Excerpt: ...ant Paramount Pictures Corporation, Inc. RESPONDING PARTY: Plaintiff Dan Sackheim (1) Motion to Compel Further Responses to Form Interrogatories (2) Motion to Compel Further Responses to Requests for Production of Documents The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with each motion. MOTION TO COMPEL FURTHER RESPONSES TO FORM INTERROGATORIES Defendant Paramount Pictures Corporation, Inc. (“Defendant”) mo...

Excerpt: ...netary recovery.” Plaintiff has not yet prevailed in this action. Although plaintiff has entered into a settlement agreement stating that he prevailed, the court has not entered a judgment pursuant to that settlement agreement and plaintiff has not filed an independent action for breach of contract. Plaintiff cannot realize a net monetary recovery and recover attorney fees until the disposition of this action. Under the California Rules of Cour...

Excerpt: ... Nabulsi, individually and as trustee of the Walid M. Nabulsi Revocable Living Trust dated April 12, 2013, Mazen Nabulsi, and Azzam Nabulsi (1) Plaintiff's Motion for Attorney's Fees MOVING PARTIES: Defendants Isam Nabulsi, Adnan Nabulsi, Walid Nabulsi, individually and as trustee of the Walid M. Nabulsi Revocable Living Trust dated April 12, 2013, Mazen Nabulsi, and Azzam Nabulsi RESPONDING PARTY: Plaintiff Aladdin Nabulsi (2) Defendants' Motion...

Excerpt: ...N, LLC ) PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO COMPEL FURTHER RESPONSES TO FORM INTERROGATORIES FROM PLATINUM DUNES PRODUCTIONS MOVING PARTY: Defendant Paramount Pictures Corporation RESPONDING PARTY: Plaintiff Dan Sackheim (1) Motion to Compel Further Responses to Special Interrogatories from Plaintiff Dan Sackheim MOVING PARTY: Plaintiff Dan Sackheim RESPONDING PARTY: Defendant Skydance Television, LLC (2) Motion to Compel Further Responses to Form Interrogato...

Excerpt: ...NTS ) DEFENDNAT'S MOTION TO COMPEL YE QIU'S FURTHER RESPONSES TO REQUESTS FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS MOVING PARTY: Defendant Andrew Khun RESPONDING PARTIES: Plaintiffs Jing Du, Yu Bai, and Ye Qiu (1) Motion to Compel Further Responses to Special Interrogatories (2) Motion to Compel Yu Bai's Further Responses to Requests for Production (3) Motion to Compel Ye Qiu's Further Responses to Requests for Production The court considered the moving, omni...

Excerpt: ...to plaintiff's motion in limine no. 1, the court orders that the parties shall not make reference to, or introduce evidence of, the fact that entities and claims were once named or asserted in this action and subsequently dismissed. (Joint Stipulation Regarding Motions In Limine, filed November 30, 2023, p. 2.) Plaintiff's Motion in Limine No. 2 Plaintiff's motion in limine no. 2 seeks “to preclude Defendants from introducing evidence or refere...

Excerpt: ...C RESPONDING PARTY: Plaintiff Zooshoo, Inc. Motion to Compel Arbitration The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. DISCUSSION Defendants Joe Ko (“Ko”), Louisa Zhou (“Zhou”), Predicate Holdings, Inc. (“Predicate”), Studio 88 Holdings, Inc., f/k/a Predicate Holdings, Inc. (“Studio 88”), and J. Adams Fashion, LLC (“J. Adams”) (collectively, “Defendants”) move the court...

Excerpt: ...ODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS, SET TWO ) DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DEEM ADMITTED MATTERS SPECIFIED IN REQUESTS FOR ADMISSION ) DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO COMPEL RESPONSES TO SPECIAL INTERROGATORIES ) DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO COMPEL RESPONSES TO SPECIAL INTERROGATORIES MOVING PARTY: Plaintiff and cross-defendant Eric Choi RESPONDING PARTIES: Defendants and cross-complainants Elaine Kohn and Berndt Lohr-Schmidt (1) Motion to be Relieved from Waiver of Discovery Object...

Excerpt: ...EFENSES IN PHASE II OF BIFURCATED TRIAL ARE TO BE TRIED BY THE JURY OR THE COURT Order to Show Cause re: Whether any of Plaintiff's Causes of Action or Defendants' Affirmative Defenses in Phase II of Bifurcated Trial are to be Tried by the Jury or the Court On June 7, 2019, the court entered, pursuant to the stipulation of plaintiff CEP America- California, d/b/a Vituity (“Plaintiff”) and defendants Heritage Provider Network, Inc., Regal Medi...

