Excerpt: ... filed this action against defendant THC Orange County, LLC dba Kindred Hospital Los Angeles (“Defendant”) (erroneously sued as “Kindred Hospital”) alleging the wrongful death of his wife, Patricia Simmons. Plaintiff also named “Dr. Banafshe” and “Nurse Precious” as defendants. Defendant demurs to the complaint and moves to strike Plaintiff's request for punitive damages. The demurrer and motion to strike are unopposed. II. LEGAL ...

Excerpt: ...h 10, 2021, plaintiff Loujuana Francis, as successor-in-interest to the estate of Garry Francis (“Decedent”) and as guardian ad litem for minor plaintiffs C.W.F. and B.F.F. (collectively, “Plaintiffs”), filed this action against Defendants City of Compton (“Defendant”), Jose Luis Gonzalez (“Gonzalez'), and Connie Rodriguez Galdamez (“Galdamez”) for wrongful death, negligence, premises liability, survival, and negligent entrustme...

Excerpt: ...ejandra Soriano filed this action against Defendant German Coronel (“Defendant”) and Coronel Demolition, Inc. On April 22, 2021, Plaintiff served Requests for Admissions (Set One) on Defendant. (Ibarra Decl., Ex. A.) On June 9, 2021, Defendant requested a 30- day extension to provide responses; Plaintiff offered a two-week extension but maintained that objections were waived. (Ibarra Decl., ¶¶ 7-9.) Plaintiff's counsel's office followed up ...

Excerpt: ...n February 3, 2020, plaintiffs Cirilio Gonzalez Hernandez (“Plaintiff”) and Blanca Olga Gonzalez filed this action against defendant Yang Gao (“Defendant”) arising from a March 11, 2019, motor vehicle collision. On May 20, 2021, the Court issued a minute order (“May 20 order”) quashing subpoenas issued earlier by Defendant compelling the depositions of the persons most knowledgeable and production of records by several of Plaintiff's ...

Excerpt: ...n Borden (“Plaintiff”) filed this action against defendant SVK Group, LLC dba One Stop Liquor Wholemart (“SVK”) (erroneously sued separately as SVK Group, LLC and One Stop Liquor) arising from a January 6, 2019, dog bite. Plaintiff also named Janak Savaliya and Ashvinkumar Savaliya (collectively, the “Savaliya Defendants”) as defendants. On August 18, 2021, the Court granted SVK's motions to compel Plaintiff's responses to written dis...

Excerpt: ...TRODUCTION On March 20, 2020, Plaintiff Zoraida Knight (“Plaintiff”), by and through her guardian ad litem, Zaida Angara, filed this medical malpractice action against moving defendants Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (“Cedars-Sinai”) and Adam N. Mamelak (“Dr. Mamelak”) (collectively, “Defendant”), as well as William H. Slattery, III, M.D. (“Dr. Slattery”) (erroneously sued as “William Slattery, M.D.”). Plaintiff dismissed Dr....

Excerpt: ...arie Sabb (“Sabb”) and Daser Saquion Desahagun (“Desahagun”) (collectively, “Defendants”) arising from a November 30, 2020, motor vehicle accident. On August 24, 2021, the Court granted Defendant Sabb's motions for orders compelling Plaintiff's responses to written discovery within 10 days and ordered Plaintiff to pay sanctions in the amount of $270 within 10 days. Plaintiff, a self-represented litigant, did not oppose Defendant's mot...

Excerpt: ...all (“Cathorall”) arising from an August 14, 2017, motor vehicle collision. On October 16, 2019, Plaintiff named Pacific Westline, Inc. (“Pacific Westline”) as a Doe defendant. Nearly two years after the Cathorall Action was filed, on February 24, 2020, Plaintiff filed another action against Lyft, Inc. (“Lyft”) and Gurmit Singh (“Singh”) (erroneously sued as “Kermit Singh”) in Los Angeles Superior Court arising from an August ...

