Judge: Curtis A. Kin, Case: 20STCV37402, Date: 2022-12-29 Tentative Ruling
Case Number: 20STCV37402 Hearing Date: December 29, 2022 Dept: 72
MOTION TO COMPEL COMPLIANCE TO REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION
OF DOCUMENTS, SET ONE
Date: 12/29/22
(8:30 AM)
Case: Kowloon Dim Sum Inc. v. KB
Insurance Co. LTD (20STCV37402)
TENTATIVE RULING:
Defendant KB Insurance Company’s UNOPPOSED Motion to Compel
Compliance to Request for Production of Documents, Set One is GRANTED.
Defendant KB Insurance Company moves for an order compelling
plaintiff Kowloon Dim Sum Inc. to comply with the Court’s February 15, 2022
order.
On February 15, 2022, as
pertinent to this motion, the Court ordered plaintiff to serve written verified
responses, without objection, to Demands for Production of Documents and
Things, Set One within 15 days. (Perez Decl. ¶ 3 & Ex. A.) The Court
also ordered plaintiff to produce documents that are responsive to the Demands
for Production of Documents and Things, Set One within 15 days. (Id.)
On June 13, 2022, defendant served responses to the document
requests. (Perez Decl. ¶ 4 & Ex. B.) Plaintiff did not respond to each
demand for production. Plaintiff only provided a list of documents that it
would produce. (Id.) “The party to whom a demand for inspection,
copying, testing, or sampling has been directed shall respond separately to
each item or category of item….” (CCP § 2031.210(a).) Further, the Court
ordered plaintiff to produce documents within 15 days of February 15, 2022, but
no responsive documents have been produced. (Perez Decl. ¶ 7.)
The motion is GRANTED. Pursuant to CCP § 2031.320, plaintiff
Kowloon Dim Sum Inc. is ordered to serve responses, without objection, to each
of the Demands for Production of Documents and Things, Set One, Nos. 1-57. Plaintiff
is also ordered to produce documents that are responsive to the Demands for
Production of Documents and Things, Set One within 15 days.