1.

Classification of cases for case LA

management R301

Rule 301. Classification

All cases described as personal

injury, eminent domain, and other civil
actions are subject to civil case
management. x x x

2. All-purpose judge R303

Rule 303. All-Purpose Assignment to

Judge

Cases which are subject to civil case

management will be randomly assigned GENERAL PROVISIONS
to a judicial officer for all purposes, who
will thereafter handle all proceedings in
the case, including but not limited to, law
2.1 PRINCIPAL DIVISIONS OF
and motion, pretrial (settlement) THE COURT
conferences, in limine motions and the 2.14 EMERGENCY CLOSURE OF
trial. COURTHOUSE
2.15 HOLIDAYS
Nothing herein should be construed to 2.16 HOURS OF COURT,
interfere with the power of the presiding
judge to assign or reassign cases.
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
2.3 FILING AND TRANSFER OF
ACTIONS
3. Rule 309. Improper Re-filing of
Cases 2.3 FILING AND TRANSFER OF
ACTIONS
Rule 309. Improper Re-filing of (a) Filing of Actions.
Cases (1) Mandatory and Optional
Filing.
A party may not dismiss and (A) Mandatory
thereafter re-file a case for the purpose Filing: Every unlimited
of having such case assigned to a civil tort action for bodily
different judicial officer. injury, wrongful death, or
damage to personal
Whenever a case is dismissed and property (hereinafter
thereafter another case is filed referred to as “Personal
involving the same, or essentially the Injury Action”) must be
filed in the Central District
 same, parties, facts, or causes of action at the Stanley Mosk
as the prior case, the plaintiff in any Courthouse, or in the
such subsequently filed case must North District at the
disclose such facts on the face page of SUPERIOR COURT OF
the new complaint. The subsequently CALIFORNIA COUNTY
filed case will be assigned to the same OF LOS ANGELES
judicial officer for all purposes as the Michael Antonovich
prior case. Antelope Valley Courthouse.
The filing court locator on
the Los Angeles Superior
4. Rule 315. Meet and Confer Court website
Statement (www.lacourt.org) should be
used to determine the
Rule 315. Meet and Confer appropriate filing location.
Statement A “Personal Injury
Action” is an unlimited
Within 20 days after service of the civil case described on the
responsive pleading by the first Civil Case Cover Sheet
responding defendant, and thereafter as Addendum and Statement
each defendant responds, the parties of Location (LACIV 109)
must meet and confer for the following as Motor Vehicle-Personal
purposes: Injury/Property
Damage/Wrongful Death;
1. To discuss facts which are Personal Injury/Property
presently available to Damage/Wrongful Death-
support the allegations of the Uninsured Motorist;
pleadings filed by each party. Product Liability (other
2. To discuss possible settlement than asbestos or
of the action including toxic/environmental);
possible arbitration. Medical Malpractice-
3. To exchange preliminary Physicians & Surgeons;
schedules of discovery. Other Professional Health
4. Where necessary in multi- Care Malpractice;
defendant cases, and upon a Premises Liability;
showing of good cause, the Intentional Bodily
parties may apply for one Injury/Property
extension of time within which Damage/Wrongful Death;
to hold said meeting. or Other Personal
5. The parties must file a joint Injury/Property
Meet and Confer Statement Damage/Wrongful Death.
within 30 days after service An action for intentional
of the responsive pleading. It infliction of emotional
will be the responsibility of the distress, defamation, civil
plaintiff to arrange the rights/discrimination, or
conference and to prepare the malpractice (other than
joint statement, including areas medical malpractice), is not
 of disagreement.
Failure to comply with the requirements
of this rule may result in sanctions
pursuant to Rule 381.
5. Rule 316. Mandatory Settlement
Conference
Rule 316. Mandatory
Settlement Conference
All trial counsel and parties must attend
a mandatory settlement conference
set by the assigned judge. Absent any
objection, the settlement conference
may be held by the assigned judge.
When an objection has been filed, the
case will be referred to the supervising
judge of the panel for assignment to one
of the other judicial officers on the same
panel for purposes of settlement
conference only.
Any objection to the assigned judge
