Excerpt: ...lmas, in pro per (“Plaintiff”) NOTICE: OK RELIEF REQUESTED: A second order compelling Plaintiff to serve further responses to Defendant's Form Interrogatories, Set One. Defendant further requests that the Court order monetary sanctions against Plaintiff in the amount of $8,530.00. TENTATIVE RULING: The motion is granted. Plaintiff is ordered to serve further responses to Defendants' Form Interrogatories, Set One within 30 days. The Court impo...

Excerpt: ...me charges were duplicative, thus lowering the amount sought to $99,462.23.) RELIEF REQUESTED: An order awarding Plaintiff his attorney fees in the amount of $99,462.23. TENTATIVE RULING: The motion is granted in part. Plaintiff is awarded $65,673.73 in attorney fees and costs. REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE: Plaintiff's request for judicial notice is granted. Defendant is reminded to review the 5/3/19 First Amended General Order Re Mandatory Electr...

Excerpt: ...ullen (“Plaintiff”) NOTICE: OK RELIEF REQUESTED: Defendants move for an order granting renewal of Defendants' 4/30/21 motion to strike portions of Plaintiffs' second amended complaint (“SAC”) relating to treble damages. TENTATIVE RULING: The motion is granted. BACKGROUND This action arises out of Plaintiff's claim that in 1982, he was sexually assaulted by Father Stanley Adamakis (now deceased), a Greek Orthodox priest in Northridge, CA, ...

Excerpt: ...TIVE RULING: The motion is denied. Defendant's request for judicial notice is granted. BACKGROUND Plaintiffs bring this action under the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act (Civil Code § 1790 et seq.) for a vehicle they purchased on or around 7/24/22, for which Defendant issued the manufacturer's express warranty. (Compl. ¶¶ 5, 11.) Plaintiffs allege that “the Subject Vehicle was delivered to Plaintiffs with serious defects and nonconformitie...

Excerpt: ...y (“Defendant”) NOTICE: OK RELIEF REQUESTED: An order granting summary adjudication in favor of Plaintiff's complaint for partition, and that the property be sold and the net proceeds distributed to the co-owners pursuant to their respective ownership interests. ¿ TENTATIVE RULING: The unopposed motion is granted. REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE: Plaintiff's request for judicial notice is granted. BACKGROUND¿ This action arises out of the parti...

Excerpt: ...emurs to the third cause of action in Plaintiff's complaint. ¿ TENTATIVE RULING: The demurrer is sustained with 30 days leave to amend. BACKGROUND¿ On 11/23/18, Plaintiff allegedly purchased a vehicle manufactured by nonmoving defendant Ford Motor Company (“FMC”), and now brings this action under the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act (Civil Code § 1790 et seq.), alleging that defects and nonconformities manifested themselves during the wa...

Excerpt: ...s, Set Two, are unduly burdensome, cumulative, repetitive, unwarranted, and oppressive, and that Defendant is excused from responding to the interrogatories. Defendant also requests monetary sanctions against Plaintiff in the amount of $4,559.50. TENTATIVE RULING: The motion is continued to August 24, 2023 at 08:30 a.m., in Department F51, and sanctions are deferred. The parties' counsel are ordered to meet and confer in person within 60 days in ...

Excerpt: ...D: An order compelling Defendant's further responses, within 14 days, to Plaintiff's Form Interrogatories, Set One, Nos. 7.1, 12.1(a), 12.2(a)–(c), 12.3, 12.4, 12.6, 15.1, 17.1, and 20.2. [1] Plaintiff also requests monetary sanctions against Defendant and its counsel in the amount of $4,561.65, payable within 14 days. TENTATIVE RULING: The motion is granted in part and denied in part. The Court defers the issue of sanctions. Plaintiff is remin...

Excerpt: ...F REQUESTED: An order substituting Proposed Plaintiff for current Plaintiff, Bank of the West. TENTATIVE RULING: The unopposed motion is granted. BACKGROUND This action arises out of three business loans extended by Plaintiff to defendant Topolewski America, Inc. (the “Company”). Plaintiff allegedly entered into three separate loan agreements with the Company on 7/26/19, 5/14/20, and 7/12/21, each secured by various pieces of the Company's eq...

Excerpt: ...rogatories, Set Two · Requests for Admission, Set One Plaintiffs further request that the Court order monetary sanctions against Defendant and/or his counsel in the combined amount of $3,150.00. TENTATIVE RULING: The unopposed motions are granted. Defendant is ordered to provide objection- free responses to Plaintiffs' Demands for Production, Set Four, and Form Interrogatories, Set Two within 10 days. Plaintiffs' Requests for Admission, Set One,...