Excerpt: ... at 2652 Potrero Avenue Unit 5, El Monte, CA 91732 (“subject property”). On April 1 2020, members of the El Monte Police Department (“Police”) executed a search warrant at the subject property. While executing the warrant, the Police observed that six bedrooms of the house had been converted for marijuana cultivation, with each rom containing numerous marijuana plants in various stages of growth. The Police also observed several industria...

Excerpt: ...nc. (“National”) entered into a Business Loan Agreement, Promissory Note (“Note”) and Commercial Security Agreement (“CSA”) in which National borrowed and promised to pay to Plaintiff $150,000.00. Tony Hsu (“Hsu”) executed a guaranty. National defaulted under the Note by failing to make the principal and interest payment due on February 1, 2020 and each installment due thereafter. Plaintiff has accelerated the balance due under th...

Excerpt: ...y Lee (“Plaintiff”) alleges as follows: On or about September 18, 2003, Plaintiff purchased the property located at 720 Golden Springs Dr. #B, Diamond Bar, CA 91765 (“subject property”). Plaintiff subsequently met Sharon Xia Zhang (“Zhang”). On or about May 2006, Zhang coerced Plaintiff into taking out a home equity line of credit (“HELOC”) of $150,000.00 on the subject property. Zhang then manipulated Plaintiff into transferring ...

Excerpt: ...o design, construct, maintain and operate its website to be fully accessible to and independently usable by Plaintiff and other blind or visually-impaired people. On June 18, 2021, Plaintiff filed a complaint, asserting a cause of action against Defendant and Does 1-10 for: 1. Violations of the Unruh Civil Rights Act, California Civil Code § 51 et seq. On August 5, 2021, Defendant's default was entered. A Case Management Conference is set for No...

Excerpt: ...follows: Plaintiff was employed by Burrtec Waste Industries, Inc. (“Burrtec”) from on or about October 2008 until on or about March 26, 2020 as an hourly-paid, non-exempt employee. Burrtec, inter alia, failed to compensate Plaintiff and other aggrieved employees for all hours worked, including minimum/overtime wages and missed meal periods and/or rest breaks, and failed to provide complete and accurate payroll records and itemized wage statem...

Excerpt: ...o Strike Complaint is GRANTED. 2. Defendant Employers Assurance Company's Demurrer to Complaint is DENIED as MOOT. Background Plaintiff Platinum Coast Management Corporation (“Platinum”) alleges as follows: Platinum entered into an agreement with Employers Assurance Company (“EAC”) and its President/Chief Executive Officer, Katherine Antonello (“Antonello”) (collectively, “Defendants”) whereby Platinum purchased worker's compensat...

Excerpt: ... FOR PRODUCTION, SET ONE Responding Party: Plaintiff, Donghong Deng 4. Defendant East West Bank's MOTION TO COMPEL PLAINTIFF XUEYUN ZOU'S FURTHER RESPONSES TO REQUESTS FOR PRODUCTION, SET ONE Responding Party: Plaintiff, Xueyun Zou Tentative Ruling 1. Defendant East West Bank's Motion to Compel Plaintiff Donghong Deng's Further Responses to Special Interrogatories, Set One is GRANTED in full. D. Deng is to provide further, Code‐compliant respon...

Excerpt: ...endant, Miracle Bedding Corporation 4. Plaintiff Jose Pineda's MOTION TO COMPEL FURTHER ANSWER TO FORM INTERROGATORY— EMPLOYMENT LAW NO. 217.1 Responding Party: Defendant, Miracle Bedding Corporation 5. Plaintiff Jose Pineda's MOTION TO COMPEL FURTHER ANSWER TO FORM INTERROGATORIES— GENERAL NO. 15.1 Responding Party: Defendant, Miracle Bedding Corporation Tentative Ruling 1. Plaintiff Jose Pineda's Motion to Compel Further Responses to Reques...

