Excerpt: ... Security”) (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) filed this action against defendant Tesla, Inc. dba Tesla Motors, Inc. (“Tesla”). Plaintiffs assert causes of action for violations of the Song-Beverly Act and allege that Tesla has failed to comply with its warranty and repair obligations in connection with Plaintiffs' leased 2022 Tesla Model 3 (the “Subject Vehicle”). On September 5, 2023, Defendant filed this motion for an order compelling...

Excerpt: ...mpany, Inc. (“Defendant”). On January 23, 2023, having taken the matter under submission on January 9, 2023, this action was ordered to arbitration by the Honorable Colin P. Leis. On December 29, 2023, Plaintiff filed this motion for sanctions pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 1281.98 after Defendant failed to pay the fees due to the arbitral provider, JAMS. On January 26, 2024, Defendant filed an opposition brief. On February 1, 20...

Excerpt: ...o”) (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) filed this action against defendants Option Motor Cars, Inc. (“Option Motor Cars”) and Michael Xuye Li (“Li”) (collectively, “Defendants”). Plaintiffs assert six causes of action for: (1) breach of contract, (2) breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, (3) conversion, (4) tort of another claim for attorney's fees, (5) violation of Penal Code section 496, and (6) unfair compe...

Excerpt: ...”) filed this action against defendant Li Lin (“Defendant”) asserting causes of action for: (1) negligence, (2) breach of implied warranty of habitability, (3) negligent infliction of emotional distress (“NIED”), (4) breach of oral contract. (5) conversion. (6) constructive eviction, (7) damages for renting unpermitted unit (California Civil Code section 1924.4), and (8) quantum meruit for services. On December 11, 2023, Plaintiff filed...

Excerpt: ...rpleader action. Wells Fargo alleges that on March 8, 2022, defendant Xiaoye Zhang (“Zhang”) opened a deposit account at Wells Fargo ending with account number -6989 (“Account”). On January 9, 2023, $30,000 was wired from a deposit account held by defendant Shirley A. Miller (“Miller”) to Zhang's Account. Miller requested a recall of the Wire and claimed that it was procured by fraud. On January 10, 2023, Wells Fargo restrained Zhang'...

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Excerpt: ...ners, LLP (“Martini LLP”), Christopher Passmore (“Passmore”), Steve Martini (“Martini”), and Withum Smith + Brown, PC (“Withum”). Plaintiff asserts causes of action for: (1) breach of fiduciary duty, (2) aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty, (3) breach of contract, (4) breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing (5) intentional interference with contractual relations (6) unjust enrichment, (7) gross negligenc...

Excerpt: ...M.D. (“Dr. Djalilian”) from $2,000 per hour to no more than $750 per hour, or whatever reasonable hourly rate the Court deems just and proper. Plaintiff also seeks an order preventing Dr. Djalilian from setting a “minimum” number of hours for which Plaintiff has to pay in order to depose him. II. LEGAL STANDARD If a party desiring to take the deposition of an expert witness deems that the hourly or daily fee of that expert is unreasonable...

Excerpt: ...efendant General Motors LLC (“Defendant”) asserting claims based on fraudulent concealment and violations of the Song-Beverly Act. Plaintiff alleges that he purchased a 2019 GMC Sierra (“Subject Vehicle”) on June 8, 2019, which included an eight-speed automatic transmission. Plaintiff alleges that Defendant's new eight-speed automatic transmissions had a “design defect based on a typical architecture that causes ‘harsh shifts' in lowe...

Excerpt: ...nst defendant SR Hospitality Group LLC (“Defendant”). Plaintiff alleges that on April 6, 2023, she stayed at a franchised Motel 6 owned and operated by Defendant. (Compl., ¶ 16.) On the morning of April 7, 2023, she awoke at 5 a.m. to excruciating pain on her left foot and bedbug bites. (Compl.,¶ 18.) She alleges that she informed “Defendants' agents” the front desk that she had been bitten by a bedbug and requested a new room but the a...

Excerpt: ...In this products liability case, plaintiff Martina A. Silas (“Plaintiff”) sues for damages from an injury she allegedly sustained when she first tried using the QuietOn Active Noise Cancelling Earbuds (“Earbuds”), which she purchased from defendant The Grommet. On November 16, 2023, the Court granted Plaintiff's motion for leave, and Plaintiff filed her operative First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) on the same day. On December 19, 2023, d...

