Excerpt: ...plaint is sustained without leave to amend. The Motion to Strike is granted without leave to amend. This action arises out of an employment dispute. Plaintiff Lynette Whiting (Plaintiff) alleges that, while working for Defendants California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and California Correctional Health Care Services (Defendants), she was discriminated against, harassed, and retaliated against because of her membership in several ...

Excerpt: ...gwood Management Corp. Responding Party: (1.) None (2.) None Tentative Ruling: The Motion to Compel Arbitration is granted in part and denied in part; the Motion to stay is granted. This lawsuit involves the quality of care that decedent Isaac Smith (Decedent) received during his residency at Defendant Longwood Manor Convalescent Hospital, a skilled nursing facility. On November 30, 2022, Plaintiffs David Smith, Isaac Smith, Jr., and Joseph Smith...

Excerpt: ...f) during the 2018 Baja 1000 Race in Ensenada, Mexico (Race). The Race was owned and operated by Defendant Promote Mexico, LLC dba Score International (Promote Mexico). On October 30, 2018, Plaintiff entered into an agreement as an independent contractor with Defendant Monster Energy Company (Monster Energy) to attend the Race. At the Race, a race truck driven by Defendant Morgan Langley (Langley) and owed by COPS Racing, LLC (COPS Racing) and La...

Excerpt: ...d MetLife Legal Plans, Inc. Responding Party: (1.) Plaintiffs Rhonda Rothstein and Cal First Responders Insurance Agency Inc. (2.) Plaintiffs Rhonda Rothstein and Cal First Responders Insurance Agency Inc. Tentative Ruling: Defendant County of Los Angeles Fire Museum Association, Paul Oyler, and Paul Schneider 's demurrer to the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Causes of Action is sustained without leave to amend. Defendants Metropolitan Lif...

Excerpt: ..., Inc. $557,955.96 plus post-judgment interest, accruing from September 16, 2020, within sixty days of August 21, 2023. This action arises from a dispute over ownership of certain real property (Longwood Property), originally owned by Fannie Marie Gaines (Fannie) and Milton Gaines (Milton). As this matter involves nearly two decades worth of factual and procedural history, including multiple Court of Appeal rulings, the Court will limit the backg...

Excerpt: ...rruled in part, and the demurrer to third cause of action is sustained without leave to amend. The Motion to Strike is denied. This action arises over a dispute over entitlement to the distribution of certain music royalties. Plaintiff Capucine Jackson (Jackson) is the widow and successor-in-interest to music producer Johnny Jackson a/k/a Johnny J (Johnny J) who passed away in 2008. Johnny J produced numerous music recordings for the late recordi...

Excerpt: ...t 1130 Rosalind Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90023 (Property). On May 24, 2018, Plaintiffs Rudy Montalvo and Guadalupe Montalvo (Plaintiffs) filed a Complaint alleging they were the true fee simple title owners of the Property and had been dispossessed through the fraudulent actions of Defendants. On September 19, 2018, Plaintiffs filed a First Amended Complaint (FAC) against Defendants Osbaldo Martinez, OG Global Investments, Inc., Anna Marroquin, Gi...

Excerpt: ...s Mezzanine Borrower, LLC Responding Party: (1.) Plaintiff Control Air Enterprises (2.) Plaintiff Control Air Enterprises (3.) Plaintiff Control Air Enterprises Tentative Ruling: Defendant Webcor Construction, L.P.'s demurrer to fifth cause of action is sustained with leave to amend, and the demurrer is sustained without leave to amend as to the ninth and tenth causes of action. Defendant Next Century Partners, LLC's demurrer to the first cause o...

Excerpt: ...omplaint against Defendant Centinela Car Wash, Inc. (Defendant Car Wash) and Defendant Hooman Nissani (Defendant Nissani) alleging Defendants had become indebted to Plaintiff in the amount of $146,621.50. On May 8, 2023, the Court entered default against Defendant Car Wash. On July 27, 2023, Defendant Car Wash moved to set aside the entry of default based on attorney fault. No opposition was filed. The motion to set aside the entry of default is ...

