Excerpt: ...024 I. INTRODUCTION On July 5, 2024, plaintiff Anahid Minaskanian (“Plaintiff”), individually and as successor-in-interest of Lida Zohrabians (“Zohrabians”), filed this action against defendants Central Convalescent Hospital of Glendale Inc. dba Chandler Convalescent Hospital (“Facility”) (erroneously sued a\ s “Central Convalescent Hospital of Glendale Inc. dba Chandler Convalescent Hospital\ - Glendale” and “Chestnut Ridge Pos...

Excerpt: ...as collectively, “Plaintiffs”) filed this action asserting a single \ cause of action for breach of express warranty pursuant to the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act (“SBA”). Plaintiffs allege that on September 2, 2019, they entered into a warranty contract with defendant Mazda Motor of America, Inc. (“Defe\ ndant”) regarding a 2016 Mazda Mazda6. (Compl., ¶ 14.) Plaintiff claim that\ defects and nonconformities to warranty manifest...

Excerpt: ...f”) filed this \ action against defendants Rose City Veterinary Hospital (“Defendant”) a\ nd Laynee Hokanson, DVM (“Dr. Hokanson”). On September 25, 2023, Plaintiff\ filed the operative First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) asserting causes of action for veterinary malpractice, intentional misrepresentation, intentional infli\ ction of emotional distress (“IIED”), and conversion. This action relates\ to veterinary care provided to Pla...

Excerpt: ...s application for default judgment. \ Plaintiff requests a permanent injunction as a remedy for her defamation claim against defend\ ant Ly Mai Chau aka Chau Ly Mai (“Defendant”). Defendant, who was formerly Plaintiff's sister-in-law, allegedly said that Plaintiff was illegally holding Defendant in Plaintiff's residence and withholding the address of the\ residence from Defendant in order to isolate Defendant as if Plaintiff were a criminal k...

Excerpt: ...ed this m\ otion to compel plaintiff Jessica Austin's (“Plaintiff”) further re\ sponses to Form Interrogatories-General, Set One, Form Interrogatories-Employment Law, Set One, Requests for Production of Documents, Set One, and Requests for Admission, Set One. Plaintiff served objections in response to City's\ discovery requests on the grounds that City was in default and unable to propound \ discovery. Plaintiff also objected to the term “I...

Excerpt: ... action against Ford Motor Company (“\ Defendant”) on May 8, 2023. This motion is for $63,252.09 in attorneys' fees and costs f\ ollowing a settlement agreement entered into between the parties on December 11, 2023, which identified Plaintiffs as the prevailing parties. II. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND On March 15, 2023, Plaintiffs submitted a claim through Defendant's third-party dispute resolution provider, the Better Business Bureau A...

Excerpt: ...�Wang”), Yaoning Sun (“Sun”\ ), Yuntao Chen (“Chen”), Jennifer Cheung (“Cheung”), and American South\ west Chamber of Commerce USA (“ASCC”). On October 25, 2023, Cheung filed a motion for an undertaking in the amount of $50,000. On November 22, 2023, Plaintiff filed this motion for sanctions and attorneys' fees against Cheung and counsel of record pursuant to sect\ ion 128.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure. Code of Civil Procedur...

Excerpt: ...ces & Homecare, Inc. dba 1Heart\ Caregivers (“Defendant”) (erroneously sued as “One Heart Car\ egivers”) and Ireneo Santos Borromeo (“Borromeo”) (erroneously sued as “Rene Borromeo”) asserting causes of action for sexual battery, elder abuse, intentional \ infliction of emotional distress, negligent hiring, supervision, and retention of u\ nfit employee, and sexual harassment. On February 9, 2024, Defendant filed this motion for j...

Excerpt: ...inst\ defendants HumanGood and Steven Gowan (“Gowan”) (collectively, \ “Defendants”). On October 6, 2023, Plaintiff filed the operative \ Second Amended Complaint (“SAC”). Plaintiff asserts causes of action ba\ sed on the Fair Employment and Housing Act (“FEHA”) including discriminatio\ n, harassment, retaliation, and failure to prevent discrimination, harassme\ nt and retaliation. Plaintiff also asserts causes of action for wrong...

