Excerpt: ...ntiff Brad Schneider (“Plaintiff”) filed this action against defendants Tripadvisor LLC and Tripadvisor, Inc. (collectively, “Defendants”), as well as www.holidaylettings.co.uk and Erin Hughes (“Hughes”). Plaintiff alleges that on January 17, 2021, his son, Grant Schneider (“Decedent”), died in a fire at Hughes's property in Malibu, California. Decedent had rented the property as a short-term rental and booked the property through...

Excerpt: ...y 7, 2020, plaintiffs Kristina Kleintop and Emelia Fitzgerald (“Plaintiffs”) filed this action alleging injuries sustained when their vehicle slid on black ice caused by leaking water from a utility vault. On February 9, 2021, Plaintiff filed a “First Amended Complaint” but the pleading stated the wrong address for the courthouse. On the same day, 24 minutes later, Plaintiff filed a Second Amended Complaint (“SAC”) naming Pacific Bell...

Excerpt: ...avi Virk filed this action against defendant Kamyar Cohan Cohanshohet arising from a July 29, 2019, dog bite. Since the inception of this case, the Court has heard several rounds of discovery motions from both Plaintiff and Defendant. On January 21, 2022, the Court granted, in part, Defendant's motion to compel Plaintiff's further responses to written discovery, including requests for production, form interrogatories, and request for admissions a...

Excerpt: ...l Atkins (“Atkins”) and Jean Banks (“Banks”) filed this action against Defendant Prime Healthcare Sherman Oaks Hospital, LLC dba Sherman Oaks Hospital (“Defendant”) (erroneously sued as “Sherman Oaks Hospital”) arising from treatment provided to Atkins from September 29, 2015, through July 16, 2016. [1] Atkins asserts causes of action for medical negligence and intentional misrepresentation relating to hemodialysis and the treatme...

Excerpt: ...S. Shaun Daneshgar, DMD (“Defendant”). Plaintiff asserts that Defendant improperly installed crowns in her mouth, gave her incorrect amounts of general anesthesia, and placed her in foot and hand restraints and a blindfold on June 17, 2020. On February 7, 2022, Defendant filed this demurrer on the grounds that Plaintiff's cause of action for general negligence fails to state sufficient facts and is uncertain. II. LEGAL STANDARDS A demurrer te...

Excerpt: ...t & Final, LLC (“Defendant”) to her Demand for Production No. 4 (the “Demand”), which seeks “all accident or incident reports IN RELATION TO the INCIDENT.” The underlying incident is a slip and fall in one of Defendant's supermarkets. Defendant objected to this Demand on the grounds the only document that is responsive is an incident report that is protected by the attorney-client privilege. Plaintiff argues that the report is not pri...

Excerpt: ...ctober 7, 2020, plaintiffs Dominic LaFerla (“Plaintiff”) and Victoria LaFerla (“LaFerla”) filed this action against defendants Curtice Wong, M.D. (“Dr. Wong”) and Torrance Emergency Physicians, Inc. (“TEP”) (collectively, with Dr. Wong, “Defendants”) asserting claims for medical negligence and loss of consortium. Plaintiff also named Torrance Memorial Medical Center (“Torrance Memorial”) as a defendant. Plaintiffs allege t...

Excerpt: ...vember 19, 2020, plaintiff Nohemi Najar Gonzalez (“Plaintiff”) filed this action against defendants Javier E. Reyes (“Defendant”) and 10-4 Trucking Services, Inc. for injuries arising from a March 24, 2019, motor vehicle accident. On October 13, 2021, Plaintiff served Form Interrogatories (Set One), Special Interrogatories (Set One), Demand for Inspection and Production of Documents (Set One), and Requests for Admission (Set One) on Defen...

Excerpt: ...ant”), Alphonse Joel Ngoh (“Ngoh”) (erroneously sued as “Alphonse Joel”), Karen Vanessa Gonzalez (“Gonzalez”), and Eduardo Ortiga Amezcua (“Amezcua”). On September 29, 2021, Plaintiff filed the operative First Amended Complaint (“FAC”). On February 22, 2022, Defendant filed this motion to strike Plaintiff's requests for punitive damages and related allegations. Any party, within the time allowed to respond to a pleading may ...

Excerpt: .../ Kia Motors Corporation) (“Defendant”), among others, asserting causes of action for: (1) strict products liability, (2) negligence, and (3) breach of express and implied warranties. On August 6, 2020, Plaintiff filed a proof of service reflecting Defendant was served personally on July 30, 2020. On August 12, 2020, Plaintiff's attorney filed a motion to be relieved as counsel of record, which was granted on February 22, 2021. On February 8,...

