TENTATIVE RULING: PLAINTIFF VICKY HAYE'S MOTION TO SET ASIDE DISMISSAL OF DEFENDANT HENDRICK AUTOMOTIVE GROUP OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, MOTION FOR LEAVE TO AMEND COMPLAINT TO RE-ADD HENDRICK AUTOMOTIVE GROUP AS A DEFENDANT is GRANTED.

Plaintiff seeks to set aside the dismissal of Defendant Hendrick Automotive Group ("HAG"). "The court may, upon any terms as may be just, relieve a party or his or her legal representative from a judgment, dismissal, order, or other proceeding taken against him or her through his or her mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect." (Code Civ. Proc., § 473(b).) The motion "shall be made within a reasonable time, in no case exceeding six months, after the judgment, dismissal, order, or proceeding was taken." (Code Civ. Proc., § 473(b).) On November 19, 2019, Plaintiff filed a Request for Dismissal as to HAG only. Plaintiff attempted by August 5, 2020 to set aside the dismissal via an ex parte motion. The motion was made more than six months after t