Judge: Elaine W. Mandel, Case: 21SMCV00574, Date: 2023-03-08 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 21SMCV00574    Hearing Date: March 8, 2023    Dept: P

Tentative Ruling

Estevez v. General Motors, LLC, Case No. 21SMCV00574

Hearing Date March 8, 2023

Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel Compliance with Discovery Order

On November 4, 2022 the court granted plaintiff Raymond Estevez’s motion to compel further responses to a request for production of documents in this lemon law case. Defendant GM was ordered to produce further responses to RFPs related to defendants’ internal investigations, policies and procedures. On January 20, 2023, GM produced further documents. Estevez argues the production is insufficient and moves to compel further production.

Estevez argues GM failed to produce vehicle warranty history reports in response to request no. 41, internal emails reflecting defendants’ knowledge of defects in the subject vehicle in response to request no. 51, organizational charts and documents reflecting warranty and vehicle repurchase policies in response to requests nos. 7, 34, 38, and 42. Estevez seeks an order that these specific documents are produced, and issue sanctions for failure to comply with the prior order.

GM produced supplemental responses to all requests identified in the order. It identified the Bates stamp number of each responsive document, allowing Estevez to match each produced document to a specific request. Estevez has not provided sufficient evidence to conclude that further responsive documents exist and were not produced. DENIED.