Excerpt: ...An ("Plaintiff') filed this action against defendants Agnes Sinclair aka Agnes Yen ("Yen"), American Franchise Regional Center LLC ("American Franchise"), and Americana Hesperia Retirement Funding LLC ("Americana Hesperia") (collectively, "Defendants"). Plaintiff also named four other defendants who have not yet been served: Sylvia Young ("Young"), John Deyong Hu ("Hu"), Hu & Associates, LLC ("Hu Associates"), and Universo Holdings, Inc. ("Univer...

Excerpt: ...d this unlawful detainer action against defendant Karen Brandt dba Lulu Brandt ("Defendant") in connection with the premises located at 1 West California Boulevard, Suite #412 in Pasadena, California. On December 1, 2023, Defendant filed an answer. On December 19, 2023, Plaintiff filed an ex parte application for an order advancing the hearing date on a motion to compel arbitration that Defendant served (but did not file) or, in the alternative, ...

Excerpt: ...Motor Company (“Defendant”) and WC Performance Ford dba Performance Ford. Plaintiff alleges that on April 15, 2022, he purchased a new 2022 Ford Explorer (the “Subject Vehicle”). (Compl., ¶ 9.) Plaintiff alleges that the Subject Vehicle had a defective ten-speed automatic transmission (the “10R80 Transmission Defect”) which caused “abrupt harsh shift, erratic shifting, jerking (commonly known as “juddering or “shuddering”), l...

Excerpt: ... quash service of summons and complaint. Plaintiff Evelyn D. Childress (“Plaintiff”) filed a proof of service of summons on November 1, 2023, in which a registered process server declared that Defendant's attorney, Eric Khaodadian, was personally served on Defendant's behalf. Mr. Khaodadian submits a declaration stating that on October 17, 2023, a process server attempted to serve him with the summons and complaint, but he specifically told t...

Excerpt: ...nter-Con Security Systems (“Defendant”), alleging wrongful termination in violation of public policy, retaliation, various violations of the Labor Code, and unfair competition pursuant to Business and Professions Code section 17200. On September 21, 2023, Defendant filed this motion to compel Plaintiff to arbitrate her claims, and to stay the action pending completion of arbitration. II. LEGAL STANDARD When seeking to compel arbitration of a ...

Excerpt: ...TION Plaintiffs Lizette Torres and Omar Torres Angulo (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) move for an order imposing terminating, issue, or evidentiary sanctions against defendant General Motors LLC (“Defendant”) or, in the alternative, an order imposing monetary sanctions and compelling compliance with a prior court order issued on September 15, 2023 (the “September 15 Discovery Order”). Plaintiffs contend that Defendant has failed to abide...

Excerpt: ...ose Altamirano, Jr. (“Altamirano”) (erroneously sued as “Heliodaro Jose Altamiro Jr.”) and the City of Arcadia (“City”) (collectively, “Defendants”) for negligence and statutory liability under Government Code section 815.2. Plaintiff alleges that on or around July 20, 2022, he was driving a 2019 GMC Terrain and stopped at a red light on northbound Baldwin Avenue at its intersection with Longen Avenue. Altamirano, a City employee,...

Excerpt: ...oah Vera, Carlos Carrillo, Lauren Carrillo, Ryan Carrillo, and Aubree Carrillo (collectively, “Plaintiffs”). On November 27, 2023, defendants Curtis Rental LLC (“Curtis Rental”), Brenda Joy Ngan, and Hark Lim Ngan (collectively, “Defendants”) filed this motion to strike the request for punitive damages and paragraph 28 from the operative complaint. Any party, within the time allowed to respond to a pleading may serve and file a notice...

Excerpt: ...sco”) and Agustin Arreola Perez d/b/a Mr. Welder (“Mr. Welder”) (collectively referred to as “Cross-Defendants”) move for judgment pursuant to CCP § 631.8 on the grounds that defendant and cross- complainant Angeles Contractor, Inc. (“Angeles”) has not produced sufficient evidence to prove the breach of a tort duty or evidence in support of the other elements of its negligence cause of action and that the negligence cause of action...

Excerpt: ...endant American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (“Defendant”) to provide further responses to Requests for Production (Set One), Nos. 18, 22-23, 26-30,32, 45-46, and 48-49. Plaintiff additionally requests sanctions in the amount of $3,277.50 against Defendant and counsel of record, Bowman and Brooke LLP. Defendant states in its opposition that it served further responses to all of the discovery requests at issue in this motion, except for RFP Nos. 45 a...

