Heredia vs. American Honda Motor CO., Inc.

Superior Court of the State of California County of Orange TENTATIVE RULINGS FOR DEPARTMENT N16

HON. Donald F. Gaffney

Counsel and Parties Please Note: Law and Motion in Department N16 is heard on Wednesdays at 9:00 a.m.

Date: May 13, 2026

Tentative Rulings will be posted on the Internet on the day before the hearing by 5:00 p.m. [or earlier] whenever possible. To submit on the tentative ruling, please contact the clerk at (657) 622-5616, after contacting opposing party/counsel. Prevailing party shall give notice of the Ruling and prepare the Order/Judgment for the Court’s signature if required.

NOTE: After posting of tentative rulings, the Court will not take the motion off calendar and will grant a continuance of the motion only upon stipulation of all affected parties.

If no appearances are made on the calendared motion date, then oral argument will be deemed to have been waived and the tentative ruling will become the Court’s final ruling.

# Case Name Tentative 1 Heredia vs. TENTATIVE RULING: American Honda Motor Motion to Strike CO., Inc. Defendant American Honda Motor, Inc., moves to strike portions of the Complaint of Plaintiffs Yazmin Heredia and Julio Heredia). The motion is DENIED as moot.

The motion to strike is rendered moot by this court’s granting judgment on the pleadings. (See ROA # 71.)

Moving party is ordered to give notice.

2 Neumann vs. TENTATIVE RULING: Mull For the reasons set forth below, the hearing on Defendant JM Welding Products, LLC’s demurrer and motion to strike the third amended complaint by Plaintiff Richard Warren Neumann Jr., is CONTINUED to August 19, 2026.

Defendant served the demurrer and motion to strike on Plaintiff by electronic means on February 16, 2026. Plaintiff, however, is a self-