Excerpt: ...ernative, Summary Adjudication The court has considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers as well as the amended opposition and sur-reply. The court DENIES Defendants' motion for summary judgment with respect to the Complaint. The court DENIES Defendants' motion for summary adjudication in its entirety as it relates to the Complaint. Background This action arises from an employment dispute. Plaintiff Danny Allen Silva (“Plaintiff”) fil...

Excerpt: ...e Mile Properties, LP Responding Party: Plaintiff Camilo Salazar Motion: Defendant's Motion to Compel Arbitration and Stay or Dismiss Proceedings The Court considered the moving papers, opposition, and reply. Defendant's Motion to Compel Arbitration is GRANTED. The proceedings are stayed until the completion of arbitration proceedings. Background This case stems from alleged violations of numerous labor codes. Camilo Salazar (Plaintiff) filed a C...

Excerpt: ...onsidered the moving, opposition, and reply papers. The court GRANTS Plaintiffs' motion for attorney's fees. The court awards Plaintiffs attorneys' fees in the reduced amount of $119,760. Background On March 8, 2021, Plaintiffs Victor Burga and Adrienee Han (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) submitted a written offer to purchase 119 N. Manhattan Place, Los Angeles CA from Defendant Hoangtram Tong (“Seller”). On March 11, 2021, Defendant accepte...

Excerpt: ...laintiff Chelle Johnson Defendant's Demurrer to Plaintiff's Complaint The Court considered the moving papers, opposition, and reply. Defendant's Demurrer to Plaintiff's Complaint is SUSTAINED with 20 days leave to amend. Background Chelle Johnson (Plaintiff) file a Complaint on March 1, 2023 against Klapach & Klapach, P.C. (Defendant) for the sole cause of action for legal malpractice. Defendant now demurs to the Complaint, Plaintiff opposes the ...

Excerpt: ...uko Ortiz (1) Motion to Compel Plaintiff Yuko Ortiz's Responses to Supplemental Demand for Production of Documents (Set One) (2) Motion to Compel Plaintiff Yuko Ortiz's Responses to Request for Production of Documents (Set Three) (3) Motion to Compel Plaintiff Yuko Ortiz's Responses to Supplemental Interrogatories (Set One) (4) Motion to Compel Plaintiff Yuko Ortiz's Responses to Form Interrogatories (Set Three) The court considered the moving pa...

Excerpt: ...ayette Apt. Associates, LP (1) Motion to Compel Further Responses to Form Interrogatory (Set Two) No. 15.1 The court has considered the moving papers and opposition. No reply was received. The court GRANTS defendant/cross -complainant Derek Keane's motion to compel further responses to Form Interrogatory 15.1. The court orders plaintiff/cross -defendant Lafayette Apt. Associates, LP to serve further verified responses to Form Interrogatory 15.1 w...

Excerpt: ...d opposition. No reply has been received. The court DENIES Defendant American Honda Motor Co., Inc.'s motion to compel arbitration. Background This is a “lemon law” case. On June 7, 2023, plaintiff Jeff Steven Eustice (“Plaintiff”) initiated this action against defendant American Honda Motor Co. Inc. (“Defendant”), alleged the following causes of action: (1) Violation of Subdivision (d) of Civil Code § 1793.2; (2) Violation of Subdiv...

Excerpt: ...UDGMENT, OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE, SUMMARY ADJUDICATION The Court considered the moving papers, opposition, and reply. Defendants Sumner and Harrison's Motion for Summary Judgment is DENIED. Defendants' Motion for Summary Adjudication is GRANTED as to the 2 nd cause of action for negligent misrepresentation and 3 rd cause of action for negligence and DENIED as to all remaining issues. Background Plaintiff invested $185,000 with Defendants for startu...

Excerpt: ... Compel Production of Documents The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers. Defendant's motion to compel production of documents is MOOT. The court DENIES Defendant's request for monetary sanctions. The court DENIES Plaintiff's request for monetary sanctions. (2) Motion to Compel Further Responses to Special Interrogatories (Set One and Set Two) The court considered the moving, opposition, reply papers and the parties' joint st...