Excerpt: ...against defendants Eileen Wang (“Wang”), Yaoning Sun (“Sun”), Yuntao Chen (“Chen”), Jennifer Cheung (“Cheung”), and American Southwest Chamber of Commerce USA (“ASCC”). Plaintiff generally alleges that she was illegally removed as President and Chief Executive Officer of ASCC, a non-profit organization, based on groundless claims made by Wang, Sun, Chen, and Cheung of misdirecting donations for ASCC into her personal bank acco...

Excerpt: ...n Liu (“Xin”), Norman AA, Inc. (“Norman”), and CBA International Trade, Inc. (“CBA”) (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) filed this action against defendants Jack Shao aka Chuang Shao (“J. Shao”), dba Global Escrow Services (“Global Escrow”), Fei Zhou aka Pandora Shao aka Pandora Feizhou Shao (“P. Shao”), Halit James Ma (“Ma”), and Alliance Global Investment, Inc. (“Alliance Global”) (collectively, “Defendants”). ...

Excerpt: .... (“Defendant”) (erroneously sued as Chase Bank). Plaintiff alleges that her property at 1836 S. Chapel Avenue in Alhambra, California (“the Property”) was subject to an unlawful foreclosure. Plaintiff alleges Defendant never mailed her a monthly mortgage statement and that representatives informed her that Defendant did not own her loan. Plaintiff additionally alleges that Defendant committed fraud by charging her $795,075.32 in debt. On...

Excerpt: ...s action was filed on February 27, 2023. It asserts claims for dependent adult abuse/neglect, negligence, and wrongful death. The action was filed by plaintiffs Rose Lee Chun Huang (“Rose”), individually and as successor in interest to David Huang (“David”) and guardian ad litem for co-plaintiff Evelyn Huang (“Evelyn”), and Michael Huang (“Michael”). The complaint names Aurora Las Encinas LLC (“ALE”), Signature Healthcare Serv...

Excerpt: ...fs Maria Garcia and Cristina Garcia (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) lease of a 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan (“Subject Vehicle”). Plaintiffs move for an order compelling defendant Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (“Defendant”) to provide further responses and produce documents responsive to RFP Nos. 1 through 50 from their Requests for Production of Documents (Set Two). On December 1, 2023, Defendant filed an opposition brief. On December 7, 2...

Excerpt: ...DUCTION Plaintiff Martina A. Silas (“Plaintiff”) moves for an order compelling defendants Ace Hardware Corporation (“Ace”) and The Grommet (collectively, “Defendants”) to produce Michael J. Chmielewski, Erica Simons, Kim Dvorak, and Joanne Domeniconi for deposition, as well as Defendants' “persons most qualified” (“PMQ”) regarding 19 topics in her notice of deposition. Plaintiff also moves for an order to produce documents res...

Excerpt: ...n Lemon, Inc. (“Plaintiff”) filed this action against Gina Fanara (“Fanara”), Kevin Tang (“Tang”), and Dilys Jones (“Jones”), as Trustee of the Louis C. Petrie Separate Property Trust (“LP Trust”) (erroneously sued as “Louis Petrie Separate Property Trust”). On May 15, 2023, Plaintiff filed the operative Second Amended Complaint (“SAC”). On June 23, 2023, LP Trust filed this demurrer by co-opting Tang's hearing reserva...

Excerpt: ...ves to quash 8 subpoenas issued by defendants Ace Hardware Corporation and The Grommet (“Defendants”) for her medical records. Plaintiff contends that these subpoenas must be quashed because they seek the same records that previously-quashed subpoenas sought. Plaintiff argues that Defendants' failure to oppose her motion to quash these previous subpoenas and their failure to file a motion for relief pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section...

Excerpt: ... (collectively, “Defendants”) move for summary judgment or, in the alternative, summary adjudication as to the Second Cause of Action for Premises Liability and the Third Cause of Action for Wrongful Death as alleged by plaintiffs Elva Zaldivar, Stephanie Zaldivar, and Marina Zaldivar in their First Amended Complaint (“FAC”). This is Defendants' second motion for summary judgment/summary adjudication; the first one was heard and partially...

