Judge: Audra Mori, Case: BC675344, Date: 2022-08-15 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: BC675344    Hearing Date: August 15, 2022    Dept: 31

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - CENTRAL DISTRICT

On June 30, 2022, Jeannine Thayer (“Plaintiff” or “Jeannine”) filed the instant motion to compel the continued deposition of Defendant’s medical expert, Neeraj Gupta, M.D. (“Dr. Gupta”), or alternatively, to exclude Dr. Gupta from testifying at trial.  The matter was originally set for hearing on July 27, 2022, where the court held an Informal Discovery Conference (“IDC”) regarding the issues of further discovery.  After discussion, the parties agreed to a one-and-a-half-hour deposition of Dr. Gupta paid for by Plaintiff with no limit in scope.  (Min. Order, July 27, 2022.)  Counsel were further ordered to meet and confer regarding the deposition taking place by August 2, 2022, and the motion was continued to August 1, 2022.  At the August 1, 2022, hearing the motion was continued to August 15, 2022, and the parties were again ordered to meet and confer regarding Dr. Gupta’s deposition. 

To date, Plaintiff has not taken the motion off calendar, but no party has filed any further briefing concerning the status of the motion. The court is hopeful that the parties have resolved their dispute and intend to take the motion off calendar.  If the parties have not resolved their dispute, they must appear at the hearing on the motion and be prepared to discuss any remaining outstanding issues.

Plaintiff 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 15^th day of August 2022