Excerpt: ...�� to provide notice. Bac kground This is an action for strict liability and negligence arising from a dog attack which took place in August 2020. Plaintiff Ruby Won filed her Complaint against Theona Taat Zhordania, MojtAba Taat, and Maryam Taat on August 19, 2022. On November 10, 2022, Defendant Theona Taat Zhordania filed a Cross-Complaint against Plaintiff Ruby On January 5, 2023, Zhordania filed an Amended Cross-Complaint. On January 31, 202...

Excerpt: ...provide notice and to file proof of service both electronically and by mail within two court days after the date of this order. Bac kground This is an action for negligence and premises liability arising from a body massage which Plaintiff alleges led to a stroke in April 2021. Plaintiff Robert Joe Apodaca filed his Complaint against RA Organic Spa, Inc and RA Organic Spa on August II, 2022. Defendant RA Organic Spa, Inc. dba Organic Spa filed th...

Excerpt: ...ne 2018. Plaintiffs Turuyan and Norma Cungsulu filed their Complaint against Defendants Joshua Marlon Torres, Ralphs Grocery Company, and Combined Properties Incorporated on June 22, 2020. On September 30, 2020, Plaintiffs filed a Doe Amendment nammg Seventy Fifth, LLC as a defendant in this action. On November 12, 2020, Plaintiffs filed a First Amended Complaint. On January 22, 2021, Plaintiffs filed a Cross-Complaint against Joshua Marlon Torre...

Excerpt: ...nt against Defendants the City of Santa Monica and the County of Los Angeles on May 20, 2021. On September 21, 2021, Plaintiff filed Doe Amendments naming Virginia Village ("Virginia") and Community Corp of Santa Monica ("Community Corp") as Defendants in this action. On September 22, 2021, Defendant County of Los Angeles was dismissed from this action. On January 4, 2023, Defendants Community Corp and Virginia filed this motion for summary judgm...

Excerpt: ...thin five court days after the date of this order. Bac kground This is an action for negligence and premises liability arising from a slip and fall incident which took place in June 2019. Plaintiff Guadalupe Garcia filed her Complaint against Defendant Bodega Latina Corporation on January4, 2021. On February 6, 2023, Defendant filed the instant motion to compel Plaintiff to appear for a second IME. On February 14, 2023, the Court granted in part ...

Excerpt: ...ed by Defendants DECISION The three motions are granted. The requests for sanctions are denied. Plaintiff is ordered to serve verified responses without objections within 35 days after the date of this order. Defendants are ordered to provide notice as well as copies of the three written discovery requests to Plaintiff. Defendants are ordered to file proof of service of such notice within five court days after the date of this order. und This is ...

Excerpt: ...e to comport with a trial date ofJu1y10, 2023. Moving party to provide notice and to file proof of such notice within five court days after the date ofthis order. To understand the Procedures in the Personal Injury (PI) Courts, Counsel are directed to carefully review the Los Angeles Superior Court's Eighth Amended Standing Order for Procedures in the Personal Injury Hub Courts (Effective October 10, 2022)" available on the Court's website: [wunv...

Excerpt: ...Defendant Sarah Bjerklie filed the instant motion for summary judgment. Summary M o vi ng Argum ents Defendant moves for summary judgment on the grounds that Defendant cannot be held liable for negligence because the accident was the result of a sudden, unanticipated physical Illness that mcapacitated her. Defendant alleges that she lost consciousness after suffering a seizure most likely caused by her antidepression medication. Plaintiff also ar...

Excerpt: ...n for medical negligence, negligent credentialing, battery, and emotional distress arising from a cesarean section which took place in July 2018. Plamtiffs Natay Dereje through his Guardian ad Litem, Misrak Haile and Misrak Haile filed their Complaint against Defendants Arjan Naim, Arjan Naim, Inc, and the CHA Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center on September 18, 2019. Defendant Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center filed the instant motion for ...

Excerpt: ...t which took place in August 2019. Plaintiff Melchora Rubio filed her Complaint against Green Farm Market Gardena on May 15, 2020. Plaintiff filed a First Amended Complaint on March 29, 2022. Defendant filed its motion for summary judgment on December 13, 2022. Summary Mo vi ng Argum ents Defendant moves for summary judgment on the grounds that (I) it had no notice of a dangerous condition and (2) Plaintiff cannot establish that any alleged negli...