Excerpt: ...“Michael”) regarding real property at 3603 Vane Avenue, Rosemead, California 91770 (the “Property”). Lyco 1 is comprised of Randy Cheng (“Randy”) and Alice Liu (“Liu”), who are husband and wife; Randy and Michael are brothers. (As many of the parties in this action share the same last name, the Court refers to them by their first names for clarity and intends no disrespect.) Lyco 1, Liu, and Randy (collectively, “Cross-Defendant...

Excerpt: ...rnia Institute of Technology (also known as and referred to herein as “Caltech”) asserting claims for continuing trespass, continuing private nuisance, continuing public nuisance, and declaratory relief. Pasadena alleges that its drinking water supply wells, namely the Sunset wells and Eastside wells, located in the Pasadena subarea of a water basin known as the Raymond Groundwater Basin (“Basin”), are contaminated by various man-made che...

Excerpt: ...egligence and premises liability. On the complaint, Plaintiff named CAPREF Paseo, LLC (“CAPREF”), Federal Building Services, and Cypress Equities. On May 4, 2023, Plaintiff filed a proof of service of summons which stated that CAPREF was served by personal service on its registered agent for service of process, CSC – Lawyers Incorporating Service. On May 11, 2023, Plaintiff filed a proof of service of summons stating that “Cypress Equitie...

Excerpt: ...n July 1, 2022, plaintiff Danny A. Godoy (“Plaintiff”), individually and as the successor- in-interest to Ana Xanthe Chirino Godoy (“Godoy”), filed this survival action against defendants Shane S. Pak, M.D. (“Defendant”), Sergio Y. Go, M.D. (“Dr. Go”), and Alhambra Hospital Medical Center (“Alhambra Hospital”). Plaintiff alleges that Godoy, his wife, passed away on July 1, 2021, after losing over two liters of blood during a l...

Excerpt: ...an and Ruyu Huynh (“Defendant”) arising from a motor vehicle collision that took place on July 20, 2022. On January 3, 2023 Defendant filed an answer and a cross-complaint. On August 18, 2023, Plaintiff filed this motion for an order compelling Defendant to attend and testify at a deposition. This motion follows Plaintiff's attempts to schedule Defendant's deposition for March 15, 2023, and May 11, 2023, before finally settling on a written d...

Excerpt: ...y, “Plaintiffs”) move for an order compelling Defendant General Motors LLC (“Defendant”) to provide further responses to Requests for Production of Documents (Set One). In their memorandum of points and authorities, Plaintiffs identify the requests at issue as RFP Nos. 37-41. (Memo, p. 2.) But their separate statement identifies additional requests, including RFP Nos. 16, 19-32, and 45- 46. The parties had discussed these requests at an I...

Excerpt: ...rdingly, the Court continues the hearing on the motion for summary judgment/summary adjudication filed by defendant Sean Lee ("Sean") to December 15, 2023 at 8:30 a.m. "Separate statements are required not to satisfy a sadistic urge to torment lawyers, but rather to afford due process to opposing parties and to permit trial courts to expeditiously review complex motions for [summary adjudication] and summary judgment to determine quickly and effi...

Excerpt: ...030 Dept. 3 8:30 a.m. November 16, 2023 I. INTRODUCTION On April 24, 2019, plaintiff David Lillie (“Plaintiff”) filed this action against defendant California Institute of Technology – Jet Propulsion Laboratory (“Defendant”). The operative First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) was filed on August 5, 2019; Plaintiff asserts the following causes of action: (1) defamation; (2) negligence; (3) intentional infliction of emotional distress; (4)...

Excerpt: ...r punitive damages against defendants Ace Hardware Corporation and The Grommet (collectively, “Defendants”). In connection with Plaintiff's motion, she requests the Court judicially notice the original complaint filed as well as the stipulation to remove her original prayer for punitive damages without prejudice. Plaintiff also requests the Court judicially notice the fact that Kempele, Finland, is 10 hours ahead of Los Angeles, California, a...

Excerpt: ...ntiff”) filed this action against US GC Investment, LP (“Defendant”), New Prosperity Investment LLC (“New Prosperity”), and Youhong Fu. On August 10, 2023, Plaintiff filed six motions for orders compelling Defendant and New Prosperity to serve verified discovery responses to interrogatories and inspection demands, and deeming admitted the truth of the matters specified in requests for admission. Plaintiff also requested sanctions. On Se...

