Case Number:
20STCV25773
Hearing Date:
December 08, 2020
Dept:
29 Quinones v. LACMTA

Defendant’s Motion to Strike is GRANTED WITH LEAVE TO AMEND.

The court strikes the following portions of the complaint: paragraphs MV-2, (c) and (d) and the words “entrusted, owned” in MV-2f, paragraph 2, line 2. The Court also strikes the reference to Civil Code section 2100 and the fourth paragraph on attachment MC-2f.

Plaintiff has 30 days to amend.


In the complaint, Plaintiffs allege that they were injured in a motor vehicle accident caused by the negligence of an unnamed driver employed by Defendant Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (“LACMTA”).

Plaintiffs allege that they were passengers in another vehicle that was rear-ended by the LACMTA bus. Plaintiffs seek to hold LACMTA vicariously liable for the driver’s negligence and also assert a claim for negligent entrustment.

Plaintiffs allege that LACMTA, as a common carrier, is required to exerc