Excerpt: ...Slynko Demurrer to Second Amended Cross -Complaint The court has considered the moving and opposition papers. No reply was received. The court OVERRULES in part Cross-Defendant Oriel Poole's demurrer to the Second Amended Cross -Complaint as to the second cause of action and SUSTAINS it in part as to the third cause of action without leave to amend . The court orders Cross-Defendant to file an answer to the cross -complaint within 10 days of the ...

Excerpt: ...t Filed: January 23, 2023 Trial Date: None Set Hearing date: March 6, 2024 Moving Party: Nonparty Rosalina Estrada de Teque Responding Party: Defendants R. J. ACQUISITION CORP. dba. ADART COMPANY and JOSEPH M. DEMARCO, joined by Plaintiff Yanluy Santos Motion to Set Aside and Vacate Judgment The Court considered the moving papers, opposition, and reply. The motion is denied. Background On January 7, 2020, Plaintiff Yanluy Santos (“Santos”) fi...

Excerpt: ...rance Responding Party: Plaintiffs Johnny Jee and Louise Jee Motion: Defendant's Motion to Strike The Court considered the moving papers, opposition, and reply. BACKGROUND Procedural History - Johnny Jee and Louise Jee (collectively, Plaintiffs) filed an initial Complaint on April 13, 2023 against First American Title Insurance Company (Defendant) for two causes of action: (1) breach of policy title insurance, and (2) breach of the covenant of go...

Excerpt: ...l Motion to Strike (Anti -SLAPP) The Court considered the moving papers, opposition, and reply. The special motion is GRANTED in part as to the first, third, and fourth causes of action with 30 days leave to amend and DENIED in part as to the second cause of action. Background On February 7, 2023, Plaintiff Robert Santisteven (“Plaintiff”) filed the operative Complaint against Defendants Archdiocese of Los Angeles Education & Welfare Corporat...

Excerpt: ...Summons The Court considered the moving papers, opposition, and reply. The motion is GRANTED. Background On February 9, 2023, Plaintiffs Olga Solovey, Anatoli Androsovych, and Svetlana Zemko (“Plaintiffs”) filed the Complaint against Defendants Rust Movie Productions, LLC; Alexander R. Baldwin III; El Dorado Pictures, Inc.; Ryan Donnell Smith; Langley Allen C heney; Thomasville Pictures, LLC; Anjul Nigam; Brittany House Pictures; Hannah Gutie...

Excerpt: ...sidered the moving papers, opposition, and reply. The motion is GRANTED. Background On September 9, 2021, Plaintiffs Isai Edgar Castellanos; Denise Babonoyaba; Jayleen Denise Castellanos, a minor by and through her Guardian ad Litem, Denise Babonoyaba; Alazay Jazleen Castellanos, a minor by and through her Guardian ad Litem, Denise Babonoyaba; Janey Lexine Castellanos, a minor by and through her Guardian ad Litem, Denise Babonoyaba; and Isai Edga...

Excerpt: ... DENIED. Background On June 23, 2023, Plaintiffs Patrick England and Dolores England (“Plaintiffs”) filed the Complaint against Defendant American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (“Defendant AHM”), and DOES 1 through 10, inclusive for: (1) Violation of Subdivision (d) of Civil Code Sec tion 1793.2; (2) Violation of Subdivision (b) of Civil Code Section 1793.2; (3) Violation of Subdivision (a)(3) of Civil Code Section 1793.2; (4) Breach of Express W...

Excerpt: ...uction of Documents, Set Two and Request for Monetary Sanctions; Motion to Compel Further Responses to Plaintiff's Special Interrogatories, Set One The Court has considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers. The Court DENIES Plaintiff's Motion to Compel Further Responses to Requests for Production, Set Two. The Court DENIES Plaintiff's Motion to Compel Further Responses to Special Interrogatories, Set One. Background This is an action aris...