Excerpt: ...TORIES FROM SKYDANCE TELEVISION, LLC ) PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO COMPEL FURTHER RESPONSES TO SPECIAL INTERROGATORIES FROM GENRE ARTS, INC. MOVING PARTY: Plaintiff Dan Sackheim RESPONDING PARTY: Defendant Potomac River Productions, Inc. (1) Motion to Compel Further Responses to Special Interrogatories from Potomac River Productions, Inc. MOVING PARTY: Plaintiff Dan Sackheim RESPONDING PARTY: Defendant Skydance Television, LLC (2) Motion to Compel Furt...

Excerpt: ...tion papers filed in connection with this motion. No reply papers were filed. The court notes that the proof of service attached to the opposition papers, filed on November 7, 2023, states that the opposition was served on defendant George H. Williams by email on that date, but does not state the email address to which the opposition was served. (Opp., p. 12, Proof of Service.) The court has exercised its discretion to consider the opposition pap...

Excerpt: ...defendant Eduardo Luna RESPONDING PARTIES: Defendants BJD Services, LLC, Dawn Kuykendall, Jerilyn Rivetti Kuykendall, Brian McWilliams, Rodney Owens, Villa Patrician Home Owner's Association, Inc., and Villa Patrician Home Owner's Association, Inc. (1) Demurrer to Cross‐Complaint (2) Motion to Strike Answer and Cross‐Complaint The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with the demurrer and the motion to...

Excerpt: ...court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE The court denies plaintiffs Adela Sanchez and Livia Larios's request for judicial notice, filed on November 14, 2023, as an improper attempt to introduce new evidence in reply. (Jay v. Mahaffey (2013) 218 Cal.App.4th 1522, 1537 [“new evidence is not permitted with reply papers”].) DISCUSSION Plaintiffs Adela Sanchez and ...

Excerpt: ...ity Phase from Damages Phase at Trial The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. DISCUSSION Defendant City of Los Angeles (“Defendant”) moves the court for an order bifurcating trial in this action and, specifically, requests an order “that the trial of liability issues precede the trial of all issues related to damages and other relief claimed by” plaintiff Adam Hollands (“Plaint...

Excerpt: ... Arbitration The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS The court sustains defendant Citiguard, Inc.'s evidentiary objection, filed on November 13, 2023, to the article filed by plaintiff Tennia Taylor as Exhibit 1 to the reply papers. (Jay v. Mahaffey (2013) 218 Cal.App.4th 1522, 1537.) DISCUSSION Plaintiff Tennia Taylor (“Plaintiff”) moves for an order vacating ...

Excerpt: ...nt Nissan North America, Inc. RESPONDING PARTY: Plaintiff Matthew Guerra (1) Motion to Compel Arbitration and Stay Proceedings MOVING PARTY: Plaintiff Matthew Guerra RESPONDING PARTY: Unopposed (2) Motion to Compel Further Responses to Requests for Production of Documents The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with the motion to compel arbitration. The court considered the moving papers filed in connecti...

Excerpt: ...W. Howe Partners, Inc. RESPONDING PARTY: Unopposed Motion for Determination of Good Faith Settlement The court considered the moving papers filed in connection with this motion. No opposition papers were filed. DISCUSSION Defendants and cross-complainants Carl William Howe and C.W. Howe Partners, Inc. (the “Howe Defendants”) move the court for an order determining that the settlement entered into by and between the Howe Defendants, on one han...

Excerpt: ...GMENT OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, SUMMARY ADJUDICATION MOVING PARTY: Defendant Northern California Mortgage Fund XIC RESPONDING PARTY: Plaintiff Rosa Maria Samples, as trustee of the Maria A. Gonzalez Living Trust and as executrix of the Last Will and Testament of Maria A. Gonzalez Motion for Summary Judgment or, in the Alternative, Summary Adjudication The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion...

