Carmen Hernandez v. Walmart Inc.
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
I. BACKGROUND
Plaintiff commenced this action on January 13, 2020, in the Los Angeles County Superior Court (“LASC”). (See Complaint (Docket No. 4-1)). The Complaint alleged negligence against Defendants on the basis that the dangerous condition of the floor on its premises caused Plaintiff to slip and fall. (Id. at 8). ______________________________________________________________________________
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
CIVIL MINUTES—GENERAL
Case No. CV 21-2058 MWF (AGRx) Date: May 28, 2021 Title: Carmen Hernandez v. Walmart Inc., et al.
The Complaint named Sylvia Pope, the manager of the Walmart store where Plaintiff was injured, as a defendant. (Id. at 5). Pope was a resident of California when the incident occurred and still resides in California today. (See Declaration of Alan S. Turlington (“Turlington Dec.”) ¶ 19 (Docket No. 9-1)). On November 30, 2020, Plaintiff served responses to Walmart’s form interrogatories wherein Plaintiff disclosed that she incurred approximately $600,922.65 of known medical damages. (Declaration of Rebecca Herman (“Herman Dec.”), Ex. E at 34-38 (Docket No. 4)). Plaintiff also disclosed that she currently lives in…