Excerpt: ...On February 22, 2019, Plaintiff Richard Bundy (“Plaintiff”) filed this action against Defendants Lashon Bundy- Lawrence (“Defendant”) and Does 1 to 10, asserting causes of action for (1) financial elder abuse, (2) quiet title, (3) ejectment, and (4) cancell ation of instrument. According to the Complaint, this action concerns the real property commonly known as 15156 Kingsbury Street, Mission Hills, CA 91345. (Compl., ¶ 2.) Plaintiff and...

Excerpt: ...tion is granted. SUMMARY OF ACTION In this case, the Plaintiffs, including Plaintiff Angela Karapetyan (Angela), were teachers and other employees at Defendant Granada Hills Charter (GHC). Plaintiffs were terminated because they refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine as required by LAUSD. Ange la, in refusing to get the vaccine, claimed a religious exemption. After Plaintiffs were terminated, they filed this case on April 22, 2022. From September 9,...

Excerpt: ...l further responses to special interrogatories is granted for Special Interrogatory No. 6 and the verification of responses. SUMMARY OF ACTION Plaintiff Justine Amanda Cruz Echavez (Plaintiff) filed this action against Defendant California Institute of the Arts (Defendant) on April 18, 2023. On July 7, 2023, Plaintiff served Defendant with Plaintiff's Special Interrogatories, Set One. On September 19, 2023, Defendant served Plaintiff with objecti...

Excerpt: ...ON Plaintiffs Alexa and Kim Gallegos (Gallegos Plaintiffs) and Plaintiff Angel Sanchez (Sanchez) are requesting an order from the Court to consolidate LASC Case Nos. 21STCV41026 (hereinafter “Gallegos Matter”) and 21STCV42588 (hereinafter “Sanchez Matter”). The two cases arise from a single motor vehicle collision on November 20, 2019. Sebastien Gallegos (Decedent) and Angel Sanchez were passengers in a vehicle driven by Eugene Oh. The ve...

Excerpt: ...lment Motion to Strike · Punitive damages request and allegations (Page 14, lines 5 -7; Page 18, line 10) RULING : Demurred is sustained with leave to amend; motion to strike is granted. SUMMARY OF ACTION On July 15, 2019, Plaintiff William Holmquist (Plaintiff) purchased a 2019 Ford F -150. (FAC, ¶ 9.) Plaintiff received various warranties in connection with the purchase of the vehicle from Defendant Ford Motor Company (Defendant). (FAC, ¶¶ ...

Excerpt: ...N On May 22, 2023, Plaintiff Ana I. Rodrguez (Plaintiff) filed her complaint against Defendants Zoraida Rodriguez and Carlos Castro -Almedia (Defendants). Carlos was personally served with the complaint on June 28, 2023. Zoraida was personally served with the complaint on June 30, 2023. Defendants had 30 days to respond to the complaint. On July 31, 2023, Jonathan Leavitt from the law firm Grant Shenon contacted Plaintiff's counsel on behalf of Z...

Excerpt: ...has moved for an order disqualifying the counsel of Defendants Henry Martinez and Veronica Martinez. Plaintiff argues that Defendants' counsel, Randall M. Awad, should be disqualified from representing Defend ants' because Awad is ineligible to practice law in the State of California. Plaintiff's counsel sent a letter to Awad on January 19, 2024, notifying him that Plaintiff's counsel had discovered that Awad was no longer eligible to practice la...

Excerpt: ... to compel arbitration is granted and the action stayed. SUMMARY OF ACTION On January 30, 2018, Defendant RAF Development LLC (RAF), the Seller of the property at issue in this case, entered into a Residential Purchase Agreement with Plaintiffs Shawn Thursby -Palmer and Benjamin Thursday (Plaintiffs). Around the time of the sale o f the property, RAF, Defendant Horizon Underpinning (Horizon), and Glenn E. Farmer (Farmer) had just completed extens...