Excerpt: ...thew Despeine-Goncalvez (“Defendant”) arising from a May 25, 2018, motor vehicle collision. On January 26, 2021, Plaintiff named David Arakelyan (“Arakelyan”) as Doe 1. Although Defendant filed a general denial on October 6, 2020, he has since become incommunicado. Accordingly, nonparty Safeco Insurance Company of America (“Safeco”) filed this motion (under Defendant's name) for leave to intervene and defend the action. A nonparty sha...

Excerpt: ...sas arising from a June 26, 2019, trip and fall on a street sidewalk. On September 3, 2021, Defendant filed this motion for summary judgment arguing that Plaintiff cannot show that a dangerous condition existed or that it had actual or constructive notice of the dangerous condition. II. FACTUAL BACKGROUND On June 26, 2019, at approximately 4:30 p.m., Plaintiff tripped and fell due to an uplift in the sidewalk that ran along Parkway Calabasas near...

Excerpt: ...as successors-in-interest to Joshua Allen (“Decedent”) filed this action against Mario Amirboutros Youssef (“Youssef”), Youssef Amir Boutros Farag (“Farag”), the Estate of Jocelyn Stephanie Gomez (“Decedent Gomez”), Gloria Gomez (“Gomez”), and Safeway Insurance Company (“Safeway”) arising from a June 11, 2018, motor vehicle collision. Plaintiffs filed the operative First Amended Complaint on May 21, 2020, adding Mercury In...

Excerpt: ...m Kharbouch aka French Montana (“Defendant”) asserting causes of action for strict liability under Civil Code section 3342, negligence, and premises liability arising from a May 25, 2017, dog bite. Plaintiff alleges that Plaintiff was on Defendant's premises to service Defendant's pool when a large German Shepherd bit him. (Compl., ¶¶ 9-10.) On July 21, 2021, Defendant filed this motion for summary judgment arguing that Plaintiff cannot est...

Excerpt: ...AND ISSUE SANCTIONS; DEFENDANT BERNARD MCNAMARA, M.D. AND BERNARD MCNAMARA, M.D., INC.'S MOTION FOR TERMINATING SANCTIONS OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, EVIDENTIARY SANCTIONS Dept. 27 1:30 p.m. November 19, 2021 On November 13, 2018, Plaintiff Shenika Dailey (“Plaintiff”) filed this medical malpractice action against Defendants Southern California Healthcare System, Inc. dba Southern California Hospital at Culver City (“SCHSt”) (erroneously sued...

Excerpt: ...z (“Plaintiff”) filed this action against defendants California Department of Transportation (“DOT”) and Jaime Galvan (“Defendant”) arising from a November 24, 2020, motor vehicle accident. Plaintiff alleges she was injured when a tire from Defendant's vehicle became dismantled while on a freeway and struck the vehicle she was driving. (Compl., ¶ 7.) Plaintiff asserts causes of action for dangerous condition of public property agains...

Excerpt: ...re”), Pedro Bustamante (“Pedro”), Angel Bustamante (“Angel”), and Ofelia Lagunas Gonzalez (“Gonzalez”) (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) filed this wrongful death and survival action for negligence and negligent entrustment. The action arises from the death of Aide Bustamante (“Aide”) and Pedro Peralta (“Peralta”). On May 23, 2020, Aide and Peralta died in a car accident involving a vehicle driven by defendant Cash Recanzone ...

Excerpt: ... filed this action against Steven Jay Franks (“Franks”) (erroneously sued as “Steven Jay Francis”) and Sang Lee (“Lee”) arising from a September 28, 2019, motor vehicle collision. Plaintiffs allege Lee entrusted his vehicle to Jacqueline Hiner (“Hiner”), who gave permission to Franks to operate the vehicle at the time of the accident. On October 22, 2021, Plaintiffs filed this motion to re-open discovery, claiming that additional ...

