Judge: Lynne M. Hobbs, Case: 25STCV01943, Date: 2025-06-03 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 25STCV01943    Hearing Date: June 3, 2025    Dept: 61

KARLA S. ORTIZ, et al. vs GENERAL MOTORS LLC, et al.

Tentative:

Defendant General Motors, LLC (Defendant) seeks a protective order permitting the designation of certain documents and information produced in discovery to be confidential and therefore subject to limited use outside of this litigation, in order to protect its interest in the confidentiality of its warranty policies and procedures. The motion is supported by the declaration of Kimberly Lukas, who attests to the confidential nature of Defendant’s warranty policy and procedure manuals, its customer relationship center policies and procedures, and its Reacquired Vehicle policies and procedures, all of which are placed in issue by the initial disclosure requirements of this litigation. (Lukas Decl. ¶¶ 4–10.) Defendant met and conferred with Plaintiff’s counsel regarding the entry of a protective order permitting confidential designations, but Plaintiff’s counsel declined to stipulate. (Motion Exh. 1.) Plaintiff has filed no opposition to the present motion.

Defendant has shown good cause for the entry of a protective order here in order to protect its confidential business information, as attested to by the Barron declaration. No opposition has been filed, and such orders are common in litigation of this type.

The motion is GRANTED. Moving party to give notice.