However: If a timely request is made for oral argument, hearing will
be scheduled for: Thursday, September 21, 2017 (Dept. 402)
Motion: 1) Motion by Pervaiz A. Chaudhry, Valley Cardiac Surgery Medical Group, and Chaudhry Medical, Inc. (Chaudhry Defendants) to
Sever or Bifurcate Plaintiffs’ Elam and Breach of Fiduciary Duty
Claims
2) Motion by Fresno Community Hospital and Medical Center and
Community Hospitals of Central California (“Hospital Defendants”)
to Bifurcate
Tentative Ruling:
To deny without prejudice to renewing the requests to bifurcate at the time of trial of the action.
Explanation:
Each motion requests a different form of bifurcation, although both seek the end result of segregating the same issues/evidence into the “second phase” of the trial.1,2 The Hospital Defendants request that the Negligence and Negligence Per Se causes of action (which they categorize as the “Medical Claims”) be tried first, with the remaining causes of action (the “Non-Medical Claims” claims) tr
Hearing Date
September 18, 2017
Type
23 Unlimited - Other PI/PD/WD
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However: If a timely request is made for oral argument, hearing will
be scheduled for: Thursday, September 21, 2017 (Dept. 402)
Motion: 1) Motion by Pervaiz A. Chaudhry, Valley Cardiac Surgery Medical Group, and Chaudhry Medical, Inc. (Chaudhry Defendants) to
Sever or Bifurcate Plaintiffs’ Elam and Breach of Fiduciary Duty
Claims
2) Motion by Fresno Community Hospital and Medical Center and
Community Hospitals of Central California (“Hospital Defendants”)
to Bifurcate
Tentative Ruling:
To deny without prejudice to renewing the requests to bifurcate at the time of trial of the action.
Explanation:
Each motion requests a different form of bifurcation, although both seek the end result of segregating the same issues/evidence into the “second phase” of the trial.1,2 The Hospital Defendants request that the Negligence and Negligence Per Se causes of action (which they categorize as the “Medical Claims”) be tried first, with the remaining causes of action (the “Non-Medical Claims” claims) tr