Excerpt: ... 2022 I. INTRODUCTION On January 6, 2022, plaintiffs Jennalin Medina and Georgina Diaz (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) filed this action against defendants Carlos Mancillas (“Mancillas”) and TForce Freight, Inc. (“TForce”). The action arises from an automobile accident that occurred on April 6, 2020. On January 10, 2022, Plaintiffs filed the operative First Amended Complaint (“FAC”). Mancillas has filed a demurrer in response to the ...

Excerpt: ...ecember 21, 2020, plaintiff Reycie Santayana Lord (“Plaintiff”) filed this action arising from the death of her mother, Cleofas Quito Santayana (“Decedent”). Plaintiff named Romani Dilip Joshi (“Joshi”) and Roze Room Hospice of the Valley, Inc., as defendants. Although Plaintiff also named with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Michael H. Albert, M.D., and Ana Luiza Cartmel, M.D., these defendants were dismissed on April 13, 2021. On June ...

Excerpt: ...oks (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) filed this action against defendants Benito Diaz (“Diaz”), Lyft, Inc. (“Lyft”), Nika Sibley (“Sibley”), Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (“LACMTA”), and County of Los Angeles (“County”) arising from an August 2, 2019, motor vehicle collision. On June 28, 2021, County was dismissed from Plaintiff's Complaint. On October 15, 2021, Diaz filed a cross-complaint against S...

Excerpt: ...ez (“Plaintiff”), a minor, by and through his guardian ad litem, Janahi Gonzalez-Cruz, filed this action against defendant Valley Presbyterian Hospital (“Defendant”). Plaintiff alleges that Defendant, through its hospital staff and respiratory therapists, negligently managed his neonatal care resulting in a severe hypoxic brain injury. (Compl., ¶ 12.) On May 25, 2021, Plaintiff filed a notice of settlement. On August 30, 2021, the Court ...

Excerpt: ...endants Julia Kang (“Kang”), Uber Technologies, Inc., Rasier, LLC, Rasier-CA, LLC, City of West Hollywood, Christopher Street West Association (“Defendant”), LA Pride, California Department of Transportation, City of Los Angeles, County of Los Angeles, and State of California. Plaintiff alleges that on June 10, 2018, while she was a pedestrian, she was struck by a vehicle driven by Kang. Plaintiff asserts causes of action for negligence, ...

Excerpt: ...ra (“Plaintiff”) filed this action against defendant Stanton King Wong (“Defendant”) arising from a June 8, 2018, motor vehicle collision. On March 15, 2022, Defendant filed this motion to set the compensation of Plaintiff's treating physician, Michael Hayavi, M.D. (“Dr. Hayavi”), for a deposition. If a party desiring to take the deposition of an expert witness deems that the hourly or daily fee of that expert is unreasonable, that pa...

Excerpt: ...tion against defendants Dermatology Associates of Westlake Village & Malibu (“Defendant”) (erroneously sued as “Dermatology Associates”) and Holly Rausch, M.D. (“Dr. Rausch”). Plaintiff alleges that on December 17, 2019, she was undergoing treatment in a “UV booth.” (Compl., GN-1.) The booth used ultraviolet light and required Plaintiff to wear protective glasses. (Ibid.) During the treatment, an employee told Plaintiff that somet...

Excerpt: ...ollectively, “Plaintiffs”) filed this action against defendants Jose Guillermo Quiroz (“Jose”) and Julissa V. Quiroz (“Julissa”). Plaintiffs allege that on January 15, 2020, Jose and Julissa negligently operated a motor vehicle and caused a collision. (Compl., ¶¶ 14-16.) Plaintiffs allege Jose intentionally fled the scene of the accident. (Compl., ¶ 28.) Plaintiffs further allege that Julissa gave Jose express or implied authority ...

Excerpt: ...ary 7, 2022, plaintiffs Neil Piniones Bennett, Anastacio Piniones, Recto Piniones, Wilfredo Piniones, and Jocelyn Ponce (collectively, “Plaintiffs”), individually and as the successors in interest and administrators of the estate of Ruperta Mata Piniones (“Decedent”) filed this action against defendants Skyline Healthcare & Wellness Center, LLC (“Defendant”) asserting causes of action for negligence, elder abuse/willful misconduct, an...

Excerpt: ... Inc. (“ABSS”), Sunset Ladder Co., Inc. (“Sunset”), and Santa Clarita Studios Corp. (“SCS”) (erroneously sued as “Santa Clarita Studios Corp.”), claiming that he was injured when the rung on a ladder broke, causing him to fall and sustain physical injuries. Plaintiff asserts causes of action for negligence against SCS and products liability against ABSS and Sunset. On January 31, 2022, Plaintiff filed this motion for leave to file...

