Castillo v. Shun Fat Supermarket, Inc.

Defendant’s Motion for Leave to Supplement or Augment Defendant’s Designation of Expert Witnesses is GRANTED. The Court concludes that the Supplemental Designation was served in a timely manner as it was served within 20 days of the service of Plaintiff’s corrected designation. Alternatively, the Court allows the untimely submission under Code of Civil Procedure section 2034.720. Finally, and alternatively, the Court exercises its discretion under section 2034.610 to allow Defendant to augment the original designation. Defendant is ordered to make the newly designated experts available for deposition prior to the expert discovery cut off date.

In this action, Plaintiff alleges she was injured when she slipped and fell at Defendant’s supermarket. Defendant seeks to supplement or augment its designation of expert witnesses.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Defendant served a demand for exchange of expert information on 9/5/2019. The date for the exchange was