Yoon v. Lions Heating & Air Conditioning et al.

you submit on the tentative and elect not to appear at the hearing, the opposing party may nevertheless appear at the hearing and argue the matter. Unless you receive a submission from all other parties in the matter, you should assume that others might appear at the hearing to argue. If the Court does not receive emails from the parties indicating submission on this tentative ruling and there are no appearances at the hearing, the Court will adopt the tentative as the final order, or take the matter off calendar at its discretion.

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Plaintiff's Consolidated Motion to Compel Further Responses to Plaintiff's Form Interrogatories and Special Interrogatories and Request for Monetary Sanctions (CRS #s 4914 and 1625) is GRANTED. Defendant Lions is to serve further substantive and verified responses to Form Interrogatories Set One, and to Special Interrogatories within 10 days of this Order. Sanctions are awarded against Lions and their counsel of record, Jeremy Lee Ross and Law Offices of Jeremy L. Ross, P.C. jointly and severally in the amount of $1,260. Sanctions are payable within 30 days.

ANALYSIS

At an informal discovery conference on May 4, 2026, pursuant to agreement of the parties, the Court ordered Defendant Lions to produce substantive responses by June 5, 2026. (Minute Order 5/4/2026.)

Plaintiff's request for sanctions for having to bring this Consolidated Motion for Defendant's failure to serve further responses as ordered on May 4, 2026, is GRANTED. Plaintiff's counsel's hourly rate is $300/hour and she expended 3 hours preparing the instant Consolidated motion, Declaration and Separate Statement. Plaintiff's counsel did not have to prepare a reply as there was no opposition. Plaintiff paid a $60 filing fee. (Declaration of Kara Nunez, 6/19/2026.) Plaintiff will spend one hour of time appearing at the hearing.

Accordingly, sanctions are awarded against Lions and their counsel of record, Jeremy Lee Ross and Law Offices of Jeremy L. Ross, P.C. jointly and severally in the amount of $1,260. Sanctions are payable within 30 days.

Conclusion

Plaintiff's Consolidated Motion to Compel Further Responses to Plaintiff's Form Interrogatories and Special Interrogatories and Request for Monetary Sanctions (CRS #s 4914 and 1625) is GRANTED. Defendant Lions is to serve further substantive and verified responses to Form Interrogatories Set One, and to Special Interrogatories within 10 days of this Order. Sanctions are awarded against Lions and their counsel of record, Jeremy Lee Ross and Law Offices of Jeremy L. Ross, P.C. jointly and severally in the amount of $1,260. Sanctions are payable within 30 days. Moving party to give notice.

Parties who intend to submit on this tentative must send an email to the Court at [email protected] indicating intention to submit on the tentative, and copying all parties in the email communication. Please be advised that if you submit on the tentative and elect not to appear at the hearing, the opposing party may nevertheless appear at the hearing and argue the matter. Unless you receive a submission from all other parties in the matter, you should assume that others might appear at the hearing to argue. If the Court does not receive emails from the parties indicating submission on this tentative ruling and there are no appearances at the hearing, the Court will adopt the tentative as the final order, or take the matter off calendar at its discretion.

Case Number: 25STCV34110 Hearing Date: August 18, 2026 Dept: 224 Glendale Kia v. Mercury Insurance

TENTATIVE RULING

The demurrer is SUSTAINED WITHOUT LEAVE TO AMEND as to the Second Cause of Action (General Negligence) as duplicative of the First Cause of Action, and is OVERRULED as to the First, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Causes of Action. The Motion to Strike is DENIED as to Defendant Shahrokh "Sean" Shideh, and is GRANTED WITH LEAVE TO