Superior Court of California

County of Los Angeles

Department 36

MID-CENTURY INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF LONG BEACH, and DOES 1-10, inclusive, Defendant.

Case No.: BC692872

Hearing Date: 9/9/2021

[TENTATIVE] RULING RE: Motion for Summary Judgment

The motion is continued to _____________ .

Notice of Motion

The motion, opposition, and reply were each timely filed. (CCP § 437c(a)(2), (b)(2), (4).

Objections to Form

Plaintiff’s procedural objections to the form of Defendant’s moving evidence under California Rules of Court, Rule 3.1350(d) are OVERRULED. (See Opp. at pp. 3-4.) The court’s power to deny summary judgment on basis of failure to comply with California Rules of Court, Rule 3.1350 is discretionary, and the format is not so defective that the facts critical to analysis of the motion are not adequately identified or the Plaintiff is unable to reasonably respond. (See Truong v. Glasser (2009) 181 Cal.App.4th 102, 118.)

Additional Discovery

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