Judge: Michelle C. Kim, Case: 20STCV00267, Date: 2023-05-09 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 20STCV00267    Hearing Date: May 9, 2023    Dept: 31

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - CENTRAL DISTRICT

Plaintiff Virgil Hood (“Plaintiff”) filed this action against Defendants Lisa Mooney and Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (“LACMTA”) (collectively, “Defendants”) for damages arising from a motor vehicle accident. 

On November 8, 2022, Plaintiff filed the instant motion to compel LACMTA to produce the vehicle at issue for inspection.  The parties participated in an Informal Discovery Conference (“IDC”) regarding the subject discovery, which concerns a demand to allow the inspection of the bus involved in the accident, on February 23, 2023.  The issues were deemed resolved at the IDC with LACMTA agreeing to make the bus available for inspection by March 30, 2023.  (Min. Order, Feb. 23, 2023.)  Following the IDC, no party has filed anything additional relating to the motion to compel inspection.  The Court presumes all issues remain resolved and there is nothing going forward at this time. 

The Court asks Counsel to ensure matters are promptly taken off calendar using the CRS online reservation system when they become moot. 

Plaintiff is ordered to give notice. 

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 8^th day of May 2023