Judge: Robert B. Broadbelt, Case: 21STCV10612, Date: 2023-10-10 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 21STCV10612    Hearing Date: December 1, 2023    Dept: 53

Superior Court of California

County of Los Angeles – Central District

Department 53

 

 

nancy del socorro diaz martinez ;

 

Plaintiff,

 

 

vs.

 

 

champion power equipment, inc. , et al.;

 

Defendants.

Case No.:

21STCV10612

 

 

Hearing Date:

December 1, 2023

 

 

Time:

8:30 a.m.

 

 

Order RE:

 

(1)   defendant’s ex parte application for leave to file supplemental summary judgment briefing and specially set hearing on motion for summary judgment

(2)   plaintiff’s ex parte application to advance and specially set hearing on motion to compel depositions of champion’s person most qualified

Defendant Champion Power Equipment’s Ex Parte Application

The court grants in part defendant Champion Power Equipment’s ex parte as follows. 

The court grants defendant Champion Power Equipment’s request to file an amended motion for summary judgment or, in the alternative, summary adjudication pursuant to the court’s October 25, 2023 order determining that Texas law shall govern this action.

The court orders that the February 22, 2024 hearing on defendant Champion Power Equipment’s motion for summary judgment or, in the alternative, summary adjudication is taken off-calendar.

The court finds good cause to hear the amended motion for summary judgment or summary adjudication within 30 days of trial and sets a hearing on defendant Champion Power Equipment’s amended motion for summary judgment or, in the alternative, summary adjudication for May 2, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. in Department 53. 

The court orders defendant Champion Power Equipment to file with the court and serve on plaintiff Nancy Del Socorro Diaz Martinez the amended motion for summary judgment or, in the alternative, summary adjudication within the time required by Code of Civil Procedure section 437c.

Plaintiff Nancy Del Socorro Martinez’s Ex Parte Application

            The court grants plaintiff Nancy Del Socorro Martinez’s ex parte application.

            The court orders that the hearing on plaintiff Nancy Del Socorro Martinez’s motion to compel the depositions of defendant Champion’s person(s) most qualified is advanced from April 24, 2024 to February 9, 2024, at 10:00 a.m., in Department 53.

The court orders counsel for plaintiff Nancy Del Socorro Martinez and defendant Champion Power Equipment to meet and confer no later than December 13, 2023, to make a reasonable and good faith effort to resolve the issues presented in the motion to compel the depositions of defendant Champion’s person(s) most qualified.

The court orders plaintiff Nancy Del Socorro Martinez to give notice of this ruling.

 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

 

DATED:  December 1, 2023

 

_____________________________

Robert B. Broadbelt III

Judge of the Superior Court