Excerpt: ... Motion to Enforce Settlement Pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure Section 664.6 The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. DISCUSSION Plaintiff Agustin Hernandez (“Plaintiff”) filed this wage and hour action against defendant Primo's Donuts, LLC (“Defendant”) on March 8, 2022. Defendant filed a Cross-Complaint against Plaintiff for breach of a written settlement agreement on June 24...

Excerpt: ...The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS The court denies defendant Dr. Mostafa Rahimi's request that the court strike plaintiff Jesika Yeroomian's separate statement. REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE The court grants defendant Dr. Mostafa Rahimi's request for judicial notice. (Evid. Code, § 452, subd. (d).) DISCUSSION Defendant Dr. Mostafa Rahimi (“Defendant”) move...

Excerpt: ...TIES: Defendant CitiStaff Solutions Inc., joined by defendant California Farms Meat Company on February 27, 2023 RESPONDING PARTIES: Plaintiffs Nubia Nava and Aida Ramos Motion to Compel Arbitration and Dismiss Non‐Individual PAGA Claims The court considered the moving, joinder, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS The court rules on plaintiffs Nubia Nava and Aida Ramos's evidentiary objectio...

Excerpt: ...Inc., d/b/a Nissan of Alhambra RESPONDING PARTY: Plaintiff Joaquin Alejandro Velazquez f/k/a Shawn Swingler Motion to Compel Arbitration 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 defendants Nissan North America, Inc. and Wish Automotive III, Inc., d/b/a Nissan of Alhambra's requests for judicial notice. (Evid. Code, § 452, ...

Excerpt: ... The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS The court overrules plaintiff Ricardo Flores's evidentiary objections, filed on September 28, 2023. REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE The court grants defendants Pine Enterprises, LLC, and Tony Chang's requests for judicial notice. (Evid. Code, § 452, subd. (d).) LEGAL STANDARD The purpose of a motion for summary judgment or summ...

Excerpt: ...r The court considered the moving and opposition papers filed in connection with this motion. No reply papers were filed. DISCUSSION Defendant Restore a Floor (“Defendant”) moves the court for an order setting aside its March 6, 2023 order granting the unopposed Petition for Order Releasing Property from Claim of Mechanic's Lien filed by plaintiffs Mac Calva and Tatyana Nosenko (“Plaintiffs”) on the ground that the order was taken against...

Excerpt: ...Y: Plaintiff Nancy Del Socorro Diaz Martinez 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. DISCUSSION Defendant Champion Power Equipment, Inc. (“Defendant”) moves the court for an order granting summary judgment in its favor and against plaintiff Nancy Del Socorro Diaz Martinez (“Plaintiff”) or, in the alternative...

Excerpt: ...considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE The court denies plaintiff Roberto Valencia Martinez's request for judicial notice, filed on October 4, 2023, because the matters to be judicially noticed are not relevant to a material issue presented by this motion. (Malek Media Group LLC v. AXQG Cor. (2020) 58 Cal.App.5th 817, 825.) DISCUSSION Plaintiff Roberto Valencia Martine...

Excerpt: ...e The court considered the moving papers filed in connection with this motion. No opposition papers were filed. DISCUSSION Defendant Susan Nakagama (“Defendant”) moves the court for an order sealing the death certificate attached to the Motion to Substitute Estate of Susan Nakagama, filed by plaintiffs AWI Builders, Inc., Construction Contractors Corporation, Zhirayr “Robert” Mekikyan, and Anna Mekikyan on July 19, 2023, as Exhibit A to t...

Excerpt: ... Martinez Motion for Protective Order re: Depositions The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE The court grants defendant Champion Power Equipment's request for judicial notice as to Exhibit A. (Evid. Code, § 452, subd. (c).) The court denies defendant Champion Power Equipment's request for judicial notice as to Exhibit B. DISCUSSION Defendant Champion Power E...

Excerpt: ...ng Group, Inc. Motion for Evidence and Monetary Sanctions The court considered the moving and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. The court disregards and orders stricken the opposition papers filed by defendants Jason Eugene Burt, Ladera Lending, LLC, and Coast 2 Coast Funding Group, Inc. on September 28, 2023, because those papers were not filed nine court days before the hearing on this motion. (Code Civ. Proc., § 1005, subd. (...

Excerpt: ...ion, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE The court grants defendant Soon Pill Kim's request for judicial notice. (Evid. Code, § 452, subd. (d).) DISCUSSION Defendant Soon Pill Kim (“Defendant”) moves the court for an order setting aside the November 3, 2022 order granting the motion for terminating sanctions filed by plaintiff Ivan Mendoza (“Plaintiff”) pursuant to the mandatory and discreti...

Excerpt: ...ng and/or Evidentiary/Issue Sanctions The court considered the moving and opposition papers filed in connection with this motion. No reply papers were filed. DISCUSSION Defendant Dignity Health (“Defendant”) moves the court for an order imposing terminating, issue, or evidence sanctions against plaintiff Luz Reynozo (“Plaintiff”) based on her failure to comply with the court's May 24, 2023 order. If a party engages in a misuse of the disc...