Excerpt: ...ngeles.” On July 24, 2023, Defendant County of Los Angeles (Defendant) filed a demurrer to the Complaint. No opposition was filed. The demurrer is sustained with leave to amend. Legal Standard for Demurrers A demurrer is an objection to a pleading, the grounds for which are apparent from either the face of the complaint or a matter of which the court may take judicial notice. Code Civ. Proc. § 430.30, subd. (a); see also Blank v. Kirwan (1985)...

Excerpt: ...ranted in the amount of $2,000. On December 31, 2014, Plaintiff Michael Flint (Plaintiff) filed a complaint against Defendant Pamela Koslyn (Defendant) alleging Defendant failed to pay rent and breached her fiduciary duty owed to Plaintiff arising from Defendant's prior attorney-client relationship with Plaintiff. On June 3, 2015, the Court granted Defendant's motion to compel this matter to arbitration. On December 20, 2017, the arbitrator enter...

Excerpt: ...etween Plaintiffs Raymundo Ortega and German Ignacio Hernandez Santos (Plaintiffs) and Defendant Rebeca Espinoza Gonzalez (Defendant). On March 22, 2023, Plaintiffs filed a Complaint. Defendant filed a demurrer. On July 14, 2023, Plaintiffs filed a First Amended Complaint (FAC) containing a single cause of action for forcible entry. On July 26, 2023, Defendant filed a demurrer the FAC. Plaintiffs filed an opposition to the demurrer. No reply was ...

Excerpt: ...ike is granted. This is a Song-Beverly action. In June 2021, Plaintiff Mandy Cohen (Plaintiff) purchased a 2021 Chevrolet Bolt EV (Vehicle). On March 30, 2023, Plaintiff sued Defendant General Motors, LLC (GM) alleging three breach of warranty claims under Song-Beverly, and causes of action for fraudulent concealment, negligent misrepresentation and violation of Business and Professions Code section 17200. The Complaint alleges that GM was aware ...

Excerpt: ...Production of Health Records (Filed 4/26/23) (3.) Motion To Quash Defendants Deposition Subpoena for Production of Business Records to the U.S. Depaftment of Labor, Wage & Hour Division (filed 4/26/23) Plaintiff Tanya Williams Defendant Southern California Permanente Medical Group (1.) The Motion to Quash is Granted. (2.) The Motion to Quash is Granted. (3.) The Motion to Quash is Granted. Background In this wrongful termination matter against De...

Excerpt: ...by Defendant David Klass Wholesale Jewelry (Defendant Employer) from approximately August 2019 through November 2022; she alleges that Defendant Employer violated numerous labor laws and unlawfully terminated her in retaliation for her reporting the sexual harassment committed by Defendant Elad Iton, an alleged “business partner” of Defendant Employer. (Compl., ¶ 10.) The Complaint contains causes of action for (1) Misclassification as an In...

Excerpt: ...ator (Kator) and Guardnow, Inc. (Guardnow). In the instant action, Plaintiffs Lakayla Burrell and Justine Notto now seek to enforce this underlying judgment against Defendant Speech Improvement Center, Inc. (Defendant or Speech Improvement Center). Plaintiffs allege that they previously worked for Kator and Guardnow. On September 13, 2019, Plaintiffs obtained a judgment against Defendant Kator and Guardnow in the sum of $350,162.80 for California...

Excerpt: ... to the representative claims. In this employment action filed on June 6, 2023, Plaintiff Russell Louis Parrish (Plaintiff) filed a single PAGA cause of action complaint against his former employer and their subsidiaries, parents, and agents, Pacific PG LLC (Pacific PG), PJ Cleveland LLC (PJ Cleveland), and PJ Escondido Inc. (PJ Escondido) (Defendant Entities), and against the owner of Defendant Entities, Ahmad R. Melezadeh (Melezadeh). The Compl...

