Excerpt: ...ff Terie Stephens (“Plaintiff”) alleges that she, at all relevant times, resided at 9993 Wormon Ave., Sunland, CA 91040. (Compl., ¶1.) Differently, Plaintiff alleges that on November 4, 2014, she entered into a Residential Guest House Lease (“Lease”) with Defendants for property located at 9734 La Tuna Canyon Road, Sun Valley, CA 91352. (Id., ¶8, Ex. A [Lease].) Based on the Lease, it appears that the property at issue in this action is...

Excerpt: ...) and Pacific BMW (“PBMW”) for violating the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act (“Act”). Plaintiff alleges that he leased a 2016 BMW 650I GC (VIN WBA6D4C56GD977365) vehicle for personal, family, and/or household use from PBMW. He alleges that on February 23, 2018, he returned the vehicle to Defendants for repairs under the warranties because the vehicle exhibited defects including malfunctions to the engine and I-Drive system. Plaintiff a...

Excerpt: ...a wage and hour class action filed by Plaintiff Rene Alvarez (“Plaintiff”), on behalf of all other similarly situated aggrieved employees, and Defendant Bershtel Enterprises LLC dba WePackItAll (“Defendant”). Plaintiff filed this action on January 15, 2019. Plaintiff alleged causes of action for: (1) failure to pay all wages due to illegal rounding; (2) failure to provide required all meal periods; (3) failure to authorize and permit all ...

Excerpt: ...Yair Mergi's (“Plaintiffs”) property. Before the property was purchased by Plaintiffs, Defendant Ygrene Energy Fund California, Inc. (“Ygrene”) agreed to provide financing to Defendant Mariyan Khosravzadeh (“Khosravzadeh”) for construction on the subject property. At the time, Defendant 23830 Hatteras, LLC (“Hatteras”) had title to the subject property. Hatteras is Khosravzadeh's entity. Plaintiffs allege Defendants conspired to d...

Excerpt: ...ology (“Novum CT”) in March 2019. Zepeda alleges that from March 20, 2019 to April 3, 2019, Rodriguez represented to Zepeda that he would design, create, and provide a back‐office software platform for the Novum CT business, and in exchange Zepeda paid Rodriguez $40,000 in bitcoin and $25,000 in USD. Zepeda alleges that Rodriguez provided the back‐office platform to her in May 2019, but it was defective, did not accurately keep track of d...

Excerpt: ...urchase Agreement and Installment Note with Defendants P&N Holdings, LLC and Robert Purviance (“Defendants”) on October 3, 2019. (Compl., Exs. A‐B.) Plaintiff alleges that Defendants made some payments on the agreements, but failed to pay a lump sum of $46,000 due by December 15, 2020 per the Modification to the Purchase Agreement (dated October 3, 2019). (Id., Ex. C.) The complaint, filed February 5, 2021, alleges causes of action for: (1)...

Excerpt: ... A. Allegations Plaintiff Antranik Kevorkian (“Plaintiff”) alleges that he and his sister‐in‐law Nancy Kevorkian went to the Altadena Sheriff's Department on August 22, 2014 so that Ms. Kevorkian could file a complaint against deputies, alleging they had come to her property earlier that evening and stolen her belongings. He alleges that when he stood with her in the lobby, he was accused of various criminal acts that never occurred and w...

Excerpt: ...nt Bryan Yi aka Bryan R. Yi (“Defendant”) on March 15, 2018 for common counts, book account, and quantum meruit. Plaintiff seeks damages against Defendant in the amount of $49,828.30 for Plaintiff's claim that monies are due and owing for unpaid credit card services for account number ending ‐1005. B. Motion on Calendar On November 2, 2020, Plaintiff filed the motion for order vacating dismissal and entering judgment against Defendant pursu...

Excerpt: ...against Defendant Secret Recipes, Inc. (“Defendant”). This action proceeded to a bench trial on November 6, 2015, to which Defendant did not appear. The Court then entered judgment in favor of Plaintiff on November 18, 2015. On February 18, 2021, Plaintiff filed a motion to set aside denial (in respect to Order Nos. 1 and 2) of the motion for attorney's fees on appeal. On March 1, 2021, Defendant filed an opposition brief. The Court is not in...

Excerpt: ... Action In Becharoff Capital Corp. v. Dagstanyan et al. (Case No. EC067628, “Becharoff Action”), Becharoff Capital Corp. (“Becharoff”) seeks 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 Mr. Dagstanyan and Sav‐On‐Monolan, Inc., which Becharoff claims is wholly unsatisfied. Becharoff alleges that Defendant Grant Dagstanyan engaged in a fr...

Excerpt: ... Ashot Kakojanian (“Kakojanian”) entered into a contract by which Sunrise Motor agreed to provide to him and he agreed to acquire a 2020 Ford F150 vehicle (VIN 1FTEW1E42LKD49952). Plaintiff alleges that the contract was assigned to it in the ordinary course of business. Plaintiff alleges that Kakojanian transferred possession of the vehicle to Defendant Lion's Auto Body (“Lion”). Plaintiff alleges that Kakojanian defaulted on the terms an...

Excerpt: ...auded by Defendants Sona Chukhyan (“Chukhyan”) and George Plavjian (“Plavjian”), as well as their co-conspirators KSR Realty, Inc. (“KSR”), Reta Narkaz, Ruzana Badeer (“Badeer”), Kiane Shabazian (“Shabazian”), and Mariam Kakoian (“Kakoian”). Ambarachyan alleges that Kakoian was the owner of property located at 1737 Bel Aire Dr. in Glendale and that Chukhyan and Kakoian took out loans on the property to pay off other invest...

