Judge: Joseph Lipner, Case: 23STCV15770, Date: 2024-11-21 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 23STCV15770    Hearing Date: November 21, 2024    Dept: 72

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

DEPARTMENT 72

TENTATIVE RULING

             The Court makes the following rulings with respect to Plaintiff’s motion to compel.  Where the Court orders further discovery, Defendant must provide the discovery within 30 days.

The Court denies the motion as to the following requests, as Defendant’s responses are adequate:  Special Interrogatories 1, 4, 17, 18; Form Interrogatories 311.1, 311.4, 314.1, 314.7, 321.2, 321.4, 321.7, 321.9, 321.10,321.11, 322.1, 322.2, 322.3, 323.1, 323.2, 323.3, 323.4, 323.5, 323.6, 324.1, 325.1, 325.2, 325.3, 326.1; Requests for Production 1-18.

The Court also denies the motion as to Interrogatories Nos. 5 and 6, to the extent that Plaintiff intends to include them in the motion.  Plaintiff discusses them in the reply brief but does not include them in Plaintiff’s separate statement.

The Court grants the motion as to the following requests in the following manner:

Interrogatories 17-18:  Defendant must describe the date and content of each oral communication to the extent that it is aware of this information.

Interrogatories Nos. 19-25:  Defendant must provide full and complete responses.

Interrogatory 321.1:  Defendant must provide the job title and duties of the identified employee.

Interrogatory 321.5:  Defendant must provide responsive information of the terms of the contract under which work was performed and under which materials were supplied.

Requests for Production Nos. 19-25: Defendant must provide full and complete responses and all responsive documents.

The Court denies Plaintiff’s request for monetary sanctions.