Judge: Lee S. Arian, Case: 23STCV02720, Date: 2023-12-08 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 23STCV02720    Hearing Date: December 8, 2023    Dept: 27

Tentative Ruling

Judge Lee S. Arian, Department 27

HEARING DATE:     December 8, 2023                              TRIAL DATE:  August 6, 2024

CASE:                                Caralyn A. Rose, et al. v. Union Pacific Railroad Company, et al.

CASE NO.:                 23STCV02720

PETITION TO CONFIRM COMPROMISE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS TRUST

MOVING PARTY:               Petitioner Boyd Jeffery Rose

RESPONDING PARTY:     No opposition

            Claimant, Timothy John Rose, a person with a disability, by and through his guardian ad litem, Petitioner, Boyd Jeffery Rose, has agreed to settle his claims against Defendants Union Pacific Railroad Company in exchange for $100,000.00.  If approved, $33,000.00 will be used for attorney’s fees, leaving a balance of $67,000.00, to be paid or transferred to the trustee of a special needs trust established under Probate Code section 3604 for the benefit of the Claimant.

            However, the trust and proposed order needs to be approved by the Probate Department.

            Accordingly, the Petition is continued from December 8, 2023 to ___________at 1:30 p.m. in Department 27.  The final status conference is continued from July 23, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. to _____________ in Department 27.

Moving party to give notice. 

Dated:   December 8, 2023                                      __________________________________

                                                                                    Lee S. Arian

                                                                                    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.