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Download Hon. Nishimoto ReportThe Hon. Cary H. Nishimoto is a judge for the Los Angeles County Superior Court in California. He was elevated to the Superior Court in 1987 after serving on the Municipal Court.
Judge Nishimoto received his B.A. from the University of California. He went on to earn his J.D. from California Western School of Law.
Judge Nishimoto might be remembered for bringing a grenade to the courthouse in 2015. Having discovered the grenade amongst a deceased relative's possessions, Nishimoto (in good faith) decided to bring it to the courthouse to turn it over to the proper authorities. After causing some alarm, the device was later found to be inactive.
Jan 29, 2020 | Judge Cary H. Nishimoto | Los Angeles County, CA
TENTATIVE RULING: Plaintiffs’ Motion For New Trial, denied. JCCP 4674 CAROLYN WEIRICK, ELVIRA GRACIELA ESCUDERO LORA vs. BRENNTAG NORTH AMERICA, INC., ET AL, including but not limited to JOHNSON & JOHNSON and JOHNSON & JOHNSON CONSUMER, INC., a subsidiary of JOHNSON & JOHNSON Case Number BC6564225 PLAINTIF...
FARAHNAZ SHAHAM VS JUDITH DOUGLAS
Jan 13, 2020 | Judge Cary H. Nishimoto | Los Angeles County, CA
FARAHNAZ SHAHAM vs. JUDITH DOUGLAS BC644468 Motion Of Plaintiff Farahnaz Shaham To Strike Costs, Alternatively To Tax Costs. PLAINTIFF’S MOTION Plaintiff seeks to Strike or Tax costs as follows: ITEM 2 “Jury Fees” $1,293.00. Plaintiff merely contends that since plaintiff waived jury, she should not be requ...
ZAREH SORFAZIAN VS JORDAN SALTZBERG
Oct 21, 2019 | Judge Cary H. Nishimoto | Los Angeles County, CA
ZAREH SORFAZIAN v JORDAN SALTZBERG BC642050 PLAINTIFF ZAREH SORFAZIAN ATTORNEYS RAYMOND McELFISH & TARA HECKARD-BRYANT McElfish Law Firm 1112 N. Sherbourne Dr. West Hollywood, CA 90069 DEFENDANT JORDAN SALTZBERG ATTORNEYS DAVID BELOFSKY & DREW HELMS Belofsky & Hanker, LLP 537 W. 7th St., San Pedro, CA 9073...
MICHAEL KIDD VS KRAVE GROUP LLC ET AL
Sep 9, 2019 | Judge Cary H. Nishimoto | Los Angeles County, CA
MICHAEL KIDD vs. KRAVE GROUP, LLC, CHARLES AKSLAND, TERRY KARGES, WAYNE RAINEY AND RICHARD VARNER BC675143 Motion of plaintiff Michael Kidd to tax defendant’s Memorandum of Costs by a minimum of $10,783.45 of the $16,066.20 of alleged costs. CCP §1032, CCP §1033.5 and CCP §1034, California Rules of Court R...
Aug 26, 2019 | Judge Cary H. Nishimoto | Los Angeles County, CA
SIAMAK SIMANY vs. JORGE G. CANALES Case Number19STUD00912 ATTORNEY UDO U. EKEKE-ULU 14408 BEN NEVIS AVE. NORWALK, CA 90650 ATTORNEY DANNY SANDOVAL BASTA, INC. 1545 Wilshire Blvd., Ste 600 Los Angeles, CA 90017-4507 Defendant seeks attorney fees of $11,667.50, granted. At trial, a motion for judgment on the...
SALWA GIRGIS VS CITY OF CULVER CITY ET AL
Aug 14, 2019 | Judge Cary H. Nishimoto | Los Angeles County, CA
VERDICT: 6.04.2019 10:30 a.m. Negligence of defs was a substantial factor in causing harm to plaintiff (yes); damages are past economic loss i.e. medicals ($0); future economic loss i.e. medicals ($10,000.00); past non-economic damages i.e. pain & suffering ($10,000.00); future pain & suffering ($20,000.00...
Aug 6, 2019 | Judge Cary H. Nishimoto | Los Angeles County, CA
BALDWIN APARTMENTS, LLC vs JULIO OSORIO 17SMUD01570 Motion of defendant Julio Osorio for attorney’s fees. Defendant Julio Osorio seeks $23,195.00 attorney’s fees, granted. Rule 3.1702, California Rules of Court, CCP §1174.21 and Civil Code §1942.4. This matter came on for trial in Department SWE on 7.23.20...
SILVIA JUAREZ ET AL VS BRANDON KIM
Jul 22, 2019 | Judge Cary H. Nishimoto | Los Angeles County, CA
SILVIA JUAREZ; CHRISTIAN HERNANDEZ, A MINOR BY HIS G.A.L. SILVIA JUAREZ vs. BRANDON KIM Case Number BC593952 ATTORNEY CARLOS GOMEZ Dominguez Firm 3250 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 2200 L.A., CA 90010 ATTORNEYS JENNIFER T. TSENG Tseng & Associates 25 W. Rolling Oaks Dr., #211 Thousand Oaks, CA 91361 TENTATIVE RULI...
MICHAEL WRIGHT VS SEAN SUNG KIM
Apr 8, 2019 | Judge Cary H. Nishimoto | Los Angeles County, CA
MICHAEL WRIGHT vs. SEAN SANG KIM BC631985 Defendant Sean Sang Kim moves to tax plaintiff’s $3,029.99 costs as set forth in plaintiff’s cost memorandum. Plaintiff received a verdict of $3,150.00. CCP §1032(a)(4) provides that the “prevailing party” includes the party with a net monetary recovery, a defendan...
HELEN MCDONALD VS MAXIMILIANO ESTRADA ET AL
Jan 22, 2019 | Judge Cary H. Nishimoto | Los Angeles County, CA
HELEN McDONALD vs. MAXIMILIANO ESTRADA, IRENE ESTRADA Case Number BC646310 ATTORNEY ALEX D. GUERRERO 70 E. Colorado Boulevard, 9th Fl. Pasadena, CA 91101 ATTORNEYS DEBORAH K. PETERSON & ALEXANDRA BOYADJIAN Mark R Weiner & Associates 655 N Central Avenue, Fl. 12 Glendale, CA 91203 Motion of Maximiliano and ...