conducting the mandatory settlement
conference must be filed together with
the Settlement Conference Statement. If
no such objection is filed, any further
right to object will be deemed waived.
6. Rule 317. Pre-Trial Requirements
Rule 317. Pre-Trial
Requirements
Issue Conference
An Issue Conference is required in all
cases at least 14 days before the date
set for trial, at which time the parties
must meet and confer and exchange
and/or sign as applicable the
included in this definition.
An action for injury to real
property is not included in
this definition. Every
asbestos-related case must
be filed in the Central
District. Every class action
must be filed in the Central
District. All Proceedings
under the Probate Code. All
Conservatorship,
Guardianship, Probate, and
Trust proceedings must be
filed in the Central District
except in the following
cases which may be filed in
the North District:
Conservatorship and
Guardianship when the
petitioner or proposed
conservatee/ward reside in
the North District,
Decedent’s Estates when the
decedent resided or the
Petitioner resides in the
North District, or Trust
where the trustee’s principal
place of administration is
the North District. Every
appeal under Labor Code
section 98.2 must be filed in
the district where the office
of the Labor Commissioner
rendering the decision
appealed from is located.
Every proceeding seeking a
writ of prohibition or
mandate (except as provided
in subsection (B) below)
must be filed in the Central
District. Every petition
seeking freedom from
parental custody and control
must be filed at the Edmund
D. Edelman Children’s
Court. Every petition for
documents listed below.
Plaintiff/Petitioner must arrange the
Issue Conference at a mutually
agreeable time and location.
At the Issue Conference the parties
must:
Exchange exhibits and inspect
photos and diagrams (to be
submitted on the date of trial),
excluding those that will be used
only for impeachment or
rebuttal.
Stipulate to all facts amenable
to stipulation, and to the
admission of and/or foundation
for as many of the trial exhibits
as possible.
Prepare a Joint Statement of the
Case to be read to prospective
jurors (Jury Trials only).
Prepare a Joint Witness List,
excluding impeachment and
rebuttal witnesses, with a brief
description of who each witness
is, and time estimates for the
direct and cross- examination of
each witness.
Prepare a Joint List of
Controverted Issues for all
issues that are to be determined
by the Court rather than by a
jury. If all the parties fail to
agree that an issue is
uncontroverted, then the issue
should be listed as controverted.
Exchange all motions in limine.
Discuss any proposed voir dire
questions for the Court to
adoption must be filed at the
Edmund D. Edelman
Children’s Court. Every
petition for consent to
adoption outside California
must be filed at the Edmund
D. Edelman Children’s
Court.
CIVIL DIVISION RULES
3.1 APPLICABILITY
3.2 ASSIGNMENT OF CASES
3.2 ASSIGNMENT OF CASES
The Supervising Judge, or his or her
designee, shall decide whether the civil
limited and unlimited cases in a particular
district will be assigned to a direct calendar,
master calendar, or Specialized Civil Court.
3.3 ASSIGNMENT OF DIRECT
CALENDAR CASES
3.3 ASSIGNMENT OF DIRECT
CALENDAR CASES
(a) Proportionate Assignment. A pro
rata share of all cases filed in or transferred
to any district shall be assigned for all
purposes to each judge assigned to hear
direct calendar cases in that district.
(b) Regulation of Case Assignment.
The clerk must take all reasonably
appropriate steps, including a system of
random use of case numbers, to ensure that
neither any party nor any counsel will be
able to anticipate a case assignment. The
name of the judge to whom the case is
assigned will be designated by the clerk on
the summons and the complaint.
3.4 ELECTRONIC FILING
 include in its voir dire (Jury
Trials only).
Execute a Statement of
Compliance.
The above items, including the
Statement of Compliance signed
by all counsel and self-
represented parties, must be
filed no later than noon of the
Wednesday before trial.
At the discretion of the assigned
judicial officer, a Pre-Trial Conference
may be scheduled in lieu of or in
addition to the Issue Conference.
Joint Trial Notebook
By noon on the Wednesday before
trial, the parties must deliver to the
clerk in the trial department, for the
