California Tentative Rulings
A) Motion to Be Relieved As Counsel (“MBRC”) Defense counsel Bernard & Bernard’s (“Bernard”) Motion to Be Relieved as Counsel (“MBRC”) for defendant Silver Bay Funding Corp. (“Silver Bay”) is DENIED without prejudice. “The proposed order relieving counsel must be...
Defendant On Target Solutions, LLC’s Motion for Sanctions pursuant to CCP § 128.7 is denied. Plaintiff’s Second Amended Complaint (“SAC”) was unauthorized and is stricken. Under CCP § 128.7 a court may impose sanctions if a paper filed with the...
The $2,350 per hour for a treating physician’s deposition time appears, on its face, to be grossly excessive
The “Motion of defendants Lopez to Compel Further Responses” etc., filed on 4/4/19, is granted in part. The responses at issue appear adequate on their face. (See C.C.P. § 2031.220 [response that party will comply shall state that production “will...
1. Form Interrogatories Plaintiff’s Motion for an order compelling further responses to Form Interrogatory Nos. 3.7, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.7, 15.1, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4, 16.5, 16.6, 16.9, and 16.10 is granted unless the defendant has provided further responses prior...
The motion to compel deposition is granted. Every litigant has a legal obligation to comply with the provisions of the Civil Discovery Act, and this includes litigants who are represented by guardians. (Regency Health Services, Inc. v. Superior Court (1998)...
Motion to compel complete, verified, substantive, objection-free response to form interrogatories is GRANTED. Plaintiff is ordered to respond within 15 days. Plaintiff is further ordered to pay $569.95 in sanctions (2 hrs + filing fee). Motion to compel complete, verified,...
The Motion by Defendant/Cross-Defendant George C. Hopkins Construction Co, Inc. to Compel Further Responses from Defendant/Cross-Complainant Hardrock Management Corporation to Form Interrogatories-Construction Litigation (Set Two) is GRANTED. Each answer in the response to an interrogatory must be “as complete and...
The Motion by Plaintiff Estela Organista to compel Defendant to provide further responses to Plaintiff’s Form Interrogatories, Special Interrogatories, Requests for Production, and Requests for Admission is granted in part and denied in part. The motion is granted as to...
Plaintiff Amy Dowell moves the court for an order quashing the deposition notice of non-party witness Karim Abdollahi, M.D. The motion is brought pursuant to California Rule of Court 3.1010(a), and Code of Civil Procedure §§2025.240 & 2025.270, because Plaintiff...