Excerpt: ...ide Promotions, LLC 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 Sommer Ray Beaty's request for judicial notice. (Evid. Code, § 452, subd. (c).) DISCUSSION Defendant Sommer Ray Beaty (“Defendant”) moves the court for an order granting her motion for judgment on the pleadings as to the 16th cause o...

Excerpt: ...) RESPONDING PARTIES: Defendants Gregory Funding, LLC, and Ajax Mortgage Loan Trust 2018-G Renewed Motion for Determination of Good Faith Settlement The court considered the moving, joinder, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE The court grants defendants Gregory Funding, LLC, and Ajax Mortgage Loan Trust 2018-G's request for judicial notice. (Evid. Code, § 452, subd. (d).) DISCUSSION Def...

Excerpt: ... The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE The court grants plaintiff Curtis Dothard's (1) request for judicial notice, filed on May 24, 2023, and (2) request for judicial notice, filed on August 30, 2023. (Evid. Code, § 452, subd. (d).) DISCUSSION Plaintiff Curtis Dothard (“Plaintiff”) requests that the court (1) reconsider and vacate its October 24, 2022 ...

Excerpt: ...ARTIES: Plaintiffs Claudia Ocegueda Velazquez a/k/a Claudia Ocegueda and Jose Ocegueda 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. EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS The court rules on plaintiffs Claudia Ocegueda Velazquez a/k/a Claudia Ocegueda and Jose Ocegueda's evidentiary objections, filed on January 10, 2024, as follows: The ...

Excerpt: ...udgment The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS The court rules on plaintiff James Van Der Beek's evidentiary objections, filed on November 6, 2023, as follows: The court overrules Objections Nos. 1-3. The court rules on defendants Stitcher Media, LLC and Sirius XM Radio, Inc.'s evidentiary objections, filed on November 15, 2023, as follows: The court overrules Obj...

Excerpt: ...fendants Delpro, LLC, Enterprise Van Lines, Inc., and Inez Torrez Martinez, Jr. RESPONDING PARTY: Unopposed (1) Motion for Determination of Good Faith Settlement MOVING PARTY: Plaintiff and petitioner Karine Aladzhanzian RESPONDING PARTY: Unopposed (2) Petition for Approval of Compromise of Claim for Minor Claimant Vahe Aladzadzhian The court considered the moving papers filed in connection with the motion for determination of good faith settleme...

Excerpt: ...sidered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS The court rules on defendant David W. Allor's evidentiary objections, filed on January 9, 2024, as follows: Objections Nos. 3-4 and 8-20 are sustained. Objections Nos. 1-2 and 5-7 are overruled. The court sustains plaintiff Pro Legal Funding, LLC's evidentiary objections, filed on January 10, 2024, to the evidence submitted in reply. (Jay...

Excerpt: ...rex Express Corp., d/b/a WireCash RESPONDING PARTY: Defendant Eliran Grushkowsky Motion to Seal Parts of Grushkowsky's Opposition to Motion to Seal The court considered the moving, limited 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 sealing portions of the opposition papers filed by defendant Eliran Grushkowsky (“Defend...

Excerpt: ...rs filed in connection with this motion. No opposition papers were filed. DISCUSSION Defendants Fernando Gaytan and Angie Coello (“Defendants”) move the court for an order awarding them attorney's fees and costs in the total amount of $287,063.74, consisting of attorney's fees in the amount of $274,040 and costs in the amount of $13,023.74, to be paid by plaintiffs Dennis Luna and Vanessa Luna Bishop (“Plaintiffs”). “In any action on a ...

Excerpt: ...closure The court considered the moving papers, opposing declaration, [1] and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. DISCUSSION Defendant Howard Management Group (“Howard”) moves the court for an order striking the “Supplemental Designation of Expert Witness; Declaration of Lyle A. River” served by defendant 1544 9th Street LLC (“1544 9th Street”) on December 15, 2023 as an untimely disclosure of an expert. “Any party ma...

Excerpt: ...Demurrer to First Amended Complaint (2) Motion to Strike Punitive Damages The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with the demurrer and motion to strike. BACKGROUND Plaintiff Ken Rickerman (“Plaintiff”) filed the operative First Amended Complaint in this action on December 6, 2022, against defendant General Motors LLC (“Defendant”). Plaintiff alleges five causes of action against Defendant for (1)...

Excerpt: ...leotilde Ortiz (erroneously named as Cleotilda Ortiz d/b/a Lavanderia Rio Grande) RESPONDING PARTY: Plaintiff Laundrylux Funding Services, LLC Demurrer to First Amended Complaint The court considered the moving and opposition papers filed in connection with this demurrer. No reply papers were filed. REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE The court grants defendants Jose Alberto Castro (erroneously named as Jose Alberto Castro d/b/a Lavendaria Rio Grande) an...

Excerpt: ...efendant and cross-complainant 1544 9th Street, LLC, and (2) Defendant and cross-complainant Howard Management Group Motion for Good Faith Settlement Determination The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS The court rules on cross-defendant Pacific Coast Elevator Corporation d/b/a Amtech Elevator Services' evidentiary objections as follows: [1] Objections Nos. 2-3 ar...

