Excerpt: ...d, operated or controlled by Defendant New Vision Contractors ("Defendant"). (See Complaint; Amendment to Complaint filed November 29, 2021.) Plaintiff moves the Court for an order compelling Defendant to provide further responses to the following discovery requests: Form Interrogatories, Set 1, Propounded to Defendant a. b. c. a. b. c. Propounded: Responded: Motion Filed: July 27, 2022 November 15, 2022 December 23, 2022 Special Interrogatories,...

Excerpt: ...sion. Plaintiffs allege that on May 4, 2018, Defendant Doe Driver collided With a vehicle being operated by Joseph Amaya, and in which Plaintiffs were passengers. Doe Driver fled the scene after the accident Plaintiffs allege (1) negligence against Doe Driver, and (2) declaratory relief agamst Defendants Thrifty Car Rental, Hertz Corporation, and State Farm. On October 11, 2022, this Court dismissed the Complaint with prejudice as to Defendants H...

Excerpt: ...sported in collided With another vehicle. Plaintiff further alleges that Defendants Access Services, MV Transportation, Inc. and Angel Silva negligently operated the vehicle she was being transported in. (See Complaint, pp. 2-7.) Defendants Access Services and MV Transportation, Inc. (collectively, "Defendants") move the Court for orders compelling Plamtiffto provide further responses to the following discovety requests: Form Interrogatories, Set...

Excerpt: ...gamst Defendant for failure to answer and enter judgment against him pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 585. The motion is unopposed. Preliminarily, the Court notes that Plaintiffs request for entry of default judgment agamst Defendant is improper as the Court has previously denied Plaintiffs default judgment package for various reasons. (See, e.g„ Minute Orders of October 26, 2022 & November 30, 2022.) Accordingly, the Court denies Pl...

Excerpt: ...er Defendant Courtney Tights ("Defendant") Plaintiffs move the Court for orders compelling Defendant to provide further responses to the following discovery requests: Form Interrogatories, Set 1, Propounded to Defendant (Motion A) a. Propounded: June 2, 2022 b. Responded: August 3, 2022 c. Motion Filed: October 4, 2022 Special Interrogatories, Set 1, Propounded to Defendant (Motion B) a. Propounded: June 2, 2022 b. Responded: August 3, 2022 c. Mo...

Excerpt: ...iff moves to tax Defendants' claimed costs. Defendants oppose Plaintiffs motion. Code of Civil Procedure section 1033.5, subdivision (a) sets forth items that are allowable as costs. Allowable costs under Section 1033.5 must be "reasonably necessary to the conduct of this litigation rather than merely convenient or beneficial to its preparation" and "reasonable in amount" (Code Civ. Proc„ S 1033.5, subds. (c)(2), "Items not mentioned in [Sectio...

Excerpt: ...tained when she fell on the stairs located at an accommodation Respondent booked through Petitioners' platform. Respondent opposes the motion. Petitioners reply. 1. MOTION TO COMPELARBITRATION -LEGAL STANDARDS "[T]he advantages of arbitration include a presumptively less costly, more expeditious manner of resolving disputes. It follows a party to a valid arbitration agreement has a contractual right to have its dispute With another party to the c...

Excerpt: ...ition. ANALYSIS Amd«ts to Code of Civil æcbon 473, subdivision (all), "The in of jÆtiæ, be to pluding or by adding or striking the of by of or mistalæ in any other respect: fm• or The its to upm be to pladmg m upml allow to be made limited by To wit, without notice to the other party the Court has wide discretion to allow either party (i) to add or strike the name of a party- or (ii) to correct a mistake in the name of a party or a mistake...

Excerpt: .... ANALYSIS Code of Civil Procedure section 36 provides in part: "A party to a civil action who is over 70 years of age may petition the court for a preference, which the court shall grant if the court makes both of the following findings: (1) The party has a substantial interest in the action as a whole. (2) The health of the parv is such that a preference is necessary to prevent prejudicing the party's interest in the litigation". (Code Civ. Pro...

Excerpt: ...ccurred on Cross-Complainants' premises. Cross Complainants then filed a Cross-Complaint against Cross-Defendants Aram Alajajian and Alajajian Marcoosi Architects, Inc. (collectively, Cross-Defendants) asserting causes of action for indemnity and contribution. The First Amended Cross-Complaint (FAXC) is currently the operative pleading. Cross Defendants demur to the FAXC. Cross-Complainants oppose the demurrer. Cross- Defendants reply. Foremost: ...

