On 05/17/2016 CHRISTINE YU filed a Property - Other Property Fraud lawsuit against DAVID WAN. This case was filed in Los Angeles County Superior Courts, Stanley Mosk Courthouse located in Los Angeles, California. The case status is Pending - Other Pending.
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05/17/2016
Pending - Other Pending
Los Angeles County Superior Courts
Stanley Mosk Courthouse
Los Angeles, California
LEUNG ANDREW
YU CHRISTINE
DAVID AND WINNIE WAN FAMILY TRUST THE
YU HUA LONG INVESTMENTS LLC
HUANG TENG
WAN DAVID
MOUNTAINFIELD LLC
WAN WINNIE
DOES 1-50
MAGNUS SUNHILL GROUP LLC
LAW OFFICES OF KENNETH I. GROSS & ASSOC.
GROSS KENNETH I.
CHANG ASTER C ESQ.
HSU ROBERT
9/5/2018: Minute Order
10/30/2018: Opposition
11/13/2018: Minute Order
1/17/2019: Answer
3/11/2019: Opposition
3/19/2019: Case Management Statement
3/22/2019: Order
5/17/2016: COMPLAINT FOR DAMAGES: 1. FRAUD AND MISREPRESENTATION; ETC
5/17/2016: SUMMONS
6/1/2016: Unknown
6/14/2016: PROOF OF SERVICE OF SUMMONS
7/26/2016: DECLARATION OF ASTER C. CHANG RE: GOOD FAITH ATTEMPTS TO MEET AND CONFER PURSUANT TO CAL. CODE OF CIV. PROC. ? 430.41
8/30/2016: FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT FOR DAMAGES: 1. FRAUD AND MISREPRESENTATION ;ETC.
9/1/2016: Unknown
9/7/2016: Minute Order
9/26/2016: DEFENDANT DAVID WAN'S NOTICE OF DEMURRER AND DEMURRER TO PLAINTIFFS' FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT; MEMORANDUM OF POINTS KND AUTHORITIES IN SUPPORT THEREOF
10/21/2016: DKCLARATION OF THOMAS D. SHAMBAUGH IN RESPONSE TO OSC RE: SERVICE
5/3/2017: Minute Order
at 08:30 AM in Department 78; Hearing on Motion for Stay of Proceedings - Not Held - Rescheduled by Party
at 08:30 AM in Department 78; Case Management Conference - Held
at 08:30 AM in Department 78; Hearing on Motion for Stay of Proceedings - Held - Motion Denied
Minute Order ( (Case Management Conference; Hearing on Motion for Stay of Pro...)); Filed by Clerk
Case Management Order; Filed by Clerk
Order (Ruling Re: Defendant David Wan's Motion to Stay or Dismiss); Filed by Clerk
Case Management Statement; Filed by Christine Yu (Plaintiff); Andrew Leung (Plaintiff)
Opposition (to defendant's motion to stay or dismiss); Filed by Christine Yu (Plaintiff); Andrew Leung (Plaintiff)
Case Management Statement; Filed by David Wan (Defendant); Winnie Wan (Defendant)
Notice of Motion (AND MOTION TO STAY OR DISMISS THE PROCEEDINGS MEMORANDUMOF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES; DECLARATIONOF DAVIDWAN); Filed by David Wan (Defendant); David and Winnie Wan Family Trust, The (Defendant)
PROOF OF SERVICE OF SUMMONS
Receipt; Filed by Christine Yu (Plaintiff); Andrew Leung (Plaintiff)
NOTICE OF POSTING JURY FEES
Notice; Filed by Christine Yu (Plaintiff); Andrew Leung (Plaintiff)
CIVIL DEPOSIT
Notice of Case Management Conference; Filed by Clerk
NOTICE OF CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE
Complaint; Filed by Christine Yu (Plaintiff); Andrew Leung (Plaintiff)
COMPLAINT FOR DAMAGES: 1. FRAUD AND MISREPRESENTATION; ETC
SUMMONS
Case Number: BC620845 Hearing Date: January 07, 2020 Dept: 78
CHRISTINE YU, et al., Plaintiff, v. DAVID WAN., et al., Defendants. |
Case No.: BC620845 Hearing Date: January 7, 2020 [TENTATIVE] RULING RE: Defendant David Wan’s Motion to BE RELIEVED AS COUNSEL. |
Attorney Kenneth Gross and Thomas Shambaugh of the Law Offices of Kenneth I. Gross & Associates’ Motion to Be Relieved as Counsel for Plaintiffs Christine Yu and Andrew Leung is GRANTED.
