Excerpt: ... bad faith are STRICKEN from the First Amended Complaint as not in compliance with the court's prior ruling on April 19, 2023. Defendant Mercury Insurance Company's Demurrer to Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint is SUSTAINED without leave to amend as to the first cause of action and deemed MOOT with regards to the second cause of action. Defendant Mercury Insurance Company's Motion to Strike Portions of Plaintiff's Complaint is also deemed MOOT....

Excerpt: ...g in Department G (Pomona). BACKGROUND This is an action between two former business partners. Plaintiff Mohammed Khodabakhsh is an engineer and inventor in the clean energy technology field. Defendant Terry L. Vechik is a marketer of inventions. In 2008, Plaintiff began working with Defendant to help monetize clean energy technology developed by Plaintiff. Subsequently, Plaintiff alleges Defendant began falsely claiming to be an equal partner in...

Excerpt: ..., 2019, Plaintiff Shaunette Miller was hired as a human resources director for Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center (PVHMC) under the direct supervision of Ray Inge (Inge), PVHMC's vice president of human resources. Soon afterwards, Plaintiff alleges Inge began sexually harassing Plaintiff by making lewd and inappropriate comments to Plaintiff about Inge's private life and Plaintiff's appearance. Plaintiff also alleges Inge singled out Plaintiff...

Excerpt: ... the Claims Requirement and To Amend the Complaint to Include a Claim Against City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works is DENIED. Plaintiff David Madrid's Petition for Relief from the Claims Requirement and To Amend the Complaint to Include a Claim Against City of Los Angeles is DENIED. BACKGROUND This is a personal injury action. On November 28, 2021, while riding a bicycle in West Covina, Plaintiff David Madrid allegedly hit an unmarked o...

Excerpt: ... and 59‐73. Defendant is ordered to serve further and complete code‐compliant responses without objection, except where otherwise allowed by this ruling, on Plaintiff within ten (10) days. BACKGROUND This is a lemon law action. On May 29, 2022, Plaintiff Ernesto Molina-Molina entered into a warranty contract with Defendant General Motors, LLC by purchasing a 2022 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. Subsequently, Plaintiff alleges the vehicle contained ...

Excerpt: ...mmander for EMPD's SWAT team. On November 5, 2020, Plaintiff alleges EMPD's chief, David Reynoso (Reynoso), issued a memorandum that backdated the effective dates of three EMPD promotions in order to circumvent the decision by Jessica Ancona (Ancona), the mayor for the City of El Monte (City), to not allow any further promotions. On November 6, 2020, Plaintiff informed Ancona during an investigative interview that the promotion date in the Novemb...

Excerpt: ..., Plaintiffs Quanyi Wang and Ruoxuan Li entered into a warranty contract with Ford Motor Company (Ford) by purchasing a 2021 Ford Explorer from Hemborg Ford (Defendant). Subsequently, Plaintiffs' vehicle manifested engine defects. On November 8, 2022, Plaintiffs filed a complaint against Ford, Defendant, and Does 1-10, alleging the following causes of action: (1) breach of express warranty, (2) breach of implied warranty, and (3) negligent repair...

Excerpt: ...ublic. As early as August 2022, Plaintiff visited Defendant's website multiple times and alleges the following barriers to access existed: (1) graphics, links, and buttons on the website were mislabeled or lacked alternative text (alt-text) for screen-reading software to read out; (2) multiple pages contained insufficient navigational headings; (3) menu links and descriptions were inaccessible to screen reading technology, and (4) the checkout sy...

Excerpt: ...r trespass arising from a dispute over a walkway. On February 12, 2008, Plaintiff Jace King, formerly known as Ali Tavana, purchased a residential property in Pomona (hereafter, the Pomona property). There is a concrete walkway on the Pomona property adjacent to the public street. Plaintiff alleges the walkway is not a public sidewalk and part of Plaintiff's private property. In September 2019, Plaintiff erected a fence around the walkway to prev...

Excerpt: ...rom China with Plaintiff's family. On April 18, Plaintiff met with Jie Xu (Xu), who advertised immigration services on YouTube. Xu promised to provide legal services for Plaintiff's immigration issues through a lawyer who worked for Xu. However, after Plaintiff made a payment of $8,000 to Xu, Xu refused to provide Plaintiff with a receipt or the lawyer's contact information. Xu did not provide the promised legal services and refused to return Pla...

Excerpt: ...sonal residence (Issue No. 8) 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 alleg...

Excerpt: ...ute between the Vermont Avenue Lofts Homeowners' Association (Plaintiff) and Joseph Ruiz (Defendant), 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 ca...

Excerpt: ...ank and Motion for a Protective Order Respondent: Plaintiffs M Capital Global California and Sokly Chen TENTATIVE RULING Defendant Yanlin Li's Motion to Quash Deposition Subpoena to Citibank and Motion for Protective Order are DENIED. Defendant's Request for Sanctions is DENIED. Plaintiffs M Capital Global California and Sokly Chen's Request for Sanctions is DENIED. Defendant Yanlin Li's Motion to Quash Deposition Subpoena to Wells Fargo Bank and...