Excerpt: ... Lauren Friedman (“Defendant”) for medical malpractice. Plaintiff alleges that treatment received from 2017 to 2019 caused her to lose her teeth and suffer various ailments. (Compl., 1:21-24.) On March 9, 2022, Defendant filed a demurrer and motion to strike. Defendant demurs to the entire complaint on the grounds that it is barred by the statute of limitations. Defendant also moves to strike Plaintiff's request for punitive damages and other...

Excerpt: ...ction against defendants Michael Kim, Luxi Optometry, Inc., and Italee Optometric Center, Inc. (“Defendant”). Plaintiff asserts causes of action for: (1) optometry malpractice, (2) loss of income, and (3) intentional infliction of emotional distress (“IIED”). On November 29, 2021, Plaintiff filed the operative amended complaint (“FAC”) asserting the same causes of action. On February 4, 2022, defense counsel filed a declaration for an...

Excerpt: ...ebecca Melchione (“Plaintiff”) filed this action against defendants Benjamin Rotman, Robert Snider, and Martha Snider (collectively, “Defendants”) arising from a November 25, 2016, motor vehicle collision. On March 17, 2022, Defendants filed this motion for an order compelling Plaintiff to submit to three examinations by a clinical and forensic psychiatrist, an orthopedist, and gastroenterologist. The examinations are currently noticed fo...

Excerpt: ... Limon (“Limon”) and Jenevieve B. Hegedus (“Defendant”) arising from the death of Tracy E. Adams (“Decedent”). Plaintiffs allege that Decedent was riding her bicycle on September 6, 2017, when Limon hit her with his vehicle and drove away without rendering assistance. Plaintiffs allege that Defendant then hit Decedent a second time with her vehicle and also drove away without rendering assistance. On January 18, 2019, Defendant filed ...

Excerpt: ...gia Karanikolis (“Defendant”) and Raytheon Technologies Incorporated (“Raytheon”) arising from a September 20, 2021, motorcycle collision. (Compl., ¶ 6.) Plaintiff alleges Defendant was driving a rental vehicle while in the course and scope of her employment with Raytheon and on a work call. (Comp., ¶¶ 6-7.) On March 8, 2022, Defendant filed this motion to strike Plaintiff's prayer for punitive damages and related allegations in Paragr...

Excerpt: ...no, and Sapphire Avalos filed this action against defendants Golden State Sea Food, Inc. (“Defendant”) and Nazaret Ovakyan (“Ovakyan”) arising from a September 26, 2018, motor vehicle collision. Plaintiff seeks to quash Defendant's subpoena to the Department of Motor Vehicles (“DMV”) and requests monetary sanctions in the amount of $1,260. A deposition subpoena may request (1) only the attendance and testimony of a deponent, (2) only ...

Excerpt: ...30 p.m. April 7, 2022 On January 28, 2020, plaintiff Jamie Lynn Cano (“Plaintiff”) filed this action against defendant ICO Development, LLC (“ICO”) arising from a May 18, 2019, trip and fall in a hotel room at The Mayfair Hotel. Plaintiff alleges that while she was staying at The Mayfair Hotel, she tripped over a step near the window which caused her to fall and strike her face. (Compl., GN-1.) She additionally alleges that she tripped on...

Excerpt: ...led this action against defendant Romeo Molina Mariano (“Defendant”) arising from a February 4, 2017, motor vehicle collision. On December 7, 2021, Defendant's sister, Francisca Trent (“Trent”) filed an application seeking to be appointed as Defendant's guardian ad litem. On December 28, 2021, the electronic filing was rejected because no telephone number was provided and because there was no proof of Defendant's incompetency. On January ...

Excerpt: ...against defendant Lovi's Delicatessen, Inc. (erroneously named as “Lovi's Deli”). Plaintiff alleges she slipped on wet tile and tripped on a rug on February 17, 2017. On March 4, 2022, Defendant filed this motion to quash a subpoena issued by Plaintiff. Plaintiff's subpoena is directed to nonparty Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company (“Nationwide”) and demands the production of Defendant's insurance records from January 1, 2016, to the pre...

Excerpt: ...t Mansourian and Akop Akopyan (collectively, “Defendants”) arising from a December 17, 2018, motor vehicle collision. On January 14, 2022, Maureen Olivar dismissed her complaint. On January 19, 2022, the Court granted Defendants' motions to compel Plaintiff's responses to written discovery. The Court ordered Plaintiff to serve verified responses without objections and pay monetary sanctions within 20 days. On March 2, 2022, Defendants filed t...

