Judge: Lee S. Arian, Case: 21STCV27032, Date: 2024-08-08 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 21STCV27032    Hearing Date: August 8, 2024    Dept: 27

Hon. Lee S. Arian, Dept 27

MOTION TO COMPEL FURTHER RESPONSES

Hearing Date: 8/8/24 

CASE NO./NAME: 21STCV27032 SHOHREH FATHIEH vs PANTEA PAHLAVANI et al.

Moving Party: Defendant Pantea Pahlavani and Atoosa Pahlavani 

Responding Party: Plaintiff 

Notice: Sufficient 

Ruling: MOTION TO COMPEL FURTHER RESPONSES IS GRANTED 

On July 22, 2021, Plaintiff filed this motor vehicle accident case. On September 7, 2023, Defendants Pantea Pahlavani and Atoosa Pahlavani served their Form Interrogatories Set One on Plaintiff. After several extensions, Plaintiff provided responses consisting solely of an objection that the request was irrelevant to all of Defendants’ Form Interrogatories or that the response should be answered by an expert witness. On May 1, 2024, the parties attended an Informal Discovery Conference (IDC), and the Court ordered Plaintiff to serve full and complete responses by May 29, 2024. However, no responses were provided. Defendants now move the court to compel further responses. Plaintiff did not file an opposition.

The Court examined Plaintiff’s objections and found them to be boilerplate objections not tailored towards each individual request. Furthermore, the objections lack merit as most of the form interrogatories ask questions about the incident, which are obviously relevant, or questions about Plaintiff’s injuries, which do not necessarily require expert witness testimony. The Court orders Plaintiff to provide complete and verified responses to Defendant’s Form Interrogatories, Set One, within 20 days of today.

Defendant did not request monetary sanctions.

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