Excerpt: ...n and DENIED IN PART as to the remaining categories sought. BACKGROUND This action arises from the alleged sexual abuse of a minor by a police officer. In 1993, while Plaintiff John Doe J.R. was a student at a junior high school in Baldwin Park, Plaintiff joined a DARE program for students that was supervised by John Doe 1 (Doe 1), a police officer. During Plaintiff's participation in the program, Plaintiff alleges Doe 1 took Plaintiff on “ride...

Excerpt: ...ined at the hearing in Department G (Pomona). Defendant's counsel is 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 (9) court days before the next scheduled hearing. BACKGROUND This is a premises liability action. On October 9, 2022, Plaintiff Victor Carpio was removing copper wiring from a property in Waln...

Excerpt: ...n International Corp. (Ruthas Gin) leased a Baldwin Park property from Gershman Properties LLC (Gershman Properties) for the purposes of operating a hair salon. On January 28, 2016, Plaintiff Yanqiu Zhang took ownership of the hair salon from Ruthas Gin and assumed Ruthas Gin's lease with Gershman Properties. From 2019 to 2021, Plaintiff alleges Gershman Properties began increasing Plaintiff's pro rata share of common area maintenance costs and f...

Excerpt: ... 2022, Plaintiff visited Defendant's website multiple times and alleges the following barriers to access existed: (1) graphics, links, and buttons on the website were mislabeled or lacked alternative text (alt-text) for screen-reading software to read out; (2) multiple pages contained insufficient navigational headings; (3) the online reservation system was inaccessible, and (4) the checkout system was inaccessible. On December 16, 2022, Plaintif...

Excerpt: ... agreement with Defendant Jake Sellberg in which Luminesce agreed to lease property in the City of Industry to Defendant. Subsequently, Luminesce alleges Defendant breached the lease agreement by failing to make payments and damaging the property by operating an illegal marijuana dispensary. On April 3, 2019, Luminesce filed a complaint against Defendant and Does 1-50, alleging the following causes of action: (1) breach of written contract, (2) d...

Excerpt: ... 23, 2020, Plaintiff Briana Quinn obtained a mortgage from AHL Funding on real property in Covina (Covina Property) in the amount of $414,631. On April 29, 2022, an assignment of deed of trust was recorded that allegedly assigned the deed of trust from AHL Funding to Defendant Siwell Inc. On the same day, a notice of default and election to sell under deed of trust was recorded. On July 29, a notice of trustee's sale was recorded. The Covina Prop...

Excerpt: ...in Mauricio Yepes, Merilynn A. Miller-Williams (Miller-Williams), and Erick Humberto Guzman (Guzman) own real property in West Covina as joint tenants. On February 16, 2021, Plaintiff filed a verified complaint against Miller-Williams, Guzman, and Does 1-10, alleging (1) partition and (2) accounting. On November 10, 2021, Defendant filed a verified First Amended Complaint (FAC) against the same defendants alleging the following causes of action: ...

Excerpt: ...tion describing such meet and confer efforts at least nine (9) court days before the next scheduled hearing. BACKGROUND This is an employment discrimination action. On June 28, 2019, Plaintiff Shaunette Miller was hired as a human resources director for Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center (PVHMC) under the direct supervision of Ray Inge (Inge), PVHMC's vice president of human resources. Soon afterwards, Plaintiff alleges Inge began sexually har...

Excerpt: ...tubated Plaintiff and allegedly caused permanent damage to Plaintiff's airway and vocal cords. On November 17, 2020, Plaintiff, by and through guardian ad litem Teresa Reodica, filed a complaint against Defendant and Does 1-100 alleging medical negligence. On November 9, 2022, Defendant filed the present motion for summary judgment. A hearing on the motion and status conference are set for June 13, 2023. EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS While both parties ...

Excerpt: ..., and DENIED IN PART as to document requests 3, 5, 9, and 10. Within ten (10) days of the issuance of this order, Defendant is ordered to provide Plaintiff with code‐compliant responses to Plaintiff's discovery requests and provide Plaintiff with dates for the deposition of Defendant's person most qualified. BACKGROUND This is a lemon law action. On July 29, 2022, Plaintiff Interior Wall Systems entered into a warranty contract with Defendant G...

Excerpt: ...issory note and business loan agreement executed by Schlick. Subsequently, the principal loan amount was increased to $200,000, the maturity date was extended to July 19, 2019, and Defendants William and Howard Schlick, trustees of The 2003 Jeanne M. Schlick Irrevocable Trust U/D/T Dated March 13, 2003 (Schlick Trustees), were added to the loan agreement as co- borrowers. Plaintiff alleges Schlick and the Schlick Trustees (collectively, Defendant...

Excerpt: ...s; and CDG Investments, LLC's Motion for Consolidation Respondent: NO OPPOSITION; Plaintiff filed a non-opposition. TENTATIVE RULING Defendants Sunwest Trust FBO David W. Free; Steven Goldenberg; LC Equity Group, Inc.; Michael J. Tannenbaum; Oxnard Street, LLC; ZVI Gutentag and Michael Gutentag, Trustees of the Gutentag Family Trust; Sunwest Trust FBO Joseph Davis; Eyal Gutentag and Diane Gutentag, Trustees of the Gutentag Revocable Trust, Dated ...