Excerpt: ...ainst Respondent Vladyslav Simanko d/b/a Vladyslav's Constructions (“Respondent”). Petitioner seeks to confirm a contractual arbitration award. The underlying action arises out of a Merchant Processing Application between Petitioner and Respondent. (Pet., Attachment 4B.) The arbitration was conducted by Arbitrator Lawrence J. Kaplan of the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) on April 1, 2022 in Fresno, California. (Pet., ¶¶6-8.) Th...

Excerpt: ...bakery. Plaintiff alleges that Defendant Ben “Ben Baller” Yang (“Defendant”) made numerous profane, libelous, and slanderous comments on social media and his podcast accusing Plaintiff of putting Drugs/RX prescription pills on his son's birthday cake. The operative complaint, filed October 17, 2019, alleges causes of action for: (1) libel; (2) slander; and (3) unfair business practices. B. Motion on Calendar On May 5, 2022, Plaintiff file...

Excerpt: ...urchase Cold Stone Creamery number 20242 in Seal Beach (“SB Store”) and Cold Stone Creamery number 22066 in Costa Mesa (“CM Store”). Plaintiff alleges that they negotiated the purchase of the stores with Sharon Gottlieb (the owner of MP Ice Cream, Inc. and SBG Enterprise, Inc., respectively the owners of the SB Store and CM Store, and formed Defendant Cooler West Enterprise (“CWE”), on January 21, 2020 for the purpose of operating the...

Excerpt: ...Athala and Abel Orozco own the real property located at 943 N. Hudson Ave., Pasadena CA 91104 (the “Hudson Property”). It alleges that beginning August 1, 2004, the Orozcos leased a commercial property from TAI at 2800 Firestone Blvd., Southgate, California at $30,000.00 a month. TAI alleges that the Orozcos began falling behind on lease payments and so it filed an unlawful detainer action around August 1, 2007 (case no. VC049186). In the unl...

Excerpt: ...PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS BACKGROUND A. Allegations Plaintiff Patricia Hernandez (“Plaintiff”) alleges that she was subject to egregious elder abuse committed by Defendants Continuity Care Home Nurses, Inc. (“CCHN”) and Continuity Care Staffing Services, Inc. (“CCSS”), along with their owner and director, Defendant Maryann Sawoski. Plaintiff alleges that CCHN and CCSS (collectively, “Continuity Care”) turned a blind eye as one of it...

Excerpt: ...t's (“Defendant”) property. Plaintiff alleges that Defendant's property had a broken pipe and that underground water had been percolating for some unknown time on Defendant's property to Plaintiff's property. Plaintiff alleges that Defendant's attempt to repair the pipes on his property on January 27, 2017, caused serious damage to Plaintiff's property. The complaint, filed January 25, 2019, alleges a single cause of action for negligence. B....

Excerpt: .... EC067628, “Becharoff Action”), Becharoff Capital Corp. (“Becharoff”) sought to enforce a judgment entered on June 26, 2009 in the amount of $110,340.72 in a prior case (Case No. BC047457, “Underlying Action”) against Defendant Grant Dagstanyan and Sav-On-Monolan, Inc., which Becharoff claimed was wholly unsatisfied. Becharoff alleged that Mr. Dagstanyan engaged in a fraudulent transfer of property, including the property at 1317 N L...

Excerpt: ... written 5-year lease with Defendants Raffi Paichuk (“Paichuk”) and Silva Baghdasarian (“Baghdasarian”) for the property located at 5535 Cahuenga Blvd., North Hollywood, California, and Hashemizadeh signed as a guarantor of the lease. (Compl., ¶8.) Plaintiffs allege they entered into a 5-year extension by executing a Notice of Election to Extend Term of Lease dated December 20, 2019, extending the lease term from April 1, 2020 to March 3...

Excerpt: ...o Barrera Jr., and Defendant Sadie Gomez- Rosas are siblings. Defendant Esperanza P. UC-Barrera is their mother. Defendants The Barrera Family Trust Agreement Dated 10/03/1996, The Barrera Living Trust Agreement, The Barrera 1996 Trust Agreement, and Barrera Trust are living trusts. Plaintiffs allege that on October 3, 1996, a living trust was created by their father under one of the aforementioned “possible” names. On March 14, 1997, Plainti...

Excerpt: ...�� or “Leupold”) hired Plaintiff to represent her as a creditor in a Chapter 13 bankruptcy filed by debtor Joe Kearney. Plaintiff alleges this representation was not memorialized by a written contract, but the parties entered into an oral contract by which Defendant agreed to pay Plaintiff for its services at an hourly rate. Plaintiff alleges that Defendant only made 1 payment of $2,877.50 for Plaintiff's services though Plaintiff incurred $7...

Excerpt: ...s that she took possession in 2012 and paid rent and lived at the property without issue for 10 years. Plaintiff alleges Defendant Oasis Builders is the alter alias of Defendant Omar Loera (“Loera”) and the manager of the property. Plaintiff alleges that Defendants breached the minimum California State requirements because the property had non- functional or lack of adequate heating, unimproved and illegal construction, rubbish, electrical wi...

Excerpt: ...f filed the first amended complaint (“FAC”) on April 4, 2022, alleging a single cause of action for violation of the Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“the Act”). Plaintiff alleges that he incurred a consumer credit transaction debt and that Defendant has made efforts to collection the debt from Plaintiff. Plaintiff alleges that he retained an attorney, informed Defendant via email, and Defendant acknowledged that Plaintiff wa...