Excerpt: ...gligence, (2) Negligence Per Se, (3) Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress (NIED), and (4) Violation of Business and Professions Code section 17200 et Seq. Plaintiff opposes the demurrer. Bird replies. REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE Under Evidence Code section 451, "Li]udicial notice shall be taken of _ _ _ [t]he decisional, constitutional, and public statutory law of this state and of the United States and the provisions of any charter describ...

Excerpt: ...failure to state facts sufficient to constitute causes of action for general negligence, personal injury and premises liability. Plaintiff opposes the demurrer. ANALYSIS 1. DEMURRER "It is black letter law that a demurrer tests the legal sufficiency of the allegations in a complaint." (Lewis v. Safeway, Inc. (2015) 235 Cal.App.4th 385, 388.) In ruling on a demurrer, the court must "liberally construeO" the allegations of the complaint. (Code CIV....

Excerpt: ...023, to March 21, 2023, to allow Defendant time to ensure that proper notice of the instant motion was given to Plaintiff. (See Minute Order January 24, 2023.) The Court ordered Defendant to provide notice of continued hearing and serve moving papers on David S. Lamonica, Esq. and Southern California Attorneys, APC, both counsel associated with Plaintiff. (See Minute Order January 24, 2023.) On February 1, 2023, Defendant filed with the Court not...

Excerpt: ...al building. Defendants Douglas Emmett 1998, LLC and Mitsubishi Electric US, Inc. (Moving Defendants) move to strike Plaintiffs claim for punitive damages and related portions of the First Amended Complaint (PAC). Plaintiff opposes the motion. Defendants reply. ANALYSIS 1. MOTION TO STRIKE Any party, within the time allowed to respond to a pleading, may serve and file a motion to strike the whole pleading or any part thereof. (Code Civ. Proc., S ...

Excerpt: ...der to excuse Plaintiff from having to respond to Request for Admissions, set one (RFA), which Defendant served on Plaintiff. Defendant opposes the motion. Plaintiff replies. On March 7, 2023, the original hearing date for the instant motion, the Court continued the hearing to March 21, 2023 to allow time for Plaintiff to file a supplemental reply to Defendant's untimely opposition filed on March 7, 2023, and for the Court to review and consider ...

Excerpt: ...en filed a Cross-Complaint agamst Cross-Defendants Hannah Gutiérrez-Reed, David Halls, Seth Kenney, PDQ Arm and Prop, LLC, and Sarah Zachry (collectively, Cross-Defendants). Cross Defendant David Halls (Halls) demurs to the second and third causes of action in the Cross Complaint for equitable indemnity and equitable contribution. Halls further moves to strike Baldwin's second and third causes of action, as well as his prayer for pumtive damages...

Excerpt: ...tiff Chevette Pugh (PlaintifO has filed a notice of non-opposition and no other parry has filed an opposition to the motion. ANALYSIS "Continuances are granted only on an affirmative showing of good cause requiring a continuance." (In re Marriage of Falcone & Fyke (2008) 164 Cal.App.4th 814, 823.) A trial court has broad discretion in considering a request for a trial continuance. (Pham v. Nguyen (1997) 54 Cal.App.4th 11, 13-18.) California Rules...

Excerpt: ...ndant Franklin Austin Dunkley (Defendant) has not filed an opposition to the motion. ANALYSIS Code of Civil Procedure section 464, subdivision (a) provides: "[t]he plaintiff and defendant, respectively, may be allowed, on motion, to make a supplemental complaint or answer, alleging facts material to the case occurring after the former complaint or answer." (Code Civ. Proc„ S 464, subd. A supplemental pleadmg is a mechanism used in order to asse...

Excerpt: ...ntion takes place when a nonparty, deemed an intervenor, becomes a party to an action or proceeding between other persons by doing any of the following: (1) Joining a plaintiff in claiming what is sought by the complaint[;] (2) Uniting with a defendant in resisting the claims of a plaintiff[; or] (3) Demanding anything adverse to both a plaintiff and a defendant.” (Code Civ. Proc., § 387, subd. (b).) “A nonparty shall petition the court for ...

Excerpt: ... (Allied) as Doe 2. Allied demurs to Plaintiff's Complaint which alleges negligence and premises liability causes of action against Allied. Plaintiff has filed a statement of non-opposition. Allied replies. ANALYSIS 1. DEMURRER “It is black letter law that a demurrer tests the legal sufficiency of the allegations in a complaint.” (Lewis v. Safeway, Inc. (2015) 235 Cal.App.4th 385, 388.) In ruling on a demurrer, the court must “liberally con...

