Nature of Proceedings: Motion Preference on Trial Setting
Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preferential Trial Setting Pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure Section 36
Ruling:
For the reasons and findings set forth below, plaintiffs’ motion for trial preference under Code of Civil Procedure section 36, subdivision (d), is granted. The trial date is August 16, 2011 at 11:30 am in this department; the mandatory settlement conference is July 29 at 8:30 am in Department 5 with settlement briefs due 1 week in advance. (Notify your expert witnesses of the trial date; clear your trial calendar or have a backup attorney ready to try the case; it will go out on the date set. I have designated this case as falling within the meaning of California Standards of Judicial Management for Complex Litigation. Because the plaintiff alleges such serious injury and the issues are so vigorously contested the Court does not believe complex litigation fees are appropriate to be levied; thus all such fees a