Court, a tabbed three-ring Joint Trial
Notebook that contains all of the
following items, if applicable.
Separate notebooks must be used if
any notebook will be more than 3”
thick. The Trial Notebook is a
courtesy copy for the Court’s use and
does not relieve the parties of their
obligation to electronically file all
trial-related documents.
Table of Contents.
Copies of the operative pleadings
(including the operative complaint,
answers, cross- complaints, if any,
and answers to cross-complaints).
Joint Statement of the Case (Jury
Trials only).
Joint Witness List, with the
information set forth in Rule
317A(4), above. Two separate
courtesy copies of the Joint Witness
3.4 ELECTRONIC FILING
(a) Mandatory Electronic Filing.
Pursuant to the operative General Order re
Mandatory Electronic Filing for Civil
(“General Order”), represented parties in
civil actions must file documents
electronically, unless the court exempts
parties from doing so. The electronic filing
of documents must be effected using an
approved electronic service provider.
Electronic service provider information is
available on the court’s website at
www.lacourt.org.
(b) Exemptions from Mandatory
Electronic Filing. Self-represented litigants
are exempt from mandatory electronic
filing requirements. Although not required,
self-represented litigants are encouraged to
participate in electronic filing and service.
In addition, represented parties may apply
for exemption from electronic filing
requirements as set forth in the operative
General Order.
(c) Timing for Electronic Filing.
Any document received electronically
before midnight on a court day is
deemed to have been filed on that court
day if accepted for filing. Any document
received on a non-court day is deemed to
have been filed on the next court day if
accepted for filing. (Cal. Rules of Court,
rule 2.253(b)(6); Code Civ. Proc., §
1010.6(b)(3).) This Rule does not affect the
timing requirements for any documents that
must be filed by a designated time on the
due date.
3.5 TIME FOR HEARINGS
3.5 TIME FOR HEARINGS
Time of Hearing. In the Central
District, except as stated below, unlimited
civil law and motion matters, including ex
parte applications, will be heard by the
Direct Calendar, Specialized Civil Court,
and Master Calendar Court judges in their
List must also be provided to the
Clerk.
Stipulations of fact, exhibit
admissibility and/or foundation, or
of anything else relevant to the
trial.
Joint List of Controverted Issues, as
set forth in Rule 317A(5), above.
Joint Exhibit List, with columns for
indicating whether the exhibits
have been marked and entered.
Two separate courtesy copies also
must be provided to the Clerk.
Proposed Jury Instructions,
including all stipulated instructions,
non-stipulated instructions
proposed by each party, and all
proposed special instructions. A
separate courtesy copy must also be
provided separately to the Court.
(Jury Trials only.)
Proposed Verdict Forms (Jury
Trials only).
Any Trial Briefs.
Any Proposed Voir Dire Questions
for the Court to include in its voir
dire (Jury Trials only).
Any motions in limine exchanged
at the issue conference, along with
all then-filed oppositions and
replies thereto.
Exhibit Notebooks; Motion in
Limine Notebooks
On the date set for trial, the parties
also must bring with them:
Two complete sets of Joint Exhibit
Notebooks, not to exceed 3” each.
The original set will be for the
witness, pre-marked with Court
Exhibit tags, and one set will be for
respective departments at 8:30 a.m. each
day.
3.7 EVIDENCE AT HEARING
3.10 SANCTIONS
3.11 CONTEMPT
CASE MANAGEMENT AND
DISPOSITION
3.22 CASE REMOVED TO
FEDERAL COURT
3.23 EXEMPTION FROM CASE
MANAGEMENT RULES
3.23 EXEMPTION FROM CASE
MANAGEMENT RULES
Pursuant to California Rules of
Court, rule 3.720(b), all limited civil cases
and all Personal Injury Actions (as defined
in Rule 2.3(a)(1)(A)) are exempted from
the case management rules of Title 3,
Division 7, Chapter 3 of the California
Rules of Court. The court will set trial dates
and make other case management orders,
including orders concerning compliance
with Code of Civil Procedure sections
1141.10 et seq. and 1775 et seq.
(concerning mandatory judicial arbitration
and mediation in unlimited civil cases in
which the amount in controversy does not
exceed $50,000), by issuing orders in
individual cases subject to this exemption.
