Excerpt: ...igin/religious hara ssment; (2) discrimination based on religion/national origin; (3) retaliation in violation of Gov. Code § 12940; and (4) retaliation in violation of Labor Code § 1102.5, arising out of his employment with the Riverside County Sheriff's Office. Page 3 of 5 On December 19, 2023, Defendants served their first sets of discovery on Plaintiff, including general form interrogatories (“FROGs”), employment law form interrogatori...

Excerpt: ...vehicle, w hich was manufactured and/or distributed by Defendant. (Compl. ¶ 6.) The subject vehicle came with various warranties, including but not limited to the bumper -to - bumper warranty, powertrain warranty, emission warranty, etc. (Id.) During the warranty perio d, the subject vehicle contained or developed serious defects and nonconformities to warranty including, but not limited to engine defects, transmission defects, electrical defect...

Excerpt: ...ator from January 27, 2019 to the present, and was subjected to numerous Labor Code violations. On May 18, 2023, Plaintiff filed this action for individual wage and hour claims and asserted a Private Attorney General Act (“PAGA”) claim. On February 8, 2024, Plaintiff file d his operative First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) alleging class allegations and asserting the following causes of action: 1) Failure to Pay Wages; 2) Failure to Provide...

Excerpt: ...each of fiduciary duty, 4) unjust enrichment, 5) labor law violations, 6) declaratory relief, and 7) conversion. Defendants move to quash the service of summons on the grounds that there was defective service of process as to all three defendants. The proofs of s ervice reflect personal service on Gretel/Manager, Plaintiff's sister and an employee of the “Romp -o -R ama” business, but the Scheins did not give Gretel Castillo authority to ac...

Excerpt: ... and its in dividual physicians for engaging in an alleged “scheme that involved the filing of false and defamatory internal complaints” against Plaintiff and “summarily suspending Plaintiff's admitting privileges under false pretenses.” Plaintiff alleges such acts w ere intended to destroy his professional reputation and to unfairly compete with him to take away his patients, causing him to suffer emotional distress and economic harm. P...

Excerpt: ...n that th e pleadings are not at -issue, the Court shall continue the Case Management Conference hearing to June 25, 2024 at 8:30am. Factual / Procedural Context On October 26, 2023, Plaintiff, Sergio Gonzalez Ramirez (“Plaintiff”) filed a Complaint against Defendant , General Motors, LLC (“Defendant” or “GM”) for: (1) breach of express warranty in violation of the Song -Beverly Consumer Warranty Act (“Song Beverly Act”); (2) bre...

Excerpt: ...warranted by Defendant General Motors, LLC. Plaintiff filed the Complaint on March 8, 2023, alleging breach of express and implied warranty. On January 24, 2024, Plaintiff served a notice of deposition of Defendant's person(s) most qualified (“PMQ”) on four (4) categories of examination with six (6) requests for production of documents. Defendant served written objections and failed to produce a PMQ for deposition. Plaintiff now moves to co...

Excerpt: ...ural C ontext On August 19, 2021, Petitioner Jason Threedouble (“Petitioner”) was insured by Respondent Progressive West Insurance Company (“Progressive”) and was involved in an automobile accident where the at -fault driver only carried minimum statutory state li mits of $15,000 (“First Accident”). On April 25, 2022, Petitioner was insured by Respondent Infinity Select Insurance Company (“Infinity”) and was also involved in an ...

Excerpt: ...future strok es. Decedent received home health care services by defendant Equanimity Hospice & Palliative Care (“Equanimity”), where lead care was designated to defendant David Fukada, M.D. (“Dr. Fukada”). Decedent ran out of Xarelto, and Defendants had failed to deliv er a refill despite repeated requests for a refill. Decedent suffered a massive stroke and died on December 28, 2018. Plaintiffs allege the failure to provide necessary m...

Excerpt: ...ar ended another vehicle. Her husband, Plaintiff Nathan Joseph Drake (“Drake”) was asleep in the passenger seat. After this collision, a semi- truck owned by Defendant Barrillas Trucking, Inc. (“BTI”) and driven by Defendant Jose Luis Cuellar Beltran (“Beltran”) collide d with Manthey's car forcing it into the adjacent lane where it collided with a vehicle driven by Defendant Daniel Armand Padilla (“Padilla”). Manthey and Drake (c...

Excerpt: ...s stayed pending the resolution of CVPS2200167. With respect to Moving Party's request to issue an OSC re contempt against the City and its officials, the Court denies the request. Given that there is no injunction to enforce and the Ordinance at issue has been re pealed, the Court finds no good cause to issue a hearing for a contempt order. CVPS2200167 With respect to the Writ Petition concerning Ordinance 1189, the Court orders the parties to ...

Excerpt: ... Advanced Frami ng Structure, Inc. (“Advanced Framing”) and Jose Rodarte (“Rodarte”) (collectively “Defendants”) as a fulltime non -exempt carpenter. He contends that while employed by Defendants, he was not paid for all the hours he worked and he was not provided with res t breaks. He asserts that after suffering a back, waist, and spinal injury, his medical provider placed him under work restrictions limiting his driving distances t...

Excerpt: ...Procedural Context This is an employment dispute. On April 17, 2023, Plaintiff Amanda Surdow (“Plaintiff”) filed a Complaint against Defendants CCFI Companies, LLC (“CCFI”) and Check Into Cash of California, Inc. (“CIC”) (collectively, “Defendants”),1 alleging (1 ) wrongful constructive termination in violation of public policy, (2) disability discrimination, (3) disability harassment, (4) failure to accommodate, (5) failure to e...