Excerpt: ...provide notice and to file proof of service of such notice within five court days after the date of this order. This is an action for negligence arising from a vehicle collision which took place in May 2020. Plaintiff Diana Sanandajie filed her Complaint against Defendants James Taylor Levin, Heather Toorans, and Specialty Car Craft Motorgroup, LLC. On January II and 13, 2023, the Court granted Plaintiffs motions to compel Defendant Taylor James ...

Excerpt: ...for motor vehicle negligence and general negligence against Defendant Julie Calilung ("Julie") and Does 1-20. The accidentat issue æcurredon uly 14, 2018. On April 25, 2022, Plaintiff named Erlan Calilung ("Erlan") as a Defendant in this action as Doe I. On December 30, 2022, Plaintiff filed a second Doe Amendment naming Erlan as Doe II in this action. On December 20, 2022, Erlan Calilung filed the instant motion for summary judgment. Summary Mo...

Excerpt: ...n August 2020. Plaintiff Ruby Won filed her Complaint against Theona Taat Zhordania, Mojtaba Taat, and Maryam Taat on August 19, 2022. On November 10, 2022, Defendant Theona Taat Zhordania filed a Cross-Complaint against Plaintiff Ruby Won. On January 5, 2023, Defendant filed an Amended Cross-Complaint (“FACC”). The cross-complaint alleges two causes of action, negligence and trespass to chattel. On February 14, 2023, Plaintiff filed the inst...

Excerpt: ...s and Order to Show Cause Re: Dismissal for Failure to Enter Default as to Defendants Markar M. Sarkissian; Parvin Galdijebenoun; Morris Benoun; and Ron Uzan ; will be set. The motion to compel is granted. The request for sanctions is denied. Plaintiff Uzan is ordered to serve verified responses without objections within 15 days after the date of this order. Moving party is to provide notice within one day after the date of this order and to file...

Excerpt: ...f of service of such notice within five court days after the date of this order. Background This is an action for negligence. Plaintiff alleges that while he was a patron of Defendant's business, the chair he was sitting on broke, causing his injuries. Plaintiff Lamont McQueen filed his Complaint against M'Dears #2 Bakery & Bistro LLC on November 16, 2020. On February 14, 2023, Defendant filed the instant motion to compel Plaintiff to appear at a...

Excerpt: ...led her memorandum of costs. On February 10, 2023, Plaintiff Herman Murphy filed the instant motion to tax costs. Summary Moving Arguments Plaintiff moves to tax Pina's requests for filing fees, motion fees, deposition costs, service fees, and electronic filing or service fees on the grounds that the costs are not permitted. Opposing Arguments Pina argues that the filing fees requested are reasonable because she was required to file electronicall...

Excerpt: ...stant motion to quash subpoena on January 12, 2023. Summary Moving Arguments Plaintiff moves to quash Defendant's subpoena issued to the Kaiser Foundation Hospital/SCPMG – Radiology ROI Unit (“Kaiser”) on October 7, 2022. Plaintiff alleges the subpoena was not limited in scope and time. Opposing Arguments Defendant argues that the subpoena issued to Kaiser was limited in scope and as to the body parts Plaintiff claims she injured as a resul...

Excerpt: ...or Monetary Sanctions filed by Defendant Jesse Choy DECISION The Court notes that Defendant Nancy Tran was dismissed without prejudice on April 11, 2022. The three motions are granted. The requests for sanctions are denied. Plaintiff is ordered to serve verified responses without objections within 10 days after the date of this order. Moving party to provide notice within one day after the date of this order and to file proof of service of such n...

Excerpt: ...n, Inc. (“Fulcrum”), Pacific Portable Services, and Marie Nelson on July 12, 2022. Defendant Marie Nelson filed her Cross Complaint against Defendants Fulcrum Construction, Inc and Pacific Portable Services on August 15, 2022. Defendant Fulcrum Construction, Inc. filed its Cross Complaint against Defendants Pacific Portable Services, Inc. and Mobile Mini, Inc. On January 25, 2023, the Court denied Defendant Marie Nelson's motion to challenge ...

