Excerpt: ...ntrol RULING : The Court overrules in part and sustains in part. The Court overrules the demurrer as to the Negligence and Premises Liability causes of action. However, the Court sustains with leave to amend the demurrer as to the Negligent Exercise of Retained Control c ause of action. Plaintiff has 20 days to file the First Amended Complaint. SUMMARY OF ACTION On September 28, 2023, Plaintiff Richard Wander (“Plaintiff”) filed the Complaint...

Excerpt: ...OF ACTION Between March 17, 2023 and March 30, 2023, Plaintiff Sherry Goldsmith (Plaintiff) propounded a set of form interrogatories on Defendants Valentine Goelz, Mark Goelz, Jan Mason, Roy & Val Tool Grinding, and Electropath (Defendants). Defendants were afforded several extensions to serve their responses. (See Castellanos Decl. ¶¶ 5 -11.) By July 23, 2023, Defendants served their responses, and Plaintiff found them to be deficient. ( Id. a...

Excerpt: ...d Lisa Konorosky, individually RELIEF REQUESTED Defendants are requesting that the Court compel the case to arbitration and stay the action. RULING : Petition is denied without prejudice due to lack of evidentiary support. Alternatively, the petition is denied because Defendants have failed to demonstrate that an agreement exists. SUMMARY OF ACTION Plaintiffs filed this action against Defendants on October 24, 2023. Individual Plaintiffs are the ...

Excerpt: ...d-party Capital One RULING : Motion is denied. SUMMARY OF ACTION Plaintiffs Abel Gonzalez, Albert Gonzalez, Jr., and Albert Gonzalez (Plaintiffs) were shareholders of Pueblo Restaurant, Inc., with Defendant Daniel Torres (Defendant). Plaintiffs have alleged that Defendant took control of the business and paid out funds to himself and failed to pay the other shareholders. Plaintiffs discovered that Defendant submitted, approved, and authorized cre...

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: ... 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: ...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: ... 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: ... : 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: ...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...