LOS ANGELES SUPERIOR COURT – SOUTHWEST DISTRICT

Honorable Gary Tanaka

Department B

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

Calendar No. 11

PROCEEDINGS

Andrew Stroud v. Scuba Mania, Inc., et al.

BC691641

TENTATIVE RULING

C & N Lins Inc.’s Motions for Summary Judgment, or, in the Alternative, Summary Adjudication are denied.

Requests for Judicial Notice

Defendant’s requests for judicial notice are granted pursuant to Evidence Code section 452(d).

Evidentiary Objections

Plaintiffs Jason Lee, et al.’s Evidentiary Objections:

Objections 1 to 7 and 12 to 17 are sustained. Objections 8 to 11 are overruled.

Defendant’s Evidentiary Objections

Objections 1 to 26 are overruled.

Background

On November 15, 2016 Andrew Stroud and his fiancée Catherine Yi went on an unguided scuba dive off Casino Point in Avalon on Santa Catalina Island after successfully earning their PADI Open Water Diver certificates two months earlier. Plaintiffs allege that due to improper training and certification, as