Judge: Michael Small, Case: BC651745, Date: 2023-09-08 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: BC651745    Hearing Date: September 8, 2023    Dept: 57

Plaintiffs' Motion to Augment Expert Witness Designations is denied.   The Motion is untimely -- and quite so, in fact.  Plaintiffs have failed to show under Code of Civil Procedure Section 2034.620(b) the presence of "exceptional circumstances" that would justify the filing of a motion to augment expert designations at such a late date.  Trial is scheduled to commence ten days from now.  In any event, Plaintiff's Motion fails to satisfy the conditions for augmentation set forth in Section 2034.620.   With respect to those conditions, Defendant's arguments in opposition to the Motion are persuasive;  Plaintiff's arguments in support of the Motion are not.