SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - CENTRAL DISTRICT

JOSE ARDON, Plaintiff(s), vs. KARINA ROJO, ET AL., Defendant(s).

CASE NO: 20STCV10842

[TENTATIVE] ORDER GRANTING IN PART MOTION FOR SANCTIONS FOR SPOLIATION OF EVIDENCE

Dept. 31

1:30 p.m.

October 30, 2020

Background

Plaintiff, Jose Ardon filed this action against Defendants, Karina Rojo, Baldwin Hills Wild Wings, LLC, and Urban Baldwin, LLC for negligence and premises liability. The First Amended Complaint alleges that on 3/12/20, Plaintiff was eating at Defendants’ restaurant, where it was raining, and rainwater was leaking through the roof into the premises. Defendants’ employees placed buckets on the floor of the premises to catch the rainwater. However, rainwater still fell onto the floor, and after Plaintiff was done with his meal and got up to leave, Plaintiff ........