Excerpt: ...n September 26, 2023. He alleges that Defendant Exeter Finance LLC (Defendant), as his auto -finance lender, wrongfully repossessed and sold his vehicle despite his timely payments on his auto -loan. Plaintiff's complaint alleges three causes of action against Defendant for negligence, fraud, and conversion. On February 8, 2024, Defendant filed this motion to compel arbitration based on the arbitration clause in a Retail Installment Sale Contract...

Excerpt: ... as sanctions. RULING : Motion to compel further responses to request for production is granted for the verification of the responses. SUMMARY OF ACTION Plaintiff Justine Amanda Cruz Echavez (Plaintiff) filed this action against Defendant California Institute of the Arts (Defendant) on April 18, 2023. On July 7, 2023, Plaintiff served Defendant with Plaintiff's Requests for Production of Documents, Set One . On September 19, 2023, Defendant serve...

Excerpt: ... Action for Violation of Business and Professions Code § 17200 · 4th Cause of Action for Violation of Business and Professions Code § 17500 · 5th Cause of Action for Violation of the Consumers Legal Remedies Act RULING : Demurrer sustained without leave to amend for the First, Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Causes of Action. SUMMARY OF ACTION On September 6, 2019, Plaintiff Hakop Jack Minassian (Plaintiff) visited Defendant Valencia BMW's (...

Excerpt: ... : Application to seal is denied without prejudice. SUMMARY OF ACTION On September 5, 2023, Golden Hammer Ops, LLC (Golden Hammer) sued JETNET, LLC (JETNET), Daniel Streufert, and ADSBEXCHANGE.com (ADSB) for misappropriation of trade secrets, intentional interference with contractual relations, and violations of the Californ ia Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. On October 30, 2023, JETNET cross -complained against Golden Hammer and its owner, Gregory...

Excerpt: ... Motion is granted. SUMMARY OF ACTION Plaintiff and Cross-Defendant Mina Kateb (Kateb) filed this motion to compel compliance with deposition subpoena of business records after serving the subpoena on Doug Bend, Esq., (Bend) on December 5, 2023. Bend was involved in transactions relating to Mo nocent and drafting documents for Monocent, the company that Kateb claims to be a shareholder for. Kateb's subpoena sought non -privileged documents and co...

Excerpt: ...ACTION AND ANALYSIS On October 6, 2023, Plaintiff Mina Asghari (Plaintiff) filed this lemon law case against Defendant General Motors, LLC (Defendant). As part of Plaintiff's discovery requests in this case, Plaintiff served a notice of deposition for Defendant's person most qualified (PMQ) on November 2, 2023. On November 21, 2023, Defendant served objections to the notice, which Plaintiff claims were baseless, boilerplate objections. On Novembe...

Excerpt: ...f Milad Nowrozani (Plaintiff) filed this action against Defendant Anthony Chiang (Defendant) and other defendants on February 24, 2023. Plaintiff alleges that Defendant tricked Plaintiff into wiring him $28,000.00. Plaintiff believed that he was ge tting an Audemars Piguet watch, but Defendant never delivered the watch to Plaintiff, and Plaintiff now believes that the watch never existed. Defendant filed an answer in pro per on April 4, 2023. Sin...

Excerpt: ... · 2nd Cause of Action for Fraud, Deceit, and Misrepresentation · 3rd Cause of Action for Breach of Contract · 4th Cause of Action for Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress · 5th Cause of Action for Negligence · 6th Cause of Action for Negligent Hiring, Supervision, or Retention of Employee · 7th Cause of Action for Breach of Business and Professions Code § 17200 · 8th Cause of Action for Breach of Civ. Code § 1942.4 · 9th Cause ...

Excerpt: ...0 · Item b.(ii) of the prayer (punitive damages) RULING : Motion to strike is granted in part. SUMMARY OF ACTION Plaintiff Cole Freeman's (Plaintiff) motorhome was vandalized and sustained water damage. Plaintiff filed this action because he alleges that Defendant State Farm Automobile Insurance Company (Defendant) would not cover the full extent of Plaintiff's losse s. Plaintiff's complaint alleges four causes of action for (1) declaratory reli...

