1 and 1794, and (5) fraud by omission. I.Demur...

Excerpt: ...ted, with twenty days 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. On May 26, 2022, Plaintiffs John Alvarez, Jonathan Sibrian, and Ardeshir Zandian filed the operative Complaint against Defendant Kay & James, Inc. for (1) FEHA gender/race discrimination, (2) FEHA retaliation, (3) whistleblower ret...

Excerpt: ...sel 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 landlord‐tenant dispute. On June 29, 2022, Plaintiffs Marbela Navarro, by and through her guardian ad litem Eduardo Navarro, and Gabriel Navarro, by and through his guardian ad litem Eduardo Navarro filed the operative First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) alleging twenty‐three causes of ac...

Excerpt: ...(a) Defendants DACS Venture Holdings, LLC, RRT Enterprises, LP, SR & DR Operating Company, LLC, Stephen Reissman, and Diane Reissman and (b) Defendants NEMT Solutions, LLC and Veterans Rideshare, Inc. Notice: OK Ruling: The Motion for Terminating Sanctions is granted. The Court will not award monetary sanctions. The Motion to Deem Admitted is denied. The Motions to Tax Costs are denied. Plaintiffs to give notice. If counsel do not submit on the t...

Excerpt: ...e strongly encouraged to appear by LACourtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID‐19 pandemic. On December 3, 2020, Plaintiff Michelle Daneshrad filed the operative First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) for (1) negligent misrepresentation, (2) constructive fraud, (3) breach of fiduciary duty, (4) professional negligence, (5) non‐disclosure of material facts, (6) concealment, (7) intentional misrepresentation, and (8) professional neglige...

Excerpt: ...they are strongly encouraged to appear by LACourtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is an action relating to violations of the Labor Code. On August 11, 2022, during a bench trial, the Court granted the motions for judgment per Code Civ. Proc. § 631.8 of Defendants Reptile Factory, LLC and Geovanni Solis. On August 24, 2022, the Court entered judgment in favor of Defendants. Plaintiff Maureen Lewis now seeks to vaca...

Excerpt: ...rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Plaintiff Feng Jiang seeks leave to file a second amended complaint (“SAC”) adding four causes of action for breach of contract and a cause of action for equitable indemnification. These causes of action are based on Plaintiff Jiang's purported 2011 divorce agreement between the parties. The SAC also eliminates certain duplicative causes of action. The Court may, in the furtherance of justic...

Excerpt: ...CourtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a lemon law action. The parties have settled this matter and have agreed that Plaintiff David Kamrava is the prevailing party entitled to seek fees and costs by motion. (Civ. Code § 1794(d).) Plaintiff now moves for “$126,873.02. This amount consists of (1) $59,506.00 in attorney fees for Strategic Legal Practices, APC (‘SLP'); (2) $27,027.50 in attorney fees for Benchm...

Excerpt: ... as to the claims for misappropriation, conversion, and violation of the UCL, as to which 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 February 14, 2022, Plaintiffs Tomoaki Nishimura and Kai Ramen Dining, Inc. filed the operative Complaint against Defendants Tatsunori Yanagi, ...

Excerpt: ...y LACourtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On September 7, 2021, Plaintiff Angus Donohoo, individually and derivatively on behalf of Venture Intellect Associates, LLC (“VIA”), filed the operative Second Amended Complaint (“SAC”) against Defendants Robert Tercek and Direct Education Worldwide, Inc. (“DEW”) for (1) breach of contract, (2) breach of fiduciary duty, (3) intentional misrepresentation, (4) false pr...

Excerpt: ...tative, they are strongly encouraged to appear by LACourtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On July 15, 2022, the Court entered a default for Defendant Wag Labs, Inc. Defendant Wag Labs, Inc. now seeks to set aside its default because (1) Plaintiffs failed to serve a statement of damages before seeking default; (2) Plaintiffs failed to warn defense counsel that they would seek default; and (3) the default was the result o...

Excerpt: ... 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. Cross-Defendants Avison Young-Southern California, Ltd., Avison Young Management Services (USA) Inc., and Avison Young - New York, LLC seek a determination that their settlement with Plaintiffs/Cross-Complainants Sportsmen's Lodge REW, LLC and Sportsmen'...

Excerpt: ...Stay is denied without prejudice. The Motion for Approval of Letters is denied without prejudice. RGS 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 action in which Plaintiff SK Rosgosstrakh Pao (“RGS”), a Russian insurance company, alleges that Defendant Danil Khachaturov, its former president, embezzled RGS's f...

Excerpt: ...ving 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. On April 6, 2021, Plaintiff La'Terra Veal filed the operative Third Amended Complaint against Defendants California Department of Veterans Affairs (“CalVet”), Elvie Ancheta, Jill Dale, and Agnieszka Sibbitt for (1) FEHA harassment, (2) FEHA race discriminaiton, (3) F...

