Judge Maurice A. Leiter, Case 20STCV25210 2022-10-21 Tentative Ruling

Judge: Maurice A. Leiter, Case: 20STCV25210, Date: 2022-10-21 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 20STCV25210 Hearing Date: October 21, 2022 Dept: 54

Superior Court of California

County of Los Angeles

Marylou Freer, by and through her Successor-in-Interest, Rosalinda Stuart and Rosalinda Stuart, individually,

Plaintiff,

Case No.:

20STCV25210

vs.

Tentative Ruling

Emanate Health Foothill Presbyterian Hospital, et al.,

Defendants.

Hearing Date: October 21, 2022

Department 54, Judge Maurice A. Leiter

Motion to Be Relieved as Counsel

Moving Party: Steven C. Peck & Adam J. Peck, counsel of record for Plaintiff Rosalinda Stuart

Responding Party: None

T/R: THE MOTION IS GRANTED. COUNSEL TO FILE PROOF OF SERVICE OF ORDER ON DEFENDANTS WITHIN 5 DAYS OF NOTICE OF RULING. COUNSEL WILL BE RELIEVED UPON FILING OF PROOF OF SERVICE OF ORDER.

COUNSEL TO NOTICE.

The Court considers the moving papers. No opposition has been received.

The Court may issue an order allowing an attorney to withdraw from representation, after notice to the client. (CCP § 284.) The attorney may withdraw from representation where the withdrawal would not result in undue prejudice to the client’s interest; for example, counsel cannot withdraw at a critical point in the litigation. (Ramirez v. Sturdevant (1994) 21 Cal. App. 4th 904, 915; see California Rule of Professional Conduct 3-700.)

Attorneys Steven C. Peck & Adam J. Peck, counsel of record for Plaintiff Rosalinda Stuart, seek to withdraw from representation of Plaintiff. Counsel state that the attorney-client relationship has broken down. Trial is set for January 17, 2023; thus no prejudice will result from counsel’s withdrawal. Counsel has complied with CRC 3.1362.

There is good cause for counsel’s withdrawal. The motion is GRANTED.