Excerpt: ...laintiff David Bruch. The fire occurred at a building located at 8423 N. Canoga Ave on October 18, 2021. Plaintiffs Sarah Fry Bruch and Gregory Bruch (Plaintiffs) have alleged that each named Defendant contributed to the fire in some way, through the equipment designed, manufactured, sold, or installed in the building; by neglecting to adhere to building codes and regulations to maintain the facility; and/or by failing to follow code compliance i...

Excerpt: ...rd Cause of Action. SUMMARY OF ACTION Plaintiff Carol Harmell (Plaintiff) filed this action on September 11, 2023. In her complaint, Plaintiff alleges that she hired former attorney Larry L. Nash (Defendant) to handle matters related to certain trusts and the loss of Plaintiff's house. Unbekno wnst to Plaintiff, at the conclusion of those matters in 2017, Plaintiff was found to be entitled to $181,295.84 from a partition action. This amount was o...

Excerpt: ...MMARY OF ACTION AND ANALYSIS It is unclear if Plaintiff Christopher Mack (Mack), trustee for the Lamb Mooie Trust, or Wayne R. Tanaka (Tanaka), also listed as trustee and the one who signed the affidavits, filed the motion. Whatever the case, the moving party, in pro per, has requested that the Court issue an order to show cause re: contempt against Defendant Julio Torres (Torres). It appears that the moving party has moved for this order pursuan...

Excerpt: ...n arises from Plaintiffs Araceli and Anthony Miceli's (Plaintiffs) purchase of an allegedly defective 2021 Chevrolet Silverado. On December 14, 2022, Plaintiffs filed a Complaint against Defendant General Motors, LLC (Defendant) for violations of the Song -Beverly Act. Defendant's responses to Plaintiffs' requests for production were allegedly due on July 27, 2023. On August 10, 2023, Defendant served its unverified responses to Plaintiffs' Reque...

Excerpt: ...equested a repayment plan or refinancing. RULING : Demurrer is overruled. SUMMARY OF ACTION On January 2, 2024, Plaintiff Sarasota CCM, Inc. (Plaintiff) filed a complaint against Defendants Oswald Alfredo Flores and Eileen Yanil Hernandez (Defendants), as well as Got A Hand LLC. Plaintiff has alleged five causes of action against Defendants for ( 1) breach of contract; (2) money lent; (3) account stated; (4) breach of guaranty; and (5) money due....

Excerpt: ...ount of $500 SUMMARY OF ACTION On November 7, 2023, Plaintiff Susie Villegas (Plaintiff) served Defendant Rattler's Bar B Que 1, Inc. (Defendant) with Plaintiff's Form Interrogatories, Set One. After Plaintiff gave Defendant a couple of extensions to respond to the Form Interrogatories, Defendant served its responses on January 24, 2024. Thereafter, Plaintiff determined that some of Defendant's responses were not code- compliant. Plaintiff's coun...

Excerpt: ...his case, Plaintiff Ahmet Alkanli (Plaintiff) had claimed that on January 16, 2020, he was driving home on a rainy night when his vehicle left the road and crashed into a light pole, which fell on top of his vehicle. He also claimed that he sustained i njuries as a result. He alleged in his complaint that the roadway was dangerous and improperly maintained and the light pole was not properly maintained. The Court granted Defendant City of Los Ang...

Excerpt: ...amend. SUMMARY OF ACTION On February 23, 2023, Plaintiffs Nafis Memon and Nousheen Memon (Plaintiffs) entered into a warranty contract with Defendant Ford Motor Company for a 2022 Lincoln Navigator. (Comp., ¶ 9.) Plaintiffs allege that the vehicle had transmission defects, engine defects, and other defects and non -conformities. (Comp., ¶ 14.) Plaintiffs allege that Defendant Ford Motor Company knew of the transmission defects prior to sale of ...

