Judge: Kerry Bensinger, Case: 23STCV13973, Date: 2025-01-23 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 23STCV13973    Hearing Date: January 23, 2025    Dept: 31

Tentative Ruling

Judge Kerry Bensinger, Department 31

HEARING DATE:     January 23, 2025                               TRIAL DATE:   August 25, 2025

CASE:                         Elena Jahnke v. Blue Cross of California, et al.

CASE NO.:                 23STCV13973

MOTION TO COMPEL FURTHER WRITTEN RESPONSES AND PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS BY DEFENDANT BLUE CROSS OF CALIFORNIA DBA ANTHEM BLUE CROSS IN RESPONSE TO FIRST AND SECOND SETS OF DOCUMENT DEMANDS

MOVING PARTY:               Plaintiff Elena Jahnke

RESPONDING PARTY:      Defendant Blue Cross of California dba Anthem Blue Cross

            On June 16, 2023, plaintiff Elena Jahnke commenced this action against defendants Blue Cross of California dba Anthem Blue Cross (“Anthem”) and Preferred IPA of California arising from defendants’ delayed approval of a referral for medical treatment. 

On December 19, 2024, Plaintiff filed this Motion to Compel Further Written Responses and Production of Documents from Anthem in response to Plaintiff’s first and second sets of document demands.

The parties have not participated in an Informal Discovery Conference (IDC) prior to the filing of this motion.  Accordingly, the court will continue the hearing for Plaintiff’s motion to March 17, 2025 at 8:30 a.m. to allow the parties to participate in an IDC.  The parties are to review the information for conducting IDC’s in Dept. 31 located on the LA Superior Court website for Dept. 31.¿ Thereafter the parties are to contact the judicial assistant to schedule an IDC date and time.¿  

Clerk of the Court to give notice.

Dated:   January 23, 2025