Excerpt: ...tiff”) filed this action against defendants Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Co. (“Defendant”), Gerdau Reinforcing Steel, and Commercial Metals Company arising from injuries sustained on December 17, 2018, while working on a construction project. On August 12, 2021, Plaintiff filed this motion to quash 37 subpoenas issued by Defendant to Plaintiff's medical providers: 1. DY Care Rehabilitation; 2. SM Healing Acupuncture Center; 3. California...

Excerpt: ...ainst defendants Toscaleneo A. Morris, Sr. and Donald L. Cox, Inc. dba Cox Construction (collectively, “Defendants”) arising from a January 11, 2018, motor vehicle accident. On October 12, 2021, Defendants filed this motion for leave to conduct a second medical examination of Plaintiff by Stephen P. Kay, M.D. (“Dr. Kay”), an orthopedic surgeon specializing in the treatment of the shoulders. Defendants request leave to examine Plaintiff's ...

Excerpt: ...efendant”). Plaintiff alleges that after returning a rental car, she was denied the usual courtesy ride to the visitor lot and was told by Defendant's agent or attendant that she could follow a pathway at the back of the facility instead. (Compl., GN-1; Prem.L-1.) She claims she sustained injuries from being forced to walk on an unpaved, loosely graveled pathway in a parking lot which caused her to stumble and catch herself more than once. (Ibi...

Excerpt: ...ndant Lugo Ulysses (“Ulysses”) arising from a December 10, 2018, motor vehicle collision. On February 10, 2021, Plaintiff filed a First Amended Complaint adding E.M. Pizza, Inc. as a defendant (“E.M. Pizza”). Plaintiff then filed the operative Second Amended Complaint on May 28, 2021, after seeking leave to amend. Plaintiff moves for orders compelling Ulysses and E.M. Pizza to serve responses to written discovery. Plaintiff also requests ...

Excerpt: ...nst defendants Figter Limited, Figter, Inc., Geoff Palmer, GH Palmer, Inc., GHP Management Corporation, and G.H. Palmer Associates. Plaintiff asserts causes of action for negligence and premises liability and alleges he was a resident at the Skyline Terrace Apartments, which is owned by Figterm Limited and Figter, Inc. and managed by GHP Management Corporation (the “Building”), on October 6, 2017. Plaintiff alleges he was injured when the cei...

Excerpt: ..., L.P.'s Demurrer to Plaintiff's Complaint I. INTRODUCTION On August 17, 2021, Plaintiffs Elena Escobar and Salvador Escobar (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) filed this wrongful death action arising from the death of their son, Luis Anthony Escobar (“Decedent”). Plaintiffs assert two causes of action for general negligence and premises liability, alleging that Decedent was an employee of Southwest Steel of California, Inc. (“Southwest Steel...

Excerpt: ...in Ernesto Garcia and Jet Speed Plumbing, Inc. (collectively, “Defendants”) arising from a June 27, 2019, motor vehicle collision. On November 28, 2020, Plaintiff originally attended an IME with orthopedic surgeon Geoffrey Miller, M.D. (“Dr. Miller”). On August 9, 2021, Defendants filed this motion to compel Plaintiff's attendance at a second independent medical examination (“IME”) with neurosurgeon Tony Feuerman, M.D. (“Dr. Feuerma...

Excerpt: ...on against Defendant Trader Joe's Company, Inc. (“Defendant”) (erroneously sued as “Trader Joe's East Inc.”) arising from a December 11, 2018, slip and fall. Defendant moves to compel the law firm of Ivie McNeill Wyatt Purcell & Diggs (“Deponent”) to produce nonprivileged records from its representation of Plaintiff in three different automobile accidents in 2015 that were disclosed in her discovery responses. A party seeking discover...

Excerpt: ...ion for Plaintiff's failure to appear at an OSC re: entry of default judgment and for lack of prosecution. On August 16, 2021, Plaintiff filed this motion to set aside the August 9, 2021, dismissal on the grounds of attorney fault. Counsel states that his failure to appear was due to a technological glitch and he was never connected with the video conference despite dialing in at the scheduled time. (Tiomkin Decl., ¶¶ 5-7.) “The court may, up...