Aurdra Lundin v. SF Markets, LLC

I. Background

Plaintiff, a citizen of California, injured herself in a slip-and-fall at one of Defendant’s stores. See Complaint, Dkt. # 1-1 (“Compl.”), at 4. As a result, she filed suit against Defendant in the Los Angeles County Superior Court on June 28, 2019. See Notice of Removal, Dkt. #1 (“NOR”), ¶ 1; see generally Compl. Plaintiff brought two causes of action: First Cause of Action: general negligence. Compl. at 5. Second Cause of Action: premises liability. Id. at 6. Plaintiff served Defendant on December 3, 2019. See Mot. at 10. On June 26, 2020, Defendant removed the case to this Court based on diversity jurisdiction. See NOR ¶¶ 7–9. Plaintiff now moves to remand the case to the Superior Court. See generally Mot. 1 The Court refers to Defendant as SF Markets, LLC, even though Plaintiff erroneously sued

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CIVIL MINUTES - GENERAL

Case No. CV 20-5714 PSG (SPx) Date September 30, 2020 Title Audra Lundin v. SF Markets, LLC, et al. Plaintiff argues that Defendant failed to timely remove the case. See id. 4:7–5:6. Plaintiff also seeks to amend her complaint to name and join a previously unidentified Doe defendant,…