JOSE A NUNEZ AREYAN vs AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO INC

2023CUBC008738: JOSE A NUNEZ AREYAN vs AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO INC 09/01/2026 in Department 44 Status Conference re Stay

This Case Management Order (“CMO”) shall govern this litigation. If the parties have questions or concerns with any aspect of the CMO, they are directed to voice those concerns at the case management conference. REMOTE APPEARANCES The Court allows Zoom appearances as a courtesy to parties and counsel. The Court does not accommodate Court Call appearances. You MUST register by 3:00 p.m. the court day before your hearing or you will be DENIED entry to the hearing: ZOOM Registration Link: https://ventura-courts-ca.zoom.us/meeting/register/iqN7uhQSQMuOqs-9TQXgEQ No advance notice is required to appear in person.

DEPARTMENT RULES Parties and counsel shall follow the Department 44 rules and Zoom protocols, available at https://www2.ventura.courts.ca.gov/Courtroom/C44. The Court updates these rules from time to time. Counsel and parties are required to follow the operative rules. CASE STATUS This case was ordered to arbitration and the case stayed on April 15, 2024, and arbitration was terminated with the notice of entry of an order by the order terminating arbitration for Plaintiff’s failure to pay the arbitration fee on April 24, 2026.

The Court lifts the stay, and the parties previously posted jury fees and filed case management statements. The case is thus at issue. If the parties stipulate to the setting of trial in lieu of scheduling a case management conference for that purpose, the Court’s will set the matter for jury trial as follows: LITIGATION DATES: Event Date

Trial May 17, 2027, at 1:30 p.m.

Pretrial Conference May 7, 2027, at 8:30 a.m.

All other Litigation Dates & Deadlines Per Code of Civil Procedure

JURY TRIAL The Court sets this matter for a 5-day jury trial on the above trial date in Department 44 of the Ventura County Superior Court. The trial date is a date certain for trial under California Rules

2023CUBC008738: JOSE A NUNEZ AREYAN vs AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO INC

of Court, Rule 3.1332. The Court will not grant any continuances but for a request made pursuant to, and good cause showing under, Rule 3.1332. Trial counsel are ordered to attend trial in person. PRETRIAL CONFERENCE The Court also sets a Pretrial Conference on the above pretrial conference date in Department 44. The parties are ordered to complete mediation at least 30 days prior to the pretrial conference, and file a joint pretrial conference report in accordance with the Local Rules for Department 44, which rules are incorporated into and made part of this Case Management Order.

Trial counsel is ordered to appear at the Pretrial Conference, and may attend the pretrial conference remotely so long as trial counsel provides timely registration of their intent to appear remotely in accordance with the Court’s local rules. The parties are requested to waive notice. To the extent the parties submit on the tentative, they are requested to advise the court whether notice is waived.

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