Judge: Joseph Lipner, Case: 23STCV19444, Date: 2023-12-21 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 23STCV19444    Hearing Date: February 22, 2024    Dept: 72

 

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

 

DEPARTMENT 72

 

TENTATIVE RULING

 

MICHAEL B. SMITH,

 

                                  Plaintiff,

 

         v.

 

 

MICHAEL KORS INC.,

 

                                  Defendant.

 

 Case No:  23STCV19444

 

 

 

 

 

 Hearing Date:  February 22, 2024

 Calendar Number:  4

 

 

No tentative.  The Court will hear argument first from the Defendant and then from the Plaintiff focused on the following question.  Does the Court have the legal authority to dismiss the current lawsuit in favor of Plaintiff refiling in the Compton courthouse?