Judge: Robert B. Broadbelt, Case: 20STCV13209, Date: 2022-10-27 Tentative Ruling

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Case Number: 20STCV13209    Hearing Date: October 27, 2022    Dept: 53

Superior Court of California

County of Los Angeles – Central District

Department 53

MOVING PARTY:                Plaintiff Arch Insurance Company

RESPONDING PARTY:       Unopposed

Motion for Summary Judgment or Summary Adjudication

On October 20, 2021, the court granted the motion to stay filed by defendant Travelers Property Casualty Company of America (“Defendant”) and ordered that the proceedings in this action are stayed pending resolution of the claims against Vinculums Services, LLC in the underlying Los Angeles Superior Court case Figueroa v. AT&T Corporation, Case No. BC701989.

Defendant filed a “Report re: Status of Underlying Action” with the court on October 12, 2022, advising the court that the underlying Figueroa action has not been resolved, and that trial has been continued to February 14, 2023.  Defendant requests the court continue the hearings set for October 27, 2022 to a date in March, 2023. 

On October 14, 2022, plaintiff Arch Insurance Company (“Plaintiff”) filed its “Report re: Status of Underlying Action and Stay” that also advised the court that trial in the Figueroa action has been continued to February 14, 2023.  In its status report, Plaintiff requests the court lift the stay of proceedings and rule on Plaintiff’s pending motion for summary judgment.

The court continues the hearing on the motion for summary judgment or, in the alternative, summary adjudication, filed by Plaintiff on January 20, 2021, because the action is stayed pursuant to the court’s October 20, 2021 order.  If any party believes that there is good cause to lift the stay imposed by the court, they may file a motion to lift the stay.

The court orders that (1) the hearing on Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment or, in the alternative, summary adjudication, (2) the Case Management Conference, and (3) the Status Conference re Underlying Case are continued to __________________, 2023, at 10:00 a.m.

The court orders the parties to file a joint report re status of the underlying case no later than __________________, 2023. 

The court orders Plaintiff to give notice of this order. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED:  October 27, 2022

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Robert B. Broadbelt III

Judge of the Superior Court