Excerpt: ...entative, they are strongly encouraged to appear by LACourtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On May 13, 2022, Pooran Farahani filed a Complaint against William A. Holmquist for breach of contract relating to unpaid rent and property damage. On June 13, 2022, William A. Holmquist filed a Cross-Complaint against Pooran Farahani and Masoud Farahani for (1) breach of contract, (2) violation of rent increase moratorium; failu...

Excerpt: ...strongly encouraged to appear by LACourtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On September 20, 2019, the Labor Commissioner filed the operative Second Amended Complaint (“SAC”) against Calcrete Construction, Inc., Calcrete Inc., and Does 2-10 for (1) failure to pay overtime wages, (2) penalties for failure to pay overtime wages, (3) waiting time penalties, (4) failure to pay sick leave, (5) failure to provide accurate wa...

Excerpt: ...s denied as moot. 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. I.Background On November 24, 2021, Plaintiff Simmons Unlimited, LLC filed the operative Complaint against Defendants Dejanee Riley Izydorczyk (“Riley”), Gabriella McNeill, and Deja Riley Athletics, LLC (“DRA”) for (1) breach of contract, (2)...

Excerpt: ...o the second and fifth causes of action. Leave to amend is denied. The Motion to Strike is granted in part, 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. I.Background On July 28, 2021, Plaintiff Jeremy Pfau filed the operative Complaint against Defendants Riko Wiemer International, LLC an...

Excerpt: ...er than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On June 26, 2019, Plaintiff Soraya M. Gonzalez filed the operative First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) against Defendant Marcus Ortiz for (1) breach of contract/specific performance, (2) breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, (3) fraud, (4) promissory estoppel, (5) constructive trust, and (6) unjust enrichment. The allegations of the FAC are as follows. Gonzalez bought real p...

Excerpt: ... Augment is denied. 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 action in which Plaintiff Steven Pettit, as personal representative of Brian Pettit, deceased, alleges that Defendants were negligent in medically treating Brian Pettit. Plaintiff now seeks to replace expert cardiologist Daniel Eisenberg,...

Excerpt: ...ive 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 4, 2021, Plaintiff Paul Yu filed the operative Complaint against Defendants Gae Sung An and Steve Han for (1) fraud, (2) breach of contract, and (3) breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. Plaintiff alleges that it paid $14,000 to Defendants to collect...

Excerpt: ...tive, they are strongly encouraged to appear by LACourtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On April 22, 2022, Plaintiff Katrina Wendeborn, individually and derivatively on behalf of Vertical Access, Inc., filed the operative First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) for (1) breach of fiduciary duty, (2) corporate waste, (3) unjust enrichment, (4) wrongful termination, and (5) fraud in the alternative. Defendants Michael Drivas M...

Excerpt: ...entative, they are strongly encouraged to appear by LACourtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On November 2, 2021, a default was entered for Defendant Radiant Images, Inc. On January 31, 2022, the Court entered a default judgment against Defendant in the amount of $68,801.68. Defendant now seeks to set aside the default and default judgment due to improper service (Code Civ. Proc. § 473(d)), lack of actual notice (Code C...

Excerpt: ...nswer is to be filed within twenty days. 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. I.Background On May 27, 2022, Plaintiffs Silver‐Katz Entertainment, LLC (“SKE”) and DC Tales, LLC (“DC Tales”) filed the operative First Amended Complaint (�...

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. This is an action for violations of the ICRAA. Defendant Related Management Company, L.P. seeks summary adjudication of Plaintiffs' claim for punitive damages. Defendant argues that it cannot be liable for punitive damages based on the theory that it is a large corporation with acces...

Excerpt: ...ubject subpoena. No sanctions will be awarded. 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. Defendant Maureen Roarke seeks evidentiary sanctions precluding any testimony by witness Patsy Holman at trial. Defendant seeks this sanction because she contends that Holman failed to comply ...

Excerpt: ...sual Components Responding Party: Plaintiff AMAG, Inc. Notice: OK Ruling: The Demurrer is overruled. An answer is to be filed within twenty days. 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 October 19, 2021, Plaintiff AMAG, Inc. filed the operative Complaint for (1) fraudulent transfer, (2) misrepresentatio...

Excerpt: ..., LLC Notice: OK Ruling: The Motion for Summary Judgment/Adjudication is denied. The Motion to Compel is granted in part. 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. I.Motion for Summary Judgment/Adjudication On August 5, 2021, Xu Hai, Fangyu Huang, and Kangying, LLC (“Kangying”) filed a Second Amended Com...

Excerpt: ...d. An answer is due within twenty days. The Motion to Strike is granted as to punitive damages, but is otherwise denied. Leave to amend is denied. 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. I.Background On June 30, 2022, Plaintiff Emely Contreras filed the operative Third Amended Complaint (“TAC”) against...

