Excerpt: ...l California and Sokly Chen TENTATIVE RULING Defendants Yanlin Li, Fiorano Motorsport LLC, Bianco Corsa Motorsport, Inc., and Yokohama Imports USA, LLC's Demurrer to Plaintiffs' Second Amended Complaint¿¿ and Motion to Strike Portions of Plaintiffs' Second Amended Complaint are CONTINUED to a date to be determined at the hearing in Department G (Pomona). Defendants' counsel is also ordered to meet and confer with Plaintiffs' counsel regarding t...

Excerpt: ...s also ordered to meet and confer with Plaintiff's counsel regarding the Demurrer and Motion to Strike and to file a supplemental declaration describing such meet and confer efforts at least nine (9) court days before the next scheduled hearing. BACKGROUND This is a breach of contract action arising between an employer and former employee. Plaintiff Loa Int'l (USA) Transport Co. Inc. is a transportation business that worked closely with RL Jones,...

Excerpt: ...gful termination action. From 2003 to 2019, Defendant Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center (PVHMC) employed Plaintiff Elizabeth T. Baker as a nurse in its Labor Delivery Recovery Postpartum Department. During Plaintiff's time at PVHMC, Plaintiff alleges nursing supervisors made racist comments, called Plaintiff demeaning nicknames, criticized Plaintiff for taking medical leave, and retaliated against Plaintiff for raising issues with their behav...

Excerpt: ...s an action for medical malpractice. On September 20, 2021, Plaintiff Brent Allen Rupnow's twelve-year-old daughter began receiving professional therapy from Sarah Lee Kendall (Kendall or Defendant), a licensed therapist who worked for Crossroads Family Therapy LLC (Crossroads). After May 13, 2022, Kendall left Crossroads and began working for Abundance Therapy Center, Inc. (Abundance) while still providing therapy to Plaintiff's daughter. Plaint...

Excerpt: ...with Ton's insurer, Defendant Mercury Insurance Company (Mercury Insurance), Plaintiff alleges Mercury Insurance determined Plaintiff's vehicle was totaled and only allowed Plaintiff to rent a replacement vehicle for five days. As a result of Plaintiff's dealings with Mercury Insurance, Plaintiff allegedly experienced two heart attacks and PTSD. On June 25, 2021, Plaintiff filed a personal injury action (Case No. 21STCV23749) against Ton and Merc...

Excerpt: ...ez (Ramirez) with a gun owned by Lynda. Lynda and Biewener died from their injuries while Ramirez was critically injured. Lucas had prior felony convictions and was involved in a previous incident in December 2016 where Lucas unlawfully discharged a firearm. On July 31, 2019, Ramirez, individually and as Biewener's successor in interest, filed a complaint against Lucas, Estate of Lynda Doi Fick (Doi Fick Estate), and Does 1-100, alleging the foll...

Excerpt: ...'s counsel regarding the Demurrer and to file a supplemental declaration describing such meet and confer efforts at least (9) court days before the next scheduled hearing. BACKGROUND This is a breach of contract action arising from a health insurance policy. In April 2022, Plaintiff Felipe Alexandre was visiting Sao Paulo, Brazil when Plaintiff became ill with a strep infection that spread to Plaintiff's lungs. As a result of this infection, Plai...

Excerpt: ...ng is ordered to appear for all future remote depositions without any sunglasses or face coverings. Furthermore, sanctions are awarded to Plaintiff against Defendant Jace King and Defendant Jace King's counsel in the amount of $900.00, payable within 30 days of the issuance of this order. BACKGROUND This is an action to quiet title. Jace King (King), formerly known as Ali Tavana, is the owner of real property on Philadelphia Street in Pomona (Pom...

Excerpt: ...laintiffs Victoria Saavedra and Juan Casiano Rojas purchased a 2019 Nissan Altima. Plaintiff alleges Defendant Nissan North America, Inc. made express warranties to preserve or maintain the utility or performance of the vehicle and provide compensation if there is a failure in such utility or performance. Plaintiffs subsequently began experiencing electrical and drivability concerns caused by failures in the emergency braking system. On June 24, ...

Excerpt: ...ed into a written lease agreement with Defendant Zhi Liu (Liu) in which Liu agreed to lease a property in the City of Industry from Plaintiff for a two-year term. Defendant Zhe Shi (Shi) executed a guaranty in support of the lease agreement. Subsequently, Liu failed to make rent payments and abandoned the property on May 27, 2020. On June 30, 2020, Plaintiff filed a complaint against Liu and Shi alleging (1) breach of written lease agreement, (2)...

Excerpt: ...nt is GRANTED IN PART as to paragraph six of Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint and DENIED IN PART as to Plaintiff's prayer for prejudgment interest. BACKGROUND This is a premises liability action. On October 9, 2022, Plaintiff Victor Carpio was removing copper wiring from a property in Walnut as part of a job for Machinery Resources International, Inc. (MRI). The Walnut property was owned, maintained, operated, managed, leased, or controlled by...

Excerpt: ... P. Retuta (Retuta) was selling the La Puente property and visited it. After visiting, Cross- Complainants submitted an offer to purchase the La Puente property through their real estate agents, Denise Velazquez (Velazquez) and Excellence RE Real Estate Inc. (Excellence). After Retuta's acceptance and the close of escrow, Cross-Complainants received possession of the property on April 19. On that same day, Alejandro Cervantes (Cervantes) appeared...

Excerpt: ...ially formed a partnership with Defendant and provided financial support for the project, Plaintiff agreed to be bought out and instead provided finances in the form of a loan. Defendant then claimed overpayment of Plaintiff and filed an unsuccessful breach of contract claim against Plaintiff while also failing to make payments on Plaintiff's loan. On April 21, 2021, Plaintiff, individually and through Isabelle Coats Newman as successor trustee o...

