Excerpt: ...ter the date of this order. FACTUAL BACKGROUND This is a petition to confirm arbitration award arising from a share purchase agreement the parties entered into on April 20, 2022. On September 5, 2023, an independent referee issued an arbitral award in favor of Plaintiff, awarding Plaintiff $2,331,015. PROCEDURAL HISTORY On October 20, 2023, Petitioner LG H&H Co., Ltd. filed its petition to confirm arbitration award against Respondents Insil and S...

Excerpt: ... Corporation with leave to amend and OVERRULES as to Defendant Weingarten Nostat, Inc. The Court OVERRULES the demurrer as to the Second Cause of Action. The Court SUSTAINS the demurrer to the Third Cause of Action as to Defendant Kimco with leave to amend and OVERRULES the demurrer as to Defendant Weingarten. The Court SUSTAINS the demurrer to the Fourth Cause of Action with leave to amend. The Court SUSTAINS the demurrer to the Fifth Cause of A...

Excerpt: ...D TO COMPEL THE DEPOSITION OF DEFENDANT IERVOLINO The motions to compel responses to form interrogatories, special interrogatories, and requests for production of documents all set one are GRANTED. Defendant is ordered to serve further verified responses without objections within 20 days after the date of this order. Responsive documents must also be served within 20 days after the date of this order. Sanctions in the amount of $3,390 are imposed...

Excerpt: ...' Motion to Compel Arbitration is GRANTED. The case is stayed pending arbitration. The Court sets a Status Conference Re: Arbitration for December 5, 2024 at 8:30 a.m. Defendants to provide notice and to file proof of service of such notice within five court days after the date of this order. FACTUAL & PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND This action was commenced by attorney Jonathan Roven (Plaintiff) who filed a Complaint on November 2, 2023 alleging three ca...

Excerpt: ...Further Responses to Request for Production of Documents (Set One) and Request for Monetary Sanctions is DENIED for failure to meet and confer and for failure to demonstrate good cause for production. Plaintiff's Counsel of Record is ordered to pay sanctions in the amount of $2,940. Sanctions are payable within 20 days after the date of this order. Moving party to provide notice and to file proof of service of such notice within five court days a...

Excerpt: ...s GRANTED as to the following Defendants: (1) Automatic Data Processing, Inc., (2) Auto Data Processing, Inc. and (3) ADP Payroll Services, Inc. Moving parties to file and serve a proposed judgment within five days after the date of this order. The Court sets a nonappearance review date re: the proposed judgment for February 29, 2024 at 8:30 a.m. The motion for summary judgment/summary adjudication is DENIED as to the causes of action against the...

Excerpt: ...tiff/Judgment Creditor DR Group LLC fka Rosenthal & Company LLC's Motion for Order Directing Court Clerk to File Application for Renewal of Judgment Nunc Pro Tunc as of December 14, 2023 is GRANTED. Moving party to provide notice and to file proof of service of such notice within five court days after the date of this order. FACTUAL BACKGROUND Plaintiff is the duly court-appointed settlement administrator in that certain civil class action pendin...

Excerpt: ...on Gray, (6) Branden Hamada, (7) Clifford Herrera, (8) Sally Moctezuma, (9)Donyann Morgan, (10) Cheron Bertee, (11) Melanie Guevara, and (12) Timothy Chavez. Defendant's motion for summary judgment is GRANTED with respect to Plaintiff Shaun Luciano. Moving party to file and serve a proposed judgment against all Plaintiffs, including those against whom summary judgment was granted earlier, within 10 days after the date of this order. The Court set...

Excerpt: ...ithin five court days after the date of this order. Moving party to provide notice and to file proof of service of such notice within five days after the date of this order. FACTUAL BACKGROUND This is an action for defamation, false light, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Plaintiff alleges that he was enrolled in the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in January 2021. A mutual friend introduced Plaintiff to Defendant Romich in Septemb...

Excerpt: ...date for the proposed judgment is set for February 29, 2024 at 8:30 a.m. Moving party to provide notice and to file proof of service of such notice within five court days after the date of this order. FACTUAL BACKGROUND This is an action for violation of the Unruh Civil Rights Act. Plaintiff alleges that he is a visually and legally blind person who was unable to access Defendant Greiner's Clothing's website because it lacked alt-text or text equ...

Excerpt: ...a judgment of dismissal. The Court sets a nonappearance review date of February 26, 2023 at 8:30 a.m. to review the proposed judgment of dismissal. Moving party to provide notice and to file proof of such notice within five court days after the date of this order. FACTUAL BACKGROUND This is an action for breach of contract, negligence, fraud, and common counts. Plaintiff alleges that Defendant Network Capital Funding (“Network”) misrepresente...

Excerpt: ...lly and dba El Campesino Restaurant & Bar); (2) Department of Tax and Fee Administration, California; (3) County of Merced, Tax Collector; and (4) California Employment Development Department. Defendant Juan Carlos Murillo is ordered to file and serve a proposed judgment with respect to these four defendants within 10 days after the date of this order. The Court sets a nonappearance date for review of proposed judgment on February 28, 2024 at 8:3...