Excerpt: ...No costs will be awarded at this time. SUMMARY OF ACTION Plaintiffs Marvin Ayala and Kathia Ayala (Plaintiffs) had sued Defendants Ford Motor Company and Galpin Ford (Defendants) for causes of action related to the Song -Beverly Act. On March 8, 2024, the parties settled the case for a total of $73,399.00. Defend ants made the offer to settle, and Plaintiffs accepted. The Settlement Agreement also provided for attorney fees and costs reasonably i...

Excerpt: ...t al. (Plaintiffs) filed their original complaint. Plaintiffs filed this action because they were fired from their jobs at Defendant Granada Hills Charter (Defendant). The parties are currently conducting discovery. Trial is currently set for November 4, 2024, after being delayed due to mediation. On March 4, 2024, Plaintiffs filed this motion for leave to file a fourth amended complaint (4AC). Plaintiffs seek to add one new cause of action to th...

Excerpt: ...fendant Barbara Medovoy (Defendant)) filed an unlawful detainer action against Plaintiff Prince Gerard Mahboubian (Plaintiff) in 2022. That case resulted in a default judgment in Defendant's favor against Plaintiff. Plaintiff was lock ed out of the premises. Subsequent to that case, Plaintiff in the current case filed a complaint against Defendant for breach of contract and wrongful eviction in December 2022. Defendant filed an anti -SLAPP motion...

Excerpt: ... 4th Cause of Action for Negligent Hiring, Supervision, and Retention · 5th Cause of Action for Breach of Mandatory Duty RULING : Demurrer is sustained with leave to amend SUMMARY OF ACTION Plaintiff Arif Marwan Halaby (Plaintiff) alleges that on March 14, 2022, a teacher at a Defendant Los Angeles Unified School District (Defendant) middle school verbally assaulted Plaintiff and then physically assaulted him by grabbing Plaintiff by his neck . ...

Excerpt: ...murrer is sustained with leave to amend; motion to strike granted SUMMARY OF ACTION On March 13, 2022, Plaintiff Jacob Alvarado (Plaintiff) purchased a new 2022 Honda Insight. (Comp., ¶ 8.) Plaintiff received a New Vehicle Limited Warranty in connection with the purchase of the vehicle from Defendant American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (Defendant). (Comp., ¶ 9.) Plaintiff alleges that the vehicle was equipped with a defective computerized driver -as...

Excerpt: ...ve order is granted. SUMMARY OF ACTION This action arises out of the care and treatment of Plaintiff Richard Leyva (Plaintiff) at Defendant Sylmar Health and Rehabilitation Center, Inc.'s (Defendant) 24 -hour nursing facility. Plaintiff has alleged causes of action related to elder abuse and neg ligence. Plaintiff alleges that Defendant and the owner of the facility failed to protect him from multiple falls, the final of which resulted in a traum...

Excerpt: ...d quash writs of execution and abstracts of judgment and return of funds levied; and dismiss the action RULING : Motion is denied. SUMMARY OF ACTION This is a breach of contract case filed on August 26, 2020. Default judgment was entered against Defendants Guy Vaughn (Vaughn) and Sunset Pools Custom Design, Inc., on November 25, 2020. Vaughn claims that he did not become aware of the judgment against h im until he applied for a home loan in Septe...

Excerpt: ...r production is granted. SUMMARY OF ACTION On January 4, 2024, Plaintiff Cecilia Thompson (Plaintiff) served Defendant Kyle Perez (Defendant) with Requests for Production. Responses to the requests were due on or before February 8, 2024. Defendant failed to serve any responses by the deadline. On F ebruary 13, 2024, Plaintiff served a meet and confer letter on Defendant advising of the failure to respond and requesting verified responses by Febru...

Excerpt: ...of Action for Declaratory Relief RULING : Demurrer is sustained to the entire cross -complaint on the basis that the cross- complaint was untimely filed. Alternatively, demurrer is sustained to each cause of action individually. SUMMARY OF ACTION Plaintiff and Cross-Defendant Gary Vincent Nevieux (Nevieux) filed a complaint against Defendants and Cross -Complainants Edward Arthur Hews and Douglas Hews (the Hews) to return the property of Nevieux ...

