Judge: Jill Feeney, Case: 18STCV08746, Date: 2022-10-17 Tentative Ruling

 PLEASE NOTE:    

The parties are encouraged to meet and confer concerning this tentative ruling to determine if there is an agreement to submit.  

Regardless of whether there is any such agreement, each party who wishes to submit must send an email to the Court at sscdept30@lacourt.org indicating the party's intention to submit. 

Include the word "SUBMITS" in all caps and the case number in the subject line of the email and in the body provide the date and time of the hearing, your name, your contact information, the party you represent, whether that party is a plaintiff, defendant, cross-complainant, cross-defendant, claimant, or non-party.  

If a party submits but still intends to appear at the hearing, include the words "SUBMITS BUT WILL APPEAR" in the subject line of the email. 

If the Court does not receive emails from the parties indicating submission on this tentative ruling and there are no appearances at the hearing, the Court may, at its discretion, adopt the tentative as the final order or place the motion off calendar. 

Unless all the parties have submitted, the Court will hear argument from any party that appears at the hearing and wishes to argue. The Court may change its tentative as a result of the argument and adopt the changed tentative as the final order at the end of that hearing, even if all the parties are not present. 

Be advised that after the Court has posted/issued a tentative ruling, the Court has the inherent authority to prohibit the withdrawal of said motion and may adopt the tentative ruling as the order of the Court.     


Case Number: 18STCV08746    Hearing Date: October 17, 2022    Dept: 30

Department 30, Spring Street Courthouse
October 17, 2022
18STCV08746
Motion to Continue Trial

DECISION

Good cause having been shown, the motion is granted.


Trial is set for April 25, 2023 at 8:30 a.m. in Department 30.

FSC is set for April 11, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. in Department 30.

Fact discovery and motion cutoff dates remain with the November 18, 2022 trial date except for the deposition of Defendant’s PMK and the motion regarding that deposition.

Expert Motion cutoff date, expert discovery cutoff date, expert exchange date and all other expert dates are to comport with a trial date of April 11, 2023.

Defendant must be prepared to produce its PMK in February.

Since one of the stated reasons for the need for a continuance is the desire to participate in mediation, the parties are ordered to mediate prior to the FSC.

Failure to timely secure a mediator will not be a reason for a trial continuance. Given difficulties in scheduling mediations, the Court suggests that the parties schedule a mediation date now..

The parties should not anticipate any further trial continuances. The 08/02/2023  is a firm trial date and the parties should be prepared and ready to proceed with trial on said date. 

Moving party is ordered to provide notice and to file proof of service of such notice within five court days after the date of this order.