Judge: Maurice A. Leiter, Case: 22STCV15060, Date: 2023-03-22 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 22STCV15060    Hearing Date: March 22, 2023    Dept: 54

Superior Court of California

County of Los Angeles

 

Eileen Carry, et al.,

 

 

 

Plaintiffs,

 

Case No.:

 

 

22STCV15060

 

vs.

 

 

Tentative Ruling

 

 

Boys’ & Girls’ Club of Santa Monica, et al.,

 

 

 

Defendants.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hearing Date: March 22, 2023

Department 54, Judge Maurice A. Leiter

Motion to Disqualify Counsel

Moving Party: Plaintiffs Eileen Carry and Sylvia Merino

Responding Party: Defendants Boys’ & Girls’ Club of Santa Monica and Robert J. Sullivan, Inc.

 

T/R:     PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO DISQUALIFY COUNSEL IS CONTINUED TO APRIL 17, 2023 AT 9:30AM.

 

PLAINTIFFS TO FILE AND SERVE A REPLY TO DEFENDANTS’ OPPOSITION NO LATER THAN APRIL 10, 2023.

 

            PLAINTIFFS TO NOTICE.

 

If the parties wish to submit on the tentative, please email the courtroom at¿SMCdept54@lacourt.org¿with notice to opposing counsel (or self-represented party) before 8:00 am on the day of the hearing.

 

The Court considers the moving papers and opposition.

 

Plaintiffs move to disqualify Defendants’ counsel, Harry Floyd, under the advocate-witness rule. Defendants filed an untimely opposition to this motion on March 20, 2023. Given the gravity of a motion to disqualify counsel, the Court, in its discretion, will consider Defendants’ opposition. The Court CONTINUES the motion to allow Plaintiffs to file a reply.