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: ...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: ...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: ... 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: ... 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...