Excerpt: ...defendants Helen Ross (“Ross”) and Lotusan LLC (“Lotusan”) (collectively, “Defendants”). Plaintiff asserts causes of action\ for: (1) breach of contract, (2) breach of implied warranty of habitability, (3) breach\ of implied warranty of quiet enjoyment, (4) negligence, (5) nuisance, (6) breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, (7) constructive eviction, an\ d (8) failure to return deposit. On October 27, 2023, Plaintiff ...

Excerpt: ...AND RESET THE MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT FOR 120 DAYS Dept. 3 8:30 a.m. April 5, 2024 I. INTRODUCTION On April 26, 2022, plaintiff Rosevianney C. Ogumsi (“Plaintiff”) file\ d this medical malpractice action against defendants Richard Dale Gentile, D.D.\ S. (“Dr. Gentile”), Heydar Hamid Shahrokh, D.D.S. (“Dr. Shahrok\ h”), and Heydar Shahrokh, D.D.S., Inc. dba Comfort Dental Center (“Comfort Dental Center”). On July 5, 2022, Plain...

Excerpt: ...Dept. 3 8:30 a.m. April 3, 2024 On December 16, 2022, plaintiff Maria de la Luz Santacruz (“Plaintif\ f”) filed this action against defendant Aldi Supermarket Company (“Defendant”) asserting causes of action for premises liability and general negligence\ . Plaintiff alleges that on January 5, 2021, she slipped and fell on the floor of De\ fendant's store located at 1403 S. Baldwin Avenue in Arcadia, California. On March 1, 2024, Plaintiff...

Excerpt: ...rokh, D.D.S. and Heydar Sharokh, D.D.S., Inc. dba Comfort Dental (collectively, “Defendants”). On\ November 16, 2023, Plaintiff filed this motion to quash 2 subpoenas issued by Defendants to Optum fka Healthcare Partners and Optum's billing department. The subpoenas are attached to the motion. The subpoenas both request the following: ALL MEDICAL RECORDS RELATING TO ANY CONDITION, INJURY OR SYMPTOM AFFECTING ROSEVIANNEY C. OGUMSI AKA: ROSEVIA...

Excerpt: ...iff alle\ ges that at approximately 9 a.m. on August 25, 2023, she was walking on a walkway in\ Almansor Park in Alhambra, California, when an 8 to 10-foot-long tree branch suddenly fell from a large tree and landed directly on her head, causing\ severe and critical injuries including a T3 burst fracture requiring an emergen\ cy laminectomy, traumatic brain injury, as well as multiple bilateral transverse process fractures and rib fractures. On F...

Excerpt: ...aintiffs”) filed this action against the City \ of Pasadena (“City”) and Spiniello Co. (“Defendant”). On December 28, 2022, City filed a cross-complaint against Defendant. On May 22, 2023, after obtaining leave of Court, Plaintiffs filed the operative First Amended Complaint (“FAC”). Plaintiffs assert cau\ ses of action for general negligence and breach of contract against Defendant relating\ to their installation of a water line ne...

Excerpt: ...Lopez (collectively, “Defendants”) asserting a single cause of action \ for motor vehicle negligence arising from a motor vehicle incident that occurred on November 12, 2021. On December 6, 2023, a First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) was filed whic\ h added Bertha Leticia Breton (“Breton”) as a plaintiff to the sam\ e cause of action for motor vehicle negligence. On January 11, 2024, Defendants filed this demurrer to the FAC only with res...

Excerpt: ...Defendant”) assert\ ing causes of action for: (1) breach of contract, (2) breach of implied covenant o\ f good faith and fair dealing, (3) fraud, and (4) violation of Business and Professions Code section 17200 et seq. On November 27, 2023, default was entered against Defendant. On January 10, 2024, Defendant filed this motion to set aside the entry \ of default on the grounds that it lacked actual knowledge of the complai\ nt due to a clerical...

