No Value: BILLY CATES, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO THE ESTATE OF LOIS CATES ET AL VS THE VILLAGE AT SEVEN OAKS AL MC, LLC ET AL

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                                1   KATHRYN A. STEBNER (SBN 121088)
     KARMAN GUADAGNI (SBN 267631)
 2   DEENA ZACHARIN (SBN 141249)
 3   KELSEY CRAVEN (SBN 337179)
     STEBNER GERTLER GUADAGNI & KAWAMOTO
 4   A Professional Law Corporation
     870 Market Street, Suite 1285
 5   San Francisco, CA 94102
     Tel: (415) 362-9800
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     Fax: (415) 362-9801
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     KIRSTEN FISH (SBN 217940)
 8   NEEDHAM KEPNER & FISH LLP
     1960 The Alameda, Suite 210
 9   San Jose, CA 95126
     Tel: (408) 244-2166
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     Fax: (408) 244-7815
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     Attorneys for Plaintiffs
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13                         SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

14                                 IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF KERN

15   BILLY CATES, Individually and as                    CASE NO. BCV-22-102864 (TSC)
     Successor-In-Interest to the Estate of LOIS
16   CATES; BARBARA NEWTON, Individually;                [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING
     and PAUL CATES, Individually,                       PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR
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                                                         PREFERENTIAL TRIAL SETTING
                            Plaintiffs,
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     vs.
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     THE VILLAGE AT SEVEN OAKS AL MC,                    Time:    8:30 a.m.
20   LLC dba THE VILLAGE AT SEVEN OAKS                   Place:   Dept. 17
     ASSISTED LIVING AND MEMORY CARE;                    Judge:   Hon. Thomas S. Clark
21   SEVEN OAKS AL & MC; OAKMONT
     MANAGEMENT GROUP, LLC; OAKMONT                      Complaint Filed: October 26, 2022
22   SENIOR LIVING, LLC; SAMANTHA                        JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
     DAVIDSON; KELLAND LANCASTER and
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24                          Defendants.

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            Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preferential Trial Setting came for hearing before this Department of
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     the Kern County Superior Court on September 6, 2023, at 8:30 a.m. All appearances are as noted in
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           [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR PREFERENTIAL TRIAL SETTING
 1   the record. Upon consideration of the Motion, the Memorandum of Points and Authorities, the

 2   Declaration of Plaintiffs’ counsel filed in support of Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preferential Trial Setting,

 3   all other related papers, oral argument, and good cause having been shown to advance the trial date

 4   pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure §36(a),

 5            IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

 6            Plaintiffs’ motion for preferential trial setting is granted and trial of this matter must be set

 7   within 120 days of this date pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure §36(a).

 8            Trial in this matter is set to commence on ___________________, 202__, at ______ .m., in

 9   Department 17 of the above-entitled court.

10            A mandatory settlement conference in this matter will be held on __________________,

11   202__, at ______ .m., in Department ___ of the above-entitled court.

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13            IT IS SO ORDERED.

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15   Dated:

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                                                      Honorable Thomas S. Clark
17                                                    Judge of the Superior Court
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           [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR PREFERENTIAL TRIAL SETTING