Judge: Craig Griffin, Case: Martinez v. General Motors LLC, Date: 2023-08-28 Tentative Ruling

The Motion to Compel the Deposition of Defendant’s Person Most Qualified, filed on 5/17/23 by Plaintiff Marcelina Martinez (“Plaintiff”) against Defendant General Motors, LLC (“GM”) is GRANTED IN PART.

The Motion seeks to compel GM to identify a “Person Most Qualified” to testify on the subjects identified in all in Plaintiff’s Amended Notice of Deposition of the Person Most Qualified. The Motion is GRANTED IN PART, to require GM to designate a PMQ as follows:

-        For Categories 1-8, 10, and 26, GM agrees to designate a PMQ

-        For Categories 11, 16-18, and 20: as to GM’s general policies and procedures in addressing repurchase requests for the last 3 years and as to how GM calculates restitution on such request, and how GM determines non-conformity, what a reasonable number of repair attempts is, and whether a nonconformity substantially impairs a vehicle

The Motion is otherwise DENIED, as the remainder of the categories as identified lack adequate specificity and are plainly overbroad.

As to the document requests, a number of the documents have already been produced either in response to the notice or in previous discovery requests. The motion is GRANTED in part as to Requests 12-14, but DENIED as to the remainder as they are overbroad and Plaintiff has not shown good cause.

Counsel are to promptly confer to identify dates for the deposition(s) to be permitted on the topics identified above, which are reasonably convenient for the parties and witnesses, with such depositions to be on dates within the next 20 days, or on any later dates that counsel may agree upon in a writing.

Moving party to give notice.