Judge: Kerry Bensinger, Case: 20STCV30561, Date: 2023-08-15 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 20STCV30561    Hearing Date: August 15, 2023    Dept: 27

Tentative Ruling

Judge Kerry Bensinger, Department 27

HEARING DATE:     August 15, 2023                     TRIAL DATE:  September 8, 2023

CASE:                                Dolores Cauinian Tudela v. Maria Luisa Lara

CASE NO.:                 20STCV30561

MOTION TO CONTINUE TRIAL

MOVING PARTY:                   Plaintiff Dolores Cauinian Tudela

RESPONDING PARTY:     No opposition

            On July 25, 2023, Plaintiff, Dolores Cauinian Tudela, filed this motion to continue the trial date to March 8, 2024, and to set all discovery and motion cut-off dates to the new trial date.  Plaintiff argues good cause exists to continue the trial because the parties need time to complete discovery and to engage in settlement negotiations.  Plaintiff also submits a stipulation, signed by counsel for the parties and attached as Exhibit B to the declaration of plaintiff’s counsel, Mike Petikyan, to show that all parties agree to a trial continuance to at least March 8, 2024, to set all related deadlines to the new trial date.  

            Given the mutual agreement, the Court finds good cause to continue the trial and further, no prejudice will result from a trial continuance.

Accordingly, the motion to continue trial is GRANTED.  The Final Status Conference scheduled for August 25, 2023, is CONTINUED to March 6, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. in Department 27 of the Spring Street Courthouse, and the Non-Jury Trial scheduled for September 8, 2023 is CONTINUED to March 20, 2024 at 08:30 a.m. in Department 27 of the Spring Street Courthouse.  All discovery cut-off dates, all pretrial deadlines including discovery, expert, and motion cut-off dates are set to the new trial date of March 20, 2024. 

Moving party to give notice. 

Dated:   August 15, 2023                                            ___________________________________

                                                                                    Kerry Bensinger

                                                                                    Judge of the Superior Court

            Parties who intend to submit on this tentative must send an email to the Court at SSCDEPT27@lacourt.org indicating intention to submit on the tentative as directed by the instructions provided on the court website at www.lacourt.org.  Please be advised that if you submit on the tentative and elect not to appear at the hearing, the opposing party may nevertheless appear at the hearing and argue the matter.  Unless you receive a submission from all other parties in the matter, you should assume that others might appear at the hearing to argue.  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.