Excerpt: ...City of Hope (“BRI”) RESPONDING PARTY: Plaintiff Joseph Geradts, M.D. (“Plaintiff”) RELIEF REQUESTED Defendants move for summary judgment as to the entire First Amended Complaint. Defendants move for summary adjudication as to each of the following issues: 1. Plaintiff's first cause of action for breach of contract fails as to BRI because (1) Plaintiff breached the employment agreement (the “Agreement”) between him and BRI by failing ...

Excerpt: ...ra; Dennis Shay; Peter Shay; Twen Ma; Andy Liu; and Roes 1 through 100. CASE NO.: EC0066784 MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS AND MOTION FOR LEAVE TO AMEND CROSS‐ COMPLAINT MOVING PARTIES: Cross-Defendant Andy Liu (MJOP) RESPONDING PARTY: Defendant/Cross-Complainant Tin Y. Yung MOVING PARTY: Defendant/Cross-Complainant Tin Y. Yung (Motion for Leave to Amend Cross Complaint) RESPONDING PARTY: Cross-Defendant Andy Liu and Plaintiffs Tien Kuang...

Excerpt: ...vy Yang Ho; (2) Plaintiff Van Boi Yang RESPONDING PARTY: (1) Plaintiff Van Boi Yang; (2) Defendant Ivy Yang Ho (1) Motion for Attorneys' Fees filed by defendant Ivy Yang Ho; (2) Motion for Allocation of Attorneys' Fees filed by Plaintiff Van Boi Yang The court considered the moving papers, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with these motions. TENTATNIVE RULING The court orders Plaintiff Van Boi Yang to pay to Defendant Ivy Yang Ho ...

Excerpt: ... response SERVICE OF MOTION: Served on client on October 19, 2021 RELIEF REQUESTED William C. Hoggard, Esq., on behalf of WCH Law Group, P.C., moves to be relieved as counsel for Defendant Vision Construction Group, Inc. BACKGROUND This action arises out of Plaintiff Midwest Employers Casualty Co.'s (“Plaintiff”) claims that Defendant Vision Construction Group, Inc. (“Defendant”) has failed to pay insurance premiums totaling $83,553.96. P...

Excerpt: ...on”), Gordon H. Sasaki (“Sasaki”), and Sasaki Advanced Aesthetic Medical Center (“SAAMC”) RESPONDING PARTY: Plaintiff Susan Harman (“Plaintiff”) RELIEF REQUESTED Defendant Huntington Memorial Hospital moves for summary judgment. Defendants Gordon H. Sasaki, and Sasaki Advanced Aesthetic Medical Center move for summary judgment. In the alternative, Sasaki and SAAMC move for summary adjudication as to Plaintiff's second and third caus...

Excerpt: ...filed on October 12, 2021. RELIEF REQUESTED Leave to file first amended complaint. BACKGROUND Plaintiffs Tiangang Sun and Xiangming Sun (“Plaintiffs”) allege that defendants KYN Group, KWN LLC, Jack Ng, American Contractors Indemnity, Kwok Yuen Ng, and Does 2 to 50, (“Defendants”) promised to build a home for Plaintiffs. Plaintiffs allege that they paid Defendants over a million dollars for the construction project. Plaintiffs allege that...

Excerpt: ...imon Yu, and Bensheng Li. RESPONDING PARTY: N/A RELIEF REQUESTED Lawrence C. Ecoff, Esq., on behalf of Ecoff Campain & Tilles, LLP, moves to be relieved as counsel for Defendants 360 Espinosa Road II, Inc., Cannabis Strategic Ventures, Canna Healthcare, Inc., LW Ventures, Inc., Fong Simon Yu, and Bensheng Li. BACKGROUND This case arises out of allegations that Defendant Jianqiang Gu (“Gu”) fraudulently induced Plaintiffs Leafire, Inc. and Llu...

Excerpt: ...ES PRAYER TO THIRD AMENDED COMPLAINT MOVING PARTY: Penn-Star Insurance Company RESPONDING PARTY: Plaintiff K Republic Entertainment Group SERVICE OF DEMURRER: Timely filed and served on October 4, 2021. OPPOSITION: Filed and served one court day late on October 27, 2021. REPLY: Timely filed and served on October 29, 2021. RELIEF REQUESTED Demurrer objects to the sixth cause of action pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure sections 430.10 subds. (e) ...

Excerpt: ...O THIRD AMENDED COMPLAINT MOVING PARTY: Defendant A1 ENT, Inc. RESPONDING PARTIES: Plaintiffs Lai Ming Wong and Po Ying Law RELIEF REQUESTED Demurrer objecting to the four causes of action alleged in the Third Amended Complaint pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure sections 430.10 subds. (e) and (f). Motion to strike punitive damages prayer from the Third Amended Complaint. BACKGROUND Plaintiffs Lai Ming Wong and Po Ying Law (“Plaintiffs”) alle...

Excerpt: ...y Star Kitchen, Inc. RESPONDING PARTY: Defendant Li Liu MOTION TO COMPEL COMPLIANCE The court considered the moving papers, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. TENTATIVE RULING Court GRANTS Plaintiff's Motion and orders Defendant to produce any documents in her possession or to amend her response to comply with Code of Civil Procedure section 2031.230. Plaintiff's request for sanctions is GRANTED in the lesser amoun...

