Tentative ruling issued by Judge Theresa M. Traber on Dec. 13, 2019 in Los Angeles County, CA - Case no: xxxxx416

Motion for Leave to Intervene

Having considered the moving papers and amendments thereto, the Court rules as follows.

BACKGROUND

On February 22, 2019, Plaintiff Aubrey Cunningham (“Plaintiff”) commenced this action against Defendants FTN Transport & Logistics LLC (“FTN”), Nazeh Muayadazem, Zaid Osama Hmidan, Bertha Ann Berumen, and Does 1-100 alleging negligence for a vehicle collision that occurred on August 19, 2017. On May 17, 2019, the Court consolidated the above case with Berumen v. FTN Transport & Logistics LLC, et al., BC692416, in which Ms. Berumen filed suit alleging injuries arising out of the same automobile accident. (See Minute Order, 5/17/19.)

On October 7, 2019, nonparty Plaza Indemnity Company (“Plaza”) filed a motion for leave to file answers-in-intervention on behalf of its insured, Defendant FTN, to complaints filed by both Berumen and Cunningham. Subsequently, on October 16, 2019, Plaza filed a motion to amend its initial….....