Fancourt

Filed 12/22/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION EIGHT

IAIN PARUIG FANCOURT B329565, B331191

MCDONALD,

Los Angeles County Plaintiff and Respondent, Super. Ct. No. 18STCV10066

v.

AREG ZARGARYAN et al.,

Defendants and Appellants.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Michael B. Harwin, Judge. Judgment vacated and case remanded. Wilshire Law Firm, Jonathan C. Teller, Sutton Shapiro; Esner, Chang, Boyer & Murphy, Holly N. Boyer, Shea S. Murphy, Kevin K. Nguyen for Plaintiff and Respondent. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Kristin A. Linsley, Bradley J. Hamburger, Daniel R. Adler, Zachary C. Freund, Alison M. Johnson for Defendants and Appellants. ____________________ Seven days before trial, counsel for plaintiff Iain McDonald blindsided the defense with a new medical expert with a new medical theory. No emergency or extraordinary development justified this last-minute development. We vacate the judgment and remand for a new trial. Statutory citations are to the Code of Civil Procedure. I McDonald’s accident was in 2017. At about “walking speed” defendant…