A “Personal Injury Action” is an
unlimited civil case described on the Civil
Case Cover Sheet Addendum and
Statement of Location (LACIV 109) as
Motor Vehicle-Personal Injury/Property
Damage/Wrongful Death; Personal
Injury/Property Damage/Wrongful Death-
Uninsured Motorist; Product Liability
(other than asbestos or
toxic/environmental); Medical Malpractice-
 the Court. Each exhibit must be
marked with a discrete number and
must be accurately identified on the
Joint Exhibit List.
For all opposed motions in limine,
a separate notebook containing
those Motions in Limine, grouping
together all documents relevant to
each motion in order (motion
followed by opposition and any
reply).
Failure to conduct the Issue Conference,
submit a Joint Trial Notebook, or
complywith any other provisions of this
rule as required may result in sanctions
pursuant to Rule 381.
7. Rule 318. Uninsured
Motorist/Construction
Defect/Toxic Pollution Cases
Rule 318. Uninsured
Motorist/Construction Defect/Toxic civil matters are not subject to case
Pollution Cases
Those cases in which an action is Actions (see Local Rule 3.23); (2) small
filed against a defendant who is an
uninsured motorist, and where the
plaintiff’s claim is subject to an
arbitration provision, must be identified harassment petitions); (4) cases stayed
as “Uninsured Motorist” on the face of
the complaint at the time of filing, or as settlement, or having been removed to
soon thereafter as it becomes known.
Uninsured motorist cases will not be
assigned to a judicial officer for all
purposes.
8. Rule 360. Alternative Dispute
Resolution (ADR)
Physicians & Surgeons; Other Professional
Health Care Malpractice; Premises
Liability; Intentional Bodily
Injury/Property Damage/Wrongful Death;
or Other Personal Injury/Property
Damage/Wrongful Death. An action for
intentional infliction of emotional distress,
defamation, civil rights/discrimination, or
malpractice (other than medical
malpractice), is not included in this
definition. An action for injury to real
property is not included in this definition.
3.24 CASE MANAGEMENT
3.24 CASE MANAGEMENT
(a) Purpose. The court adopts the
following rules concerning case
management for all civil cases pursuant to
California Rules of Court, rule 3.-711, and
to advance the goals of Government Code
section 68603 and Standard 2.1 of the
Standards of Judicial Administration.
(b) Cases Exempted. The following
management conference or review: (1)
limited civil cases and all Personal Injury
claims matters; (3) matters assigned for all
purposes based on subject matter (e.g.,
mandamus, name change petitions, civil
because of a bankruptcy, an installment
federal court; (5) uninsured motorist cases
for 180 days after filing; (6) "collections
cases" (defined as an action for the
recovery of not more than $25,000 of
money owed in a sum stated to be certain
arising from a credit transaction) where
there has been no responsive pleading filed
under California Rules of Court, rule
3.712(d); and (7) cases coordinated by a
petition for coordination under California
Rules of Court, rule 3.501 et seq. (Cal.
Rule 360. Alternative Dispute Rules of Court, rule 3.721; Gov. Code., §
Resolution (ADR) 68608(a).)
An “Uninsured Motorist Case” is a
A. Available ADR Programs civil action for damages filed against a
defendant who is an uninsured motorist
The Superior Court of where the plaintiff’s claim is subject to an
California, County of arbitration provision as defined by
Orange, encourages and Government Code section 68609.5 and
supports the use of Insurance Code section 11580.2. Plaintiff
Alternative Dispute must identify the case as “Uninsured
Resolution (ADR) in all Motorist” by so stating on the face of the
civil cases. The Court complaint or by filing a subsequent “Notice
recognizes the value of of Uninsured Motorist Designation” as
early case management soon as that fact becomes known. The case
intervention and the use management rules shall apply to Uninsured
of alternative dispute Motorist Cases 180 days after filing. (Cal.
resolution options for Rules of Court, rule 3.712.)
amenable and eligible
cases. It is the Court’s 3.25 CASE MANAGEMENT
expectation that litigants
CONFERENCE
will utilize the Court’s
mediation and arbitration
programs as a means of CIVIL TRIAL PROCEDURE
case settlement before
trial. 3.37 ENFORCEMENT AND
SANCTIONS
B. ADR Administrator