Excerpt: ...ocuments (Set One) and Request for Monetary Sanctions -Motion to Deem Defendant National Real Estate Advisors, LLC's Request for Admission (Set One) Deemed Admitted by Plaintiff and Request for Monetary Sanctions DECISION All three motions are granted. Plaintiff is ordered to serve verified responses without objections with respect to the interrogatories and request for production within 15 days after the date of this order. Plaintiff is ordered ...

Excerpt: ...ter the date of this order. The Court imposes sanctions totaling $1,620 jointly and severally against Plaintiff and Plaintiff's Counsel of Record. These sanctions are due within 15 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. Background This is an action for premises liability arising from a trip and fall incident which took place...

Excerpt: ...fendant's objections as to the request calling for a legal conclusion or expert opinion are not well founded. If Defendant's experts have information on this topic to provide during expert discovery they may do so. That does not relieve Defendant of the duty to answer the interrogatory based on the information currently on hand. Defendant has the right to supplement the answer at a later time if needed. After providing a plethora of objections an...

Excerpt: ...ice and to file proof of service of such notice within five court days after the date of this order. Background This is an action for negligence, assault and battery, and intentional infliction of emotional distress arising from a vehicle collision which took place in August 2019. Plaintiff Francisco Cortes filed his Complaint against Yarnel Hazamin Banuelos, Frederico J. Banuelos, Martha Banuelos, and Miriam Guillarmina Torres on August 16, 2021...

Excerpt: ...omplaint against Miriam Esther Hamrell on August 3, 2021. On January 12, 2023, the Court granted Defendant's ex parte motion to continue trial. Trial is now set for March 30, 2023. Fact discovery and motion cutoff dates remained based on the January 31, 2023 trial date. Expert discovery motion and cutoff dates were to comport with the trial date of March 30, 2023. Defendant was also ordered to file a motion for leave to conduct Plaintiff's second...

Excerpt: ...ted. The request for sanctions are denied. Plaintiff is ordered to serve verified responses without objections 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 after the date of this order. Background This is an action for negligence arising from a vehicle collision which took place in July 2018. Plaintiff Miguel Angel Mendoza filed his Complaint against...

Excerpt: ...1. On January 20, 2023, Defendant filed the instant motion to compel an undertaking. Summary Moving Arguments Defendant argues that Plaintiff should be ordered to pay a bond amount of $120,000 on the grounds that Plaintiff resides in Nevada and that there is evidence showing Defendant did not have notice of a dangerous condition on its premises. Opposing Arguments Plaintiff argues that Defendant fails to show that Plaintiff has no reasonable prob...

Excerpt: ...her Hamrell on August 3, 2021. On January 12, 2023, the Court granted Defendant's ex parte motion to continue trial. Trial is now set for March 30, 2023. Fact discovery and motion cutoff dates remained based on the January 31, 2023 trial date. Expert discovery motion and cutoff dates were to comport with the trial date of March 30, 2023. Defendant was also ordered to file a motion for leave to conduct Plaintiff's second IME if Plaintiff did not s...

Excerpt: ...nd This is an action for negligence and retaliatory eviction arising from a trip and fall incident which took place in May 2020. Plaintiff Maria Geisner filed her Complaint against Defendants Nicholas Gallyon and Carl Scott Thomas on August 26, 2021. On October 15, 2021, Plaintiff filed a Doe Amendment naming A1 Performance-Rooter, Inc. (“A1”) as a defendant in this action. On October 18, 2021, A1 filed its Cross-Complaint against Roes 1 thro...

Excerpt: ... this order. Moving party is to give notice of this ruling. Background This is an action for negligence from a vehicle collision that took place on January 3, 2022. Plaintiffs Sergio Ochoa, Rosalva Soto Guevara, and Eder Daniel Torres filed their Complaint against Defendants ABC Installation Corp. and Leonardo Castillo Irepan on January 3, 2022. Defendant Leonardo Irepan filed the instant motions to compel responses to Form Interrogatories (“FR...

Excerpt: ...onses to Special Interrogatories (Set One) and Request for Monetary Sanctions Filed by Defendant DECISION The three motions are granted. The requests for sanctions are denied. Plaintiff is ordered to serve verified responses without objections within 15 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. Background This is an action for ...

