Excerpt: ...nd Costs 3) An order appointing Phoenix Settlement Administrators as Settlement Administrator and approve fee 4) Disbursement of Settlement Sum to LWDA and Aggrieved Employees TENTATIVE RULING: 1) Motion for Approval of PAGA Settlement is GRANTED. 2) Request for Plaintiffs' Attorneys' Fees Costs is GRANTED. 3) Request for Phoenix Settlement Administrators as Settlement Administrator and approve fee is GRANTED. 4) Request for Disbursement of Settl...

Excerpt: ... twenty-first causes of action TENTATIVE RULING: 1. Demurrer as to the Fifth Cause of Action is SUSTAINED, without leave to amend, and partially SUSTAINED as to the Sixth Cause of Action. 2. Demurrer as to the remaining Causes of Action are OVERRULED. STATEMENT OF MATERIAL FACTS AND/OR PROCEEDINGS: On August 18, 2021, Plaintiff Jane Doe (“Plaintiff”) filed a complaint against Defendants Food 4 Less of California, Inc., Ralph's Grocery Company...

Excerpt: ...ED. STATEMENT OF MATERIAL FACTS AND/OR PROCEEDINGS: On June 3, 2019, Plaintiff Marcella McMahon (“Plaintiff”) filed a complaint against Defendants California Automobile Insurance Company, formerly known as Mercury Indemnity Company, Accurate Leak Locators and Does 1 through 100. The complaint alleged four causes of action: (1) Breach of Written Contract (Policy of Insurance), (2) Negligence, (3) Breach of Implied Covenant of Good Faith and Fa...

Excerpt: ...ike is GRANTED. STATEMENT OF MATERIAL FACTS AND/OR PROCEEDINGS: On February 14, 2022, Plaintiff Gilbert Ceballos (“Plaintiff”) filed a complaint against Defendants Walker R. Flores and Veronica Rodriguez (“Defendants.”) The operative First Amended Complaint was filed on March 15, 2022. The complaint alleged six causes of action: (1) Trespass, (2) Private Nuisance, (3) Ejection, (4) Damage to Real Property, (5) Declaratory Relief, and (6) ...

Excerpt: ...o Strike is GRANTED, with leave to amend as to Paragraphs 30 and Paragraph 11 of Prayer for Relief – Punitive Damages. Motion to Strike is GRANTED, with leave to amend, as to Paragraph 8: Attorney fees. STATEMENT OF MATERIAL FACTS AND/OR PROCEEDINGS: On July 19, 2021, Plaintiff Janice R. Boyd (“Plaintiff”) filed a complaint against VIP Princess Court HOA and First Light Property Management (“Defendants.”) The complaint alleged two cause...

Excerpt: ...TATEMENT OF MATERIAL FACTS AND/OR PROCEEDINGS: On December 23, 2020, Plaintiff Tracy Stewart (“Plaintiff”) filed a complaint against Defendants County of Los Angeles, Timothy Murakami, and Does 1 through 99 (“Defendants”). The complaint alleges five cause of action: (1) FEHA Discrimination – Disparate Treatment, (2) FEHA Discrimination – Disparate Impact, (3) FEHA Work Environment Harassment, (4) FEHA Retaliation, and (5) FEHA Failure...

Excerpt: ...iking, or alternatively, taxing, the Defendant's Memorandum of Costs TENTATIVE RULING: 1. Motion to Tax/Strike Costs is DENIED, in part, as to Items 1, 5, 12, and 14. 2. Motion to Tax/Strike Costs is GRANTED, in part, as to Item 16. STATEMENT OF MATERIAL FACTS AND/OR PROCEEDINGS: On February 22, 2019, Plaintiff Elizabeth Acosta, D.C. (“Plaintiff”) filed a complaint against Defendants State of California, acting by and through its Department o...

Excerpt: ...2) In the alternative, to stay the instant action until the United States Supreme Court adjudicates Viking River Cruises, Inc., v. Moriana, No. 20+1573 TENTATIVE RULING: (1) The Motion to Compel Arbitration is GRANTED, as to the individual PAGA claim. Plaintiff's representative claim is STAYED Request for Judicial Notice is GRANTED. Request for Sanctions is GRANTED. (2) The request for alternative relief is MOOT, pursuant to Supreme Court's rulin...

