Judge: Lynne M. Hobbs, Case: 22STCV12579, Date: 2023-08-08 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 22STCV12579    Hearing Date: August 8, 2023    Dept: 30

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OKSANA SHELEST vs MARY PILTSER, DDS, et al.
22STCV12579
Motion to Continue Trial

Ruling:  Plaintiff's Motion to Continue Trial and Related Dates is granted, in part.  The Court takes the trial and final status conference off-calendar and instead sets a Trial Setting Conference on November 29, 2023, at 1:30 pm.  The Court advances the Motion for Leave to Amend, currently set for November 21, 2023, and continues it to November 29, 2023, at 1:30 pm.  Moving party to give notice.

Rationale:  
The Court credits Plaintiff Counsel's evidence that grounds for the amendment to the complaint just became known.  The Court does not reach the merits of the motion for leave to amend by ruling on the motion to continue the trial date.  The Court finds that the grounds for continuance fall within the appropriate justifications for continuances of a trial date. Finding little, if any prejudice, to the Defendants, and finding that the interest of justice are best served by the continuance, the Court grants the motion.