Excerpt: ... submit on the tentative, they are strongly encouraged to appear by LACourtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On January 5, 2021, Plaintiff Digital Dolphin Products, LLC filed the operative Complaint against Defendants Justin Cotton and Quire Office Products LLC for (1) breach of fiduciary duty, (2) misappropriation of trade secrets, (3) breach of contract, (4) interference with contractual relations, and (5) interference...

Excerpt: ...han in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On April 26, 2022, Defendant William J. Martel, Jr. filed a memorandum of costs on appeal listing the following costs: $1,544 for filing fees, $130 for a reporter's transcript, and $243,054.55 in other costs, which includes $237,000 in attorneys' fees incurred on appeal. The total request is for $244,745.55 in costs. Plaintiff Tracey Zhou has filed a motion to tax the entirety of Defendant's costs. “I...

Excerpt: ... appear by LACourtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a lemon law action. The parties have settled this matter and have agreed that Plaintiff Adam Wilson is the prevailing party entitled to seek fees and costs by motion. (Civ. Code § 1794(d).) Plaintiff now moves for attorneys' fees “in the amount of $25,277.50 based on the legal services provided by The Barry Law Firm (‘TBLF'). [ ] Plaintiff also incurred cos...

Excerpt: ...ustained as to the sixth and seventh causes of action, without leave to amend. The Demurrer is otherwise overruled. Plaintiffs have twenty days leave to amend to incorporate allegations of emotional distress by Justin Valencia in his negligence cause of action. The Motion to Strike 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 ra...

Excerpt: ...n due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On September 13, 2021, Plaintiff Roxana K. Chamouille filed the operative Complaint against Defendants Kirk Brown and Pablo Crawford for ejectment. On February 25, 2022, Kirk Brown, a pro per litigant, filed a Cross-Complaint against Roxana K. Chamouille for quantum meruit and unjust enrichment. Brown alleges that “during the course of his relationship with [Plaintiff's sister,] Mandana Kabiri Brown, including th...

Excerpt: ...ongly encouraged to appear by LACourtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID‐19 pandemic. On April 26, 2011, Plaintiff Sandoval filed a Complaint against Law Offices of Kim stating claims for pregnancy discrimination arising out of her employment at the Law Offices. Nominal defendant Moon Ki Kim practiced law through the Law Offices of Kim until 2013. On April 18, 2013, following mediation, Sandoval settled with the Law Offices. Kim exec...

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 May 31, 2022, Plaintiff Suny Khurana filed the operative First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) against Defendants Guy Giat and S Visions Construction, Inc. for (1) breach of contract, (2) breach of contract, (3) disgorgement, (4) common counts, and (5) conversion. The allegations of the FAC a...

Excerpt: ... the tentative, they are strongly encouraged to appear by LACourtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On December 3, 2020, Plaintiff Michelle Daneshrad filed the operative First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) for (1) negligent misrepresentation, (2) constructive fraud, (3) breach of fiduciary duty, (4) professional negligence, (5) non-disclosure of material facts, (6) concealment, (7) intentional misrepresentation, and (8) p...

Excerpt: ...y encouraged to appear by LACourtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On January 14, 2022, Plaintiff Matthew Hayward filed a Complaint against Defendant Cassie Daley for (1) libel per se and (2) intentional infliction of emotional distress. Plaintiff states, “This matter concerns the egregious and completely false defamation of a highly respected and well-regarded author. Without any basis in fact, defendant Daley stated ...

Excerpt: ... 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. On April 26, 2022, Plaintiff Amanda Tran filed the operative First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) for violations of the FEHA, Labor Code, UCL, and PAGA. Defendants MM Enterprises USA, LLC, The MedMen Foundation, and Desert Hot Springs Green Horizons, ...

Excerpt: ... Fees and Costs is denied. 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 a malpractice action. On December 10, 2020, the Court (Judge David Cowan) denied an anti-SLAPP motion filed by Defendants Elkins Kalt Weintraub Reuben Gartside LLP, Jeffrey Riffer, and Julie Kimball. The Court found that Defendants ha...

Excerpt: ... 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. Plaintiff Consumers County Mutual Insurance Company issued a subpoena to Onnik Kazanchian as PMK of WEHO Collision Center (“WEHO”) for appearance and examination, as well as production of documents for judgment enforcement purposes. WEHO seeks to quash this subpoena, arguing (1) it ca...

Excerpt: ...raged to appear by LACourtConnect rather than in person due to the COVID‐19 pandemic. This is a lemon law action. On July 26, 2022, Plaintiff Zuleyma Penaloza filed the operative First Amended Complaint for (1) breach of implied warranty, (2) breach of express warranty, and (3) concealment. Defendant General Motors LLC “requests that this Court issue a protective order stating that GM need not respond to Plaintiff's 236 Set One discovery requ...