laura shapiro, et al., Plaintiffs, v. MORAD BEN NEMAN., et al., Defendants.

Case No.: BC653531

Hearing Date: April 20, 2018

[TENTATIVE] order RE:

PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO RECLASSIFY ACTION AS COMPLEX

BACKGROUND

This action is brought by approximately seventy-two individual Plaintiffs against eighteen Defendants related to a property located on East Pico Boulevard in Los Angeles. Plaintiffs allege claims arising out of the warranty of habitability, negligence, and various statutory violations.

On March 27, 2018, seventy-one Plaintiffs (all but Phil Galloni) filed an ex parte application to shorten time to hear their motion to reclassify this action as complex pursuant to CRC, Rule 3.400. The Court granted the application and set the motion to be heard on April 20, 2018.

DISCUSSION

Pursuant to CRC, Rule 3.400:

(a) Definition

A “complex case” is an action that requires exceptional judicial management to avoid placing unnecessary burdens on the court or the litigants and to expedit