Excerpt: ...YDANCE MEDIA, LLC MOVING PARTY: Plaintiff Dan Sackheim RESPONDING PARTY: Defendant Amazon Studios, LLC (erroneously sued as Amazon Studios, Inc.) (1) Motion to Compel Further Responses to Special Interrogatories from Amazon Studios, Inc. MOVING PARTY: Plaintiff Dan Sackheim RESPONDING PARTY: Defendant Skydance Media, LLC (2) Motion to Compel Further Responses to Form Interrogatories from Skydance Media, LLC The court considered the moving, opposi...

Excerpt: ..., and Safeway, Inc. RESPONDING PARTY: Defendant Mondelez Global, LLC Motion to Compel Deposition of Person Most Qualified and Request for Sanctions The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. DISCUSSION Plaintiffs The Vons Companies, Inc., Albertsons Companies, Inc., and Safeway, Inc. (“Plaintiffs”) move the court for an order (1) compelling the deposition of the person most qualified fo...

Excerpt: ...ry Judgment or, in the Alternative, Summary Adjudication The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. JUDICIAL NOTICE The court denies defendant Star Ford Lincoln's request for judicial notice that was filed on November 3, 2023 (1) as an improper attempt to introduce new evidence in reply, and (2) because rulings from other Superior Court departments are irrelevant to the issues presented by ...

Excerpt: ...nt RESPONDING PARTY: Unopposed Motion for Determination of Good Faith Settlement The court considered the moving papers filed in connection with this motion. No opposition papers were filed. DISCUSSION Defendant and cross-complainant Core Construction and Development (“Core”) moves the court for an order determining that the settlement entered into by and between Core, on the one hand, and plaintiffs Greg Mooradian, Debra Mooradian, and the G...

Excerpt: ...NG PARTY: Plaintiff Radenko Milakovic Motion to Strike Third Amended Complaint The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE The court denies plaintiff Radenko Milakovic's request for judicial notice because the matter that is the subject of his request is not a proper subject of judicial notice. (Evid. Code, § 452.) DISCUSSION Defendants David Glasser, individuall...

Excerpt: ...rbitration and Stay Proceedings The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE The court grants defendant Nissan North America, Inc.'s request for judicial notice. (Evid. Code, § 452, subd. (d).) The court grants plaintiff Jessica Ramirez's request for judicial notice. (Evid. Code, § 452, subd. (d).) DISCUSSION Defendant Nissan North America, Inc. (“Defendant”)...

Excerpt: ...Complaint MOVING PARTY: Defendant Cedars-Sinai Medical Center RESPONDING PARTY: Plaintiff Christine Ikhi Chung (2) Demurrer to Complaint The court considered the moving and opposition papers filed in connection with the demurrers. No reply papers were filed. BACKGROUND Plaintiff Christine Ikhi Chung (“Plaintiff”) filed this action on April 20, 2023, against defendants Sang Do Kim, M.D., Willis H. Wagner, M.D., and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center....

Excerpt: ...N STUDIOS, INC. MOVING PARTY: Plaintiff Dan Sackheim RESPONDING PARTY: Defendant Skydance Media, LLC (1) Motion to Compel Further Responses to Special Interrogatories from Skydance Media, LLC MOVING PARTY: Plaintiff Dan Sackheim RESPONDING PARTY: Defendant Amazon Studios, Inc. (2) Motion to Compel Further Responses to Form Interrogatories from Amazon Studios, Inc. The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection w...

Excerpt: ... individual, as trustee of the Edith Rubenstein Trust, and as executor of the Estate of Edith Rubenstein Motion to Tax Costs The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. DISCUSSION Plaintiff Rick Foster aka Eric Rubenstein (“Plaintiff”) filed this action on November 9, 2018, against defendants Laura Rubenstein, as an individual, as trustee of the Edith Rubenstein Trust, and as executor of...

Excerpt: ...BLE AND TREBLE DAMAGES MOVING PARTY: Defendant Southern California Edison Company RESPONDING PARTY: Unopposed (1) Motion to Strike Punitive Damages and Double and Treble Damages MOVING PARTY: Defendant Edison International RESPONDING PARTY: Unopposed (2) Demurrer to Complaint (3) Motion to Strike Punitive Damages and Double and Treble Damages The court considered the moving and reply papers filed in connection with defendant Southern California E...

Excerpt: ...Judgment or, in the Alternative, Summary Adjudication The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE The court denies defendant Yang Lu's requests for judicial notice because the matters (1) are not proper subjects for judicial notice, and (2) are not relevant to the court's ruling on this motion. (Malek Media Group LLC v. AXQG Corp. (2020) 58 Cal.App.5th 817, 825.) ...