Excerpt: ...st defendant Dansko, LLC (“Defendant”) alleging she sustained a foot injury from a shoe. On May 5, 2023, Defendant served Form Interrogatories (Set Two), Special Interrogatories (Set Two), Request for Production of Documents (Set Two), and Request for Admissions (Set One) on Plaintiff. No responses were received. On June 14, 2023, defense counsel sent Plaintiff a letter and an email requesting responses. However, Plaintiff did not provide res...

Excerpt: .... INTRODUCTION On July 5, 2023, this action was filed by Anahid Minaskanian (“Plaintiff”), individually, and as successor-in-interest to Lida Zohrabians (“Zohrabians”), against Central Convalescent Hospital of Glendale Inc. dba Chandler Convalescent Hospital (“CCH”) (erroneously sued as “Central Convalescent Hospital of Glendale Inc. dba Chandler Convalescent Hospital – Glendale” and “Chestnut Ridge Post Acute LLC dba Chandler...

Excerpt: ...this unlawful detainer action against defendant Tong Tak House Seafood Restaurant (“Defendant”). On May 26, 2022, Plaintiff filed a notice of settlement with a request that the Court dismiss the action while retaining jurisdiction to enforce the settlement under Code of Civil Procedure section 664.6. On June 6, 2023, Plaintiff filed an ex parte application to enforce the terms of the stipulated judgment. On June 12, 2023, the Court entered ju...

Excerpt: ...rth America, LLC (“Defendant”) to provide further responses to Requests for Production of Documents (Set One). In addition, Plaintiff requests monetary sanctions in the amount of $2,287.50 against Defendant and its counsel of record. By way of background, on May 15, 2021, Plaintiff purchased a 2018 Volvo XC90 (“Vehicle”). (Compl., ¶ 15.) Plaintiff alleged that the Vehicle was delivered to them with serious defects and nonconformities to ...

Excerpt: ...e relief against defendant Guirong Chen (“Defendant”) asserting causes of action for public nuisance and public nuisance per se. Plaintiff alleges that Defendant is operating or allowing the operation of an unpermitted short-term rental at the property located at 6059 Golden West Avenue, Temple City, California 91780 (the “Property”). Plaintiff also alleges that Defendant has violated various other sections of the Temple City Municipal Co...

Excerpt: ...t Huntington Hospital (“Defendant”). On July 21, 2023, Plaintiff filed the operative First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) asserting causes of action for assault, battery, sexual battery in violation of Civil Code section 1708.5, intentional infliction of emotional distress (“IIED”), negligent hiring, training, supervision and retention, and negligence. On September 28, 2023, Defendant filed a demurrer and motion to strike. Defendant demurs...

Excerpt: ...“Plaintiffs”) on November 14, 2022. On July 27, 2023, Plaintiffs filed the operative First Amended Complaint (“FAC”). Plaintiffs allege that on November 14, 2020, at or around 5:50 p.m., they were each riding motorcycles on Little Tujunga Canyon Road when they became involved in a motor vehicle accident with defendants Joanna Esquivel (“Esquivel”) and Jennifer Soyohn Suh (“Suh”). (FAC, ¶¶ 1, 6, 9, 14.) Plaintiffs allege that at ...

Excerpt: ...tiff”) filed this action against defendants Danielle Brittany Vafa (“Vafa”), the State of California, acting by and through the Department of Transportation (“State”), the County of Los Angeles, and City of Monrovia asserting causes of action for general negligence and dangerous condition of public property. Plaintiff alleges that on July 7, 2022, she was a passenger in Vafa's vehicle and traveling westbound on Interstate 210. As the tw...

Excerpt: ... (“Plaintiff”) filed this action against defendant J.D.C. Insurance Services, Inc. (“Defendant”) asserting a cause of action for breach of contract. Plaintiff alleges that Defendant breached a written agreement by failing to provide insurance coverage and as a result, Plaintiff suffered emotional distress, as well as costs and legal fees to defend Los Angeles County Superior Court Case No. 23AHCV00949. On October 10, 2023, Defendant filed...

Excerpt: ...2, 2023, plaintiff Yi Mao (“Plaintiff”) filed this action against defendants Sharon Wei (“Wei”), Yi Zhang Zhou (“Zhou”), 161 Alice St. Arcadia LLC (“161 Alice LLC”), and 9416 Broadway LLC (collectively, “Defendants”) asserting causes of action for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, aiding and abetting the breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, unjust enrichment, and constructive trust. Plaintiff alleged he owned interests...