1.MOTION FOR TERMINATING SANCTIONS 2.MOTION FOR TERMINATING SANCTIONS     On 09/03/13, plaintiff Peace Global Investment (landlord) rented to defendants Paul and Gina Schwendel (tenants) a palatial residence in Newport Coast. The agreed-upon monthly rent was $22,000.00. Defendants made a...

1.DEMURRER TO AMENDED COMPLAINT 2.MOTION TO STRIKE COMPLAINT 3.CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE   The demurrer of the Estate of Winthrop Clark, Deceased, to the 5th Amended Complaint filed by Plaintiff Nielsen, as amended by the Amendment, is sustained with 15 days...

1.MOTION TO BE RELIEVED AS COUNSEL OF RECORD The court Grants the unopposed motion of attorneys Theodore E. Bacon and David J. Masutani to be relieved as counsel for Defendant Jetpower Support Inc. Counsel make a prima facie showing that...

1. MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION  Plaintiff has belatedly complied with CC §§ 5925((b)(3) & 5930 and Defendant has foregone any objection based on the failure to timely filed the required certificate.  Thus, the Court may now rule on the merits...

1.DEMURRER TO COMPLAINT 2.MOTION TO STRIKE COMPLAINT Defendant Win Win Global Inc. demurs to all 4 causes of action in the Original Complaint filed on 11/23/16.  Defendant also moves to strike the request for punitive damages and the 1st and...

1.DEMURRER TO COMPLAINT 2.MOTION TO STRIKE COMPLAINT Defendant Kevin Manok’s demurrer is Overruled.  Individual Defendant Kevin Manok demurs to each cause of action (1-8) on the ground that he cannot be personally liable for the alleged wrongs because he is...

1.MOTION TO STRIKE ANSWER The Plaintiff American Express’s Motion to Strike the Defendant Titan Creative Group, Inc. Answer and enter Defendant’s Default is granted. The plaintiff has established that the defendant answered the plaintiff’s complaint on August 8, 2016 but...

1.DEMURRER TO  FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT   The demurrer to the 2nd cause of action for Nonpayment of Overtime Wages in Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint, is sustained with leave to amend. This claim is titled and at the core seems to...

1.ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE: CONTEMPT Defendants Hua Zeng, Xinming Fu, Rao Fu, and Xinming Fu M.D. Inc. make a prima facie showing that Dr. Powers removed about 5,000 hard copy patient files and is in possession of an undetermined...

1.DEMURRER TO  FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT The Court declines to hear the merits of the demurrer at this time, based on the moving parties’ failure to comply with the statutory requirements for presenting their demurrer.  See CCP §430.41.  The hearing is...