Excerpt: ...d SUMMARY OF ACTION On April 3, 2023, Cross -Defendants Jay Cook -Wong and Danny Cook -Wong (the Cook -Wongs), along with another plaintiff, filed their complaint against Cross -Complainant Same Love Surrogacy, LLC, and Defendant Bradley Spencer. In their First Amended Complaint, filed on April 10, 2023, they alleged causes of action for sexual battery, assault, sexual harassment, workplace harassment, intentional infliction of emotional distress...

Excerpt: ... cause of action for promissory estoppel is granted. EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS: Defendant's evidentiary objections to all declarations and exhibits proffered in plaintiffs' opposition: Umberto Barragan's Declaration: Overruled: Nos.1- 4, Nos. 10-22, Nos. 24- 33, No. 35, Nos. 37- 48 Sustained: Nos. 5-9, No. 23, No. 36, Nos. 49- 58 Cynthia Ann Flores's Declaration: Overruled: Nos.59-78 Sustained: N/A Lawrence Szabo's Declaration: Overruled: Nos.79-84 ...

Excerpt: ... prayer] RULING: The Court requests further briefing. SUMMARY OF ACTION Plaintiffs Avo Topjian and Lilia Iranoosian (Plaintiffs) filed this case on September 1, 2023. Plaintiffs' First Amended Complaint (FAC) alleges that Topjian was driving and Iranoosian was a passenger when their vehicle was rear -ended by Defendant Charles Orellana, who was driving a vehicle which Plaintiffs believe to be insured in the name of Defendant Florence Seckler. Aft...

Excerpt: ... MIL -010 and MIL -015, Petitioner has requested that the Court grant his Petition for relief from his mortgages for his residence located at 24313 La Montura Drive, Santa Clarita, CA 91354. Petitioner filed this petition pursuant to Military and Veterans Code § 409.3. Section 409.3 reads in relevant part: “(a) A service member may, at any time during their most current period of military service or within six months thereafter, petition a cou...

Excerpt: ...nted SUMMARY OF ACTION On October 20, 2023, Plaintiff Welding Evolution, Inc. served Defendant Eric Cortes with Requests for Production of Documents. The responses were originally due on November 22, 2023. On November 20, 2023, Plaintiff gave Defendant a 30 -day extension, with a new response deadline of December 21, 2023. On December 18, 2023, Defendant asked for another thirty day extension. The new deadline was January 22, 2024. Defendant aske...

Excerpt: ...e & Granite Inc. (Defendant) due on an open book for account stated and at a reasonable value. Plaintiff filed this action on September 15, 2023. On October 25, 2023, Defendant filed its demurrer. Plaintiff filed its opposition on February 20, 2024. No reply has been filed. ANALYSIS Request for Judicial Notice: Defendant requests that the Court take judicial notice of screenshots from the California Secretary of State's website showing that no re...

Excerpt: ...r Trespass to Chattels · 4th Cause of Action for Conversion · 5th Cause of Action for Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress · 6th Cause of Action for Elder Abuse RULING : Demurrer sustained with leave to amend. SUMMARY OF ACTION On September 19, 2023, Plaintiff Elliott Wolfe (Plaintiff) filed a complaint with six causes of action for Assault, Battery, Trespass to Chattels, Conversion, Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress, and El...

Excerpt: ...8, 2023, Plaintiff WIN Partners, LLC (Plaintiff) propounded a set of form interrogatories on Defendants Kevork Kouyoumjian, World Tech Toys, Inc., and World Trading 23, Inc. (Defendants), requesting that they respond only to Form Interrogatory 15.1. After Defendants served incomplete responses, Plaintiff filed a motion to compel further interrogatories on June 27, 2023. On July 24, 2023, the Court granted Plaintiff's motion and required Defendant...

Excerpt: ...gligence RULING : Sustained in part and overruled in part SUMMARY OF ACTION In September 2021, Defendant David Simon dba ShanCor (ShanCor) entered into a contract with “Village Fuel Shop,” which was owned by Vazgen Khirmian, to repair some fuel tanks for Village Fuel Shop. Khirmian and Peter Pummarachai, the project manager for Sh anCor, signed the contract. Defendants represented to Plaintiff that the work was completed. Plaintiff filed this...

Excerpt: ...RY OF ACTION Defendants Martinian & Associates, et al., (Defendants) represented Plaintiff Margarita Carranza (Plaintiff) in an action against the County of Los Angeles, et al., for Negligence, Government Tort Liability, and Premises Liability (19STCV05567). According to Plaintiff, the case settled for $50,000, which led to a (contingency recovery) fee of $25,000. Plaintiff expected a net payment of $25,000, but when presented with the final chec...