Excerpt: ...n for Sanctions The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. DISCUSSION Defendant Interinsurance Exchange of the Automobile Club (“Defendant”) moves the court for an order granting monetary sanctions in the amount of $1,927 in its favor and against plaintiff Onnik Kazanchian (“Plaintiff”) based on Plaintiff's failure to appear at the inspection of his vehicle. First, as a threshold ma...

Excerpt: ... Its Own Motion, Grant a Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings The court considered the Petition. No response to the Order to Show Cause was filed. DISCUSSION Petitioners Gabriela Aguinaldo, Selma Aguinaldo, and Ferdinand Aguinaldo (“Petitioners”) filed the Petition for Ordinary Mandamus and Declaratory Relief, Injunctive Relief, and Temporary and Permanent Restraining Order (the “Petition”) in this action on February 24, 2023, against res...

Excerpt: ...PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS FROM SKYDANCE MEDIA, LLC MOVING PARTY: Plaintiff Dan Sackheim RESPONDING PARTY: Defendant Carlton Cuse Productions (1) Motion to Compel Further Responses to Requests for Production of Documents from Defendant Carlton Cuse Productions MOVING PARTY: Plaintiff Dan Sackheim RESPONDING PARTY: Defendant Skydance Media, LLC (2) Motion to Compel Further Responses to Requests for Production of Documents from Defendant Skydance Medi...

Excerpt: ...lyn Rivetti Kuykendall, Brian McWilliams, Rodney Owens, Villa Patrician Home Owner's Association, Inc., and Villa Patrician Home Owner's Association, Inc. (sued as Doe defendant 1) Motion to Disqualify Counsel The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. [1] DISCUSSION Plaintiff Eduardo Luna (“Plaintiff”) moves the court for an order disqualifying Shawn M. Olson and the Olson Law Firm (�...

Excerpt: ...ise, LLC and Tony Chang Motion for Attorney's Fees and Costs Pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure Section 128.7 The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. DISCUSSION Plaintiff Ricardo Flores (“Plaintiff”) moves the court for an order awarding sanctions in favor of Plaintiff and against defendants Pine Enterprise, LLC, and Tony Chang (“Defendants”) in the amount of $1,760 pursuant to ...

Excerpt: .../a Superior Loan Servicing (erroneously sued separately as Lil Wave Financial Inc. and Superior Loan Servicing), and Funding Rush, Inc. RESPONDING PARTY: Unopposed Demurrer to First Amended Complaint The court considered the moving papers filed in connection with this demurrer. No opposition papers were filed. DISCUSSION Plaintiffs Shai Harris, as successor trustee of the H. McClenon Trust dated December 12, 2019 and as trustee of the ADH Harris ...

Excerpt: ...a Mora (1) Motion for Offset of Damages MOVING PARTIES: Plaintiffs Andres Manzo and Eva Mora RESPONDING PARTY: Defendant Hyundai Motor America (2) Motion for New Trial The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with each motion. EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS The court sustains defendant Hyundai Motor America's evidentiary objection, filed on October 24, 2023. BACKGROUND Plaintiffs Andres Manzo and Eva Mora (“Plai...

Excerpt: ...e Doe Motion to Stay The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. DISCUSSION Defendants Religious Technology Center, Church of Scientology International, and Bridge Publications, Inc. (“Defendants”) move the court for an order staying this action, filed by plaintiff Jane Doe (“Plaintiff”), pending resolution of Defendants' motion to compel arbitration, which Defendants filed [1] on Se...

Excerpt: ...R TERMINATING, ISSUE, OR EVIDENCE SANCTIONS MOVING PARTY: Plaintiff Consumer Advocacy Group, Inc. RESPONDING PARTY: Unopposed (1) Motion for Terminating, Issue, or Evidence Sanctions (2) Motion for Terminating, Issue, or Evidence Sanctions (3) Motion for Terminating, Issue, or Evidence Sanctions The court considered the moving papers filed in connection with each motion. No opposition papers were filed. DISCUSSION Plaintiff Consumer Advocacy Grou...

Excerpt: ...Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE The court grants defendant Howard Management Group's request for judicial notice. (Evid. Code, § 452, subds. (c), (d).) The court notes that, although it takes judicial notice of the existence of the recorded grant deed, the court does not take judicial notice of the factual matters ...

