Judge: Jill Feeney, Case: 19STCV27428, Date: 2022-09-08 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: 19STCV27428    Hearing Date: September 8, 2022    Dept: 30

Department 30, Spring Street Courthouse
September 8, 2022
19STCV2728
Motion for a Protective Order

DECISION

The motion is granted.

The only witnesses who may be called as nonretained experts able to give opinion testimony are Doctors Enayati and Ghodadra.

Every other individual or custodian of record designated by Plaintiff as a nonretained expert may not provide expert testimony, but may only testify as a percipient witness.

If Defendant wishes to designate an expert to respond to Dr. Ghodadra, it may do so within two weeks after the date of this order. 

No other experts retained or otherwise may be designated by either side.

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.