Excerpt: ... egregious elder abuse committed by Defendants Continuity Care Home Nurses, Inc. (“CCHN”) and Continuity Care Staffing Services, Inc. (“CCSS”), along with their owner and director, Defendant Maryann Sawoski. Plaintiff alleges that CCHN and CCSS (collectively, “Continuity Care”) turned a blind eye as one of its employees, Carmen Magaña de Mendoza, repeatedly raped Plaintiff, an elderly and debilitated patient. The complaint, filed May...

Excerpt: .... Simonec alleges that on May 10, 2018, he was riding his motorized scooter southbound on the sidewalk when he was presented with perilous and hazardous conditions, including but not limited to a ramp with a dangerous height and insufficient clearance/space for him to pass safely with his scooter on the sidewalk in front of the property at 736 N. Buena Vista, Burbank, CA (“Buena Vista Property”), which is owned by Defendant Helen J. Griffen T...

Excerpt: ... alleges that Defendant Ben “Ben Baller” Yang (“Defendant”) made numerous profane, libelous, and slanderous comments on social media and his podcast accusing Plaintiff of putting Drugs/RX prescription pills on his son's birthday cake. The operative complaint, filed October 17, 2019, alleges causes of action for: (1) libel; (2) slander; and (3) unfair business practices. 2. Relevant Background On February 7, 2020, the Court denied Defendan...

Excerpt: ... located at 16549 Beaver Road, Adelanto, California, which required, among other things, electrical distribution lines to be laid. Plaintiff alleges that it entered into an oral agreement with Defendant Aram G. Construction (“AGC”) in November 2018, wherein Plaintiff would pay AGC $110,000 to excavate areas of a roadway and lay electrical pipes and conduits in accordance with diagrams provided/prepared by Southern California Edison (“SCE”...

Excerpt: ...ril 30, 2019, Plaintiff Belen Hernandez (“Plaintiff”) commenced this action for enforcement under the Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”), California Labor Code, § 2968, et seq. against Defendants Morphe, Inc. and Morphe LLC (“Defendants”). Plaintiff alleges that she and other aggrieved hourly-paid or non-exempt employees were employed by Defendants and Defendants had failed to compensate them for all hours worked and missed meal ...

Excerpt: ...ias Dayan (“Defendant”) on February 24, 2021, alleging a single cause of action for quantum meruit. Plaintiff alleges that within the past 4 years, Plaintiff's assignor performed services for Defendant. Plaintiff alleges that the value of the services amounted to $105,804.30. Plaintiff alleges that though demand was made for the sums, Defendant did not make any payments. B. Motion on Calendar On May 25, 2022, Plaintiff filed a motion against ...

Excerpt: ...enced this action against Defendant Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc. (“Defendant”) on November 15, 2021. Plaintiff filed the first amended complaint (“FAC”) on April 4, 2022, alleging a single cause of action for violation of the Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“the Act”). Plaintiff alleges that he incurred a consumer credit transaction debt and that Defendant has made efforts to collection the debt from Plaintiff. Plain...

Excerpt: ...) alleges that Defendant Molonlave Group, LLC dba Rush Charge (“Defendant”) became indebted to Plaintiff within the last 4 years on an open book account for the sum of $39,500. The complaint, filed August 25, 2021, alleges a single cause of action for common counts. B. Relevant Background On December 2, 2021, the default of Defendant was entered. On December 3, 2021, the default judgment by the clerk of Defendant was entered in the sum of $40...

Excerpt: ...Two Michaels LLC owns and operates 2 businesses located at 10057 Riverside Drive in Toluca Lake, consisting of a lounge and restaurant in the back of the property called “The Red Door”, and a full restaurant in the front called “Riverside.” Plaintiff is the head chef and kitchen manager of the businesses, while Defendant is the bar manager, maintains the corporate records, and manages finances. Plaintiff alleges that Defendant mishandled ...

Excerpt: ...hat Defendant Sherry Kilpatrick (“Defendant”) entered into a written contract with Plaintiff's assignor National City Bank on April 2, 2007, whereby Plaintiff's assignor loaned money to Defendant for financing education expenses. Plaintiff alleges that on October 12, 2015, Defendant failed to make payments on the contract as agreed and defaulted on the agreement. Plaintiff alleges damages in the principal sum of $31,830.20. The complaint, fil...

Excerpt: ...Lorenzo Espinosa (“Plaintiff” or “Espinosa”) alleges that he entered into a Residential Income Property Purchase Agreement and Joint Escrow Instructions (“Agreement”) with Defendant Jay Shermer and Leslie Druss as individuals and as trustees of the Shermer Trust dated March 7, 1984 (“Shermer Trust”) on January 11, 2022 involving the real property located at 6833-6835 Simpson Ave., North Hollywood, CA 91604. Plaintiff alleges that ...

Excerpt: ...REQUIRING PLAINTIFF TO POST A SECURITY AND PROHIBITING PLAINTIFF FROM FILING NEW LITIGATIONS IN PROPRIA PERSONA BACKGROUND A. Allegations Plaintiff Teresa Jean Moore (“Plaintiff”) filed this action against Defendants Western Progressive LLC (“Western Progressive”); Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Successor by Merger to Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association as Trustee for First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust 2002‐FF4 (“Wells Fargo”);...

Excerpt: ...resa Hernandez, and Luis Quinones (“Plaintiffs”) allege that the property they rented at 8391 San Fernando Rd., #9, Sun Valley, CA 91352 was not maintained in a habitable condition. They allege that Defendant APB Properties, LLC (“Defendant”) was the landlord of the premises. The Fourth Amended Complaint (“4AC”), filed April 14, 2022, alleges causes of action for: (1) breach of implied warranty of habitability; (2) breach of contract;...