Excerpt: ... Defendant owned and had been living and renting out a room at her property located at 7431 Satsuma Avenue, Sun Valley, California (“Satsuma Property”). Plaintiff alleges that because he was a licensed contractor, the parties agreed that Plaintiff would inspect and repair the Satsuma Property, and Defendant would pay the out-of-pocket costs of making the Satsuma Property habitable. In exchange, Plaintiff had the understanding that Defendant w...

Excerpt: ...er 1 Partnership (“Elmer 1”), Vardit Zilberstein, Ahron Zilberstein, and Elmer 180, LLC (“Elmer 180”). The Defendants in this action are Macauley Ekpenisi, Oceanbridge Law Firm, APC (“Oceanbridge”), Samuel O. Ogbogu, Samuel Ogbogu, Inc., Alfred O. Anyia (individually and dba Law Offices of Alfred O. Anyia). The Complaint, filed September 29, 2020, alleges a single cause of action for malicious prosecution. The Complaint alleges that o...

Excerpt: ...ations Plaintiff Valerie Flores (“Plaintiff”) alleges that she was a passenger of a vehicle driving west on Olive Avenue near Lakeside Drive in Burbank when an approximately 85-foot-tall palm tree suddenly fell over and crashed through the top of the vehicle and crushed Plaintiff, causing her to suffer severe injuries. Plaintiff alleges that she has been hospitalized since the incident and remains in critical condition. Plaintiff alleges that...

Excerpt: ...OMPLAINT PURSUANT TO CCP § 425.16 BACKGROUND A. Allegations The Plaintiffs in this action are VN Partnership (“VNP”), Elmer 1 Partnership (“Elmer 1”), Vardit Zilberstein, Ahron Zilberstein, and Elmer 180, LLC (“Elmer 180”). The Defendants in this action are Macauley Ekpenisi, Oceanbridge Law Firm, APC (“Oceanbridge”), Samuel O. Ogbogu, Samuel Ogbogu, Inc., Alfred O. Anyia (individually and dba Law Offices of Alfred O. Anyia). The...

Excerpt: ...of the premises located at 400 N. Brand Boulevard, Glendale, CA 91203. Plaintiff alleges that on December 16, 2016, as he was walking towards his workplace, he slipped and fell due to an accumulation of water that resulted from the improper placement of a Christmas tree and its stand over the main drain in the common downstairs area of 400 & 450 N. Brand Boulevard. He alleges he fell and sustained injuries as a result of the negligence of Defenda...

Excerpt: ...torized 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 Trust. He alleges that the dangerous condition was compounded...

Excerpt: ...11438 Moorpark Street, Unit 3, Studio City, CA 91602 pursuant to a written lease entered in October 2018. Plaintiffs allege that Defendant Elena Raluca Popovici is the owner of the property. During their residence as tenants of the property, Plaintiffs were allegedly exposed to substandard conditions, such as leaky plumbing, accumulation of water, insufficient rain buttresses, electrical wiring not up to code, mold, lack of proper insulation, and...

Excerpt: ...Ambarachyan (“Ambarachyan”) alleges that he is an investor who was defrauded by Defendants Sona Chukhyan (“Chukhyan”) and George Plavjian (“Plavjian”), as well as their co-conspirators KSR Realty, Inc. (“KSR”), Reta Narkaz, Ruzana Badeer (“Badeer”), Kiane Shabazian (“Shabazian”), and Mariam Kakoian (“Kakoian”). Ambarachyan alleges that Kakoian was the owner of property located at 1737 Bel Aire Dr. in Glendale and that ...

Excerpt: ...f the premises located at 400 N. Brand Boulevard, Glendale, CA 91203. Plaintiff alleges that on December 16, 2016, as he was walking towards his workplace, he slipped and fell due to an accumulation of water that resulted from the improper placement of a Christmas tree and its stand over the main drain in the common downstairs area of 400 & 450 N. Brand Boulevard. He alleges he fell and sustained injuries as a result of the negligence of Defendan...

Excerpt: ...26 Hanscom Drive in South Pasadena. Plaintiff Alison Smith (Plaintiff”) alleges that Paul W.H. Smith has assigned to her all rights, interests, and claims regarding the subject property pursuant to an Assignment of Rights. (TAC, ¶3.) Plaintiff alleges that Defendant City of South Pasadena (“City”) owned and maintained the sewage waste system and sewage waste line(s) that service Plaintiff's property and other nearby residential dwellings. ...

Excerpt: ...eges that she was a resident of Defendant Burbank Healthcare, Inc. dba Burbank Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center. She alleges that on January 10, 2019, while she was walking to the shared bathroom using her walker, she unknowingly stepped into a large puddle of water in her path, which caused her to slip and fall. She alleges that one of Defendant's employed aides had given a patient a shower previously and had failed to mop the floor or remove ...

Excerpt: ...�) commenced this action against Defendant Michael Hodges (“Defendant” or “Hodges”). Aaron Justis and Hodges were the only directors of B&R, a medical cannabis dispensary. Aaron Justis and B&R allege that Hodges breached his fiduciary duty to B&R and treated B&R as his personal bank account, misappropriated funds, and wasted corporate resources. The complaint, filed October 31, 2017, alleges causes of action for: (1) removal of director; ...

Excerpt: ...t treatment for mild symptoms associated with his lower urinary tract. He was prescribed Flomax medication and noticed improvements to his symptoms. Plaintiff alleges that despite the improvement, he was scheduled to undergo invasive surgery. On March 15, 2018, Plaintiff was admitted to Defendant Huntington Memorial Hospital (“Hospital”) for a robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy, positive lymph node dissection, and anterior urethropexy, bu...