Excerpt: ...al, LLC (“Plaintiff”) alleges as follows: On or about March 11, 2021, Plaintiff, as Lender, and Hong You Properties, LLC (“Hong You”) and Guang De Ca, LLC (“Guang De Ca”), as Borrowers, entered into a Term Sheet for financing (“Term Sheet”) with respect to the properties located at 1135 7 th Street in Los Angeles and 525 Harrison Street in San Francisco (collectively, the “Properties”). The Term Sheet provided for an originati...

Excerpt: ...intiffs Tripletree Group Inc. and Ren Chang Lin (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) allege that defendants retained Plaintiffs to provide food services for the China Southern Airlines crew at the crew lounger room of the Millennium Biltmore Los Angeles but failed to pay Plaintiffs fully for the services/goods rendered. On December 24, 2018, Plaintiffs filed a complaint, asserting causes of action against Prosperity Holdings, LLC (“Prosperity”), ...

Excerpt: ...ns of the Third Amended Complaint is DENIED as MOOT. Background Plaintiff Ernest L. Jarrett (“Plaintiff”) alleges as follows: Plaintiff is an attorney licensed to practice in Michigan. On or about November 19, 2015, Nathanael Pickett (“Pickett”), was shot and killed by a County of San Bernardino (“County”) deputy sheriff, Kyle Woods (“Woods”). Pickett's mother, Dominic Archibald (“Archibald”), contacted Plaintiff in February 2...

Excerpt: ...vina (“Plaintiff”) alleges as follows: Plaintiff manages and does business as various Camp Transformation Centers (“CTC”) throughout Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties. The CTC is a franchise specializing in physical fitness and weight loss. In March 2020, Humanity Is One, LLC's (“HIO”) owner, Jimmy Wang (“Wang”) (collectively, “Defendants”), expressed a desire to purchase a CTC. In order to induce Plaintiff to enter into...

Excerpt: ... Award” (“Petition”) as against Respondent(s ) Abraham Anthony Prattella (“Prattella”) and Built on Solid Rock Inc. dba Built on Solid Rock Construction (“Rock”). Discussion Petitioner seeks to confirm a February 26, 2021 contractual arbitration award. Service of the Petition and Notice of Hearing The petition, written notice of the time and place of the hearing on the petition, and any other papers upon which the petition is based ...

Excerpt: ...Plaintiffs, Sukdev Vasisht and Vansukh, Inc. Tentative Ruling 1. Defendants Rajinder Adlakha's and Reena Soni Adlaka, individually and as trustee of the Pinewood Irrevocable Trust Dated April 7, 2018's Motion to Compel Mediation and Stay the Pending Action is GRANTED. Attorney's fees are awarded in the reduced amount of $1,225.00. The case is ordered stayed, pending completion of the mediation and arbitration. The court will set an Order to Show ...

Excerpt: ... (“Plaintiff”) sustained injuries when a piece of equipment on a yeast storage system (known as a “sight glass”) exploded. On January 10, 2020, Pacific Mechanical Supply (“Pacific”) filed a cross-complaint, asserting causes of action against Roes 1-100 for: 1. Equitable Indemnity 2. Contribution 3. Declaratory Relief On February 27, 2020, this case was transferred from Department 28 of the personal injury court to this instant departm...

Excerpt: ...ut April 24, 2017, Gaboras, Catano Enterprises, Inc. (“CEI”) and Jose Catano (“Catano”) entered into a written construction contract, wherein Gaboras agreed to provide certain labor, equipment, material and services on a private work of improvement on the property located at 1055 W. San Bernardino Rd., Covina, CA 91723 (“subject property”). Gaboras alleges that CEI and Catano have failed to pay Gaboras for certain work Gaboras perform...

Excerpt: ...i (“Yan”) owns the property located at 20711 E. Mesarica Road in San Dimas (“subject property”) and manages same through Plaintiff Mesarica Management, LLC (“Mesarica”). On or about April 5, 2016, Yan entered into a “Lease Listing Agreement—Exclusive Authorization to Lease or Rent” with Han International Group Inc. dba Han Realty (“Han”). Yan alleges that Han's supervising broker, April Lin (“A. Lin”), represented to Yan...

