Excerpt: ...), a homeowner. Plaintiff claims Defendant has violated a declaration of covenants, conditions, and restrictions, as well as Plaintiff's bylaws, by harassing, intimidating, and interfering with Plaintiff's board members, employees, and vendors. On October 6, 2020, Plaintiff filed a complaint against Defendant and Does 1-25, alleging the following causes of action: (1) breach of covenant of governing documents; (2) declaratory relief; and (3) abat...

Excerpt: ...(collectively, Defendants) in which Prince RH agreed to lease commercial property in Rowland Heights to Defendants in exchange for monthly rent. In January 2020, Defendants stopped making payments under the lease. Prince RH assigned and transferred its right, title, and interest in the lease to Plaintiff National Commercial Recovery, Inc. On June 7, 2022, Plaintiff filed a complaint against Defendants, Jae Rhim (Rhim), Didim Food USA, Inc. (Didim...

Excerpt: ...nrex). On February 26, 2021, Plaintiff filed a complaint for breach of contract against American Sunrex Corp. (American Sunrex) and Does 1 through 25, alleging defendants failed to provide an accounting of licensed products sold and to make full royalty payments. On March 3, 2021, Plaintiff added Sunrex to the complaint as Doe 1. Plaintiff has since amended the complaint three times, with the most recent Third Amended Complaint (TAC) being filed ...

Excerpt: ...mplaint is SUSTAINED with 20 days' leave given to amend. Cross‐Defendant Grace Zhang's Motion to Strike Portions of Cross‐Complainant Randy Zhao's First Amended Cross‐Complaint is deemed MOOT. BACKGROUND This action arises from business disputes between partners in a real estate brokerage. In 2018, Plaintiff/Cross-Defendant Grace Zhang (Zhang) and Defendant/Cross-Complainant Randy Zhao (Zhao) formed Universal Realty, Inc. (Universal) with 5...

Excerpt: ...onditional Stipulated Settlement Agreement is GRANTED. Judgment is entered against Defendants Victoria M. Velasquez and Richard S. Velasquez in the amount of $93,475.59. Plaintiff ordered to give notice. BACKGROUND This is a collections action. Defendants Victoria M. Velasquez and Richard S. Velasquez owe Plaintiff National Collegiate Student Loan Trust 2007-3 debt in five cases that were consolidated into the present action. Plaintiff filed a co...

Excerpt: ...al is GRANTED. Defendant's General Denial to Plaintiff's Complaint is HEREBY STRICKEN. BACKGROUND This action arises from an agreement to purchase N95 face masks. On August 2, 2020, Plaintiff Yamadatoshi and Co., Ltd. agreed to purchase one million 3M N95 masks from K2 Investment Group (K2 Investment) and deposited $2,860,000 into escrow with JD Escrow, Inc. (JD Escrow). Although K2 Investment never provided Plaintiff with the product, JD Escrow ...

Excerpt: ... businessman with interests in the United States and China. Plaintiff's parents in China offered to provide Plaintiff the money for a house but Chinese law prohibited transfers of more than $50,000 a year to foreign countries. During a meeting with Defendant in June 2017, Plaintiff mentioned an interest in purchasing a house and Defendant claimed to operate a state- licensed international money transfer business that could work around the Chinese...

Excerpt: ...OSITION (Plaintiff Martha Buckley) Defendant Kent Edward Buckley's MOTION TO DEEM THE TRUTH OF MATTERS SPECIFIED IN REQUESTS FOR ADMISSIONS, SET TWO, ADMITTED Respondent: NO OPPOSITION (Plaintiff Martha Buckley) TENTATIVE RULING Defendant Kent Edward Buckley's motion to compel responses to requests for production, set one, is GRANTED. Plaintiff is ordered to provide verified responses, without objections, within ten (10) days, or on or before clo...