Excerpt: ...ermine the procedure necessary to depose Plaintiff. The parties will likely need to obtain a Court order to take the deposition. The Court sets a Status Conference for March 3, 2023 at 8:30 a.m. The parties are ordered to appear and report on the information learned from the prison. Background This is an action for battery, negligence, intentional infliction of emotional distress, fraudulent concealment, and public nuisance arising from bedbug bi...

Excerpt: ...ia Rivera. The Court sets an OSC Re: Dismissal of Defendant Patricia Rivera for Failure to File Proof of Service/Failure to Enter Default and Dismissal of Defendant Lhullier for Failure to Enter Default for March 20, 2023 at 10:00 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. Background This is an action for strict liability, negligence, and strict liability fo...

Excerpt: ...Prince and Stephanie A Davis on May 31, 2019. On January 23, 2023, Plaintiff Elizabeth Bolanos filed the instant motion to compel Defendants to produce the documents relied upon by their expert, Dr. Manual Saint Martin, directly to Plaintiff. Summary Moving Arguments Bolanos seeks a court order compelling Defendants' expert to produce materials he relied upon during his medical examination of Elizabeth Bolanos. Defendants seek copies of tests, Bo...

Excerpt: ...f this order. The demurrer is sustained without leave to amend as to the alteration of medical records. The demurrer is overruled with respect to the other causes of action. The motion to strike is granted with respect to the request for attorney's fees and denied with respect to the allegations regarding punitive damages. Moving party to provide notice and to file proof of service of such notice within five court days after the date of this orde...

Excerpt: ...f of service of such notice within five court days after the date of this order. Background This is an action for negligence arising from a vehicle collision which took place in September 2018. Plaintiff Deandrae Joseph Woods filed his Complaint against Defendants Santos Martin and Nicacia Castorena on August 18, 2020. On December 9, 2022, the Court granted Defendants' first motion to strike. On December 19, 2022, Plaintiff filed his First Amende...

Excerpt: ...ed his complaint alleging causes of action for negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, and fraud and intentional misrepresentation against defendants Raffi G. Chalian, Eliza Yazichian and E Yazichian Dental Corp (erroneously sued as Smile Encino Dental). This action arises out of a series of dental procedures which Plaintiff alleges Defendants negligently performed, resulting in the need for corrective procedures, pain and suffering, emotional dist...

Excerpt: ...this order. Moving parties are to provide notice and to file proof of service of such notice within five court days after the date of this order. Tentative Decision Issued Prior to the Hearing on January 23, 2023 DECISION The motion for summary judgment is granted for the reasons set forth below. Moving parties are to file their proposed judgment within 20 days after the date of this order. Moving parties are to provide notice and to file proof o...

Excerpt: ...ive court days after the date of this order. Background This is an action for negligence, premises liability, and a dangerous condition of public property arising from a trip and fall incident that took place in July 2019. Plaintiff Anna Nguyen filed her Complaint against the City of Los Angeles, the County of Los Angeles, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, and the Hollywood Historic Trust on January 10, 2020. On January 20, 2023, Defendant the H...

Excerpt: ...sell Lyster, Committed Fellowship, Calvary La Habra, and Hope Ranch Cattle Company on August 4, 2022. On October 12, 2022, Hope Ranch Cattle Company (“Hope Ranch”) filed the instant motion to quash service of summons. Summary Moving Arguments Hope Ranch moves to quash service of summons under Code Civ. Proc., section 418.10 on the grounds that the Court does not have personal jurisdiction over it because it is an Idaho based limited liability...

Excerpt: ...negligence arising from a vehicle collision which took place in April 2019. Plaintiff Iraj Rahim filed his Complaint against Defendants Edmundo G. Castro Alvarez and John Pierre Argueta. On November 16, 2022 Plaintiff filed the instant motion to quash Defendants' subpoena for employment records. Summary Moving Arguments Plaintiff moves to quash Defendants' subpoena for employment records on the grounds that (1) not all employment records are rele...