Excerpt: ...efendant Jesus Mendoza Trujillo (served 11/1/23); (2) Defendant Edward James Edwards III (named); and (3) Defendant Mid- Cities Engineering, Inc. Movants' motion to stay is GRANTED. All further proceedings are stayed pending arbitration. The Court sets a status conference re: progress of arbitration for December 4, 2023 at 8:30 a.m. Moving parties to provide notice and to file proof of service of such notice. FACTUAL BACKGROUND This is an action ...

Excerpt: ...date of this order. FACTUAL BACKGROUND This is an action for breach of implied warranty of habitability, breach of covenant of quiet use and enjoyment, negligence, and premises liability. Plaintiff alleges that he leased a property from Defendant located at 8420 South Avalon Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90003. (Compl., ¶1.) On July 7, 2022, an electrical fire caused by an air conditioner started by the front door inside the property while Plaintiff wa...

Excerpt: ...If Plaintiff wishes to file a Third Amended Complaint addressing the issues in this demurrer as well as the issues raised in the demurrer that was sustained on October 17, 2023, Plaintiff must do so on or before March 15, 2024. Defendants are ordered to file answers or other responsive pleadings within 20 days after service of the Third Amended Complaint. The Post Mediation/General Status Conference is advanced from 2/1/2024 at 8:30 a.m. and cont...

Excerpt: ...dant/Cross-Complainant David Dayanoff is ordered to appear for deposition within 30 days. Counsel are to meet and confer and set a mutually agreeable date within the next 30 days. If Dayanoff believes that Plaintiff's attorney should be disqualified from the case, a motion to disqualify must be filed. With respect to the requests for production that are attached to the deposition notice, Plaintiff seeks a protective order with respect to the foll...

Excerpt: ...: DEFENDANT ALAL, LLC; ASPEN SKILLED HEALTHCARE, INC. AND TANNER MITCHELL'S DEMURRER TO FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT WITH MOTION TO STRIKE The demurrer is OVERRULED, except for the items in bold below. Leave to amend is granted The motion to strike is DENIED, except for the request for attorney's fees with respect to the third cause of action which is GRANTED without leave to amend. The second amended complaint must be filed and served within 20 days ...

Excerpt: ... to Strike (Anti- SLAPP) causes of action two and three of the Cross-Complaint is DENIED as moot. Answer or other responsive pleading must be filed and served within 10 days after the date of this order. Cross-Defendants Forrest Benny-Brown and Justin Andrew Robinson are prevailing parties with respect to the third cause of action for abuse of process. Cross-Complainants do not contest this fact. The Court need not reach a decision with respect t...

Excerpt: ...f this order. FACTUAL BACKGROUND This is an action for violations of the labor code and violations of the FEHA. Plaintiff alleges that he was employed as security guard and commander with Defendant LA Security & Patrol, Inc., a private security company in July 2019. When Defendant's contract with another business ended, Plaintiff endured a two- month absence from work before he was replaced by another employee he had trained. Plaintiff was reassi...

Excerpt: ... is ordered to serve verified further responses without objections within five days after the date of this order. Moving party to provide notice and to file proof of service of such notice within five court days after the date of this order. FACTUAL BACKGROUND This case arises from the purchase of an automobile and allegations of violations of the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act. Rocio A. Palacios and Antonio Hernandez (collectively, “Plaint...

Excerpt: ...ty to provide notice and to file proof of service of such notice within five court days after the date of this order. FACTUAL BACKGROUND This is an action for discrimination, harassment, retaliation, failure to provide reasonable accommodation, failure to engage in the interactive process, failure to prevent discrimination, breach of contract, negligent hiring, wrongful termination, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Plaintiff alle...

Excerpt: ... the motion and the reply, the motion is granted. The requests for judicial notice are granted as to any case materials and are otherwise denied. Plaintiff alleges that his rights under the First, Fourth, Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, the California Constitution, and the laws of California were violated. (SAC, Paragraphs 50 and 51.) No further detail is provided about the alleged violation of his rights. A rev...

Excerpt: ...nts and supplemental responses must be produced within 10 days after the date of this order. If any documents are withheld based on a claim of privilege, a privilege log must be produced. This privilege log must also be produced within 10 days after the date of this order. The Court declines to impose sanctions this time. However, this motion was avoidable by both sides. .Moving party to provide notice and to file proof of service of such notice ...

Excerpt: ...award prejudgment interest because a calculation of interest was not included with the documents submitted in support of the application for default judgment. However, a calculation of interest was included with Plaintiff's declaration. Code Civ. Proc., section 473(d) provides that the court may, upon motion of the injured party, or its own motion, correct clerical mistakes in its judgment or orders as entered, so as to conform to the judgment or...

Excerpt: ...for the posting of the bond shall be discussed. Moving party to provide notice and to file proof of service of such notice within five court days after the date of this order. FACTUAL BACKGROUND This is an action for fraud, conversion, breach of fiduciary duty, unjust enrichment, and an accounting. Plaintiffs Kenny Kapoor, South Shore LLC, and Apax Investments, LLC allege that Defendants Zalfa Halaby and Charles Elkins represented that they were ...