DELORES MARTIN VS. MERCURY INSURANCE COMPANY ET AL

On the Law & Motion/Discovery calendar for Thursday, November 13, 2025, Line 5, PLAINTIFF DELORES MARTIN'S MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS.

Plaintiff Delores Martin's Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings Against Defendants Mercury Insurance and California Automobile Insurance Company's Answers is OFF CALENDAR.

A party moving for judgment on the pleadings must meet and confer with the party who filed the challenged pleading "[b]efore filing [the] motion." (Code of Civil Procedure section 439(a).) The meeting must be "in person, by telephone or by video conference" and the parties must try to resolve the issues to be raised in the motion. (Ibid.) The meeting must take place at least five days before the date the motion must be filed. (Code of Civil Procedure section 439(a)(2).) The moving party must file a declaration with its moving papers demonstrating compliance with these requirements and/or that the opposing party failed to confer in good faith. (Code of Civil Procedure section 439(a)(3).)

Here, the court has no such declaration and, thus, no evidence the required meet and confer took place. Therefore, the motion is ordered off calendar.

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