FACTUAL BACKGROUND
This is an action for fraud. The First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) alleges as follows. Plaintiffs Christine Yu and Andrew Leung (“Plaintiffs”) in 2003 were told by Defendant David Wan (“Wan”) that he was an investor in an LLC that owned certain commercial real property that was being developed. (FAC ¶ 11.) Wan offered to let Plaintiffs buy in to his share of the LLC. (FAC ¶ 11.) Wan did not disclose that his interest was actually the interest of a trust of which he was trustee, and that this trust did not own an interest in the real property, but rather owned an interest in another LLC, Defendant Mountainfield, LLC (“Mountainfield”), and that it was this LLC that in turn owned an interest in yet another LLC, Defendant Magnus Sunhill, LLC (“Magnus”), which actually owned the real property. (FAC ¶ 13.)
Plaintiffs paid Wan $450,000 per his offer, which they would not have done if they knew they were not investing directly in the property. (FAC ¶ 14.) In fact, they were purchasing a 36% interest in the David and Winnie Wan Family Trust, which held a 38.46% interest in Mountainfield. (FAC ¶ 20.)
Mountainfield and Magnus transferred a majority interest in Magnus to Defendant Teng Huang (“Huang”) in exchange for at least $6 million, but Plaintiffs have not received a distribution of these proceeds. (FAC ¶ 15.)
In 2015, Huang transferred Magnus’s interest in the real property, its only asset, to Defendant Yu Hua Long Investments, LLC (“YHL”), for an unknown sum, less than what it was worth. (FAC ¶ 16.)
PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Plaintiffs filed the original Complaint on May 17, 2016, alleging four causes of action:
Fraud
Failure to Qualify Securities
Unfair Business Practices
Violation of the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act
Plaintiffs’ counsel filed the instant Motion to be Relieved as Counsel on October 30, 2019.
No Opposition has been filed.
DISCUSSION
MOTION TO BE RELIEVED AS COUNSEL
Cal. Code of Civ. Proc. section 284 states that “[t]he attorney in an action or special proceeding may be changed at any time before or after judgment or final determination” upon either consent of both client and attorney, or upon the order of the court under application of either the client of the attorney, after notice from one to the other. Cal. Rule of Court 3.1362 states the requirements for a motion to be relieved as counsel under Code Civ. Proc. section 284. No memorandum is required, but the motion must be accompanied by (1) a declaration stating why a motion has been brought instead of filing a consent (without compromising attorney-client confidentiality), (2) proof of service of the motion, and (3) all hearing dates scheduled in the action or proceeding, including the date of trial, if known. Additionally, “[t]he proposed order relieving counsel must be prepared on the Order Granting Attorney's Motion to Be Relieved as Counsel--Civil (form MC-053) and must be lodged with the court with the moving papers.”
The present motion pertains to attorneys Kenneth Gross and Thomas Shambaugh of the Law Offices of Kenneth I. Gross & Associates, counsel for Plaintiffs Christine Yu and Andrew Leung. The motion complies with the above requirements.
Attorney Kenneth Gross and Thomas Shambaugh of the Law Offices of Kenneth I. Gross & Associates’ Motion to Be Relieved as Counsel for Plaintiffs Christine Yu and Andrew Leung is GRANTED.
Plaintiffs to give notice.
Dated: January 7, 2020
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Hon. Robert S. Draper
Judge of the Superior Court
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