Excerpt: ...e 8, 2021. On January 20, 2023, Defendant filed the instant motion to compel an undertaking. Summary Moving Arguments Defendant argues that Plaintiff should be ordered to pay a bond amount of $120,000 on the grounds that Plaintiff resides in Nevada and that there is evidence showing Defendant did not have notice of a dangerous condition on its premises. Opposing Arguments Plaintiff argues that Defendant fails to show that Plaintiff has no reasona...

Excerpt: ...sing from a vehicle collision which took place in December 2019. Plaintiff Jaime Diaz filed his Complaint against Defendant Liu Ming Shing on October 22, 2021. On October 31, 2022, Defendant filed the instant motion for leave to conduct a more distant medical examination of Plaintiff. Summary Moving Arguments Defendant argues that good cause exists for a more distant medical examination because Plaintiff resides in Arizona, Plaintiff was treated ...

Excerpt: ... 2, 2021. On July 27, 2021, Dempsey Yearout was dismissed from this action. On November 7, 2022, Defendants Donald and Heather Nelson filed their motion for determination of good faith settlement. Summary Moving Arguments Defendants Donald and Heather Nelson (“Moving Defendants”) seek to avoid future litigation and costs and agreed to pay Plaintiff $100,000 to resolve his claims against them. Plaintiff agreed to sign a settlement and release ...

Excerpt: ... to serve verified responses without objections within 10 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. Background This is an action for negligence arising from a vehicle collision which took place in October 2017. Plaintiff Jose Avila filed his Complaint against Defendant Jennifer Ricco on October 10, 2019. On December 1, 2022, De...

Excerpt: ... the date of this order. Background This is an action for negligence arising from a vehicle collision which took place in July 2019. Plaintiffs Terry Carter and Haydee Kabigting filed their Complaint against Defendants Sona Markosyan and Liana Mkrtchyan on May 5, 2021. Defendant Sona Markosyan filed the instant motion for evidence sanctions on December 15, 2022. Summary Moving Arguments Markosyan moves for evidence sanctions on the grounds that P...

Excerpt: ...r. Background This is an action for negligence arising from a vehicle collision which took place on December 21, 2020. Plaintiffs Pedro Serrano-Trujillo, Blanca Paulina Lopez Martinez, and Dylan Liam Lopez filed their Complaint against Systems Source, Inc., Alejandro Cadena, and EAN Holdings, LLC on September 20, 2022. On January 12, 2023, Defendant Alejandro Cadena filed the instant motion to strike punitive damages from Plaintiffs' Complaint. S...

Excerpt: ...d negligence arising from a dog attack which took place in May 2021. Plaintiff Eve Ohayon filed her Complaint against Defendants Ryan and Sarah Johnson on August 17, 2021. On November 3, 2022, the Court granted Defendants' motion to compel further discovery responses. On November 29, 2022, Defendants filed the instant motion for terminating sanctions. On January 5, 2023, the Court continued this matter to allow the parties to submit additional br...

Excerpt: ... International, Inc. on January 14, 2021. On February 24, 2021, Plaintiff filed Doe Amendments naming Defendants SWVP Warner Center Hotel, LLC and Merritt Hospitality, LLC as defendants in this action. On April 14, 2021, Plaintiff dismissed Defendant Marriott International Inc. from this action. On September 23, 2021, Plaintiff filed a First Amended Complaint naming Nafiseh Heidari (“Nafiseh”) as a plaintiff in this action. Defendants filed t...

Excerpt: ...rcia-Guerra, Rosa Consuelo Lima Garcia, and Arturo Malik Garcia filed their Complaint against Defendant Jacquelyn M Wolfe on February 14, 2022. On September 16, 2022, Proposed Intervenor, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (“State Farm”), filed the instant motion to intervene. Summary Moving Arguments Proposed Intervenor argues its motion should be granted because it is Defendant's insurer and has not been able to contact Defendan...

Excerpt: ...und This is an action for negligence, assault, battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and negligent hiring arising from an altercation which took place in December 2019. Plaintiff John Gutierrez filed his Complaint against Defendants Honeycut, 213 Hospitality Proprietors, LLC, and All Day Protection on May 5, 2020. On January 13, 2023, Plaintiff filed the instant motion for leave to file a First Amended Complaint. Summary Moving A...