Excerpt: ...na for production of business records TENTATIVE RULING: 1. Motion to Enforce Deposition Subpoena for Production of Documents is GRANTED. STATEMENT OF MATERIAL FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS: Plaintiffs Endanicha Bragg, Tracy Plummer, and Marisol Romero (“Plaintiffs”) filed an initial Complaint on October 7, 2019, and the operative First Amended Complaint on April 16, 2020. The FAC alleges that the Plaintiffs all became pregnant during the course of th...

Excerpt: ... (“Plaintiff”) filed a complaint against Defendants Molina Healthcare, Inc., Zahrah Green and Does 1 through 20 (“Defendants”), asserting 13 causes of action: (1) Wrongful Termination in Violation of the Fair Employment and Housing Act (“FEHA”), (2) Discrimination in Violation of the CFRA, (3) Retaliation in Violation of the CFRA, (4) Interference with, Restraint, and Denial of Medical Leave in Violation the CFRA, (5) FEHA Violations ...

Excerpt: ...of action TENTATIVE RULING: 1. Demurrer is SUSTAINED, with leave to amend, as to Causes of Action One, Four, Five, Ten, Eleven and Twelve, as well as actions pertaining to Deidre Watson. 2. Demurrer is SUSTAINED, without leave to amend, as to Causes of Action Two and Seven. STATEMENT OF MATERIAL FACTS AND/OR PROCEEDINGS: On October 21, 2021, Plaintiff Persevero, LLC, Diedre Watson, Alexander Cavano, LLC, and Daina Randle (“Plaintiffs”) filed ...

Excerpt: ... Monetary Sanctions is DENIED. STATEMENT OF MATERIAL FACTS AND/OR PROCEEDINGS: On January 28, 2021, Plaintiff Esonie Cain (“Plaintiff”) filed a complaint against Defendant Centinela Hospitalist Medical Gropu Inc. (“Defendant”). The complaint was for two causes of action: (1) Defamation per se and (2) Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress. The complaint alleges that Plaintiff was visiting her mother at Centinel Hospital Medical Cent...

Excerpt: ...An evidentiary hearing TENTATIVE RULING: 1. Petition to Confirm Arbitration Award is GRANTED. 2. Petition to Vacate Arbitration Award is DENIED. 3. Petition to Correct Arbitration Award is DENIED. 4. Request for Evidentiary Hearing is DENIED. STATEMENT OF MATERIAL FACTS AND/OR PROCEEDINGS: On May 20, 2022, Petitioner Steven Levy filed a Petition to Confirm Arbitration Award. Petitioner moves to confirm the arbitration award that was entered on Ap...

Excerpt: ...TAINED, with leave to amend. STATEMENT OF MATERIAL FACTS AND/OR PROCEEDINGS: On March 28, 2019, Plaintiffs Griselda Bonilla and Lucero Lopez (“Plaintiffs”) filed a complaint against Defendants One Stop Internet, Inc., One Stop LLC, Alfonso Rodriguez, Juan Beltran, and Does 1 through 100. Plaintiffs filed a First Amended Complaint on September 19, 2019. The FAC alleges 17 causes of action: (1) Actual/Perceived Disability Harassment, Violation ...

Excerpt: ...o the first, second, and third causes of action. TENTATIVE RULING: 1. Motion for Summary Adjudication is GRANTED, in part as to the first and second causes of action, and DENIED, as to the third cause of action. STATEMENT OF MATERIAL FACTS AND/OR PROCEEDINGS: On June 23, 2021, Plaintiff Ayo Remodeling & Design (“Plaintiff”) filed a complaint against Defendant Cherlyn Joanne Patterson (“Defendant”). The complaint alleged three causes of ac...

Excerpt: ...CTS AND/OR PROCEEDINGS: On December 4, 2020, Plaintiffs Norma Celik and Saro Tomasian (“Plaintiffs”) filed a complaint against Defendant California FAIR Plan Association (“Defendant”). The complaint alleged two causes of action: (1) Breach of Contract and (2) Breach of Duty of Good Faith and Fair Dealing. The complaint alleges that both Plaintiffs had been insured by Defendant. As a result of the Saddleridge Wildfire, both Plaintiffs suff...

Excerpt: ...S: On October 4, 2019, Plaintiffs John DeLong and Judith DeLong, as individual and co-trustees of the DeLong Family Trust, Dated May 20, 2005, filed a complaint against Defendants Engel & Engel, LLP, Douglas Chadwick Biggins, First American Title Company, and Does 1 through 10 (“Defendants”). The complaint was for declaratory relief. Plaintiffs alleged that defendants' collection efforts were improper because they were undertaken against the ...