Excerpt: ...costs, from Defendants RULING : Motion for attorney fees is granted at a reduced amount. No costs will be awarded at this time. SUMMARY OF ACTION Plaintiff Hamid Reza Mirshojae (Hamid) and Defendant Ahang Zarin Mirshojae (Ahang) were formerly married and were engaged in extensive and bitter litigation against each other before 2017. The assets in dispute were more than $20 million. At mediation, Hamid and Ahang entered a complex settlement agreem...

Excerpt: ... Strike · Request for Declaratory Relief [Cross- Complaint, Paragraph 102 and in the Prayer for Relief] RULING : Demurrer sustained in part and overruled in part; motion to strike denied. SUMMARY OF ACTION On September 5, 2023, Cross -Defendant Golden Hammer Ops, LLC (Golden Hammer) filed the complaint that began this action. Golden Hammer filed that complaint against Cross- Complainant JETNET, LLC (JETNET) and two other Defendants. Golden Hamme...

Excerpt: ...ACTION Plaintiff Sylvia Leon (Plaintiff) filed her complaint in this action on January 31, 2023. She alleged causes of action for fraud, quiet title, cancellation of deeds, and declaratory relief. Her complaint was based on allegations that a grant deed dated May 22, 2018, was prepared by or at the request of Defendants Samuel Pineda and Samuel Eduardo Pineda that purportedly conveyed the real property located at 13493 Filmore Street, Pacoima, CA...

Excerpt: ...tion to Strike · Parol Evidence [Cross -Complaint, Paragraphs 43 -45 and 51 -53] RULING : Demurrer overruled; motion to strike denied. SUMMARY OF ACTION On September 5, 2023, Cross -Defendant Golden Hammer Ops, LLC (Golden Hammer) filed the complaint that began this action. Golden Hammer filed that complaint against Cross- Complainant JETNET, LLC (JETNET) and two other Defendants. Golden Hammer alleged causes of action for Misappropriation of Tr...

Excerpt: ...RY OF ACTION On May 4, 2023, Plaintiff Carmen Cristina Oliveros -Lopez (Plaintiff) filed this action against Defendant American Honda Motor Co. (Defendant) for causes of action related to violations of the Song -Beverly Warranty Act. Plaintiff has alleged three causes of action for violation of the Song -Beverly Act against Defendant Honda American Motor Co. and one cause of action for negligence per se against the repair facility, Defendant Hond...

Excerpt: ...MARY OF ACTION On January 15, 2024, Plaintiff Raul Gutierrez (Plaintiff) served Defendant Hector Vidal -Ramirez (Defendant) with Requests for Admissions, Set One. Defendant's responses were due on February 16, 2024. On January 29, 2024, defense counsel requested a 14 -day extension to the deadline. Based on the extension, verified responses were due on March 1, 2024. On February 16, 2024, Defendant served unverified answers without objections to ...

Excerpt: ...aphs 109 -120) · Attorney Fees related to Nuisance Cause of Action (Paragraphs 75 -81 and 123 from the prayer for relief) · Punitive Damages (Parts of Paragraphs 39, 46, 47, 66, 68, 73, 85, 87, 89, 91, and 103, as well as Paragraphs 74, 88, 94, 96, and 119 and 124 from the prayer for relief) RULING : Motion to strike is granted in part. SUMMARY OF ACTION Plaintiffs Cheyenne Chelsea Oconner, et al., (Plaintiffs) allege that due to a bed bug infe...

Excerpt: ...ACTION Plaintiff Sylvia Leon (Plaintiff) filed her complaint in this action on January 31, 2023. She alleged causes of action for fraud, quiet title, cancellation of deeds, and declaratory relief. Her complaint was based on allegations that a grant deed dated May 22, 2018, was prepared by or at the request of Defendants Samuel Pineda and Samuel Eduardo Pineda that purportedly conveyed the real property located at 13493 Filmore Street, Pacoima, CA...