Excerpt: ...e left the road and crashed into a light pole, which fell on top of his vehicle. He claims that he sustained injuries as a result. He alleges in his complaint that the roadway was dangerous and improperly maintained and the light pole was not properly maintained. Two of Plaintiff's causes of action in his First Amended Complaint apply to Defendant City of Los Angeles (Defendant): the First Cause of Action for Public Employee Negligence Pursuant t...

Excerpt: ...tion: Breach of Contract · 2nd Cause of Action: Fraud/Deceit · 3rd Cause of Action: Negligent Misrepresentation · 4th Cause of Action: Quantum Meruit Motion to Strike · Allegations Related to and Claim for Punitive Damages [SACC, pp. 15:12 -22; 17:5- 15; and 18:21] RULING: Demurrer is overruled in its entirety. The motion to strike is granted in part for p. 17:5- 15. DEMURRER MOVING PARTY: Cross -Defendants Numair Fakir and Hasham Hussain RES...

Excerpt: ...n subpoenas seeking the personal appearance and production of documents and things from Paramount Pictures Corporation RULING : Motion to quash is granted SUMMARY OF ACTION Plaintiff Laysion, LLC (Plaintiff) filed this action against Defendants Guillermo Macias, Colt International Clothing Inc. dba Colt LED, and Colt LED (Defendants) on April 30, 2021. Plaintiff alleged that Defendants took lighting equipment from Plaintiff t hat they did not pay...

Excerpt: ...ssaulted by Father Stanley Adamakis, an ordained priest assigned to a location in Northridge. Plaintiff alleges the church organization was aware of Father Adamakis's pedophile activities. On March 9, 2021, Plaintiff filed a complaint for Negligence (three causes of action) and Negligent Supervision, Negligent Hiring and/or Retention (three causes of action). On April 7, 2021, Plaintiff filed a first amended complaint Negligence (three causes of ...

Excerpt: ...of the Implied Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing RULING : Sustained without leave to amend SUMMARY OF ACTION This action arises from a commercial industrial lease signed by the parties on July 22, 2021. The parties to the lease were Defendants Selective San Fernando Partners LLC and Selective 1111 Harris LLC as the Lessor and Plaintiff Welding Evolution, Inc. as the Lessee. The CEO of Welding Evolution, Mario Alvara, is also a Plaintiff to ...

Excerpt: ...esidential property which is the subject of this litigation. Restoration Masters has requested sanctions and also re quests that the Court warn Amihere that if he continues to refuse to allow an inspection, the Court will exclude evidence of mold and smoke at trial. RULING: Motion to compel site inspection and testing granted; request for sanctions denied SUMMARY OF ACTION AND ANALYSIS In Cross-Complainant David Alfred Amihere's (Amihere) Cross -...

Excerpt: ...anted with leave to amend SUMMARY OF ACTION Plaintiffs Jessica Andres and Sebastian Keefe (Plaintiffs) filed this case on May 31, 2023. Plaintiff have alleged that a boulder on Defendant Vivian Ajaye's (Defendant) property rolled down and crashed into a retaining wall on Plaintiffs' property. Plaint iffs also allege that their home was damaged by the boulder. Plaintiffs allege that they filed this action after they could not resolve the matter wi...

Excerpt: ... ACTION On October 17, 2023, Cross -Complainant Road Runner Land & Homes, LLC (Road Runner) filed a cross - complaint against Cross-Defendant DeWelt, LLC (DeWelt) with two causes of action for Cancellation of Instrument and Conversion. On November 4, 2021, this Court entered an Order After Judgment which directed Road Runner to convey the subject property to DeWelt. On February 9, 2022, Road Runner conveyed the property to DeWelt, which then conv...

Excerpt: ...ndant is not a third-party beneficiary of the agreement SUMMARY OF ACTION On December 1, 2022, Plaintiff Melissa Chavez (Plaintiff) filed this action against Defendant American Honda Motor Co. (Defendant) for causes of action related to violations of the Song- Beverly Warranty Act. On November 14, 2023, Defendant filed this petition to compel arbitration and stay the action. Plaintiff opposes. Plaintiff's evidentiary objection: Plaintiff has obje...

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Excerpt: ...2.50 SUMMARY OF ACTION AND ANALYSIS In this case, the parties settled in Plaintiff's favor. After Defendants failed to follow the terms of the settlement agreement, judgment was entered in Plaintiff's favor on May 30, 2023, though there has been some dispute as to the necessity of the judgme nt. As the prevailing party on contracts containing provisions for attorney fees, in this case a commercial lease, Plaintiff is entitled to attorney fees. Pl...