Excerpt: ...ndants Gloria Gao (“Defendant”), Eric Wu aka \ Yue H. Wu (“Wu”), and Wei F. Li (“Li”) (collectively, “Defenda\ nts”) asserting causes of action for: (1) breach of contract, (2) accounting, (3) fraud, (4) conversion, (5) breach of fiduciary duty, and (6) intentional infliction of emotional distress. \ Plaintiff alleges that Defendant, his former mother-in law, was allowed to live at the property located at 1128 W. Duarte Road, #E i...

Excerpt: ...n \ for violation of the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act and fraudulent concealment against defendant American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (“Defen\ dant”). Plaintiff's fraud claim arises from the concealment of material facts at the time she purchased a new 2022 Honda Odyssey (the “Vehicle”). (Compl.\ , ¶¶ 4 8.) Specifically, Plaintiff claims that Defendant concealed the existence an\ d nature of a defect with the Vehicle's computerized dr...

Excerpt: ...action against defendant Harley-Davidson Motor Company Group, LLC (“Defendant”) (erroneously sued as Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Inc.), TMCHB, Inc. dba Huntington Beach Harley- Davidson (“TMCHB”) (erroneously sued as The Motorcycle Company, LLC), and Precision Performance, LLC db\ a TNT Cycle Works. On February 4, 2024, Plaintiff filed this motion to compel the deposition of Defendant's employee, Leah Orloff. Plaintiff did not request ...

Excerpt: ...aintiff”) filed this action against defendants Blue Cross an\ d Blue Shield of South Carolina (“South Carolina Blue”) (erroneously named as “\ BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina”) and California Physicians' Service dba Blue Shield of California ("Defendant”). Plaintiff brings this action to\ recover $1,647,205.52 plus applicable interest in reimbursement owed for medical\ ly necessary hospital care provided to a patient (“Pa...

Excerpt: ...er 6, 2023, plaintiffs Gabriela Quintero Lopez and Jorge Arnulfo Hernandez Lopez, individually and as successors-in-interest to Alma Rosa Lopez (“Decedent”), along with Claudia Lorena Martinez (“\ Martinez”) (collectively, “Plaintiffs”), filed this action against defendants Beador Construction Company (“Defendant”), State of California, County \ of Los Angeles, and City of Pasadena asserting causes of action for negligence,\ premi...

Excerpt: ...ntiffs Eric A. Ferraco and Andrea V. Ferraco, as Co-Trustees of the Ferraco Family Trust dated 4/19/2000 (“Ferraco Trust\ ”), filed this motion for attorneys' fees. Ferraco Trust seeks an award of attorneys' fees in the amount of $715,849.50 and total expenses in the amount of $53,380.84 (including some that were also claimed in the Memorandum of \ Costs filed on November 2, 2023) against Defendant Human Designs Prosthetic and Orthotic Labora...

Excerpt: ...ific Clinics (“Defendan\ t”), and Does 1 to 10 alleging causes of action for: (1) retaliation in violati\ on of California Labor Code, Section 1102.5; (2) retaliation in violation of California Labor Code, Section 6310; (3) wrongful termination in violation of public policy; and (4) breach of implied covenant of good faith and fa\ ir dealing. On October 13, 2023, the Court sustained Defendant's demurrer to the \ Complaint in its entirety with...

Excerpt: ...“Plaintiffs”) filed this action against defendant\ General Motors LLC (“Defendant”). Plaintiffs allege that on February 27, 2021, they\ acquired a 2020 Chevrolet Bolt (the “Subject Vehicle”). (Compl., ¶¶ 7, 9.) Plaintiff alleges that the Subject Vehicle was represented as safe and functional for normal us\ e which is false because “the batteries may ignite when they are either\ fully charged or fall below seventy (70) miles remain...