DELMAR, KYLE V. NORTH LIGHT SPECIALTY COMPANY ET AL

Judge Mosbarger – Law & Motion – Wednesday, May 6, 2026 @ 9:00 AM TENTATIVE RULINGS

1. 22CV02021 DELMAR, KYLE V. NORTH LIGHT SPECIALTY COMPANY ET AL EVENT: Motion Seeking Leave to File a Second Amended Complaint The Court finds that the request is untimely and Plaintiff’s Motion Seeking Leave to File a Second Amended Complaint is denied. Counsel for the Defendants shall prepare and submit a form of order within two weeks.

2. 23CV02982 AMPLA HEALTH, ADM BY BETA HEALTHCARE GROUP V. BADOVINAC, DEREK EVENT: Defendant Derek Badovinac’s Motion to Consolidate Cases Pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure § 1048, Subd. (A) Pursuant to the stipulation of the parties and good cause appearing, the Motion to Consolidate of Cases is granted. The Court orders that AMPLA Health, Adm. by Beta Healthcare Group v. Derek Badovinac (Case No. 23CV02982 and Rosa Valdezdealeman v. Derek V. Badovinac (Case No. 26CV00944), are consolidated for all purposes. The consolidated matter shall proceed under the lower-case number, 23CV02982, which shall be the lead case number. The consolidated matter is assigned to Judge Tamara L. Mosbarger for all purposes. The Court will sign the form of order submitted by Defendant, and the clerk is directed to file the Order in both cases.

3. 24CV00765 HATZIS, MORGAN V. PRIETO, MARIA EVENT: Defendants’ Motion to Continue Trial Date, Trial Readiness Conference, Discovery, and all Trial Related Deadlines As an initial matter, pursuant to the Court’s Order of April 24, 2026, a timely Opposition was to be filed and served no later than April 29, 2026 by 4:00 p.m. Here, the Opposition was not filed until April 30, 2026, which is untimely. However, in the Court’s discretion, the arguments presented in the untimely Opposition have been considered in its ruling on the Motion.

Defendants’ Motion for Continuance of Trial is granted, the Court finding good cause for the requested continuance. The Court vacates the trial date of June 22, 2026, the trial readiness conference set for June 11, 2026, and the mandatory settlement conference set for May 13, 2026. The Court sets this matter for a mandatory settlement conference on October 5, 2026 at 8:30 a.m. with Judge Heithecker via Zoom, a trial readiness conference on November 5, 2026 at 1:30 p.m., and a jury trial on November 9, 2026 at 8:00 a.m., with a 7-day estimate.

All statutory deadlines, including fact and expert discovery deadlines/cut-off dates set by Code of Civil Procedure §§2024.020 and 2024.030, shall be recalculated in accordance with the new trial date. The Court will sign the form of order submitted by Defendants.

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