SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - CENTRAL DISTRICT
LAJUNE SHANNEL NEWBORN, Plaintiff(s), vs. CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, et al., Defendant(s).
CASE NO.: 19STCV42704
[TENTATIVE] ORDER RE: CITY OF LOS ANGELES’S DEMURRER TO PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT
Dept. 27
2:30 p.m.
July 28, 2020
I.INTRODUCTION
On November 26, 2019, plaintiff Lajune Newborn filed this action against the State of California, the City of Los Angeles, the County of Los Angeles, and the City of Santa Clarita arising from a December 19, 2018 incident in which a Los Angeles Police Department vehicle drove past Plaintiff, causing a foreign object to strike her vehicle. Plaintiff alleges four causes of action: motor vehicle, general negligence, premises liability, and general negligence.
The City of Los Angeles (“Defendant”) demurs to the first cause of action for motor vehicle liability on the grounds that it fails to invoke a statute upon which it can pursue municipal entity liability.
Hearing Date
July 28, 2020
Type
Motor Vehicle - Personal Injury/Property Damage/Wrongful Death (General Jurisdiction)
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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - CENTRAL DISTRICT
LAJUNE SHANNEL NEWBORN, Plaintiff(s), vs. CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, et al., Defendant(s).
CASE NO.: 19STCV42704
[TENTATIVE] ORDER RE: CITY OF LOS ANGELES’S DEMURRER TO PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT
Dept. 27
2:30 p.m.
July 28, 2020
I.INTRODUCTION
On November 26, 2019, plaintiff Lajune Newborn filed this action against the State of California, the City of Los Angeles, the County of Los Angeles, and the City of Santa Clarita arising from a December 19, 2018 incident in which a Los Angeles Police Department vehicle drove past Plaintiff, causing a foreign object to strike her vehicle. Plaintiff alleges four causes of action: motor vehicle, general negligence, premises liability, and general negligence.
The City of Los Angeles (“Defendant”) demurs to the first cause of action for motor vehicle liability on the grounds that it fails to invoke a statute upon which it can pursue municipal entity liability.