LAURIE OCHS VS. ZENITH ENGINEERS INC., A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION ET AL

Set for Law and Motion/Discovery Calendar on Friday, July 10, 2026, Line 3.

Plaintiff Laurie Ochs's motion for relief under 473((b) from order dismissing defendants Paul O'Kane and Fine By Design, Inc. is denied. The order that Ochs seeks to be relieved from was made based on an order to show cause why this case should not be dismissed issued by the court and after a hearing on the order to show cause where Ochs' counsel appeared. Ochs was given an opportunity to oppose the order to show cause in writing and orally. Thus this motion is a reconsideration motion, yet fails to comply with either the time or substantive requirements of the CCP 1008, the reconsideration statute. In all events, the claimed errors committed by Ochs' counsel/paralegal are not the kind of errors that are remediable by CCP 473 and Ochs has not shown that she acted diligently in seeking to serve the dismissed defendants.

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