Excerpt: ...Wail Bushara (“Defendant”). Plaintiff alleges that on November 4, 2018, she was involved in a motor vehicle collision and sustained injuries while she was a passenger in Defendant's vehicle. On January 6, 2022, Plaintiff filed a motion for an order quashing Defendant's subpoena to her treating physician, Solemon Hakimi, M.D., or, in the alternative, for a protective order. Defendant filed an opposition brief on February 15, 2022. The notice o...

Excerpt: ...n October 20, 2021, plaintiff Rene Ramirez filed this action against defendants Uber Technologies, Inc. (“Uber”) and Rasier, LLC (“Rasier”) (collectively, “Defendants”) arising from an October 29, 2019, motor vehicle collision. Plaintiff alleges that Defendants employed the persons who negligently operated a motor vehicle and caused his injuries and damages, and asserts a claim for negligent hiring, supervision, and retention. On Dece...

Excerpt: ...fs”) filed this action against defendants EAN Holdings, LLC (“Defendant”), Sabrina Nicole Hicks (“Hicks”), Rashida Isoke Lenard, and Darlene Moka. Plaintiffs assert causes of action for negligence, negligence per se, and negligent entrustment arising from a multi-vehicle collision that occurred on or around June 28, 2020. Plaintiffs allege Defendant was the registered owner of the vehicle driven by Hicks and negligently entrusted the ve...

Excerpt: ...��Wilson”), Jim Palmer Trucking (“Jim Palmer,” collectively with Wilson, the “Settling Defendants”), 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. Plaintiff's action arises from a roadside trucking collision. Plaintiff alleg...

Excerpt: ...Margarita Mendoza, Jose Gutierrez, and the Gutierrez Family Trust for negligence, intentional infliction of emotional distress (“IIED”) and strict liability arising from an August 6, 2018, dog bite by a pit bull named Mercy. On April 30, 2021, Plaintiff amended the complaint to add Hailey Kristich (“Defendant”) (erroneously sued as “Hailey Kristisch”) as Doe 1 and Juan Mendoza, Jr. as Doe 2. The parties then signed a stipulation allow...

Excerpt: ...��Faisal”), Amal Dakhil (“Amal”), Yousef Awaida (“Yousef”), and Vera Awaida (“Vera”) filed this wrongful death and survival action as the surviving heirs and successors-in-interest of Raihan Awaida (“Raihan”), Joseph Awaida (“Joseph”), and Omar Awaida (“Omar”) (collectively, “Plaintiffs”). Plaintiffs allege that defendant Syntyche Amor Potestades Amacio (“Syntyche”) is the holder of a liquor license and the sole ...

Excerpt: ...ed this action against defendant Elizabeth Lane arising from a November 21, 2019, motor vehicle collision. On March 2, 2022, Defendant filed this motion for an order compelling Plaintiff's attendance and testimony at deposition. Defendant also requests monetary sanctions against Plaintiff and Plaintiff's counsel of record. Any party may obtain discovery, subject to restrictions, by taking the oral deposition of any person, including any party to ...

Excerpt: ...ntiff Lajune Shannel Newborn filed this action against defendants City of Los Angeles (“Defendant”), City of Santa Clarita, County of Los Angeles, and State of California. Plaintiff alleges that on December 19, 2018, she was traveling northbound on State Route 14 when her vehicle collided with an object ejected off of the roadway. On July 15, 2020, Plaintiff dismissed the City of Santa Clarita from this action. On July 28, 2020, Plaintiff dis...

Excerpt: ...�) arising from a July 23, 2019, slip and fall. On February 15, 2022, Plaintiff filed this motion to quash 18 subpoenas issued by Defendant to 10 of her medical providers requesting Plaintiff's medical, billing, radiological, and health insurance records: 1. West Coast Urgent Care; 2. Pasadena Physicians Medical Group; 3. Patel, MD; 4. Imaging Specialists of Pasadena; 5. West Star Physical Therapy; 6. HAAS Spine & Orthopaedics; 7. Body System Wel...

Excerpt: ...t Authority arising from a May 14, 2018, motor vehicle collision. On September 12, 2019, Defendant filed an answer. On February 2, 2022, the Court granted Defendant's motion to compel Plaintiff's discovery responses and to deem admitted the truth of the matters within its requests for admission. The Court ordered Plaintiff to serve verified responses, without objections, to Defendant's Form Interrogatories (Set Two) within 20 days, and to pay san...

