SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - CENTRAL DISTRICT

TRACEE WALKER, Plaintiff, vs. PICO RENTS, INC. dba PARTY RENTS & SELLS, Defendant.

CASE NO.: 19STCV32049

[TENTATIVE] ORDER RE: DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE CROSS COMPLAINT; PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR A PROTECTIVE ORDER

Dept. 27

8:30 p.m.

September 18, 2020

Motion for Leave to File a Cross-Complaint

On September 10, 2019, plaintiff Tracee Walker filed this action against defendant Pico Rents, Inc. dba Pico Party Rents & Sells for negligence. Plaintiff alleges that she was injured at an office when she sat on a chair rented from Defendant. Defendant filed an answer on November 12, 2019. On March 23, 2020, Defendant filed this Motion for leave to file a cross-complaint.

Defendant seeks leave to file a cross-complaint against Douglass Emmett & Company and Samsonite, Inc. (collectively, “Cross-Defendants”). Defendant seeks to assert causes of action for express and equitable indemnificat