Excerpt: ... Chen Zhang signed a two-year lease agreement with Plaintiff Qing Li for a residential property in Irvine. Defendant agreed to pay $4,700 per month for the first year and $4,800 per month for the second year along with a $9,400 security deposit. On January 20, 2022, Plaintiff discovered Defendant was using the residence for a marijuana growing operation and demanded the Defendant return the residence to its original condition and move out. While ...

Excerpt: ...ue, and (2) Plaintiff failed to adequately plead a cause of action against Beyace or Wang. BACKGROUND In this contractual fraud action, China National Materials Industry Import and Export Corporation (Plaintiff), doing business as the Sinoma Group, entered into a series of contracts with Extra Shunmei, Inc. (ESI) in which ESI agreed to purchase and ship 28 new luxury vehicles to Plaintiff in China for a price of $4,452,570. However, Plaintiff all...

Excerpt: ...Traders, LLC (Ash USA Traders) and Ashraf Bawa (Bawa) in which Plaintiff agreed to purchase 3,600,000 gloves from Defendants for a price of $270,000. After Plaintiff paid a deposit of $67,500, it received a bill of lading that it alleged was fraudulent. Ultimately, Plaintiff alleges Defendants never provided the gloves and refused to return its deposit. On September 30, 2020, Plaintiff filed a complaint against Defendants and Does 1-20, alleging ...

Excerpt: ... in a shopping center. The Complaint, filed January 19, 2021, asserts causes of action for: 1. Breach of Lease 2. Breach of Written Guaranty of Lease On September 14, 2022, Plaintiff filed an ex parte application for issuance of writ of attachment and a temporary protective order against Defendant with regards to two of Defendant's properties in Fontana. On September 19, 2022, the court granted Plaintiff's writ of attachment but issued a temporar...

Excerpt: ...f's First Set of Requests for Admissions Nos. 9, 10, 17, 19, 20, 25, 27, 28, 30, and 31, a further response is required. Defendant American Power Enterprises, LLC is hereby ordered to serve further verified responses to these numbered requests for admissions without objection within 14 days of issuance of this order. Plaintiff Jose R. Pilpa's Motion to Compel Further Responses to Plaintiff's First Set of Form Interrogatories is GRANTED. Defendant...

Excerpt: ...iff's Requests for Admission is construed as a Motion to Deem the Truth of the Matters in the Requests for Admission Admitted and GRANTED. Plaintiff Isabel M. Coats's Motion to Compel Further Responses to Plaintiff's Form Interrogatory No. 17.1 and Special Interrogatory No. 3 is construed as a Motion to Compel and is GRANTED. Defendant Gregory Ward is ordered to serve verified responses to Plaintiff's Form Interrogatory No. 17.1 and Special Inter...

Excerpt: ...o comply with meet and confer requirements. Plaintiffs Noe Villanueva and Lorena Villanueva's motion to compel compliance with the court's February 17, 2022 discovery order is DEEMED MOOT. The court awards sanctions to the Plaintiffs in the amount of $261.65, payable within 30 days of notice of this order. BACKGROUND In this breach of warranty action, Plaintiffs Noe Villanueva and Lorena Villanueva purchased a 2016 Chevrolet Camaro manufactured a...

Excerpt: ...000 gloves from Defendants for a price of $270,000. After Plaintiff paid a deposit of $67,500, it received a bill of lading that it alleged was fraudulent. Ultimately, Plaintiff alleges Defendants never provided the gloves and refused to return its deposit. On September 30, 2020, Plaintiff filed a complaint against Defendants and Does 1‐20, alleging the following causes of action: 1. Breach of Contract 2. Unfair Business Act 3. Fraud 4. Intenti...

Excerpt: ...n February 18, 2020, Plaintiff filed a complaint against Defendant and Does 1 through 20 inclusive, alleging the following causes of action: 1. Breach of Fiduciary Duty 2. Fraud On September 21, 2022, Plaintiff filed a motion for leave to file a First Amended Complaint that added a cause of action for conversion and added Defendant's wife, Sharon Ye (a.k.a. Mei Ye), as a defendant. FSC is set for January 24, 2023, and trial is set for February 14...

