Tentative ruling in department 74 on Dec. 17, 2020 in Los Angeles County, CA - Case no: xxxxx737

Case Number: BC595737 Hearing Date: December 17, 2020 Dept: 74

BC595737
BEATA KAMINSKA VS CITY OF LOS ANGELES
Plaintiff’s Motion for Relief from Order Granting Summary Judgment
TENTATIVE RULING:
The motion is DENIED.

This motion is untimely. The Court dismissed this suit on January 10, 2020. Plaintiff filed this instant motion on October 2, 2020, approximately nine months later. Despite such, Plaintiff argues the Court should consider this motion as the six months timeliness requirement is not a hard rule. “The law favors judgments based on the merits, not procedural missteps. Our Supreme Court has repeatedly reminded us that in this area doubts must be resolved in favor of relief, with an order denying relief scrutinized more carefully that an order granting it. As Justice Mosk put it in Rappleyea, ‘Because the law favors disposing of cases on their merits, ‘any doubts in applying Track Case Changes