Excerpt: ...WP”) for the benefit of Plaintiff. Hou is also a guarantor on the note. The note matured on June 13, 2015. AWP and Hou have not repaid any portion of same despite Plaintiff's demand. On August 16, 2021, Plaintiff filed a Second Amended Complaint (“SAC”), asserting a cause of action against AWP, Hou and Does 1-10 for: 1. Breach of Promissory Note A Case Management Conference is set for October 18, 2021. Legal Standard A demurrer may be made ...

Excerpt: ...s, Luis Eduardo Fajardo's and Sergio Omar Becerra's MOTION TO STRIKE PLAINTIFFS' FOURTH AMENDED COMPLAINT Responding Party: Plaintiffs, Estate of Hugo Rivero, Jr., by and through its successors in interest, Hugo Rivero and Rubidelma Merida Damian, Hugo Rivero, Rubidelma Merida Damian and Diana Rubi Gamboa, a minor, by and through her guardian ad litem, Rubidelma Merida Damian Tentative Ruling 1. Defendants JMA Legacy, Inc.'s, Luis Eduardo Fajardo...

Excerpt: ...wner of the subject property located at 1421-1427 South Garey Avenue, Pomona, CA 91766, commonly known as “Comfort Inn” (“subject property”). Defendants failed to inform Plaintiffs of their relationship with the proposed lessee, VisionQuest National Ltd., and failed to act in Plaintiffs' interests during lease negotiations. On May 13, 2020, Plaintiffs filed an “Amendment to Complaint,” wherein “SATCAL, Inc. dba Keller Williams Realt...

Excerpt: ...g Yin Tentative Ruling 1. Defendant Shu Wang's Motion for Summary Judgment on Plaintiff's Third Amended Complaint is DENIED. 2. Cross‐Complainant Shu Wang's Motion for Summary Adjudication on First Amended Cross‐ Complaint is DENIED. 3. See below. Background This matter arises out of Defendant Shu Wang's (“Wang”) purchase of the residential real property located at 2829 Wagon Train, Diamond Bar, CA, 91765 from Plaintiffs Troy Trang (“Tr...

Excerpt: ...s requested and will require an offer of proof if so. 2. Defendant ZMCO, Inc.'s Motion to Strike Portions of Plaintiff's Third Amended Complaint is DENIED as MOOT. Background Plaintiff Matthew Collazo (“Plaintiff”) alleges as follows: Plaintiff is a developmentally disabled person who was assigned to live at the House on Garo, a licensed 24-hour care facility for disabled adults in Hacienda Heights. ZMCO Inc. (“Defendant”) is the licensed...

Excerpt: ...ff”) alleges as follows: On or about March 8, 2004, Plaintiff purchased a property located in Los Angeles County, California (“2004 Transaction”). At the time of the purchase, “Title Co.” issued a policy of title insurance to Plaintiff. “Title Co.” proceeded to create the deed to transfer title and issue an insurance title policy. The policy did not reveal any encumbrances, exceptions or issues with the title of the property. In or ...

Excerpt: ...��) told Plaintiff that (1) Plaintiff, Chen and Hung would jointly open, own and operate a Golden Corral restaurant in which Plaintiff would own 50%, Chen would own 42% and Hung would own 8% and that (2) they would split the profits of the restaurant proportionally to their respective ownership percentages. Pursuant to their conversations, Plaintiff, Chen and Hung entered into a Golden Corral Franchise Agreement and incorporated Golden Globalinks...

Excerpt: ...ndant, Miracle Bedding Corporation 4. Plaintiff Jose Pineda's MOTION TO COMPEL FURTHER ANSWER TO FORM INTERROGATORY— EMPLOYMENT LAW NO. 217.1 Responding Party: Defendant, Miracle Bedding Corporation 5. Plaintiff Jose Pineda's MOTION TO COMPEL FURTHER ANSWER TO FORM INTERROGATORIES— GENERAL NO. 15.1 Responding Party: Defendant, Miracle Bedding Corporation Tentative Ruling 1. Plaintiff Jose Pineda's Motion to Compel Further Responses to Request...