Excerpt: ...nglan Liu RESPONDING PARTY: Chapter 7 Trustee Edward M. Wolkowitz Motions to be Relieved as Counsel The court considered the moving papers, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with these motions. COURTS TENTATIVE Liu's motions to be relieved as counsel is denied without prejudice. BACKGROUND A. Complaint On November 29, 2018, Plaintiff LGX Express filed a Complaint against Defendants Royal Transport and Robin Johin Lee (collectively,...

Excerpt: ...ancio Mora and Peter Shay; (2) Defendant Tin Y. Yung RESPONDING PARTY: (1) Defendant Tin Y. Yung; (2) Plaintiffs Amancio Mora and Peter Shay 1. Motion to Amend to Add Real Parties in Interest; (2) Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings The court considered the moving papers, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with these motions. / / / / / / / / / TENTATIVE RULING Plaintiffs' Motion to Add Real Parties in Interest is DENIED without pre...

Excerpt: ..., Inc. dba El Dorado Inn, Hsiao Ping Wang, and Debra Gray RESPONDING PARTY: None MOTION TO FILE CROSS COMPLAIN The court considered the moving papers filed in connection with this motion. No opposition has been filed. TENTATIVE RULING Motion GRANTED BACKGROUND On September 24, 2018, Plaintiff Richard Charles Wegelin filed a complaint against Defendants Brilliant Management, Inc. dba El Dorado Inn, Hsiao Ping Wang, and Debra Gray (collectively “...

Excerpt: ...nt City of Duarte RESPONDING PARTY: (1) Defendants City of Duarte, Southern California Edison Company, and California-American Water Company (2) Plaintiff Land Value Holdings, LLC MOTION FOR LEAVE TO AMEND FAC AND ANSWER TO THE SAME. The court considered the moving papers, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. TENATATIVE RULING  Plaintiff's Motion to Amend the FAC is DENIED due to a procedural defect.  City's Mo...

Excerpt: ...VE ORDER The court considered the moving papers, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. TENTATIVE RULING Defendant Jones' motion for protective order is DENIED. The court GRANTS Plaintiff request for sanctions in the amount of $929.78 against Defendant Jones' and his counsel of record. BACKGROUND Plaintiff Patricia A. May ("Plaintiff") filed suit against Dennis L. Jones ("Jones") and DLJ Accounting, Inc. ("DLJ") (and t...

Excerpt: ...Brighton Convalescent, LLC, and 1836 Fair Oaks, L.P. RESPONDING PARTY: Plaintiffs, Maria Patricia Garcia and Miriam Cadena, as individuals, and as successors in interest of Socorro Molina, deceased. Motion to Compel Arbitration The court considered the moving papers, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. Tentative Ruling Defendants' Motion to Compel Arbitration is DENIED BACKGROUND On March 10, 2019, Socorro Molina (�...

Excerpt: ... to Amend to Add Real Parties in Interest The court considered the moving papers, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. TENTATIVE RULING Both motions are continued to October 28, 2021, 8:30 am. BACKGROUND This action arises from a purported plan for real estate development which from the onset turned into a fraudulent, continuing conversion scheme. Plaintiffs Amancio Mora (“Amancio”), and individual and assignee o...

Excerpt: ...aint The court considered the moving papers and opposition filed in connection with this motion. TENATTIVE RULING The court sustains the demurrer to the second and third causes of action with 20 days' leave to amend. The demurrer is overruled as to the remaining counts. BACKGROUND On June 28, 2021, Plaintiff Meisui Jin (“Plaintiff”) commenced this action against Defendants Cars In Town, Inc. (“CIT”), Xiaoning Sun (“Sun”), Dachuan Shi ...

Excerpt: ...es the hearing to October 15, 2021 Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings The court considered the moving papers, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. BACKGROUND This action arises from a purported plan for real estate development which from the onset turned into a fraudulent, continuing conversion scheme. Plaintiffs Amancio Mora (“Amancio”) and Peter Shay, an individual and assignee of Dennis Shay (“Peter”) al...

Excerpt: ...GRANTS the motion as to the 5 th, 6 th, 7 th, and 8 th causes of action. The court grants Plaintiff leave to file an amending pleading within 30 days of notice of this ruling for the 5th, 7th and 8th causes of action. The Court DENIES the motion as to the 1 st, 2 nd, and 4 th causes of action. The court considered the moving papers, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. BACKGROUND On March 16, 2021, Plaintiff Stephen ...

Excerpt: ...Valerio Chiarotti, Dr. Gregory Fontana, Jennifer Weber, and TerraRossaUSA, LLC. On August 17, 2021, Valerio Chiarotti (“Defendant”) filed an answer. On September 3, 2021, Defendant filed this motion for judgment on the pleadings as to the second cause of action for breach of fiduciary duty. TENTATIVE RULING: Defendant's Motion for Judgement On the Pleadings is DENIED LEGAL STANDARD: A motion for judgment on the pleadings is the functional equ...