# 10 TENTATIVE RULING 9:15 a.m., Thursday, April 1, 2021

VAYIGASH LTD. v. RUBEN DOKHANIAN, et al. [20STCV15264]

RULING ON DEMURRER OF DEFENDANT RUBEN DOKHANIAN TO PLAINTIFF’S FAC; and MOTION TO STRIKE

MEET & CONFER: DEFECTIVE- Counsel’s declaration doesn’t show that counsel met & conferred in person or by telephone

BACKGROUND:

TIMELINE:

On or about October 3, 2017: Plaintiff, an Isreali corp., allegedly entered into an oral agreement with Dokhanian whereby Plaintiff would purchase

certain real property in Isreal from defendant Dokhanian (a California

resident) and his nieces for $100,000. Defendant Shaul Basaz assisted Dokhanian in negotiating the Agreement. The Property was jointly owned by Dokhanian and his nieces, with Dokhanian holding an undivided 50% in the Property and each of his Nieces each owning an undivided 25% interest in the Property. The Property was adjacent to land that Plaintiff also intended to purchase, and Plaintiff allegedly “repeatedly informed Dokhanian