Excerpt: ...CTION On February 5, 2019, plaintiff Melinda Sessions filed this action against defendants Catalina Island Company (“Company”) and Santa Catalina Island Conservancy (“Conservancy”) (collectively, “Defendants”). Plaintiff asserts causes of action for strict liability and negligence after being attacked by an unrestrained and untamed bison with vicious propensities on March 18, 2018. On September 14, 2021, Defendants filed this motion f...

Excerpt: ... Weston (“Plaintiff”), individually and as successor-in-interest to Billy Pickens (“Pickens”), filed this action against defendants Long Beach Care Center (“Defendant”) and Atlantic Memorial Healthcare alleging elder abuse, professional negligence, wrongful death, negligent infliction of emotional distress (“NIED”), and violation of patient's rights under 22 C.C.R. § 722527(a).) On January 27, 2021, Plaintiff filed the operative ...

Excerpt: ... against defendants The Salvation Army and Brett Edwards (“Defendant”) alleging that on November 9, 2017, she was riding her mobile chair through the women's department of a Salvation Army store in Hemet, California, when a clothing rack collapsed and fell on her. On December 28, 2021, Defendant filed this motion for summary judgment arguing that Plaintiff's action is time-barred because the actual incident occurred in July 2017. Defendant al...

Excerpt: ...nt”) (erroneously sued as “J.C. Penney Company, Inc.”) and Simon Property Group, Inc. (“SPG”) arising from an April 22, 2018 slip and fall. On May 21, 2020, Defendant filed a notice of a bankruptcy stay after declaring Chapter 11 bankruptcy. On January 6, 2021, SPG filed a motion for summary judgment. SPG was dismissed from the action on March 15, 2021. On February 8, 2022, Defendant filed this motion to dismiss pursuant to sections 438...

Excerpt: ...Plaintiffs Diane Tamosovich and Desiree Fimbres filed this action against Defendant California Commerce Club, Inc. alleging exposure to hydrogen sulfide and ammonia while working at the Commerce Casino. On January 7, 2022, the Court issued minute orders granting Defendant's unopposed motions to compel Plaintiffs' responses to written discovery and depositions. The Court ordered each Plaintiff to serve responses, pay sanctions, and appear for depo...

Excerpt: ...on (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) filed this action against defendant Kevin Guo (“Defendant”) arising from a March 12, 2019, motor vehicle collision. Defendant filed an answer to the complaint and a cross-complaint on January 13, 2021. On February 2, 2022, Defendant filed this motion to continue trial, which is currently scheduled for April 19, 2022. Defendant requests a six- month continuance of the trial date and all related dates. I. LEG...

Excerpt: ...NS Dept. 27 1:30 p.m. March 4, 2022 On March 2, 2020, plaintiffs Jordan Smith and Felisha Jordan (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) filed this action against defendants City of Carson (“Defendant”) and Edward James Payton arising from a January 24, 2019, motor vehicle vs. pedestrian collision. On July 1, 2021, Defendant served Form Interrogatories (Set One), Special Interrogatories (Set One), and Requests for Production of Documents (Set One) o...

Excerpt: ...ainst defendants 7-Eleven, Inc. (“Defendant”) and United Realty & Management, Inc. (“URMI”), alleging that on April 17, 2018, she tripped and fell on uneven pavement in a parking space. Plaintiff asserts two counts for negligence and willful failure to warn as part of her first cause of action for premises liability and asserts a second cause of action for negligence. On August 28, 2020, Defendant filed an answer to Plaintiff's Complaint....

Excerpt: ...os Angeles (“Defendant”) alleging he sustained injuries when his bicycle's front tire fell into an uncovered pullbox on the sidewalk, which catapulted him forward into the sidewalk. Plaintiff alleges the open electrical pullbox should have been covered and constituted a dangerous condition of public property. On February 1, 2022, Plaintiff filed this motion for leave to file a first amended complaint (“FAC”) to add a new subtheory of liab...

Excerpt: ...y of Beverly Hills (“Defendant”), Feriel Z. Posner (“Posner”), Zomorodi Trust (“Zomorodi”), Diana Guy (“Guy”), and the Diana Guy Children Trust (“Trust”) alleging that he fell on March 10, 2019, while walking on a sidewalk in Beverly Hills due to cracked and displaced slabs of concrete. Defendant filed an answer on August 27, 2020. Posner and Zomorodi were served on September 15, 2020, but have not yet filed a responsive plead...