Excerpt: ...eement”) with Def endant Rene Delgado Hernandez (“Defendant”) pursuant to which Plaintiff, as the sole shareholder of Ultimate Tint & Wheel, Inc. (“Corporation”) agreed to sell her 10,000 shares in the Corporation to Defendant for $600,000. Under the terms of the Agreement, Defendant was to transfer interest in real property valued at $100,000 to Plaintiff on the date of execution of the Agreement, and thereafter make monthly payments o...

Excerpt: ....76 acre s and located in a W-2 zone. Municipal Code §9.205.020 provides 42 exceptions to the general low -density requirements with either a Site Development Permit or Conditional Use Permit (CUP). One acceptable exception is a CUP for a mobile home park developed under §9.260.030. Plaintiff applied for a CUP to develop a mobile home park, in which City's Planning Director, Thomas Merrell, refused to accept the application until Plaintiff obta...

Excerpt: ...express limited w arranty and implied warranty of merchantability. Plaintiff alleges the vehicle came equipped with material defects that Kia's authorized repair facility was unable to repair, and Kia refused to buyback or replace the vehicle. Plaintiff filed the Complaint on February 10, 2023, alleging 1) violation of the Song Beverly Consumer Warranty Act; and 2) violation of the Magnuson- Moss Consumer Warranty Act. Defendants now move for ju...

Excerpt: ...February 2, 2023, this court heard and sustained all three causes of action in Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint alleging for 1) cancelation of written instruments, 2) quiet title, and 3) declaratory relief and granted Plaintiff leave to amend. Page 4 of 8 Thereafter on February 16, 2023, Plaintiff filed a Second Amended Complaint alleging the same three causes of action for 1) cancellation of written instructions, 2) quiet title, and 3) decla...

Excerpt: ...ocedural Context Plaintiff, Gavin Ferreira, a minor, by and through his Guardian Ad Litem, Joseph Ferreira, alleges that on 8/28/22, when he was eight years old, he was at Defendant, Barnes Ventures, LLC dba Jump N Jammin in Moreno Valley, which is an indoor c hildren's amusement center. Plaintiff was playing in the jungle gym when he fell forward and struck his mouth on an exposed beam of the play structure sustaining severe injuries to his mout...

Excerpt: ... 8:30am. A ll sides are ordered to file an updated CMC statement prior to the next hearing. Factual / Procedural Context Plaintiff Zohair Mesrizadeh dba VIP Style Constructions (“VIP Style”) filed the original complaint in this action on February 23, 2023 and the first amended complaint (“FAC”) on July 20, 2023 against defendants Abdallah Nazmi Abu -Samrah (“Abdallah”) and Reham Shaath (“Shaath”) (together, “Defendants”). T...

Excerpt: ... Belinda Addo (“Addo”) and BAWJ Medical Services, Inc. (“BAWJ”), as nominal defendant, in a related case (Case No. CVRI2202879), alleging judicial dissolution, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, conversion, embezzlement, and cancellation of instrument (hereinafter “Addo matter”). On October 26, 2023, Plaintiff filed a Complaint in the instant action against Defendants Jean La Fontant (“Fontant”), BGM Medical Services,...

Excerpt: ...al/Proced ural Context On August 9, 2023, Plaintiffs Gregory Franklin Hearn and Pamela Sue Hearn (“Plaintiffs”) filed their initial Complaint against Defendants Ford Motor Company (“FMC”) and Palm Springs Motors Inc. (“Palm”) (collectively, “Defendants”), alleging (1) violation of Civ. Code § 1793.2(d) of Song -Beverly Act (against FMC), (2) violation of Civ. Code § 1793.2(b) of Song -Beverly Act (against FMC); (3) violation of...

Excerpt: .... Factua l / Procedural Context Plaintiff Analia Lenchantin (“Plaintiff”) filed her initial Complaint against Defendant Revive Contractors Group, LLC on January 12, 2023, and her operative First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) on March 28, 2023, against Defendants Reviv e Contractors Group, LLC (“RCG”), Victor Trejo (“Mr. Trejo”), and Victor Staforelli (“Mr. Staforelli”), alleging fraud, negligence, and breach of contract. On June ...

Excerpt: ... the requ est for sanctions. Factual / Procedural Context On January 8, 2021, Plaintiffs Constantino Martinez and Ana Verdin (“Plaintiffs”) entered into a warranty agreement with Defendant General Motors, LLC (“Defendant” or “GM”) in connected with the purchase of a 2021 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 (“Subject Vehicle”), which was manufactured by GM. Plaintiffs allege that nonconformities and defects manifested during the warranty peri...

Excerpt: ...rumed”), Lubrizol Life Science, Inc., The Lubrizol Corporation, and Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc. (“Defendants”) for: (1) discrimination; (2) retaliation; (3) failure to provide reasonable accommodations; (4) failure to participate in the interactive process; (5) violation of the California Family Rights Act; (6) failure to prevent discrimination; (7) wrongful termination; and (8) breach of the implied contract not to terminate without ...

Excerpt: ... / Proced ural Context This action arises out of the parties' dispute regarding the ownership of real property located at 13139 Acacia Avenue in Moreno Valley, California (the “Property”). On April 6, 2023, Plaintiff Mario Castillo (“Plaintiff”) filed his First Ame nded Complaint (“FAC”) against Defendant David Gomez (“Defendant”), alleging (1) breach of contract, (2) promissory estoppel, (3) declaratory relief, and (4) unjust en...