Excerpt: ... and Amaxi Nutrition Products, Inc. RESPONDING PARTIES: Plaintiffs Jing Du, Yu Bai, and Ye Qiu (1) Demurrer to First Amended Complaint (2) Motion to Strike Portions of First Amended Complaint The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with the demurrer and motion to strike. REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE The court sustains plaintiffs Jing Du, Yu Bai, and Ye Qiu's evidentiary objections to the request for judici...

Excerpt: ...sidered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE The court denies plaintiff Emilio Reyes's requests for judicial notice as to Exhibits 4, 12, 15, and 21 because the matters to be judicially noticed are not relevant to a material issue presented by this motion. (Malek Media Group LLC v. AXQG Corp. (2020) 58 Cal.App.5th 817, 825.) The court grants plaintiff Emilio Reyes's request for...

Excerpt: ... Plaintiff Gloria Ibe Motion to Compel Arbitration and for Dismissal or, Alternatively, Stay of Proceedings The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS The court rules on defendant University of Southern California's evidentiary objections, filed on October 17, 2023, as follows: The court overrules Objections Nos. 1-9. DISCUSSION Defendant University of Southern Califo...

Excerpt: ... Plan, Inc., Kaiser Foundation Hospitals (erroneously sued as Kaiser Permanente Panorama City Medical Center and Kaiser Permanente Palmdale Medical Center), and Southern California Permanente Medical Group RESPONDING PARTY: Plaintiff Fernando Lara (1) Demurrer to First Amended Complaint (2) Motion to Strike Portions of First Amended Complaint The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with the demurrer. The ...

Excerpt: ... Paul Salazar RESPONDING PARTY: Plaintiff Angela Bustamante Motion to Compel Arbitration The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS The court rules on defendants Greenfield Care Center of Fillmore, LLC, Eva Care Group, LLC, Jenq H. Chen, Teresa Chen, and Paul Salazar's evidentiary objections, filed on October 16, 2023, as follows: The court overrules Objections Nos. 2...

Excerpt: ...laint The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this demurrer. REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE The court grants defendant Department of Motor Vehicles' request for judicial notice. (Evid. Code, § 452, subd. (c).) DISCUSSION Plaintiff Gladys Hampton (“Plaintiff”) filed the operative First Amended Complaint in this FEHA action on February 10, 2023, alleging eight causes of action against defendant Depar...

Excerpt: ... and Caroline Harrell RESPONDING PARTY: Plaintiff Sunset Equity Partners, LLC Motion to Quash for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction The court considered the amended moving, [1] opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS The court rules on defendants Justin Ehrlich, Sorabh Maheshwari, Derrick Land, Stephen Travis Masters, and Caroline Harrell's evidentiary objections, [2] filed on October 13, 2023, as fol...

Excerpt: ...ummary Adjudication The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. [1] EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS The court declines to rule on defendants Mayflower Medical Group, Inc., and Rebecca Lubiano's evidentiary objections, filed on October 13, 2023, because they are directed to evidence that is not material to the disposition of this motion. (Code Civ. Proc., § 437c, subd. (q).) LEGAL STANDARD The purpos...

Excerpt: ...) Motion to Strike Portions of Complaint The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with the demurrer and motion to strike. BACKGROUND Plaintiff John Damiani (“Plaintiff”) filed this breach of warranty of habitability action on February 3, 2023, against defendants HLS, LLC, Sunset Landmark Investments, LLC, Stephen Saeed Nourmand, and Delaina Dutton. Plaintiff alleges 10 causes of action for (1) breach o...

Excerpt: ...ainant Tara Black (1) Motion to Set Aside Default Judgment MOVING PARTY: Cross-complainant Tara Black RESPONDING PARTY: Cross-defendant Daisy Maria Petitte (2) Motion for Sanctions The court considered the moving and opposition papers filed in connection with the motion to set aside default judgment. No reply papers were filed in connection with that motion. The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with th...

Excerpt: ..., d/b/a WireCash RESPONDING PARTIES: Defendant Eliran Grushkowsky, joined by defendants Inter & Co. Payments, Inc., and Inter & Co., Inc. Motion to Seal 20 Paragraphs of Amended Complaint The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. DISCUSSION Plaintiff Forex Express Corp., d/b/a WireCash (“Plaintiff”) moves the court for an order redacting and filing under seal 20 paragraphs of its Amend...