A Civil Operations staff GENERAL COURTROOM

member will serve as the
Alternative Dispute
Resolution (ADR)
Administrator, supervise
the selection of arbitrators
and mediators for the
Court’s panels, generally
supervise the operation of
the ADR programs, and
employ such staff as are
necessary to fulfill this
responsibility.
C. ADR Committee
The ADR
Committee of the
DECORUM
3.47 MULTIPLE COUNSEL –
MOTIONS
PRETRIAL PREPARATION AND
RULINGS
3.48 TRIAL CONFERENCE
3.49 STIPULATIONS
3.50 REQUESTS FOR JUDGE TO
ASK SPECIFIC QUESTIONS
3.51 PERSONS WITH
DISABILITIES
3.52 MARKING OF EXHIBITS
 Court will have the 3.53 UNIFORM METHOD OF
duties and MARKING EXHIBITS
responsibilities as 3.54 DOCUMENTS PRODUCED
specified by THROUGH A NONPARTY
California Rules of
3.55 LIST OF CHANGES IN
Court, rule 10.783.
DEPOSITION
D. Judicial Arbitration 3.56 SIGNING, CERTIFICATION
AND LODGING OF
1. Authority DEPOSITIONS
3.57 MOTIONS IN LIMINE
a. The
Superior
Court is TRIAL DECORUM AND
authorized OPENING STATEMENTS
to refer
civil 3.99 MOTIONS
actions,
except
DEFAULT JUDGMENT
those
heard in
the Small 3.200 REQUEST TO ENTER
Claims DEFAULT
Court, to 3.201 PROCEDURES FOR
judicial OBTAINING DEFAULT
arbitration
JUDGMENT (Cal. Rules of Court,
pursuant
to Code of rule 3.1800.)
Civil 3.202 PENDING MOTIONS TO
Procedure VACATE DEFAULT
section 3.203 SERVICE BY PUBLICATION
1141.11(a). 3.204 WRITTEN OBLIGATIONS
TO PAY MONEY
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3.206 INTEREST
2. Referral to 3.207 ATTORNEYS’ FEES
Arbitration
FORM AND EXECUTION OF
a. Any case JUDGMENT; ATTORNEYS’ FEES
will be
submitted
to 3.213 FORM OF JUDGMENT
arbitration
pursuant ENFORCEMENT OF
to this rule JUDGMENT
upon the
 order of 3.220 POST-JUDGMENT ORDERS
the Court
where, in
JUDICIAL ARBITRATION
the
opinion of
the Court, 3.292 SUMMARY DESCRIPTION
the OF ARBITRATION
amount 3.293 CASES SUBJECT TO
ARBITRATION
3.294 CASES EXEMPT FROM
ARBITRATION
9. Civil Mediation Program under 3.295 WITHDRAWAL FROM
R360 ARBITRATION
3.296 HEARINGS
3.297 APPEARANCES REQUIRED
10.Rule 369. Case Management AT ARBITRATION
Statement and Conference 3.298 DISCOVERY DURING
11.Rule 384. Default Judgments ARBITRATION
12. Rule 388. No Extensions without 3.299 SUBMISSION OF
Court Approval BRIEFS/EVIDENCE
3.300 DISPOSITION OF EXHIBITS
3.301 ADR REPORTS
3.302 ARBITRATION