Excerpt: ...y Insurance Company (“CCIC”), Lorne Currie, Jr. (“Currie”), Priscilla Currie (“Defendant”), and Carl B. (Beau) Brown (“Brown”) arising from a June 15, 2017, motor vehicle collision. On March 1, 2021, CCIC was dismissed from the action. On June 18, 2021, Brown was dismissed from the action. Plaintiff filed a first amended complaint on October 1, 2020, which was stricken. On July 9, 2021, he filed the operative second amended compla...

Excerpt: ...ntiff”) filed this action against defendants Park La Brea LLC and Universal Protection Service LP (“Defendant”) (erroneously sued as “Allied Universal”). In his original complaint, Plaintiff asserted a cause of action for premises liability. On June 18, 2021, Defendant filed a demurrer with motion to strike. On July 30, 2021, the Court sustained Defendant's demurrer to the entire complaint with 20 days' leave to amend. On December 7, 20...

Excerpt: ...endant Folarin Jolayemi (“Defendant”) (erroneously sued as “Fola Jolayemi”). Plaintiff alleges that on January 19, 2017, she was a pedestrian walking in a crosswalk she when hit by Defendant's vehicle. On December 6, 2021, Plaintiff filed a Second Amended Complaint adding causes of action for fraudulent transfer and constructive trust, as well as naming Defendant's spouse, Michael O. Jolayemi, as a defendant. On January 7, 2022, Defendant...

Excerpt: ...y, “Plaintiffs”) filed this wrongful death action against defendants Fox Auto Parks, Inc. (“Defendant”) and Mirna Sanchez Degutierrez (“Degutierrez”) arising from the deaths of Tarun Katara (“Decedent Tarun”) and Rohan Katara (“Decedent Rohan”). Plaintiffs allege that on June 15, 2018, and the six days before, their vehicle was parked with Defendant's valet parking lot which served the Los Angeles International Airport. Plaint...

Excerpt: ...��) by and through her guardian ad litem, Ricardo Rios, filed this action against defendant Los Angeles Unified School District (“Defendant”). Plaintiff alleges that September 13, 2018, she fell from the monkey bars on the school playground as a result of Defendant's improper and insufficient supervision. She asserts causes of action for negligence and premises liability, including counts for negligence and dangerous condition of public prope...

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: ...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: ... Trimark USA, LLC (“Defendant”). Plaintiff alleges that on November 27, 2019, she was injured when a wheel broke off of a mobile food cart, resulting in hot liquid falling and burning her foot. (Compl.,¶ 14.) Plaintiff alleges that Defendant manufactured the mobile food cart, and asserts causes of action based on negligence and strict liability. Specifically, Plaintiff asserts her first cause of action for negligence – design defect, fourt...

Excerpt: ...a and Trina Herrera arising from a January 26, 2019, motor vehicle collision. On March 16, 2021, Plaintiff named Round Table Pizza, Inc. as Doe 1. On June 21, 2021, Plaintiff named Round Table Pizza No. 00137 as Doe 2. Plaintiff also named Ahad Bagherdia as Doe 3 and Marijala Ghannahi as Doe 4, and dismissed Round Table Pizza, Inc. from the action without prejudice. On August 10, 2021, Plaintiff dismissed Trina Herrera from the action without pre...

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: ...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: ...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: ...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: ...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: ...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: ...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: ...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: ...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: ... (“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: ...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: ...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: ...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: ...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: ...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...

Excerpt: ...n. On December 28, 2016, Plaintiff filed a First Amended Complaint. Plaintiff alleged that before the collision, Defendant consumed an entire bottle of tequila. Defendant filed a motion to strike Plaintiff's prayer for punitive damages, which was denied. Discovery commenced but Defendant failed to comply with a court order directing him to serve discovery responses. However, the Court declined to grant Plaintiff's first request to strike Defendan...

Excerpt: ...Folarin Jolayemi (“Defendant”) (erroneously sued as “Fola Jolayemi”). Plaintiff alleges that on January 19, 2017, she was a pedestrian walking in a crosswalk she when hit by Defendant's vehicle. On May 10, 2021, Plaintiff filed the First Amended Complaint adding a cause of action for fraudulent asset transfer, alleging that Defendant transferred property to non-party Michael O. Jolayemi to avoid paying a debt to Plaintiff. On November 2, ...

Excerpt: ... Nika Sibley, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and County of Los Angeles arising from an August 2, 2019, motor vehicle collision. County of Los Angeles was dismissed on June 25, 2021. On December 8, 2021, Plaintiff filed a First Amended Complaint which added Levon Brooks (“Brooks”) as a plaintiff. On January 25, 2022, Plaintiff and Brooks (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) filed a Second Amended Complaint. Before this C...

