Judge: Jill Feeney, Case: 20STCV16987, Date: 2023-03-02 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 20STCV16987    Hearing Date: March 2, 2023    Dept: 30

Department 30, Spring Street Courthouse
March 2, 2023

20STCV16987

Motion to Set Aside Dismissal filed by Plaintiffs Leticia Huante, Laura Ochoa, Mathew Morales, and Ashley Huante

DECISION

The motion is granted.

The dismissal entered by the Court on 05/25/2022 is set aside and vacated.

The Court sets the following dates:

Order to Show Cause Re:  Dismissal for Failure of Plaintiff to Serve /Prosecute / Enter Default Within Three Years (CCP 583.210, 583.250(a)(2) (A) and CRC - Rule 3.110(g)) set for 05/24/2023 at 8:30 a.m. in Department 30 of the Spring Street Courthouse.

The Court intends to exercise Its discretion to dismiss this action if no proof of service is filed prior to 05/24/2023. 

Trial is set for September 21, 2023 at 8:30 a.m. in Department 30.

FSC is set for September 7, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. in Department 30.

Motion cutoff date, discovery cutoff date, expert exchange date and all other dates are to comport with a trial date of September 21, 2023.

To the extent that the parties wish to participate in mediation, they are ordered to do so prior to the Final Status Conference date.

The parties should not anticipate any further trial continuances. The September 21, 2023 is a firm trial date and the parties should be prepared and ready to proceed with trial on said date.

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]. 

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..