Judge: Michelle C. Kim, Case: 20STCV28679, Date: 2023-08-29 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 20STCV28679    Hearing Date: August 29, 2023    Dept: 31

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA  

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - CENTRAL DISTRICT 

 

THOMAS SHIIN AND SARA SHIIN, 

Plaintiff(s),  

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TRL SYSTEMS, INC., ET AL., 

 

Defendant(s). 

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      CASE NO: 20STCV28679 

      (R/T CASE NO. 21STCV27065)  

 

[TENTATIVE] ORDER DENYING WITHOUT PREJUDICE MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE  

 

Dept. 31 

1:30 p.m.  

August 29, 2023  

 

Plaintiff, Yesenia Andrade (“Plaintiff”) filed this action against Defendants, TRL Systems, Inc. (“TRL”), Tuan Quoc Nguyen (“Nguyen”), and TRL Systems-San Diego, LLC for damages arising out of an automobile incident on August 2, 2019.   

 

Defendants TRL and Nguyen now move for an order consolidating this action, 20STCV28679, with 21STCV27065, contending the two actions arise out of the same automobile accident.  The court has not received any opposition to the motion.  The two cases have been deemed related and are pending in Department 31; 20STCV28679 was designated the lead case.  (Min. Order, March 29, 2023.)   

 

The motion is denied without prejudice.  The motion does not comply with California Rules of Court, 3.350, which requires a copy of the notice of motion to be filed in each case sought to be consolidated.  (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 3.350(a)(1)(C).)  The Court’s records show that the notice of motion was not filed in 21STCV27065.  The denial is without prejudice to Defendants TRL and Nguyen refiling the motion after complying with all Rules of Court.  

 

Moving Defendants are 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 28th ay of August 2023 

 

  

 

 

Hon. Michelle C. Kim 

Judge of the Superior Court