Excerpt: ... fees and $2,699.45 in costs for a total award of $25,660.70 as against Defendant Ford Motor Co. only. Background This is a lemon law action. The case settled through Plaintiff's acceptance of Defendants' 998 offer of compromise, which consisted of repurchase of the vehicle for $52,000 less any remaining loan balance on the vehicle and attorneys' fees equal to $8,500 or an amount determined by the court. On November 12, 2021, Plaintiff filed a mo...

Excerpt: ...endants Goyang Holding Company (“Goyang”), Jin Hong (“Hong”), Sam Pil Park (“Park”), Jak Wood LLC (“Jak”), Jessica Klivans (“Klivans”), Hobart Partnership (“Hobart”), and William Lawson (“Lawson”), alleging causes of action for fraud, breach of contract, and negligence. The court sustained a demurrer to the complaint with leave to amend. On April 15, 2021, Plaintiff filed the operative first amended complaint (the “F...

Excerpt: ...n against Defendants Kelly Nam (“Nam” or “Defendant”) and all persons unknown, claiming legal or equitable right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the property described in the Complaint adverse to Plaintiffs' title or any cloud upon Plaintiffs' title (collectively, “Defendants”), alleging causes of action for: C/A 1: Quiet Title (Prescriptive Easement) C/A 2: Declaratory and Injunctive Relief C/A 3: Private Nuisance C/A 4: Trespas...

Excerpt: ...ingle claim under the Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”) against Defendant Zum Services, Inc. (“Defendant”). Plaintiffs allege that Defendant has misclassified its driver as independent contractors and unlawfully committed Labor Code violations. On March 23, 2020, Plaintiffs filed a first amended complaint. Defendant moved to compel arbitration and the trial court granted the motion, ordering into arbitration the “issue of arbitrabi...

Excerpt: ...ng: Deny. Background On November 5, 2018, Plaintiff Claudia Rivera (“Plaintiff”), a special needs student with a severe intellectual disability, through her guardian ad litem Ericka Aquino, filed this action against Defendants Los Angeles Unified School District (“LAUSD”), Travis Brandy, Eric Fitzpatrick, and Shellie Blackson (collectively, “Defendants”) arising from an alleged sexual assault that occurred on December 11, 2017 at Los ...