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: ...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: ...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: ...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...