Judge: Lee S. Arian, Case: 22STCV24225, Date: 2024-08-29 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 22STCV24225    Hearing Date: August 29, 2024    Dept: 27

Hon. Lee S. Arian, Dept 27

MOTIONS TO COMPEL FURTHER RESPONSES

Hearing Date: 8/29/24 

CASE NO./NAME: 22STCV24225 PATRICK RAYFIELD vs SAFEWAY INC. 

Moving Party: Defendants Vons and Kehe Distributors

Responding Party: Plaintiff 

Notice: Sufficient 

Ruling: MOTIONS TO COMPEL FURTHER RESPONSES ARE DENIED

This hearing concerns Defendant THE VONS COMPANIES, INC.'s motion to compel Plaintiff to provide further responses to its Form Interrogatories, Set 1, Special Interrogatories, Set 1, and Request for Production of Documents, Set 1 and Defendant KEHE DISTRIBUTORS, LLC's motion to compel Plaintiff to provide further responses to its Form Interrogatories, Set 1, Special Interrogatories, Set 1, and Request for Production of Documents, Set 1. On August 27, 2024, Plaintiff’s counsel filed a declaration that Plaintiff’s complete, verified, and objection-free Supplemental Responses to all of Defendants’ subject discovery, namely Defendant THE VONS COMPANIES, INC. and KEHE DISTRIBUTORS, LLC’s Form Interrogatories (Set One), Special Interrogatories (Set One), and Request for Production of Documents (Set One), have now been served. The motion is therefore moot and denied.

The Court will hear from Defendant should they contest Plaintiff’s counsel’s declaration.

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