Excerpt: ...c. (Plaintiff) obtained a money judgment from the Netherlands court against non-party Jossiv Kim (Jossiv) relating to a loan agreement. Jossiv then absconded to Los Angeles County and fraudulently transferred some of his money to his wife, non-party Angelina Kim (Angelina). Plaintiff then sued in Los Angeles County in September 2017 under the Uniform Foreign Money- Judgment Recognition Act, requesting that the Netherlands Judgment be given force ...

Excerpt: ... without leave to amend. The motion to strike is granted with leave to amend. This case arises out of an incident involving a water truck falling into a sinkhole. Plaintiff Steve Martinez dba Agua Dulce Water Trucks & Transportation (Plaintiff) alleges that on May 14, 2021, his water truck fell into a sinkhole on a vacant lot property owned by co-defendants, Newhall Land & Farming Co. (Newhall), and Five Point Holdings, LLC (Five Point), in Valen...

Excerpt: ...d with leave to amend. On February 7, 2022, Plaintiffs George Small III (Decedent) (by and through his Successor in Interest, Barbara Small), Barbara Small, and Kent Small (collectively, Plaintiffs) filed their initial complaint in this action. The Complaint contains causes of action for (1.) elder abuse and neglect, (2.) negligence, and (3.) wrongful death. On July 11, 2023, Defendant Nicholas Jauregui, M.D., Inc. dba Supportive Care Medical Gro...

Excerpt: ...ion is granted. In this employment dispute action, filed on February 7, 2023, Plaintiff Myesha Smith (Plaintiff) filed a twelve-count complaint against her employers, Defendants Mar Vista Country Villa Healthcare & Wellness Centre, LP, Rockport Healthcare Support Services, LLC, and Modern HR, Inc. (Defendants). The allegations include FEHA violations, wrongful termination claims and Labor Code violations. On June 23, 2023, Defendants filed a moti...

Excerpt: ...ent is denied. Alternatively, the Motion for Summary Adjudication is granted in part and denied. Plaintiff alleges she was terminated by her employer, Defendant Patient Preferred Dermatology Medical Group, Inc. (Medical Group), a dermatology medical practice, for unlawful and discriminatory reasons. On December 15, 2020, the Complaint was filed. It alleges causes of action for (1.) discrimination in violation of FEHA, (2.) harassment in violation...

Excerpt: ...uced amount of $1,145.51. Plaintiff moves for an award of attorneys' fees and costs. The parties settled this Song- Beverly matter except as to those issues. In 2015, Plaintiff purchased a new 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 vehicle (Vehicle) manufactured and distributed by Defendant General Motors (GM), which provided an express written warranty. After experiencing numerous performance issues, multiple repair attempts, and seeking a vehicle buybac...

Excerpt: ...l Keswick), 300 W. Glenoaks, LLC (300 W. Glenoaks), and Pacific Auto Recycling Center, Inc. (PARC) (collectively, RHA Defendants) Responding Party: Plaintiff Dean Delis, Margaret (Meg) Delis, Delakis LP and DMD Investments LLC Tentative Ruling: The Motion for Summary Adjudication is denied. On November 5, 2021, Plaintiffs Dean Delis, Margert Delis (Meg), Drew Delis, Delakis LP, and DMD Investments LLC (collectively, Plaintiffs) filed the Third Am...

Excerpt: ... (Defendant, Debtor, or Davis ) filed a Claim of Exemption with regard to two accounts held at LPL Financial Holdings Inc: LPL Financial Holdings Inc., Account Nos. 4441-3831 and 7026-7699. On April 3, 2023, Plaintiff and Judgment Creditor Douglas Bagby (Plaintiff or Bagby) filed a Notice of Opposition to the Claim of Exemption. On June 26, 2023, Judgment Creditor filed an Amended, Supplemental Opposition to this Notice of Exemption. On July 6, 2...