Judge: Joseph Lipner, Case: 23STCV07373, Date: 2024-02-06 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 23STCV07373    Hearing Date: February 6, 2024    Dept: 72

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

DEPARTMENT 72

TENTATIVE RULING

          Plaintiff Claudia Veronica Pulido (“Plaintiff”) seeks further responses to  document requests Nos. 16-21 propounded to Defendant General Motors LLC (“Defendant”). 

The parties’ respective positions can be found in their filings, including the separate statements. The Court’s rulings on each request are set forth below.  In general, the Court agrees with Plaintiff that the documents are discoverable but also agrees they must be subject to reasonable limits.  Accordingly, the customer complaint documents shall be limited to California, and the internal investigation of defects shall not include an email production.

The Court orders that Defendant, within 30 days, shall produce full and complete responses and all responsive documents as follows: 

Request No. 16:  Defendant shall produce all responsive documents except that it shall not be required to search for or produce emails.

Request No. 17:  Defendant shall produce all responsive documents except that (a) to the extent this seeks internal communications of Defendants, it shall not have to search for or produce emails; (b) to the extent that this seeks communications with customers, it shall be limited to communications with customers in California.

Request No. 18:  Defendant shall produce any warranty extensions, technical bulletins and recalls responsive to this request but shall not have to produce other sorts of documents in response to this request.

Request No. 19:  Defendant shall produce all responsive documents except that the production shall be limited to communications with customers in California.

Request No. 20:  Defendant shall produce all responsive documents except that Defendant shall not be required to search for or produce emails.

Request No. 21:  Defendant shall produce all responsive documents except that Defendant shall not be required to search for or produce emails.