Excerpt: ...Party: Plaintiff Petra Amaya De Garcia Motion: Defendants' Demurrer and Motion to Strike The Court considered the moving papers, opposition, and reply. Defendants' Demurrer to Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint is SUSTAINED in part and OVERRULED in part . The Demurrer is sustained as to the second cause of action but is overruled as to the first and third cause of action. Defendants' Motion to Strike Portions of Plaintiff's First Amended Complai...

Excerpt: ...pers. No opposition or reply papers were filed. The demurrer filed by Cross -Defendant Luda Express, Inc. to the cross -complaint filed by PAF Insurance Services, LLC is MOOT and is taken OFF-CALENDAR due to the filing of a First Amended Cross -Complaint by PAF Insurance Services, Inc. Background This is an action arising from lost or stolen sports trading cards. On June 24, 2022, Plaintiff Artur Sargsyan, an individual doing business as Frontlin...

Excerpt: ... Castellanos, a minor by and through her Guardian ad Litem, Denise Babonyaba; Janey Lexine Castellanos, a minor by and through her Guardian ad Litem, Denise Babonyaba; Isai Edgar Castellanos Jr., a minor by and through her Guardian ad Litem, Denise Babonyaba Responding Party: Defendant Potomac Gardens LLC (1) Motion to Compel the Deposition of Defendant's Agent, Sharishi Kobayashi (2) Motion to Compel the Deposition of the Person Most Knowledgeab...

Excerpt: ...amily Revocable Living Trust (“Tuggle”), and Robert Conrad; and (2)- (3) Plaintiff Tuggle. Responding Party: (1) -(3) Defendant Reshma Kamath (1) Special Motion to Strike under Code of Civil Procedure § 425.16; (2) Motion to Compel Defendant Reshma Kamath to Provide Further Responses to Interrogatory No. 15.1 of Plaintiff's Second Set of Form Interrogatories and for Sanctions; and (3) Motion to Compel Defendant Reshma Kamath to Provide Furth...

Excerpt: ...ding Party: None. Motion to Seal The Court considered the moving papers. The motion is DENIED without prejudice. Background On January 13, 2023, Plaintiff Ben Myerson Candy Co., Inc. dba Wine Warehouse (“Plaintiff”) filed the operative Second Amended Complaint (“SAC”) against Defendant Devoto - Wade LLC dba Golden State Cider (“Defendant”), and DOES 1-10, inclusive for: (1) Breac h of Contract and (2) Common Count in Quantum Meruit. O...

Excerpt: ... moving papers. The motion is DENIED. Background On July 6, 2023, Plaintiff Royalty Enterprise Construction (“Plaintiff”) filed a Complaint against Defendants Eligio Villalvazo; John Christian Enterprise LLC (“Defendants”); and DOES 1 to 100, inclusive, alleging a sole cause of action for Intention Inter ference with Economic Relationship. On December 6, 2023, Defendant Eligio Villalvazo (“Defendant Villalvazo”) filed this instant Mot...

Excerpt: ...urt considered the moving papers. The motion is DENIED. Background On April 5, 2021, Plaintiff Don S. Kovacic (“Plaintiff”) filed a Complaint against Defendants Michael Clark; Palm Plaza Pet Hospital, LLC; Palm Plaza Pet Hospital, Inc. (“Defendants”); and DOES 1 through 10, inclusive, alleging causes of action for (1) Bre ach of Written Contract; (2) Account Stated; and (3) Quantum Meruit. On June 15, 2021, Defendants filed their Answer. ...

Excerpt: ...s, LLC, (Set 1) and Request for Monetary Sanctions Moving Party: Plaintiff Daniel Ultreras Responding Party: Defendant Los Angeles Dodgers, LLC (2) Reservation ID: 3455 7902 1793 Name of Motion: Plaintiff's Motion to Compel Responses to Special Interrogatories from Defendant Los Angeles Dodgers, LLC, (Set 1) and Request for Monetary Sanctions Moving Party: Plaintiff Daniel Ultreras Responding Party: Defendant Los Angeles Dodgers, LLC The Court co...