Excerpt: ...rding the Demurrer and to file a supplemental declaration describing such meet and confer efforts at least (9) court days before the next scheduled hearing. BACKGROUND This is a breach of contract action arising from international shipping agreements. Plaintiff Gladden Makin House, Ltd. (Gladden) is a Hong Kong corporation engaged in the business of exporting textiles from China to the United States. Plaintiff worked with textile factories in Chi...

Excerpt: ... shop was owned by Defendant Ed Mejia. Following diagnostic tests, Defendant agreed to replace the vehicle's battery and alternator. Defendant also agreed to repair damaged glass on the rear window of the passenger's side and perform routine maintenance. On November 15, 2019, Defendant completed the work on Plaintiff's vehicle and Plaintiff made a payment of $2,373.15. As Plaintiff was driving the vehicle home, it began to have engine problems an...

Excerpt: ...Inc., and Todd Smith TENTATIVE RULING Plaintiff Joshua Acosta's Motion for Summary Adjudication as to the Joint Answer of Defendants (Aurora Charter Oak‐Los Angeles, LLC; Aurora Health Care, Inc.; Signature Healthcare Services, LLC; Signature Healthcare Management, Inc., and Todd Smith) to the Third Amended Complaint is DENIED IN PART, GRANTED IN PART. The motion is DENIED as moot to the Seventh, Eighth, Fourteenth (mistitled as the first of tw...

Excerpt: ...aintiff Alma Coronado leased a new Nissan Sentra and alleges express written contract with Nissan North America, Inc. in which Defendant Nissan undertook to preserve or maintain the utility or performance of Plaintiff's vehicle and provide compensation if there was a failure in such utility or performance. Plaintiff alleges the vehicle's continuously variable transmission was defective. On June 17, 2022, Plaintiff filed a complaint against Defend...

Excerpt: ...e eighth cause of action and OVERRULED IN PART as to the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and ninth causes of action. Defendant Claremont Unified School District's Motion to Strike Portions of Plaintiff's Second Amended Complaint is GRANTED IN PART as to Plaintiff John SJ Doe's Prayer for Attorney Fees against Defendant with ten (10) days leave to amend and DENIED IN PART as to the rest of Plaintiff's Second Amended Complaint. BACKGROUND This...

Excerpt: ...Diana Culkin is ordered to serve code‐ complaint responses on Defendant without objections within ten (10) days of the issuance of this order. Furthermore, Defendant's Request for Sanctions is GRANTED and Sanctions are awarded in the amount of $337.50, payable within thirty (30) days of the issuance of this order. Defendant Inco Builders' Motion to Compel Response to Special Interrogatories, Set No. Two, is GRANTED. Plaintiff Diana Culkin is or...

Excerpt: ...t Sapna Sangani Rasani, M.D.'s Motion to Strike Portions of Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint is GRANTED. The court will hear from Plaintiff as to whether the court should grant leave to amend. BACKGROUND This is a medical malpractice action. On October 4, 2021, Defendants Sapna Sangai Rasani, M.D. (Dr. Rasani); Allied Physicians of California (Allied Physicians); and Allied Physicians of California IPA (Allied Physicians IPA) began treating Pl...

Excerpt: ...r, M.D. (Dr. Cutler), Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center (PVHMC), and Does 1-100 alleging medical negligence and loss of consortium. On June 13, 2023, PVHMC (Defendant) filed the present demurrer. Prior to filing on June 2, Defendant's counsel met and conferred telephonically with Plaintiff's counsel and was unable to reach a resolution. (Ozeran Decl., ¶ 3.) A hearing on the demurrer is set for July 20, 2023. A case management conference is a...

Excerpt: ...RRULED. Defendant Satish Mahajan to file an answer in ten (10) days. Defendant Mennu Mahajan's Demurrer to Plaintiff's Complaint is summarily STRICKEN and placed off calendar as Defendant is in default. Defendant Humble Retailers, Inc.'s Demurrer to Plaintiff's Complaint is SUSTAINED with ten (10) days leave to amend. BACKGROUND This is a contractual fraud action. In early 2022, Defendants Humble Retailers, Inc. (Humble Retailers), Satish Mahajan...

Excerpt: ...h and Norman Joseph TENTATIVE RULING Defendants Maria Elaine Schmidt, Maria Elaine Schmidt as Trustee to the Maria E. Schmidt Revocable Trust, and Naomi Bonner's Demurrer to Portions of Plaintiffs' Complaint SUSTAINED IN PART with ten (10) days leave to amend as to the first, seventh, eighth, and eleventh causes of action, and OVERRULED IN PART as to the third, fourth, and tenth causes of action. Defendants Maria Elaine Schmidt, Maria Elaine Schm...

Excerpt: ...ecution action, Defendant Gregory Ward asked Plaintiff Isabel M. Coats, Defendant's mother, to help finance the family cabin's construction in Utah. While Plaintiff initially formed a partnership with Defendant and provided financial support for the project, Plaintiff agreed to be bought out and instead provided finances in the form of a loan. Defendant then claimed overpayment of Plaintiff and filed an unsuccessful breach of contract claim again...

Excerpt: ...'s personal residence and DENIED IN PART as to the remaining issues. BACKGROUND This is a breach of contract action arising from a recycling venture. In March 2019, Dongjin Zhang (Zhang) agreed to become business partners with Sam Shang (Shang) in a recycling venture. On April 23, 2019, Shang formed CG Plastics LLC (CG Plastics) and assisted Zhang in forming Ian Giant, Inc. (Ian Giant) as Zhang's investment company. On May 24, Zhang alleges Shang...