Judge Audra Mori, Case 22STCV00581 2022-09-13 Tentative Ruling

Judge: Audra Mori, Case: 22STCV00581, Date: 2022-09-13 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 22STCV00581 Hearing Date: September 13, 2022 Dept: 31

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - CENTRAL DISTRICT

GARY WATTS,

Plaintiff(s),

vs.

NOEL MCCARTHY, ET AL.,

Defendant(s).

)

CASE NO: 22STCV00581

[TENTATIVE] ORDER GRANTING INTERVENER’S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR LEAVE TO INTERVENE

Dept. 31

1:30 p.m.

September 13, 2022

Plaintiff Gary Watts (“Plaintiff”) filed this action against defendant Noel McCarthy for injuries arising from a motor vehicle accident.

WB Studio Enterprises, Inc. (“WB Studio”) moves for leave to intervene in this action. WB Studio attests that Plaintiff, at the time of the accident, was in the course and scope of his employment with WB Studio. WB Studio asserts that Plaintiff made a workers’ compensation claim for the accident, and WB Studio has and continues to make payments to and on behalf of Plaintiff.

Labor Code §§ 3852 and 3853 make clear that an employer against whom a claim for worker’s compensation damages was made may join in an action against a third party arising out of the incident for which the worker’s compensation payment was made. Labor Code § 3850(b) defines “employer” to include the employer’s insurer.

The motion is unopposed and granted. WB Studio is ordered to file a separate copy of the complaint-in-intervention within five days.

Intervener WB Studio 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.
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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 13^th day of September 2022

Hon. Audra Mori

Judge of the Superior Court