Excerpt: ...�� Concealment Motion to Strike · Claim for Punitive Damages [FAC, p. 30, Paragraph 6 of the Prayer for Relief] RULING: Demurrer is sustained with leave to amend for the First, Second, and Third Causes of Action. Demurrer is moot for the Fourth Cause of Action. Motion to strike is granted. SUMMARY OF ACTION On May 15, 2020, Plaintiff Luis Fernando Sanchez (Plaintiff) purchased a 2019 GMC Sierra. (FAC, ¶ 4.) Plaintiff alleges that he received a ...

Excerpt: ...� 3rd Cause of Action for Violation of California's Consumers Legal Remedies Act (CLRA) Motion to Strike · Any reference to Merecedes -Benz USA, LLC as having a DBA RULING : Demurrer sustained in its entirety; motion to strike granted SUMMARY OF ACTION On February 25, 2019, Plaintiff Edgar Ramirez (Plaintiff) purchased a used 2016 Mercedes C300W from Keyes European in Van Nuys. Plaintiff purchased the vehicle through a Retail Installment Sales C...

Excerpt: ...7, and 39; and Paragraph 6 of the prayer] RULING : Motion to strike is granted. SUMMARY OF ACTION Plaintiff Nathan Andualem, a minor by and through his Guardian Ad Litem, (Plaintiff) filed this case on January 10, 2024. Plaintiff has alleged that he suffered injuries while in the care of Defendants. Plaintiff alleges that Defendant Guevara, an employee of Defendant Tutor Time, pulled Plaintiff's arm and injured him while at the premises. Plaintif...

Excerpt: ...ANALYSIS In this case, the parties' dispute concerned a rental unit that Plaintiff lived in on Defendant's property. The property was in violation of Municipal Code sections. After a three day bench trial, this Court ruled that Plaintiff was entitled to damages in the amount of $80,830.00 for Defendant's violations. After judgment was entered, Plaintiff filed this motion for attorney fees on October 30, 2023. Plaintiff requests attorney fees in t...

Excerpt: ...ained without leave to amend. SUMMARY OF ACTION The claims at issue both address the real property located at 18834 Devonshire, Northridge, California 91324 that was purchased entirely with funds earned by Plaintiff Duda Adams (Plaintiff). Based on cultural norms of the Romani people, the property was n ot titled to Plaintiff but, rather, to an entity (GG&C) by her domestic partner Blancy Uwnawich (Blancy) for Plaintiff's benefit during her lifet...

Excerpt: ...Plaintiff Brenda Vela's (Plaintiff) purchase of an allegedly defective 2021 Jeep Compass. On February 28, 2023, Plaintiff filed a Complaint against Defendant FCA US LLC (Defendant) and DOES 1 through 10, inclusive, alleging causes o f action for: (1) violation of the Song-Beverly Act — breach of express warranty and (2) violation of the Song -Beverly Act —breach of implied warranty. On April 3, 2023, Defendant filed an Answer to the Complaint...

Excerpt: ...file cross- complaint is granted. SUMMARY OF ACTION Plaintiff Chad Perrigo (Plaintiff) filed this action after being in an accident with Defendant Jorge Edmondo Castaneda Rodriguez. Rodriguez was delivering packages for the USPS as the time of the accident. The USPS has contracted with Defendant Thunder Rid ge Transport, Inc. (Thunder Ridge), which had subcontracted with Defendant Fames Transport, Inc. (Fames). Thunder Ridge is now seeking to fil...

Excerpt: ...Plaintiff Brenda Vela's (Plaintiff) purchase of an allegedly defective 2021 Jeep Compass. On February 28, 2023, Plaintiff filed a Complaint against Defendant FCA US LLC (Defendant) and DOES 1 through 10, inclusive, alleging causes o f action for: (1) violation of the Song-Beverly Act — breach of express warranty and (2) violation of the Song -Beverly Act —breach of implied warranty. On April 3, 2023, Defendant filed an Answer to the Complaint...