Excerpt: ...oso (“Defendant”) collided with Plaintiff's vehicle. Plaintiff moves the Court for an order compelling Defendant to provide further responses to the following discovery request: Request for Production of Documents, Set 1, Propounded to Defendant · Propounded: February 21, 2022 · Responses: April 22, 2022 · Further Responses: August 1, 2022 · Further Responses: October 31, 2022 · Motion Filed: December 20, 2022 Defendant opposes the motio...

Excerpt: ...f Motion for Summary Adjudication 4. Compendium of Evidence in Support of Motion for Summary Adjudication NON‐OPPOSITION PAPERS: 1. Plaintiff Bilaal Alvi's Notice of Non-Opposition 2. Defendant/Cross-Complainant/Cross-Defendant Sun Hill Properties, Inc.'s Notice of Non-Opposition BACKGROUND Plaintiff Bilaal Alvi (Plaintiff) sued Defendants Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc., American General Private Security Corp. (AGPS), Hillcrest Real Estate, LL...

Excerpt: ...f. Plaintiff moves for judgment on the pleading on the Complaint in favor of Plaintiff. Defendant has not filed an opposition to the motion. JUDICIAL NOTICE Under Evidence Code section 451, “[j]udicial notice shall be taken of the following: (a) The decisional, constitutional, and public statutory law of this state and of the United States and the provisions of any charter described in Section 3, 4, or 5 of Article XI of the California Constitu...

Excerpt: ...ollectively, Plaintiffs) oppose the motion. Defendant replies. Preliminarily, the Court notes Plaintiffs' opposition was filed and served on February 27, 2023, only six court days before the set hearing date, and was thus untimely. The Court further notes that despite the opposition's untimeliness, Defendant nevertheless filed a timely reply to the opposition fully addressing its merits. The Court therefore finds Defendant will not be prejudiced ...

Excerpt: ...021, Plaintiffs added Cross-Complainant Navigators Real Estate Inc. (Navigators) as a Defendant through a “Doe” Amendment. On July 16, 2021, Navigators filed a Cross- Complaint against Defendant Vanna Phung (Defendant). On December 28, 2021, Navigators filed the operative Second Amended Cross-Complaint (SAXC) which alleges causes of action for Breach of Contract, Express Indemnity, and Requested Declaratory Relief against Defendant. A Notice ...

Excerpt: ...nt over an electric scooter parked on a sidewalk. Defendant Bird Rides, Inc. (Bird) demurs to the third cause of action in Plaintiff's complaint for products liability. Plaintiff opposes the demurrer. ANALYSIS “It is black letter law that a demurrer tests the legal sufficiency of the allegations in a complaint.” (Lewis v. Safeway, Inc. (2015) 235 Cal.App.4th 385, 388.) In ruling on a demurrer, the court must “liberally construe[]” the all...

Excerpt: ... ANALYSIS (a) If a party desiring to take the deposition of an expert witness under this article deems that the hourly or daily fee of that expert for providing deposition testimony is unreasonable, that party may move for an order setting the compensation of that expert. Notice of this motion shall also be given to the expert. (b) A motion under subdivision (a) shall be accompanied by a meet and confer declaration under Section 2016.040. In any ...

Excerpt: ... against ABM Aviation, Inc. (ABM). The motion is unopposed. JUDICIAL NOTICE Under Evidence Code section 451, “[j]udicial notice shall be taken of the following: (a) The decisional, constitutional, and public statutory law of the this state and of the United States and the provisions of any charter described in Section 3, 4, or 5 of Article XI of the California Constitution…(f) Facts and propositions of generalized knowledge that are so univer...

Excerpt: ...ted Material Facts in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment OPPOSITION PAPERS: 1. Opposition to Motion for Summary Judgment; Memorandum of Points and Authorities 2. Declaration of Neer Lerner in Opposition to Motion for Summary Judgment 3. Notice of Lodging of Deposition Transcript of Nicholas Go in Opposition to Motion for Summary Judgment 4. Separate Statement of Undisputed Material Facts in Opposition to Motion for Summary Judgment REPLY PAPE...

Excerpt: ... of Motion for Summary Judgment and/or Adjudication OPPOSITION PAPERS: None REPLY PAPERS: 1. Reply in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment BACKGROUND On December 14, 2020, Plaintiff Beatriz Diaz (Plaintiff) commenced an action against Defendant City of Los Angeles (Defendant City), Frank James Casado (Defendant Casado) [1] , and County of Los Angeles (Defendant County) [2] asserting causes of action for premises liability and dangerous conditio...

