PAUL HENRY VS. ERIC YOUNG ET AL

Set for Law and Motion/Discovery Calendar on Wednesday, December 10, 2025, Line 2. PLAINTIFF PAUL HENRY's Motion To Reopen Discovery And For Leave To Conduct Expert Witness Exchange.

Code of Civil Procedure 2024.050(a) requires a party to meet and confer with his or her opponents prior to filing a motion to re-open discovery. Here, Defendants Smith, Young, Kampouris, Keating and Mimura contend that Plaintiff's efforts to meet and confer were inadequate. Plaintiff responds that when he raised the issue of re-opening discovery during email exchanges regarding continuing the trial date in August and September 2025, Defendants were adamantly opposed. Some evidence supports Plaintiff's assumption that further efforts to meet and confer prior to filing the motion might be futile.

The court nevertheless believes that requiring the parties to participate in a good faith effort to resolve this issue would promote judicial economy and possibly give raise to a negotiated resolution, Accordingly, the court directs the parties to meet and confer via telephone and/or email on the issue of whether discovery, including expert witness disclosure, should be re-opened prior to the May 11, 2026 trial date. Plaintiff's motion shall be continued for hearing to December 30, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. Each side shall file and serve a declaration documenting the results of the court-ordered meet and confer on or before December 23, 2025.

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