Excerpt: ...9, Plaintiff added Kevin Campbell as Doe 1. Plaintiff alleges she sustained injuries from a motor vehicle collision that occurred on September 30, 2017. On January 5, 2022, defendants Kevin Campbell and Carolyn Campbell (collectively, “Defendants”) filed this motion for an order compelling Plaintiff to submit to an orthopedic examination with Mark Newman, M.D. (“Dr. Newman”) on March 17, 2022, at 1:00 p.m. and to pay sanctions for her fai...

Excerpt: ...s”) filed this action against Peterson Brothers Construction, Inc. dba PBC Companies (erroneously sued as “PBC Leasing, LLC”) and Saul V. Hernandez Cabrera (“Cabrera”) (collectively, “Defendants”). Plaintiffs allege injuries from a June 24, 2019, motor vehicle collision. In particular, Plaintiff alleges that she suffered a traumatic brain injury. Therefore, Defendants sought to conduct a neuropsychological examination of Plaintiff b...

Excerpt: ...Touch Beauty Salon, Inc., VJ's Touch, Varoug Gharibi (“Gharibi”) (collectively, “Defendants”), among others. [1] Plaintiff asserts two causes of action for premises liability and general negligence, alleging that on June 23, 2016, she was having her hair washed and was left unattended on the shampoo chair for about 10-15 minutes. (Compl., Prem.L-1.) She heard “strange sounds” and called for help, but no one came. (Ibid.) While she was...

Excerpt: ...0, motor vehicle collision. On February 4, 2022, Plaintiff filed this motion for a protective order or, in the alternative, to quash Defendant's subpoenas requesting her medical, billing, and insurance records. Plaintiff also suggests that the Court provide an in-camera inspection of her medical records. Plaintiff further requests sanctions be imposed on Defendant's counsel. Defendant seeks records from Sherman Oaks Hospital, Sylvan Medical Cente...

Excerpt: ...Turo Inc. (“Defendant”), Robert Darryl Huiett Jr. (“Huiett”), Robert Darryl Huiett, Amy Vuong, and Relayrides, Inc. (erroneously sued as “Relayrides”). Plaintiff alleges that Huiett was operating a vehicle owned by Defendant, Amy Vuong (“Vuong”), and Relayrides when he became involved in a motor vehicle collision with Plaintiff on June 16, 2017. On February 25, 2021, Defendant filed this motion for summary judgment on behalf of it...

Excerpt: ...ndants Sienna Rae Magalona and Cynthia Magalona (collectively, “Defendants”) arising from a January 24, 2019, motor vehicle collision. On October 20, 2021, Defendants served Form Interrogatories (Set One), Special Interrogatories (Set One), and Demand for Identification and Inspection of Documents (Set One) on each plaintiff. No responses were received. On January 25, 2022, Defendants filed these six motions seeking orders compelling Craig an...

Excerpt: ...TTED, AND REQUEST FOR MONETARY SANCTIONS Dept. 27 1:30 p.m. March 1, 2022 On September 25, 2019, Plaintiff David Lawrence Foley (“Plaintiff”) filed this action against Defendants Diamond Parking Services, Inc., Jovante Childress, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (collectively, “Defendants”), for injuries arising from a November 8, 2017, physical altercation in the parking lot of a Chase Bank. On November 8, 2021, Defendants served Form Inter...

Excerpt: ...vehicle collision. Plaintiff alleges that at the time of the collision, he was a pedestrian walking at or near W. Vernon Avenue and 4th Street in the City of Los Angeles. On March 1, 2021, Plaintiff filed a proof of service of summons indicating that Defendant was served by substituted service on January 25, 2021, at 4151 3rd Avenue, Apartment 301, Los Angeles, California (the “3rd Avenue address”). On January 19, 2022, Defendant filed this m...

Excerpt: ... (“Defendant”) (erroneously sued as “Culver City”) arising from a March 12, 2020, motor vehicle collision. On December 13, 2021, Defendant filed a motion to compel nonparty Hughes Avenue Family Medical Center (“Hughes”) to comply with a deposition subpoena for business records. The motion attached an incorrect subpoena, so Defendant re-submitted its motion on February 4, 2022 attaching the correct subpoena at issue. A party seeking di...

Excerpt: ...r, by and through his guardian ad litem,Yessenya Franco, filed this action against defendant Target Corporation (“Target”) arising from a December 5, 2018 incident. Plaintiff alleges he was placed and strapped in one of Defendant's shopping carts which subsequently flipped over due to a missing wheel on the right side. On December 16, 2021, Plaintiff filed a dismissal of the action without prejudice, which was entered the same day. On January...

