Excerpt: ... LLC RESPONDING PARTY: Plaintiff Sharleyne Martin, on behalf of all aggrieved employees Motion to Compel Individual Arbitration and to Dismiss Action The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE The court denies defendant The Ritz- Carlton Hotel Company, LLC's request for judicial notice of various unpublished superior court orders. (Cal. Rules of Ct., rule 8.1115....

Excerpt: ...on, Inc. Motion to Compel Further Responses to Requests for Production of Documents The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE The court grants defendant AVX Design & Integration, Inc.'s request for judicial notice as to exhibit 1. (Evid. Code, § 452, subd. (c).) The court denies defendant AVX Design & Integration, Inc.'s request for judicial notice as to exhibi...

Excerpt: ...ital Stafflink Network RESPONDING PARTY: Unopposed Motion for Leave to File Second Amended Complaint The court considered the moving papers filed in connection with this motion. No opposition papers were filed. DISCUSSION Plaintiff US Hospital Personnel, Inc., d/b/a Hospital Stafflink Network (“Plaintiff”) moves the court for an order granting it leave to file a Second Amended Complaint (1) to add a claim for breach of contract based on a thi...

Excerpt: ...isco Puertas, and Sandy Segovia RESPONDING PARTIES: Plaintiffs Alan M. Bagamaspad, individually and as trustee of the Bagamaspad Revocable Living Trust, and Elenita A. Bagamaspad, individually and as trustee of the Bagamaspad Revocable Living Trust Demurrer to Operative Complaint The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this demurrer. DISCUSSION Plaintiffs Alan M. Bagamaspad, individually and as trust...

Excerpt: ...NT OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, SUMMARY ADJUDICATION MOVING PARTIES: Defendants Persian -American Adult Day Health Care Center, Inc., d/b/a Forever Young Adult Day Health Care Center, Vardkes Ken Esrailian, and Abdul Toukhi RESPONDING PARTIES: Plaintiffs Kazem Sanikhatam, by and through his successor -in- interest Mitra Azizi, and Mitra Azizi Motion for Summary Judgment or, in the Alternative, Summary Adjudication The court considered the moving, oppo...

Excerpt: ...ees of the GM Defined Benefit Pension Plan RESPONDING PARTY: Unopposed Motion for Attorney's Fees The court considered the moving papers filed in connection with this motion. No opposition papers were filed. DISCUSSION Defendants Teresa Gorman Martinez and Ruben Martinez, trustees of the GM Defined Benefit Pension Plan (“Defendants”) move the court for an order awarding them attorney's fees, to be paid by plaintiffs Shai Harris, as successor ...

Excerpt: ...ANDS) MOVING PARTY: Defendant Alexandra R. McIntosh, APC (joined by defendants Los Indios de San Gabriel, Inc., and Andrew Salas on April 10, 2024) RESPONDING PARTY: Plaintiff Emilio Reyes (1) Motion for Relief from Waiver (Form Interrogatories) (2) Motion for Relief from Waiver (Special Interrogatories) (3) Motion for Relief from Waiver (Document Demands) The court considered the moving, limited joinder, and opposition papers filed in connection...

Excerpt: ...on for Mandatory Sanctions for Material Breach of Arbitration Agreement The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. DISCUSSION Plaintiff Rebecca Marshall (“Plaintiff”) moves the court for an order awarding monetary sanctions in favor of Plaintiff and against defendant College Hospital Inc. (“Defendant”) pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure sections 1281.98 and 1281.99 on the ground th...

Excerpt: ...c., Mercedes- Benz Financial Services, and Daimler Trust, and (2) Defendant Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC Motion to Withdraw from Arbitration and Proceed in Court The court considered the moving and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. The court did not consider the opposition papers filed by defendants Calstar Motors Inc., Mercedes-Benz Financial Services, and Daimler Trust because those papers were not served on plaintiffs Steven Trinh a...

Excerpt: ...t Mulgrew Aircraft Components, Inc. Motion to Strike Cross-Complaint The court considered the amended moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. DISCUSSION Plaintiff and cross -defendant David Maijala (“Maijala”) moves the court for an order striking the Cross -Complaint filed by defendant and cross -complainant Mulgrew Aircraft Components, Inc. (“Mulgrew”) on December 7, 2023 as untimely. “If a party doe...

Excerpt: ...trustee of the Amir H. Rad Trust dated March 10, 2018 RESPONDING PARTIES: Plaintiffs and cross- defendants Siamak Rezvani and SAP Construction Enterprises, Inc. Motion to Bifurcate Trial on Issue of Licensure The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS The court rules on defendant A mir Rad, individually and as trustee of the Amir H. Rad Trust dated March 10, 2018's ev...

Excerpt: ...eclassify Case to Limited Jurisdiction The court considered the moving and non-opposition papers filed in connection with this motion. No reply papers were filed. DISCUSSION Defendant Josefina Campos (“Defendant”) moves the court for an order reclassifying this action, filed by plaintiff Angela Rios Miranda (“Plaintiff”), as a limited civil case. “If a party files a motion for reclassification after the time for that party . . . to resp...

Excerpt: ...a, Chance Brown, Stephen Thompson, Erick Herrera, Diana Salazar, Christopher Pearl, Brandon Gaviria, Amanda Flores, Osvaldo Perez, Mark Escalante, Katherine Gerbasi, Danyelle Leah Sims, Kevin Jesus Ruiz, Elver Hernandez, Paris Was hington, Aaron Walker Matis, Lacramiora Muntean, Kent Villa, Jasmin Rincon, Elizabeth Tooley, Alicia Reyna, Samantha De Leon, Morgan Fangue, Leslye Alaniz, Katherine Gray, Katelynn Rhoads, and Grace Evelyn Bowland Motio...