Excerpt: ...ompel Further Responses to Requests for Production of Documents The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. [1] DISCUSSION Plaintiff Ulysses Noriega (“Plaintiff”) moves the court for an order compelling defendant General Motors LLC (“Defendant”) to serve further responses to Plaintiff's Requests for Production of Documents, Set One, numbers 1, 7, 16, 19, 21-23, 25, 38, 40, 53, 54, 56...

Excerpt: ...Express Corp., d/b/a WireCash RESPONDING PARTIES: Defendant Eliran Grushkowsky (joined by (1) defendants Inter & Co. Payments, Inc., and Inter & Co., Inc., on December 7, 2023, and (2) defendant Fernando Fayzano on December 7, 2023) Motion to Seal 20 Paragraphs of Second Amended Complaint The court considered the moving, opposition, joinder, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. DISCUSSION Plaintiff Forex Express Corp., d/b/a Wir...

Excerpt: ...strict Motion to Compel Deposition of Defendant's Person Most Qualified The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. DISCUSSION Plaintiff Eric Jones (“Plaintiff”) moves the court for an order compelling defendant Los Angeles Unified School District (“Defendant”) to produce its person most qualified to testify at deposition regarding Defendant's employment of a school safety officer (�...

Excerpt: ...TION OF DOCUMENTS FROM PLATINUM DUNES PRODUCTIONS MOVING PARTY: Plaintiff Dan Sackheim RESPONDING PARTY: Defendant Genre Arts, Inc. (1) Motion to Compel Further Responses to Requests for Production of Documents from Genre Arts, Inc. MOVING PARTY: Plaintiff Dan Sackheim RESPONDING PARTY: Defendant Platinum Dunes Productions (2) Motion to Compel Further Responses to Requests for Production of Documents from Platinum Dunes Productions The court cons...

Excerpt: ...ONDING PARTIES: Defendants Rob Bonta, in his official capacity as Attorney General of California, and Gavin Newsom, in his official capacity as Governor of California Motion for Preliminary Injunction The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. DISCUSSION Plaintiffs Byron Chapman, Jose Madriz, and Christopher Langer (“Plaintiffs”) filed this action for declaratory and injunctive relief o...

Excerpt: ...Group, HB Construction, and Roth Management Group RESPONDING PARTY: Plaintiff John Q. Rodgers (1) Motion for Summary Judgment (2) Motion for Summary Judgment (3) Motion for Summary Judgment The court considered the moving papers filed in connection with each motion. The court considered only the opposition papers filed on November 30, 2023. The court orders that the opposition papers filed and served on December 1, 2023, December 4, 2023, and Dec...

Excerpt: ...otion to Compel Arbitration and Stay Action The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. DISCUSSION Defendants Miod and Company, LLP (“Miod”) and Jeremy J. Salvador, CPA (“Salvador”) (collectively, “Defendants”) move the court for an order (1) compelling plaintiff Amitiss Nasiri (“Plaintiff”) to submit the claims alleged in her Complaint to binding arbitration, and (2) staying...

Excerpt: ...tiff David Blank Order to Show Cause re: Why the Court Should Not, on Its Own Motion, Grant a Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings as to Any or All of the Causes of Action Alleged in Plaintiffs' First Amended Complaint, as to Any of the Plaintiffs or Defendants, on the Ground That the Court Does Not Have Jurisdiction of the Subject of the Causes of Action Because They are Subject to The Exclusive Jurisdiction of the Probate Court The court consid...

Excerpt: ...R PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS FROM POTOMAC RIVER PRODUCTIONS, LLC MOVING PARTY: Plaintiff Dan Sackheim RESPONDING PARTY: Defendant Skydance Television, LLC (1) Motion to Compel Further Responses to Requests for Production of Documents from Skydance Television, LLC MOVING PARTY: Plaintiff Dan Sackheim RESPONDING PARTY: Defendant Potomac River Productions, LLC (2) Motion to Compel Further Responses to Requests for Production of Documents from Potomac R...

Excerpt: ...tional, Bridge Publications, Inc., and Religious Technology Center Motion for Leave to Conduct Limited Discovery on the Issue of Arbitration The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. DISCUSSION Plaintiff Jane Doe (“Plaintiff”) moves the court for an order permitting her to conduct limited discovery on the issue of arbitration so that she can oppose the pending motion to compel arbitrat...

Excerpt: ...DINGS ON THE FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT AS TO DEFENDANT ASSET DEFAULT MANAGEMENT, INC. Order to Show Cause re: Why the Court Should Not, on its Own Motion, Grant a Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings on the First Amended Complaint as to Defendant Asset Default Management, Inc. On October 31, 2023, the court set for hearing on December 12, 2023, an Order to Show Cause re: why the court should not, on the court's own motion, grant a motion for judgme...

Excerpt: ...nts Sunbridge Hallmark Health Services, LLC, d/b/a Playa Del Rey Center and Newgen Operations Management, LLC (joined by (1) defendant 300 S. Robertson Dialysis, LLC d/b/a U.S. Renal Care Westside Dialysis (substituted for fictitious Doe defendant 231) on November 15, 2023, and (2) defendant Niceto Lopez, M.D. (substituted for fictious Doe defendant 1) on November 16, 2023) RESPONDING PARTIES: Plaintiffs Drena M. Humphries, by and through her suc...