Excerpt: ...omplaint TENTATIVE RULING: 1. Demurrer is OVERRULED. 2. Motion to Strike is GRANTED, with leave to amend. STATEMENT OF MATERIAL FACTS AND/OR PROCEEDINGS: On April , 2022, Edgard Marroquin (“Plaintiff”) filed a complaint against Defendant American Honda Motor Co., Inc., (“Defendant”). The complaint alleged two causes of action: (1) Violation of Song-Beverly Act – Breach of Express Warranty and (2) Fraudulent Inducement – Concealment. T...

Excerpt: ...SPONDING PARTY(S): Plaintiff J. Steed Inc. REQUESTED RELIEF: 1. An order setting aside default entered on March 23, 2022, as to both Defendants Ronald Nolan and Donna Nolan TENTATIVE RULING: Motion to Set Aside Default is GRANTED. STATEMENT OF MATERIAL FACTS AND/OR PROCEEDINGS: On January 12, 2022, Plaintiff J. Steed Inc., a California Corporation, dba Brooke's Garage Doors Painting and General Contracting (“Plaintiff”) filed a complaint agai...

Excerpt: ...to Compel Arbitration is GRANTED. 2. Request for Stay of the Proceedings is GRANTED. STATEMENT OF MATERIAL FACTS AND/OR PROCEEDINGS: On March 15, 2022, Plaintiff Larry Chavez (“Plaintiff”) filed a complaint against Defendant ABM Industry Groups, LLC, Bridgette Goins, and Does 1 through 20 (“Defendants”). The complaint alleged multiple causes of action for discrimination, harassment, retaliation under California Fair Employment and Housing...

Excerpt: ...ATEMENT OF MATERIAL FACTS AND/OR PROCEEDINGS: On August 7, 2018, Plaintiff Marshonda Whitaker (“Plaintiff”) filed a complaint against Defendants Abraham Mayer; Afton Properties, Inc.; Afton Holdings, LLC; Afton Holdings II, LLC; CMIF Fountains LP; Canyon Partners Real Estate LLC; and Does 1 through 30. This action arises out of a landlord-tenant dispute. Plaintiff alleges she reported a leak in the ceiling from the roof in the master bedroom,...

Excerpt: ...Nos. 1.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 4.1, 4.2, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 12.5, 12.6, 12.7, 13.1, 13.2, 14.1, 14.2, 15.1, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.6, 16.8, 16.9, 16.10, 17.1, 50.1, 50.2, 50.3, 50.4, 50.5, and 50.6 3. Further responses to Requests for Admissions Nos. 1-29 4. Further Requests to Requests for Production Nos. 1-20 5. Request for Monetary Sanctions TENTATIVE RULING: 1. Motion to Compel Further Responses as to the Special Interrogator...

Excerpt: ...tion to Strike portions of the FAC TENTATIVE RULING: 1. Demurrer is SUSTAINED, without leave to amend. 2. Motion to Strike is MOOT. STATEMENT OF MATERIAL FACTS AND/OR PROCEEDINGS: On March 2, 2022, Plaintiffs Tracey Fontenette Allen (“Plaintiff”) filed a complaint against Defendants Ashely Nicole Fontenette, Anthony H. Ruey, an individual and Sureties on his Bond, and Does 1 through 10. Plaintiff filed a Motion for Leave to File First Amended...

Excerpt: ...and sixth causes of action 2. An order granting the motion to strike TENTATIVE RULING: 1. Demurrer is SUSTAINED, as to all causes of action, without leave to amend. 2. Motion to Strike is Moot. STATEMENT OF MATERIAL FACTS AND/OR PROCEEDINGS: On August 6, 2020, Plaintiff CA Bijoux Bijoux (“Plaintiff”) filed a complaint against Defendants Behrouz Messian and Sharona Yeshoufar Messian (“Defendants”) seeking damages arising from the defendant...

Excerpt: ...onses to Special Interrogatories Nos. 10- 16 2. Request for Monetary Sanctions against Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, Paul S. Cowie, Esq., Brian S. Fong, Esq., Peter Y. Lee, Esq., and Defendant, Barton Brands of California, Inc., jointly, in the sum of $1,400.00 TENTATIVE RULING: Motion to Compel Further is GRANTED. STATEMENT OF MATERIAL FACTS AND/OR PROCEEDINGS: Plaintiff Chris Stout (“Plaintiff”) filed a complaint against Defendant ...