Excerpt: ...eles; City of Los Angeles; The People of the State of California, acting by and through the Department of Transportation (erroneously sued as State of California, Caltrans), and Thrifty Oil Co. for injuries relating to Plaintiff's trip and fall on June 11, 2019, on a sidewalk adjacent to the property located at 11540 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90025 (the “Property”). Defendant Thrifty Oil Co. (“Thrifty”) now moves for summary jud...

Excerpt: ... Inc. and Fushun Wang for damages arising from a motor vehicle accident. At this time, Defendant Fushun Wang (“Wang”) moves for a protective order against Plaintiff, who is in pro per, requiring Plaintiff cease all communications with Wang, his family members, and his insurer, James River Insurance Company. Defendant contends Plaintiff should be directed to direct all communications regarding the litigation to Wang's counsel of record. Wang a...

Excerpt: ...dant, Abraham Amichai (“Defendant”) for damages arising from a motor vehicle accident. On July 27, 2021, Defendant filed the instant motion for an order setting the deposition fee of Dr. Payam Vahedifar, M.D. (“Dr. Vahedifar”). Dr. Vahedifar opposes the motion, and Defendant filed a reply. Defendant contends Dr. Vahedifar is attempting to charge $2,500 for his deposition in this case, which is unreasonable and exceeds the fees of other si...

Excerpt: ...ant”) for motor vehicle and general negligence. On April 14, 2020, default judgment was entered in Plaintiff's behalf in the amount of $59,757.00. Plaintiff served Notice of Entry of Judgment on Defendant on July 20, 2020. On May 18, 2021, Defendant filed the instant motion to set aside default judgment. Plaintiff opposes the motion, and Plaintiff filed a reply. 2. Motion to Set Aside Default CCP §473(b) provides, in pertinent part: The court ...

Excerpt: ...ty of Bellflower (the “City”) for motor vehicle and general negligence. Defendants Chayra and the City (“Defendants”) now move to compel Plaintiff's deposition. Defendants provide Defendants originally began taking Plaintiff's deposition October 22, 2019, but Plaintiff, who is wheelchair bound, could not finish the deposition because of her medical condition, so Plaintiff agreed to continue the deposition to a future date. Most recently, ...

Excerpt: ...(“Francisco”), minors by and through Guardian Ad Litem, Petitioner, filed this action against Defendant Johnnie Dunn for damages arising from a motor vehicle accident. At this time, Petitioner moves to compromise the action as to Francisco. Francisco was a passenger in a vehicle driven by Petitioner, when it was struck by Defendant's vehicle. Francisco suffered a closed fracture of the left tibia, but Francisco has now recovered completely fr...

Excerpt: ...mantha Johnson (“Johnson”) and Christopher Kazuo Kamon (“Kamon”), erroneously sued as Kamon Kazuo, for damages arising out of an automobile accident. On June 10, 2021, Plaintiff served a deposition subpoena on non-parties T-Mobile and Ryan Suzuki (“Suzuki”). Defendants, at this time, move to quash each of the subpoenas. Plaintiff opposes the motions, and Defendants filed a reply. The motions are largely identical and will be analyzed ...

Excerpt: ...a Maciel (“Defendant”) on May 24, 2021. As of the filing of this motion on July 15, 2021, Defendant has not served responses. Plaintiff therefore seeks an order deeming the RFAs admitted and imposing sanctions. On August 6, 2021, Defendant filed an opposition providing that Defendant served verified responses to the discovery on August 3, 2021. Defendant states that the delay in serving responses was because of Defendant's counsel's mistake, ...

Excerpt: ...osalinda Perez, filed this action against Defendants, YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles, erroneously sued as YMCA Torrance-South Bay, and Phillip Weathersby (collectively, “Defendants”) for injuries Plaintiff sustained during a PE Class while running on a concrete slab with a large amount of sand on it. The complaint alleges a single cause of action for negligence. On July 6, 2021, Defendants filed their answer asserting a genial denial and 20...

Excerpt: ...os and Erick Trigueros, sued as John Doe, (collectively, “Defendants”) for damages arising from a motor vehicle accident. At this time, non-party MDA Financial Solutions, LLC (“MDA”) moves to quash the deposition subpoena for personal appearance and production of documents by issued by Defendants, or in the alternative, for a protective order. MDA asserts Defendants issued a subpoena to MDA on April 5, 2021, seeking testimony of MDA's per...

Excerpt: ...os and Erick Trigueros, sued as John Doe, (collectively, “Defendants”) for damages arising from a motor vehicle accident. At this time, non-party MDA Financial Solutions, LLC (“MDA”) moves to quash the deposition subpoena for personal appearance and production of documents by issued by Defendants, or in the alternative, for a protective order. MDA asserts Defendants issued a subpoena to MDA on April 5, 2021, seeking testimony of MDA's per...

Excerpt: ...is action against Defendants, Tim Yakteen (“Yakteen”) and Jesus Rodriguez (“Rodriguez”) (collectively, “Defendants”) for injuries Plaintiff sustained when riding and exercising a racehorse at the Santa Anita Racetrack when a horse ridden by Rodriguez, who was employed by Yakteen, collided with Plaintiff and caused Plaintiff to be thrown from the racehorse. On January 8, 2021, Plaintiff filed a First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) alleg...

Excerpt: ... a motor vehicle accident. Plaintiff filed the complaint on December 3, 2019, and Defendant filed an answer on March 23, 2020. Trial is currently set for October 1, 2021. Defendant now moves to continue the current trial date to February 1, 2022. Although continuances of trials are disfavored, each request for a continuance must be considered on its own merits. (CRC Rule 3.1332(c).) The Court may grant a continuance only on an affirmative showing...

Excerpt: ...ve to compel (1) Defendant, Jesse Yunuet Barajas Cervantes's (Cervantes”) deposition, and (2) Defendant Amazon.com, Inc.'s (“Amazon”) person most knowledgeable (“PMK”) deposition. Plaintiffs initially noticed Cervantes's deposition for February 16, 2021, and Amazon's PMK's deposition for February 17, 2021, respectively. The depositions were rescheduled multiple times at defense counsel's request. Most recently, Cervantes's and Amazon's ...

Excerpt: ...�) propounded special interrogatories, form interrogatories, request for admissions (“RFAs”), and request for production of documents (“RPDs”), sets one, on Plaintiff, Adam Glick on September 18, 2020. Further, Defendant propounded special interrogatories and form interrogatories, sets one, on Plaintiff Mary Glick on September 18, 2020. To date, despite attempts to meet and confer, neither Plaintiff has not served responses. Defendant the...

Excerpt: ...ges arising out of an automobile accident. At this time, Empire Fire and Marine Insurance Company (“Empire”) moves for leave to intervene in the case, contending there is significant evidence that its insured, Defendant, worked in collaboration with Plaintiff to orchestrate and stage the subject accident with fraudulent intent. Empire avers intervention is warranted because of the fraud and collusion by Plaintiff and Defendant. Per CCP §387(...