Sahakian v. Minasova CA2/8

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION EIGHT

MAROOT SAHAKIAN, B323706

Plaintiff and Appellant, Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. (BC644772) v.

CARMEN MINASOVA et al.,

Defendants and Respondents,

FARMERS INSURANCE EXCHANGE et al.,

Intervenor and Respondent.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Ralph C. Hofer, Judge. Affirmed. Maroot Sahakian, in pro. per., for Plaintiff and Appellant. No appearance for Defendant and Respondent Sarkis Khachmanian.

Carmen Minasova, Artur Javadyan, and Guillermo Quintanilla, in pro. per., for Defendants and Respondents Minasova, Javadyan, and Quintanilla. Collinson, Daehnke, Inlow & Greco, Deborah A. Smillie, Lisa D. Collinson and Rebecca Herman for Intervenor and Respondent Farmers Insurance Exchange on behalf of Defendant Gagik Cherechyan. ________________________________________________ Maroot Sahakian claimed injuries from an altercation at his apartment building. On the last day he could file under the statute of limitations, Sahakian sued other people involved as well as the apartment owner and ten unnamed Doe defendants. Two years later, he sought to add the building manager as one of the Does. This belated attempt to add a new defendant was improper because Sahakian had known about the manager’s alleged involvement since before he filed his original complaint. We affirm. Unspecified citations are to the Code of Civil Procedure. I Sahakian alleged damages from a physical dispute on December 22, 2014. He sued several residents of his apartment building and the building owner. Sahakian filed his suit on December 22, 2016: the last day to sue under section 335.1. Sahakian’s complaint included Doe defendants 1-10 as agents or employees of the other named defendants. However, it did not list the name of the building manager, nor did the initial complaint allege any action by this manager. On August 10, 2018, Sahakian filed an “Amendment to Complaint – Fictitious Name,” which substituted the name “Cago Cherchyan” for Doe Defendant No. 2. On the same date, the