Excerpt: ... a result of an incident in which an approximately 1,2000 pound, ten foot tall, video wall fell down from a stage upon Plaintiff Tracey Iraca (Tracey) at an event held at Griffith Park in Los Angeles. Defendants move to strike Plaintiffs' claim for punitive damages, as well as Plaintiffs' allegations of gross negligence. Plaintiffs oppose the motion. Defendants reply. ANALYSIS 1. MOTION TO STRIKE Any party, within the time allowed to respond to a...

Excerpt: ...Continuances are granted only on an affirmative showing of good cause requiring a continuance.” (In re Marriage of Falcone & Fyke (2008) 164 Cal.App.4th 814, 823.) A trial court has broad discretion in considering a request for a trial continuance. (Pham v. Nguyen (1997) 54 Cal.App.4th 11, 13-18.) California Rules of Court, rule 3.1332 sets forth factors for the Court to consider in ruling on a motion to continue trial. Whether the parties have...

Excerpt: ...radford (“Decedent”) drowned while swimming in a reservoir owned and controlled by Defendant Southern California Edison Co. (“SCE” or “Defendant”). Defendant now moves to strike punitive damages from the first amended complaint. Plaintiffs oppose the motion. ANALYSIS 1. JUDICIAL NOTICE Defendant requests that the court take judicial notice of five factual propositions, three of which are available at official governmental websites. Ca...

Excerpt: ...s own motion or on motion of the defendant if to do so appears to the court appropriate under the circumstances of the case.” (Code Civ. Proc., § 583.410, subd. (a).) Dismissal is warranted where the plaintiff has failed to prosecute the action with “reasonable diligence.” (Dunsmuir Masonic Temple v. Superior Court (1970) 12 Cal.App.3d 17, 23.) “The court may not dismiss an action pursuant to this article for delay in prosecution except ...

Excerpt: ...dants Pro-A Motors, Inc., Employbridge LLC, Real Tie Staffing Services, LLC dba Select Staffing, and Washington Building, Inc. (“Defendants”) have filed oppositions to the motion. ANALYSIS Code of Civil Procedure section 387 permits intervention in a pending action when the proposed intervenor has an interest in the matter that is the subject of the litigation, or in the success of any party. “If the person seeking intervention claims an in...

Excerpt: ...tained from a dog bite. Plaintiff filed a complaint asserting a second cause of action for breach of written contract by third party beneficiary against Defendant Warner Center Summit Ltd. (Defendant). Warner demurs to the second cause of action. Plaintiff opposes the demurrer. Warner replies. ANALYSIS “It is black letter law that a demurrer tests the legal sufficiency of the allegations in a complaint.” (Lewis v. Safeway, Inc. (2015) 235 Cal...

Excerpt: ...ndant demurs to the Complaint. Plaintiffs opposes the demurrer. Defendant replies. ANALYSIS “It is black letter law that a demurrer tests the legal sufficiency of the allegations in a complaint.” (Lewis v. Safeway, Inc. (2015) 235 Cal.App.4th 385, 388.) In ruling on a demurrer, the court must “liberally construe[]” the allegations of the complaint. (Code Civ. Proc., § 452.) “This rule of liberal construction means that the reviewing co...

Excerpt: .... Defendant opposes the motion. Plaintiff replies. ANALYSIS “If, after service of a deposition notice, a party to the action or an officer, director, managing agent, or employee of a party, or a person designated by an organization that is a party under Section 2025.230, without having served a valid objection under Section 2025.410, fails to appear for examination, or to proceed with it, or to produce for inspection any document, electronicall...

Excerpt: ... move to compel Plaintiff to attend a neuropsychological examination conducted by Jose Fuentes, Ph.D. Plaintiff opposes the motion. Defendants reply. On January 13, 2023, the Court continued the hearing date for the instant motion to February 2, 2023, to allow Defendants time to cure a procedural defect with the motion by submitting a separate statement in compliance with California Rules of Court, rule 3.1345. Defendants filed a supplemental rep...

Excerpt: ...motion. ANALYSIS “If, after service of a deposition notice, a party to the action or an officer, director, managing agent, or employee of a party, or a person designated by an organization that is a party under Section 2025.230, without having served a valid objection under Section 2025.410, fails to appear for examination, or to proceed with it, or to produce for inspection any document, electronically stored information, or tangible thing des...

