Judge Audra Mori, Case 20STCV26415 2023-02-02 Tentative Ruling

Judge: Audra Mori, Case: 20STCV26415, Date: 2023-02-02 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 20STCV26415 Hearing Date: February 2, 2023 Dept: 31

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - CENTRAL DISTRICT

VANUI ISAKHANYAN,

Plaintiff(s),

vs.

US HOME PROS, INC., ET AL.,

Defendant(s).

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CASE NO: 20STCV26415

[TENTATIVE] ORDER DENYING MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE WITHOUT PREJUDICE

Dept. 31

1:30 p.m.

February 2, 2023

Plaintiff Vanui Isakhanyan (“Plaintiff”) filed this action against Defendants US Home Pros, Inc. dba Cal Retrofit (“US Home Pros”) and RIFM Properties, LLC (“RIFM”) for injuries Plaintiff sustained after slipping and falling down a set of stairs inside a residential apartment building.

At this time, Defendant RIFM seeks an order consolidating this action, 20STCV26415, with 21STCV37002, contending the two actions arise out of the same transaction and events.

The motion is denied without prejudice. The cases have not yet been deemed related, and 21STCV37002 is pending in Department 53 of the Stanley Mosk Courthouse. Pursuant to Local Rule 3.3(g)(1), which requires cases to be related before being consolidated, the motion is denied without prejudice.

Moving Defendant is ordered to give notice.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE:

Parties are encouraged to meet and confer after reading this tentative ruling to see if they can reach an agreement.
If a party intends to submit on this tentative ruling, the party must send an email to the court at sscdept31@lacourt.org with the Subject line “SUBMIT” followed by the case number. The body of the email must include the hearing date and time, counsel’s contact information, and the identity of the party submitting.
Unless all parties submit by email to this tentative ruling, the parties should arrange to appear remotely (encouraged) or in person for oral argument. You should assume that others may appear at the hearing to argue.
If the parties neither submit nor appear at hearing, the Court may take the motion off calendar or adopt the tentative ruling as the order of the Court. After the Court has issued a tentative ruling, the Court may prohibit the withdrawal of the subject motion without leave.

Dated this 2^nd day of February 2023

Hon. Audra Mori

Judge of the Superior Court