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