Motion,Ex Parte: LENDLEASE (US) CONSTRUCTION, INC. VS ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY

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                                Electronically FILED by Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles on 12/23/2021 03:43 PM Sherri R. Carter, Executive Officer/Clerk of Court, by K. Parenteau,Deputy Clerk


                     Jeremiah M. Welch (State Bar No. 180370)
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                     jwelch@sdvlaw.com
              2      Cheryl L. Kozdrey (State Bar No. 323308)
                     ckozdrey@sdvlaw.com
              3      SAXE DOERNBERGER & VITA
              4      Two Better World Circle, Suite 200
                     Temecula, CA 92590
              5      Ph: (951) 365-3145; Fax: (203) 287-8847
              6      Attorneys for Plaintiff,
              7      LENDLEASE (US)
                     CONSTRUCTION, INC.
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                                                 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
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                                                                      COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
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            11       LENDLEASE (US) CONSTRUCTION,                                             )
                     INC.,                                                                    )
            12                                                                                )         Case No. 20SMCV00857
                                                                                              )            Judge: Hon. Mark H. Epstein
            13                              Plaintiff,                                        )
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            14                  v.                                                            )
                                                                                                        PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR
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            15                                                                                )         LEAVE TO AMEND COMPLAINT
                     ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE                                                )
            16       COMPANY,                                                                 )
                                                                                              )         Reservation ID: 430821415878
            17                               Defendant.                                       )
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            18                                                                                )         Date: January 19, 2022
                                                                                              )         Time: 9:00 a.m.
            19                                                                                )         Dept. R
                                                                                              )         Complaint Filed: June 26, 2020
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                                                                                                        Trial Date: February 14, 2022
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                          I. RELIEF REQUESTED
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                                Pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure section 576 and California Rule of Court
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                     3.1324, Plaintiff, Lendlease (US) Construction, Inc. (“Lendlease”) requests leave to file its First
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                     Amended Complaint, in which Lendlease seeks to add an additional cause of action for breach
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                     of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing as well) as deceptive acts and unlawful
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                     practices in violation of N.Y. Gen. Bus. § 349, Exhibit A attached
                                                                                   )    hereto; See also (Kozdrey
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                     Decl. Exh. A). (Page 2, ¶ 5, lines 12-14; page 4, ¶ 14, lines 12-18;
                                                                                       ) page 6, ¶ 30, lines 14-17; page
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                                                   PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO AMEND COMPLAINT
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