Excerpt: ...SPONDING PARTIES: Plaintiffs Nicolitsa Pitsos, Georgios Pitsos, Stavroula Pitsos, and Demetrios Pitsos Motion to Quash Service of Summons The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS The court sustains plaintiffs Nicolitsa Pitsos, Georgios Pitsos, and Stavroula Pitsos and Demetrios Pitsos, by and through their guardian ad litem Nicolitsa Pitsos's evidentiary objections ...

Excerpt: ...DEADLINES MOVING PARTIES: Defendants Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, The Permanente Medical Group, Inc., and Southern California Permanente Medical Group RESPONDING PARTY: Plaintiff Adriane Nolan (1) Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment or Summary Adjudication MOVING PARTIES: Defendants Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, The Permanente Medical Group, Inc., and Southern California...

Excerpt: ...l, Inc. RESPONDING PARTIES: IC Funding, Inc., Nadav Ibi, Einat Rozenbaum, and Carmiel Cohen Demurrer to First Amended Cross‐Complaint The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this demurrer. BACKGROUND Plaintiff Pacifica Reliable Funding, LLC (“Pacifica”) filed the operative Second Amended Complaint in this action against defendants IC Funding, Inc., Nadav Ibi, Einat Rozenbaum, and Carmiel Cohen ...

Excerpt: ... Defendants County of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department; (3) Defendant City of Santa Monica; and (4) Defendant City of Beverly Hills Motion for Relief from Filing Government Claims The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE The court grants defendant City of Santa Monica's request for judicial notice. (Evid. Code, § 452, subd. (c); Gong v. ...

Excerpt: ...ON TO STRIKE PORTIONS OF SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT MOVING PARTIES: Defendants Paul J. Dougherty, M.D., Paul J. Dougherty, MD, Inc., Dougherty Laser Vision, DLV Vision, DLV Vision Management, LLC, DLV Vision ASC, LLC, and Sharmini Asha Balakrishnan, M.D. RESPONDING PARTY: Plaintiff Shahnaz Bahadori (1) Demurrer to Second Amended Complaint (2) Motion to Strike Portions of Second Amended Complaint MOVING PARTY: Defendant Houman Vosoghi, M.D. RESPONDI...

Excerpt: ...DANT'S MOTION TO COMPEL FURTHER RESPONSES TO FORM INTERROGATORIES ) DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO COMPEL FURTHER RESPONSES TO REQUESTS FOR ADMISSIONS MOVING PARTY: Defendant Wells Fargo Bank N.A. RESPONDING PARTY: Unopposed (1) Motion to Compel Further Responses to Requests for Production of Documents (2) Motion to Compel Further Responses to Special Interrogatories MOVING PARTY: Defendant Wells Fargo Bank N.A. RESPONDING PARTY: Plaintiff John Christian ...

Excerpt: ...lub RESPONDING PARTY: Plaintiff Onnik Kazanchian 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 plaintiff Onnik Kazanchian's evidentiary objections to the declaration of Kevin Lane, filed on August 23, 2023, as follows: The court overrules Objections Nos. 1-7. The court rules on pl...

Excerpt: ...o 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 defendant Famers Insurance Exchange's evidentiary objections, filed on June 9, 2023, as follows: The court sustains Objections Nos. 1-6. LEGAL STANDARD The purpose of a motion for summary judgment or summary adjudication “is to pro...

Excerpt: ...a, LLC, Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, and South Bay Motors, LLC Motion for Leave to File Second Amended Complaint The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. DISCUSSION Plaintiffs Michael Model and Soheila Model (“Plaintiffs”) move the court for an order permitting them to file a Second Amended Complaint to (1) strike (i) the 10th cause of action for negligent failure to r...

Excerpt: ...intiff 1718 Vine Street, LLC (1) Motion to Vacate and Set Aside Judgment (2) Ex Parte Application for Order Staying Execution and Shortening Time The court considered the moving and opposition papers filed in connection with the motion and ex parte application. No reply papers were filed. BACKGROUND Plaintiff 1718 Vine Street, LLC (“Plaintiff”) filed this unlawful detainer action on June 9, 2023, against defendant Karla Aleman (“Defendant�...

Excerpt: ...cluding Expert Witness from Testifying at Trial The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. DISCUSSION Plaintiff Agavni Sagryan (“Plaintiff”) moves the court for an order excluding the expert witness James Oaks (“Oaks”) designated by defendant General Motors, LLC (“Defendant”) from testifying at trial. Alternatively, Plaintiff moves the court for an order compelling Oaks to appea...

Excerpt: ...grew Aircraft Components, Inc. Motion to Compel Production of Documents in Response to First Amended Notice of Deposition The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. DISCUSSION Plaintiff David Maijala (“Plaintiff”) moves the court for an order (1) compelling defendant Mulgrew Aircraft Components, Inc. (“Defendant”) to produce documents in response to Plaintiff's Requests for Producti...