Hernandez
Hernandez v. Pennsylvania Tool Sales & Service, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 12 JAVIER OCHOA HERNANDEZ, Case No.: 17-cv-2027-W (KSC)
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING MOTION TO
v. INTERVENE [DOC. 37] PENNSYLVANIA TOOL SALES & SERVICE, INC., et al., 17 Defendants. 18 19 Pending before the Court is Proposed Plaintiff-in-Intervention Starr Indemnity & Liability Company’s motion to intervene. Plaintiff Javier Ochoa Hernandez opposes. The Court decides the matter on the papers submitted and without oral argument. See Civ. L.R. 7.1(d.1). For the following reasons, the Court DENIES the motion [Doc. 37]. // // 27 28 I. BACKGROUND On October 7, 2015, Plaintiff Javier Ochoa Hernandez was working as a pipe fitter for UPS Industrial Services, LLC (“UPSI”). (Compl. [Doc. 1] ¶ 5.) While Plaintiff was standing near a co-worker operating a hand-held grinder, the grinding wheel broke apart striking and breaking Plaintiff’s protective facial gear, and causing Plaintiff serious injuries, including the loss…