Excerpt: ... (“Garcetti”), Bob Blumenfield (“Blumenfield”), Michael Bonin (“Bonin”), Joe Buscaino (“Buscaino”), Nury Martinez (“Martinez”), Mitch O'Farrell (“O'Farrell”), David E. Ryu (“Ryu”), Kevin Lee James (“James”), Aura Garcia (“Garcia”), Mike Davis (“Davis”), Jessica M. Caloza (“Caloza”), M. Teresa Villegas (“Villegas”), and Adel H. Hagekhalil (“Hagekhalil”) (collectively, “Defendants”) arising fr...

Excerpt: ...ies, Inc. (“Uber”) and Zhirayr Aleksanyan (“Aleksanyan”) (collectively, “Defendants”) arising from a February 11, 2018 motor vehicle accident. Plaintiff alleges that Defendants' vehicle was involved in a collision while he was getting into the vehicle at the pick-up location. On July 30, 2021, the Court granted Aleksanyan's motion to deem the truth of the matters within his Requests for Admission (Set One) admitted. On October 5, 2021...

Excerpt: ...nts Jose David Barajas Villa (“Defendant Villa”) and G.I. Industries (collectively, “Defendants”) arising from a November 12, 2020 incident. Plaintiff alleges that he was struck by a vehicle—a garbage truck-- that was driven by Defendant Villa while employed by Defendant G.I. Industries. This matter is on for a motion to compel a further deposition of Defendant Villa to answer four questions to which his counsel objected at Defendant Vi...

Excerpt: ... filed this action against defendant 99 Cents Only Stores, LLC (“Defendant”) (erroneously sued as “99 Cent Only Stores, LLC”). Plaintiff asserts causes of action for strict products liability, breach of express warranty, breach of implied warranty, and negligence, alleging that he was injured by using a plastic folding step stool when it collapsed beneath him. On April 21, 2021, Defendant served a request for a visual inspection of the st...

Excerpt: ...nst defendant City of Los Angeles (“Defendant”) arising from an August 3, 2019 trip and fall. On November 29, 2021, Defendant filed an answer. On January 5, 2022, Defendant filed a motion for judgment on the pleadings. An amended notice of motion was filed on January 6, 2022. Defendant argues that Plaintiff's Complaint is time-barred because it was filed more than six months after the claim for damages was rejected and after the tolling perio...

Excerpt: ... Tesoro Del Valle Fund, LP (erroneously sued as “Tesoro Del Valle Apartments”) and FPI Management, Inc. (“FPI”) (collectively, “Defendants”) arising from an October 10, 2018 dog bite. Plaintiff, who was a former tenant at the apartment building owned and managed by Defendants, alleges that the dog who bit him was owned by co-defendant Jenny Juarez (“Juarez”). Plaintiff alleges that Defendants knew that Juarez's dog had vicious pro...

Excerpt: ...Bolanos”), Lazaro Benitez (“Benitez”), Juan Morales Silverio (“Silverio”), and Demetria Velasquez (“Velasquez”) filed this action against defendants Ruben Morales (“Morales”) and City of Los Angeles (“City”) (collectively, “Defendants”) arising from a November 20, 2019 motor vehicle collision. On June 17, 2020, a First Amended Complaint was filed. On October 7, 2021, a notice of settlement was filed. Silverio, Velasquez,...

Excerpt: ...Hyperion UTS, Inc. dba United Trucking Solutions arising from a November 7, 2019, motor vehicle collision. On January 12, 2022, Defendant filed a motion to disqualify Plaintiff's counsel, Stuart Sherman, on the grounds that he violated California Rules of Professional Conduct rule 4.3, which prevents a lawyer from communicating directly or indirectly about the subject of the representation with a person the lawyer knows to be represented by anoth...

Excerpt: ...terio (“Decedent”), Angelean Monterio, Albert Monterio, Alphonso Monterio, II, and Alphonso Monterio, Jr. (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) filed this action against defendants LG Motorsports, Inc. (“LG Motorsports”), Robert Finley (“Finley”), and Robert Early King, Jr. (“King”). On November 4, 2019, Plaintiffs filed a first amended complaint asserting causes of action for wrongful death and a survival action. Plaintiffs allege tha...

Excerpt: ...Givens Jr., through their respective guardians ad litem, filed this action as the successors in interest to Ryan Givens (“Decedent”) against Defendants Brandon Hinton (“Hinton”), Century City Mall, LLC (“Century City Mall”), and Javier's CC, LLC (“Defendant”) (erroneously sued as “Marcos & Javiers, LLC dba Mexi- Grill LLC”). Plaintiffs allege causes of action for negligence as well as assault and battery arising from a dispute...