Judge: John J. Kralik, Case: 23BBCV00149, Date: 2023-03-24 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 23BBCV00149    Hearing Date: March 24, 2023    Dept: NCB

 

Superior Court of California

County of Los Angeles

North Central District

Department B

 

 

in re the underinsured motorist arbitration of:

 

american states preferred insurance company,

                        Petitioner/Respondent,

            v.

 

pamela moeck,

 

                        Respondent/Claimant.

 

Case No.: 23BBCV00149

 

  Hearing Date:  March 24, 2023

 

 [TENTATIVE] order RE:

motions to compel discovery responses

 

On February 14, 2023, Petitioner American States Preferred Insurance Company (“Petitioner”) filed 3 motions to compel initial responses from Respondent Pamela Moeck (“Respondent”) for: (1) Form Interrogatories (“FROG”), set one; (2) Special Interrogatories (“SROG”), set one; and (3) Request for Production of Documents (“RPD”), set one.  

On November 7, 2022, Petitioner served on Respondent the discovery requests, such that responses were due by December 9, 2022.  Petitioner states that Respondent never requested an extension.  On December 13, 2022, Petitioner sent a letter to Respondent’s counsel requesting responses within 10 days.  As of the filing of the motions, Petitioner states that it has not received responses from Respondent. 

Petitioner’s unopposed motions to compel responses to the FROG, SROG, and RPD are granted pursuant to CCP §§ 2030.290 and 2031.300.  Respondent is ordered to provide verified responses to Petitioner’s discovery requests, without objections, within 20 days of notice of this order. 

Petitioner shall provide notice of this order.