MOVING PARTY: Plaintiffs Mashallah Akhamzadeh and Ehteram Akhamzadeh

RESPONDING PARTY: Defendants Vrej Alvandian and Beverly Hills Transit Cooperative, Inc.

Motion for an Order Granting Leave to File a First Amended Complaint

The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers.

BACKGROUND

On September 28, 2016, plaintiffs Mashallah Akhamzadeh (“Mr. Akhamzadeh”) and Ehteram Akhamzadeh (“Ms. Akhamzadeh”) filed a complaint against defendants Beverly Hills Cab Co. Inc. and Does 1-50 for (1) negligence, (2) failure to render aid, (3) negligent infliction of emotional distress, and (4) loss of consortium. Plaintiffs allege that, on July 26, 2016, a cab was ordered for plaintiffs from Beverly Hills Cab Co. to pick them up from 8536 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills. Defendant Doe 1, who was acting in his capacity as the employee of Beverly Hills Cab Co., came to pick them up at the curb. Mr. Akhamzadeh informed Doe 1 that the curb was too high and that he should stop at lower a inc