Judge: Jill Feeney, Case: 19STCV33118, Date: 2023-03-21 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: 19STCV33118    Hearing Date: March 21, 2023    Dept: 30

Department 30, Spring Street Courthouse
March 21, 2023
19STCV33118

Motion to Continue Trial

DECISION

Good cause having been shown, the motion is granted.

The current trial and FSC dates are advanced and vacated.

Trial is set for July 24, 2023 at 8:30 a.m. in Department 30.

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

Motion cutoff date and discovery cutoff date remain based upon the April 27, 2023 trial date, EXCEPT for the following, which will be calculated based on the new trial date of July 24, 2023:

(1) expert discovery cutoff date;
(2) motions relating to expert discovery cutoff date; and
(3) motions in limine cutoff date. 

Plaintiff had her second surgery on November 3, 2022. Defendant has had ample time to subpoena any records related to this surgery.  

The parties are ordered to attend the second mediation session as scheduled on June 15, 2023, as that is one of the stated reasons as the need for a continuance.

The July 24, 2023 trial date is final.  The parties must 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.

To understand the Procedures in the
Personal Injury (PI) Courts, Counsel are directed to carefully review the Los
Angeles Superior Court's
 " Eighth
Amended Standing Order for Procedures in the Personal Injury Hub Courts
(Effective October 10, 2022)
” available on the  Court's website: [www.lacourt.org PI Courts
link)(Eighth Amended Standing Order Re: Personal Injury Procedures – Central
District].