Excerpt: ...Ramon, Ashley Smith, Matthew Solorzano, Kerry Stavert-Wooten, Brittney Strand, Marysol Thomas and Sean Van Gundy Tentative Ruling Defendant Hacienda La Puente Unified School District's Demurrer to Plaintiffs' Second Amended Complaint is OVERRULED IN PART, SUSTAINED IN PART, with 20 days' leave to amend. Background Plaintiffs Thuy Monge, Jamie Aakhus, Alice Acevedo, Ida Aguayo, Jose Araiza, Marisol Arevalo, Diana Ayala, Maechelle Brown, Noemi Cova...

Excerpt: ...aintiff disagreed with and started using HYLVL's money to support his other side business. Defendant also refused to provide Plaintiff business records. On October 12, 2021, Plaintiff filed a Derivative and Direct Complaint for himself and on the behalf of HYLVL against the Defendant, HYLVL, and Does 1‐10, alleging the following causes of action: 1. Breach of Contract 2. Common Count: Money had and received 3. Dissolution of HYLVL LLC 4. Breach...

Excerpt: ...Property”). Plaintiffs allege that the Subject Property suffers from numerous habitability issues, including rat and roach infestation, severe water leaks and mold, and crumbling walls, and that Defendants have failed to maintain the Subject Property. On April 25, 2019, Plaintiffs filed suit against Defendants Maz Management LLC, Paritosh Mazumder, and Does 1 through 20 for: 1. Negligence, 2. Nuisance, 3. Breach of Lease, and 4. Breach of Impli...

Excerpt: ...tees of the Gutentag Revocable Trust, Dated June 4, 2019; and CDG Investments, LLC. TENTATIVE RULING The motion of Plaintiffs Tony To Chong Loo, Cui Ping Loo, and Danny Weising Loos to compel responses and further responses to special interrogatories, set one, is DENIED IN PART as to special interrogatories numbered 1 through 11 but GRANTED in part as to interrogatories numbered 12 through 16. Sanctions awarded for the Plaintiffs in the amount of...

Excerpt: ... La Puente, which denied her claim in a letter dated September 29, 2021. The City of La Puente advised Petitioner that denial of her claim was based on the fact that the incident did not occur in the City of La Puente. Pursuant to Government Code section 945.6, subd. (a), the City of La Puente advised Petitioner that she had six (6) months from the date of the mailing of the denial to file a court action on her claim. On March 31, 2022, Petitione...

Excerpt: ...roperty to the trust, while retaining the right to possess, profit from, and manage the trust property until his death. Luis Elias leased the trust property to Peter Elias (Defendant), who collected rent from the property's tenants. After Luis Elias died, Defendant continued to collect rent on the trust property. On March 30, 2022, Plaintiffs filed a Second Amended Complaint (SAC), asserting causes of action against Defendant, Jenny Milner, Mario...

Excerpt: ...SITION (Plaintiff Martha Buckley) Defendant Kent Edward Buckley's MOTION TO DEEM THE TRUTH OF MATTERS SPECIFIED IN REQUESTS FOR ADMISSIONS, SET TWO, ADMITTED Respondent: NO OPPOSITION (Plaintiff Martha Buckley) I TENTATIVE RULING 1. Defendant Kent Edward Buckley's motion to compel responses to requests for production, set one, is GRANTED. Sanctions are awarded in the reasonable amount of $311.65, payable within 30 days. 2. Defendant Kent Edward B...

Excerpt: ...or: 1. Failure to maintain confidential personnel information pursuant to Penal Code section 832.7 2. Violation of Labor Code section 1102.5 3. Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress 4. Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress 5. Termination in Violation of Public Policy On May 7, 2019, Plaintiff filed a First Amended Complaint, replacing the first cause of action with “invasion of privacy” and asserting a sixth cause of action for vi...