[TENTATIVE] ORDER RE: MOTION FOR LEAVE TO DESIGNATE TARDY EXPERT WITNESSES

On June 28, 2018, plaintiff Jesus Javier Cruz (“Plaintiff”) filed this action against defendants Yosef Perez and Robert Calgav (collectively, “Defendants”) arising from a July 1, 2016 motor vehicle accident. Plaintiff alleges Perez was operating a car owned by Calgav. Defendants seek to designate three experts late: Isaac Ikram, Ricahrd B. Rhee, M.D., and A.N. Shamie, M.D. Plaintiff objected to these tardy designations, and Defendants filed this motion on February 6, 2020.

Any party may demand a mutual and simultaneous exchange by all parties of a list containing the name and address of any person whose oral or deposition testimony in the form of an expert opinion any party expects to offer in evidence at the trial. (Code Civ. Proc., § 2034.210, subd. (a).) “On motion of any party who has failed to submit expert witness information on the date specified in a demand for that exchange, the court may grant leave