Judge: William A. Crowfoot, Case: 23AHCV00560, Date: 2024-04-10 Tentative Ruling


Case Number: 23AHCV00560    Hearing Date: April 10, 2024    Dept: 3

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - NORTHEAST DISTRICT

 

EBF HOLDING, LLC dba EVEREST BUSINESS FUNDING,

                    Plaintiff(s),

          vs.

 

CORINTHIAN HOSPICE, INC., et al.,

 

                    Defendant(s).

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      CASE NO.: 23AHCV00560

 

[TENTATIVE] ORDER RE: MOTION TO BE RELIEVED

 

Dept. 3

8:30 a.m.

April 10, 2024

 

 

 

 

Thomas D. Sands, Esq. seeks to be relieved as counsel of record for defendants Corinthian Hospice Inc. and Abegail Cook (collectively, “Defendants”) on grounds that effective representation is impossible based on failure to cooperate and a breakdown in communication. Absent a showing of resulting prejudice, an attorney’s request for withdrawal should be granted. (People v. Prince (1968) 268 Cal.App.2d 398, 406.)

The Court notes that trial in this matter is not yet set and no prejudice will result from granting this motion. However, the proposed orders that are on file need to be revised. Counsel needs to check Items 3a and 5a and indicate that the addresses provided are “current” in Item 6. The revised proposed order should also list the case management conference scheduled for April 23, 2024, and the upcoming hearings on discovery motions which are scheduled for July 8 and 9, and August 5, 6, and 7, 2024. Last, Item 9 of the proposed orders incorrectly states that trial has been set (despite not specifying the date, time, or place as required).

Accordingly, the hearing on these motions is continued to April 15, 2024, at 8:30 a.m. in Department 3 of the Alhambra Courthouse. The revised proposed orders should be filed no later than April 11, 2024.  The Court is imposing a stringent turn-around schedule on this revision so as not to re-schedule the April 23, 2024, Case Management Conference.

 

Moving party to give notice.

 

Dated this 10th day of April 2024 

 

 

 

 

William A. Crowfoot

Judge of the Superior Court

 

 

Parties who intend to submit on this tentative must send an email to the Court at ALHDEPT3@lacourt.org indicating intention to submit on the tentative as directed by the instructions provided on the court website at www.lacourt.org.  Please be advised that if you submit on the tentative and elect not to appear at the hearing, the opposing party may nevertheless appear at the hearing and argue the matter.  Unless you receive a submission from all other parties in the matter, you should assume that others might appear at the hearing to argue.  If the Court does not receive emails from the parties indicating submission on this tentative ruling and there are no appearances at the hearing, the Court may, at its discretion, adopt the tentative as the final order or place the motion off calendar.