Judge: Mark C. Kim, Case: 21LBCV00277, Date: 2023-01-10 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 21LBCV00277    Hearing Date: January 10, 2023    Dept: S27

Defendants move to continue the trial date from 3/20/23 to 4/17/23 due to a lead trial attorney calendar conflict.  Defendants explain that there were problems connecting to the Court’s virtual system on 10/20/22 when the Court set the trial date, and the problems led to the scheduling of trial on a date that was not available on the lead attorney’s calendar.

Any opposition to the motion was due on or before 12/27/22.  No opposition has been received.  Notably, Defendants provide evidence that Plaintiff agreed to the continuance, but then refused to sign a formal stipulation.  The Court asks Plaintiff to cooperate with scheduling issues in the future to avoid wasting party and judicial resources. 

The trial date is continued from 3/20/23 to 4/10/23.  The FSC is continued from 3/17/23 to 4/7/23.  The expert witness cut-off is continued to reflect the new trial date, but the discovery cut-off, which has already passed, is not. 

Defendant is ordered to give notice. 

Parties who intend to submit on this tentative must send an email to the court at gdcdepts27@lacourt.org indicating intention to submit on the tentative as directed by the instructions provided on the court website at www.lacourt.org.  If the department does not receive an email indicating the parties are submitting on the tentative and there are no appearances at the hearing, the motion may be placed off calendar.  If a party submits on the tentative, the party’s email must include the case number and must identify the party submitting on the tentative. If any party does not submit on the tentative, the party should make arrangements to appear remotely at the hearing on this matter.