Excerpt: ...DUCTION On March 20, 2020, Plaintiff Ernesto Antonio Ponce Arevalo (“Plaintiff”) filed this action against defendants Norair Hakopyan and American Capital Investments, Inc. dba American Best Care Medical Transportation (collectively, “Defendants”). Plaintiff alleges that he was on his bicycle when he became involved in a motor vehicle collision with Defendants. On December 15, 2021, Defendants filed a motion to compel the deposition of Te...

Excerpt: ...nst defendant Nancy Louise Goebel (“Goebel”), Elena Krifuks (“Krifuks”) and Melanie Lynn Lusk (“Lusk”) arising from an April 21, 2017, motor vehicle collision. The order of cars at the time of the collision, from front to rear, were: (1) Plaintiff, (2) Krifuks, (3) Lusk, and (4) Goebel. On March 16, 2020, Krifuks filed a cross-complaint against Lusk and Goebel. On January 7, 2021, Lusk filed a cross-complaint against Krifuks. Plaintif...

Excerpt: ..., INC. fka GERDAU REINFORCING STEEL'S EMPLOYEES Dept. 27 1:30 p.m. February 17, 2022 I. INTRODUCTION On November 5, 2020, plaintiff Bryan Supe filed this action against defendants Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Co. (“HDC”) and CMC Steel Fabricators, Inc. f/k/a Gerdau Reinforcing Steel Inc. (“CMC”) (erroneously sued separately as “Commercial Metals Company” and Gerdau Reinforcing Steel) (collectively, “Defendants”) arising from a ...

Excerpt: ...illiam Bertram (collectively, “Defendants”). On October 26, 2021, the Court granted Defendants' motions to compel Plaintiff's responses to written discovery and ordered Plaintiff to provide verified responses without objections and pay monetary sanctions in the amount of $780 within 20 days of service of Defendants' notice of ruling. Defendant served a notice of ruling on November 1, 2021. (Defs.' Ex. A.) On December 8, 2021, the Court grante...

Excerpt: ...Lennox James Daley arising from a September 5, 2018, automobile collision. On September 28, 2021, Plaintiff filed a motion for leave to file a First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) to add a claim for punitive damages against Defendant based on Defendant's prior arrests from 1996 and 1998 on the charge of driving while intoxicated, and a plea of nolo contendere to driving under the influence in 2005. The Court granted the motion and Plaintiff duly f...

Excerpt: ...ana of Los Angeles (“Defendant”) arising from an April 17, 2018, slip and fall. On March 1, 2021, the Court granted the parties' stipulation that Plaintiff could file a First Amended Complaint (“FAC”). Plaintiff alleges that at the time of the incident, he was working in the course and scope of his duties as a security guard and employed by Expert Security Services, Inc. (“ESSI”), which provided armed security guards to Defendant's sc...

Excerpt: ...action for loss of consortium. The action arises from a June 24, 2019, motor vehicle collision involving defendants Peterson Brothers Construction, Inc. dba PBC Companies and Sal V. Hernandez Cabrera (collectively, “Defendants”) and Plaintiff's spouse Maya Ben-Hayun, and his daughter, Ariel Ben- Loulu. Plaintiff's spouse and daughter have brought their own action against Defendants (Case No. 20STCV11374), which is also before this Court. Defe...

Excerpt: ...rnall”) arising from an August 21, 2018, motor vehicle collision. On July 14, 2021, Plaintiff filed a Doe amendment naming Yosef Arnall (“Defendant”) as Doe 1. On November 29, 2021, Defendant filed this motion for summary judgment on the grounds that the Doe amendment did not relate back and that Plaintiff's claims as to Defendant were barred by the statute of limitations. I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND On August 21, 2018, Plaintiff was involved in ...

Excerpt: ...aintiff Marvin Geovanny Cisneros (“Plaintiff”) filed this action against defendants Jonathan E. Sherin, who is named as “Director Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, and Alejandro Villanueva, who is named as “Sheriff Chief Los Angeles County Sheriff Department.” The complaint was on pleading paper and also included a copy of a form complaint at the end which named the Los Angeles County Sheriff Department and Los Angeles Cou...

Excerpt: ...California, acting by and through the Department of Transportation (“Defendant”) (erroneously sued as State of California, California Department of Transportation). Plaintiff alleges that he was thrown off his Vespa when he encountered uneven pavement conditions on the Interstate 10 highway. On September 22, 2021, Defendant filed this motion for summary judgment on the grounds that: (1) there was no dangerous condition because the alleged con...

