Seth

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff and appellant Neeru Seth filed a complaint for personal injuries alleging a

single cause of action for negligence after falling while inside a grocery store operated by

defendant and respondent Stater Bros. Markets. The trial court granted defendant’s

motion for summary judgment, and plaintiff appeals from the judgment. On appeal,

plaintiff argues (1) the trial court erred because evidence offered in opposition to

defendant’s motion showed a triable dispute of material fact, and (2) the trial court erred

when it sustained evidentiary objections to an expert declaration offered in opposition to

summary judgment. We conclude that the appellate record is inadequate to review the

merits of plaintiff’s claims and, as a result, affirm the judgment.

II. BACKGROUND

In June 2020, plaintiff filed a complaint for personal injury alleging a single cause

of action for negligence against defendant. Plaintiff clarified the nature of her allegations

in response to interrogatories by stating that she incurred an injury when she slipped and

fell while inside defendant’s grocery store because the floor was “over-waxed.”

In November 2021, defendant filed a…