Superior Court of California 

County of Los Angeles – West District  

Beverly Hills Courthouse / Department 205 

 

 

This case arises from an assault and battery of Plaintiff Mehdi Mohammadi outside a CVS store.  Defendants Auerbach National Sepulveda, LLC and Kennedy Wilson Properties Ltd. (“Moving Defendants”) have filed a motion for summary judgment or in the alternative, for summary adjudication.  Moving Defendants’ motion is procedurally defective.  Moving Defendants have not submitted a separate statement as required under Cal. Rules of Court 3.1350(c)(2) and (d).   

“The¿separate statement is not merely a technical requirement; it is an indispensable part of the¿summary judgment or adjudication process.  Separate statements are¿required not to satisfy a sadistic urge to torment lawyers,¿but rather to afford due process to opposing parties and to permit trial courts to expeditiously review complex motions for … summary judgment to determine quickly and efficiently whether material facts are disputed.’  (United Community Church v. Garcin¿(1991) 231 Cal.App.3d 327, 335.)”  (Whitehead v. Habig¿(2008) 163 Cal.App.4th 896, 902.) 

Accordingly, because Moving Defendants did not file a separate statement, the Court denies Moving Defendants’ motion for summary judgment or in the alternative, for summary adjudication. 

 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

 

 

DATED: February 8, 2024 ___________________________ 

Edward B. Moreton, Jr. 

Judge of the Superior Court