Judge: Michelle C. Kim, Case: 19STCV23816, Date: 2023-05-15 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 19STCV23816    Hearing Date: May 15, 2023    Dept: 31

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA  

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - CENTRAL DISTRICT 

Plaintiffs Leah Nealeigh, Taj Dasean Porch, Boston Johnson, and Kash Johnson (collectively
Plaintiffs”) filed a complaint against Defendants Hambone’s BBQ & Po Boys, Inc., Kenneth D. Hamilton, Andrea Hamilton, Daryl Jamaal Hamilton, and Ashraf Kamal Kamel Khalil for negligence, negligence per se, negligent entrustment of motor vehicle, wrongful death, and survival arising from a motor vehicle accident that occurred on or about June 16, 2018.  Plaintiffs allege Defendant Ashraf Kamal Kamel Khalil drove his vehicle onto the sidewalk where Plaintiff Leah Nealeigh was standing as a pedestrian, causing her great bodily injury and ultimately her death.  Petitioner Leon Johnson (“Petitioner”) moves for an order approving compromise of claim as to minor Claimants Boston Johnson and Kash Johnson (collectively “Claimants”).

The Court continued the hearing on petition to confirm minor’s compromise to May 15, 2023, because Petitioner did not file amended petitions for the Court to review.  (Minute Order of 04/11/2023 and 04/12/2023.)  The Court ordered Petitioner to submit amended petitions to the court by May 5, 2023.  (Id.)  Petitioner, however, failed to submit amended petitions by May 5, 2023.  As of May 10, 2023, no amended petitions were filed.

Accordingly, the petitions to confirm minor’s compromise are denied without prejudice. 

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: 

·         Parties are encouraged to meet and confer after reading this tentative ruling to see if they can reach an agreement. 

·         If a party intends to submit on this tentative ruling,¿the party must send an email to the court at¿sscdept31@lacourt.org¿with the Subject line “SUBMIT” followed by the case number.¿ The body of the email must include the hearing date and time, counsel’s contact information, and the identity of the party submitting.¿¿ 

·         Unless¿all¿parties submit by email to this tentative ruling, the parties should arrange to appear remotely (encouraged) or in person for oral argument.¿ You should assume that others may appear at the hearing to argue.¿¿ 

·         If the parties neither submit nor appear at hearing, the Court may take the motion off calendar or adopt the tentative ruling as the order of the Court.¿ After the Court has issued a tentative ruling, the Court may prohibit the withdrawal of the subject motion without leave.¿ 

Dated this 15^th day of May 2023