Excerpt: ...the premises owned by Defendant. Defendant filed a Cross-Complaint for Implied Indemnity against Defendants/Cross-Defendants Angel De Jesus Hernandez and Maritza Hernandez (Cross-Defendants), the registered owners of the truck that allegedly struck Plaintiff Myranda Isabelle De La Cruz (Plaintiff). Defendant seeks to add a cause of action for Express Indemnity and Breach of Contract and add Barouis Deirmenjian as Cross-Defendant Roe No. 1. The mo...

Excerpt: ...portions of Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint (FAC) related to punitive damages as well as her claim for intentional inflection of emotional distress (IIED). Plaintiff opposes the motion. Defendant replies. ANALYSIS Any party, within the time allowed to respond to a pleading, may serve and file a motion to strike the whole pleading or any part thereof. (Code Civ. Proc., § 435, subd. (b)(1); Cal. Rules of Court, rule 3.1322, subd. (b).) On a mo...

Excerpt: ...etary sanctions in connection with the motion. Huang opposes the motion. ANALYSIS Pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 2033.280, subdivision (a), “[i]f a party to whom requests or admission are directed fails to serve a timely response…[t]he party to whom the requests for admission are directed waives any objection to the requests, including one based on privilege or on the protection for work product[.]” (Code Civ. Proc., § 2033.28...

Excerpt: ... Courtney Tight's (“Defendant”) vehicle collided with Plaintiffs' vehicle on June 18, 2019 in Los Angeles. (See Complaint, ¶¶ 6-7.) Plaintiffs move the Court for orders compelling Defendant to provide further responses to the following discovery requests: 1. Form Interrogatories, Set 1, Propounded to Defendant (Motion A) a. Propounded: June 2, 2022 b. Responded: August 3, 2022 c. Motion Filed: October 4, 2022 2. Special Interrogatories, Set...

Excerpt: ...ion for Summary Judgment, or in the Alternative Summary Adjudication 3. Declaration of Jocelyn A. Julian in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment, or in the Alternative Summary Adjudication 4. Declaration of Charles W. Clowdis, Jr., in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment, or in the Alternative Summary Adjudication 5. Separately Bound Volume of Exhibits in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment, or in the Alternative Summary Adjudication OPPOS...

Excerpt: ...ersity of Southern California's campus. Defendants move to amend their expert witness list to replace their two biomechanic and accident reconstruction experts – Dr. Kenneth Solomon and Babak Malek – with one expert, Dr. Alfred Bowles. Plaintiff has not filed an opposition to the motion. ANALYSIS Per Code of Civil Procedure section 2034.610, subdivision (a), “On motion of any party who has engaged in a timely exchange of expert witness info...

Excerpt: ...bject property. Defendant moves to strike Plaintiff's claim for punitive damages and related portions of the Complaint. Plaintiff opposes the motion. Defendant replies. JUDICIAL NOTICE The Court denies Plaintiff's requests for judicial notice. ANALYSIS 1. MOTION TO STRIKE Any party, within the time allowed to respond to a pleading, may serve and file a motion to strike the whole pleading or any part thereof. (Code Civ. Proc., § 435, subd. (b)(1)...

Excerpt: ...tiff). Plaintiff opposes the motion. Defendant replies. ANALYSIS 1. MOTION TO QUASH Defendant moves to quash Plaintiff's service of the summons and complaint on Defendant via personal service under Code of Civil Procedure section 418.10. The Court finds, however, that is it without jurisdiction to consider the motion to quash. (See W.A. Rose Co. v. Municipal Court (1959) 16 Cal.App.2d 67, 72 [entry of default deprives the court of jurisdiction to...

Excerpt: ...gust 19, 2019. (See Complaint.) Plaintiff moves to quash the subpoenas issued by Defendant to the following entities: (1) Advanced Center for Neurology & Headache, (2) Advanced Center for Neurology & Headache – Billing, (3) Advanced Center for Neurology & Headache – Radiology, (4) Allied Health Pharmacy, (5) Nick Ghazaryan MD, Precision Spine & Orthopedics, Inc., (7) Nick Ghazaryan MD, Precision Spine & Orthopedics, Inc- Billing, (8) Mid Vall...

Excerpt: ...nd the FAC to reflect the correct date of incident. The motion is unopposed. ANALYSIS Amendments to Pleadings: General Provisions Under Code of Civil Procedure section 473, subdivision (a)(1), “T he court may, in furtherance of justice, and on any terms as may be proper, allow a party to amend any pleading or proceeding by adding or striking out the name of any party, or by correcting a mistake in the name of a party, or a mistake in any other ...