Excerpt: ...NDING PARTY: Plaintiff David Maijala Motion to Compel Deposition Testimony and for Sanctions The court considered the moving and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. The court notes that plaintiff David Maijala's opposition papers were filed seven court days before the hearing in violation of Code of Civil Procedure section 1005, subdivision (b). However, because the reply papers expressly rely on the exhibits attached to the opposi...

Excerpt: ...ed the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS The court rules on defendant Ocean Avenue, LLC's evidentiary objections to the declaration of Allison Cervantes, filed on March 6, 2024, as follows: Objection No. 2 is overruled. Objection No. 3 is sustained. The court rules on defendant Ocean Avenue, LLC's evidentiary objections to the declaration of Stephen O'Kane, filed on March 6, 2024, as...

Excerpt: ...ourt considered the moving papers filed in connection with this motion. No opposition papers were filed. DISCUSSION Plaintiff JG Concepts Inc. (“Plaintiff”) moves the court for an order (1) striking the answer filed by defendant Jeremy Mathiason (“Defendant”) and entering his default, and (2) awarding monetary sanctions in favor of Plaintiff and against Defendant in the amount of $1,635. Plaintiff moves for this relief on the ground that ...

Excerpt: ...rraine Ann Escobar, and (3) Defendant Alexandra R. McIntosh, APC Motion for Leave to File Fourth Amended Complaint The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. DISCUSSION Plaintiff Emilio Reyes (“Plaintiff”) moves the court for an order granting him leave to file a Fourth Amended Complaint (1) to remove the second, third, sixth, eighth, ninth, and 10 -14th causes of action against defenda...

Excerpt: ...PONDING PARTIES: (1) Defendant Eliran Grushkowsky, (2) Defendants Inter & Co. Payments, Inc., and Inter & Co., Inc., and (3) Defendant Fernando Fayzano Order to Show Cause re Preliminary Injunction The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this Order to Show Cause. DISCUSSION On February 14, 2024, the court issued an order granting in part the ex parte application filed by plaintiff Forex Express Corp....

Excerpt: ...n for Summary Adjudication The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS The court rules on defendants Affeld Grivakes LLP and David Affeld's evidentiary objections, filed on March 15, 2024, as follows: The court sustains Objections Nos. 2 -5. The court overrules Objection No. 1. LEGAL STANDARD The purpose of a motion for summary judgment or summary adjudication “is to...

Excerpt: ...COMPEL RESPONSES TO SPECIAL INTERROGATORIES ) PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO DEEM REQUESTS FOR ADMISSIONS ADMITTED MOVING PARTY: Plaintiff Kristin Davidkhanian RESPONDING PARTY: Unopposed (1) Motion to Compel Responses to Requests for Production of Documents (2) Motion to Compel Responses to Form Interrogatories (3) Motion to Compel Responses to Special Interrogatories (4) Motion to Deem Requests for Admissions Admitted The court considered the moving pap...

Excerpt: ...ation, LB Property Management, Inc., Pamela Maxwell, Susan Yeung, and Victoria Lerman Motion for Protective Order The court considered the moving, opposition, reply, and supplemental [1] papers filed in connection with this motion. EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS The court sustains plaintiff DB Maple Avenue, LLC's evidentiary objection to the declaration of Pamela Maxwell in its entirety because the declaration was not signed under penalty of perjury by t...

Excerpt: ...s, LLC RESPONDING PARTY: Plaintiff Martin Ramirez Motion to Deem Plaintiff Martin Ramirez a Vexatious Litigant and Dismiss Action or, Alternatively, Require Plaintiff to Post a Bond The court considered the moving and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. The court considered the first 16 pages [1] of the “Amended Opposition to Defendant Intersolutions, LLC's CCP § 391 et seq Motion to Designate Plaintiff as a ‘Vexatious Litigan...

Excerpt: ...RTY: Plaintiff Ulises Gonzalez Motion to Compel Arbitration The court considered the moving, joinder, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. DISCUSSION Defendant CitiStaff Solutions Inc. (“CitiStaff”), joined by defendant Junction Transfer & Warehousing, LLC (“Junction”) (collectively, “Defendants”) move the court for an order (1) compelling plaintiff Ulises Gonzalez (“Plaintiff”) to submit the claims a...

Excerpt: ...osition papers were filed. DISCUSSION Plaintiff Shabi Cohen (“Plaintiff”) moves the court for an order sealing (1) the Complaint filed by Plaintiff on June 8, 2023, and (2) portions of the First Amended Complaint filed by Plaintiff on February 8, 2024. Specifically, Plaintiff requests that the court seal (1) the original complaint in its entirety; (2) portions of paragraphs 12 -17, 19 -28, 31 -33, 35 -38, 40, and 42 -43 of the First Amended C...

Excerpt: ...posed Motion to Seal The court considered the moving papers filed in connection with this motion. No opposition papers were filed. DISCUSSION Plaintiff Forex Express Corp., d/b/a WireCash (“Plaintiff”) moves the court for an order sealing the following documents: (1) Plaintiff's Identification of Trade Secrets, attached to the declaration of Elliot Z. Chen as Exhibit 3, filed by defendant Eliran Grushkowsky (“Defendant”) on January 25, 20...