Motion No. 1:
Defendant’s (Orange County Global Medical Center) Motion for Leave to Augment Defendant’s Designation of Expert Witnesses (Motion), filed on February 7, 2020 under ROA No. 208, is GRANTED.
Code of Civil Procedure section 2034.610 states in part, “(a) On motion of any party who has engaged in a timely exchange of expert witness information, the court may grant leave to do either or both of the following: [¶] (1) Augment that party's expert witness list and declaration by adding the name and address of any expert witness whom that party has subsequently retained. . . . [¶] (b) A motion under subdivision (a) shall be made at a sufficient time in advance of the time limit for the completion of discovery . . . to permit the deposition of any expert to whom the motion relates to be taken within that time limit. Under exceptional circumstances, the court may permit the motion to be made at a later time.”
Code of Civil Procedure section 2034.620 states, “The court shall grant lea