Excerpt: ...Lorne Currie, Jr. (“Defendant”), Priscilla Currie (“Currie”), and California Casualty insurance Company. The operative Second Amended Complaint was filed on July 9, 2021. A proof of service of summons filed on August 3, 2021, reflects that Defendant was served with the summons and complaint by electronic service. On September 2, 2021, another proof of service was filed showing that on August 27, 2021, Deputy Sheriff Linda J. Andrews- Simm...

Excerpt: ...ctober 9, 2016, motor vehicle collision. On November 2, 2021, the Court granted Defendant's motion to compel Plaintiff's deposition and ordered Plaintiff to appear for his deposition and pay sanctions in the amount of $235 within 30 days. On November 3, 2021, Defendant served a notice of ruling by mail. On January 14, 2022, Defendant filed this motion for terminating sanctions and monetary sanctions after Plaintiff failed to appear for his deposi...

Excerpt: ...bruary 15, 2022 On October 25, 2018, plaintiff Anna Stefani Santos filed this action against defendants Azzurra Homeowners' Association and Corinthian International Parking LA, Inc. (collectively, “Defendants”) arising from a September 3, 2017, motor vehicle accident. Plaintiff alleges she was a passenger in a vehicle driven by Defendants' agent and ejected from the vehicle as a result of the agent's careless driving and Defendants' failure t...

Excerpt: ...and through her guardian ad litem, Dulce Reyes, filed this action against Montebello Unified School District (“District”), Winter Gardens Elementary School (“School”), Blanca Martinez (“Martinez”), and Leticia Garcia (“Garcia”). Plaintiff alleges that on June 4, 2018, she was playing on the monkey bars at school when she slipped and fell. She alleges that there was insufficient supervision and that the premises were kept in a dang...

Excerpt: ...d Ching Mei Phan (“Phan”) alleging that on December 12, 2016, her foot slipped on the metal edge of a step and she fell down the stairs. The incident allegedly occurred at or near 2618 San Gabriel Boulevard (“2618 San Gabriel”). Plaintiff filed a First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) on May 7, 2019. On August 8, 2019, Phan filed an answer. On April 30, 2021, Plaintiff added Dave Chang as Doe 1. Default was entered against Royal Inn Motel on...

Excerpt: ...�Defendant”), Walgreens Family of Companies, and UDO Real Estate, Ltd. for premises liability. Plaintiff alleges that on December 21, 2017, he slipped and fell on tree debris in Defendant's parking lot. On October 13, 2021, Plaintiff added Edward Chan, sued as Doe 7, and Raymond Chan, sued as Doe 8, as defendants (collectively, the “Chan Defendants”). On November 19, 2021, Defendant filed this motion for summary judgment on the grounds that...

Excerpt: ...intiff Anush Nazaryan filed this action against defendant B.V. General, Inc. dba Leisure Glen Post Acute Care Center (“Defendant”) (erroneously sued as separate entities) arising from care provided from January 2018 to July 2018. On July 7, 2021, Defendant filed this motion for summary judgment. On August 29, 2021, Anush Nazaryan died and her successor-in-interest, Masis Nazaryan, was substituted into the action. For purposes of this motion, ...

Excerpt: ...ft, The Hertz Corp. (“Hertz”), and Dumas Kobinah (“Kobinah”). Plaintiff alleges that on June 24, 2018, Plaintiffs were passengers in a vehicle when Kobinah failed to stop for a red traffic light and caused a motor vehicle accident. (Compl., GN-1.) It is unclear whether Plaintiffs were passengers in Kobinah's vehicle or whether the vehicle was owned by Hertz or Lyft, or whether Plaintiffs are alleging that Kobinah was employed by Hertz, Ly...

Excerpt: ... the pleadings and will be sustained only where the pleading is defective on its face. (City of Atascadero v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. (1998) 68 Cal.App.4th 445, 459.) “We treat the demurrer as admitting all material facts properly pleaded but not contentions, deductions or conclusions of fact or law. We accept the factual allegations of the complaint as true and also consider matters which may be judicially noticed. [Citatio...

Excerpt: ...king (“Jim Palmer”), and Pepe's Inc. (“Pepe's”). On January 29, 2020, Plaintiff filed the First Amended Complaint. On January 19, 2021, Plaintiff named Interstate Truck Center, Inc. (“ITC”) as Doe 1. On March 10, 2021, Plaintiff filed the operative Second Amended Complaint. On January 13, 2022, Wilson and Jim Palmer (collectively, “Settling Defendants”) filed this motion for determination of good faith settlement after they entere...