Judge: Mark E. Windham, Case: 20STLC09440, Date: 2023-02-09 Tentative Ruling

If you desire to submit on the tentative ruling, you may do so by e-mailing Dept. 26 at the Spring Street Courthouse until the morning of the motion hearing.

The e-mail address is SSCdept26@lacourt.org

The heading on your e-mail should contain the case name, number, hearing date, and that you submit. The message should indicate your name, contact information, and the party you represent. Please note, the above e-mail address is to inform the court of your submission on the tentative ruling. All other inquiries will not receive a response.

If there are no appearances by either side and no submission on the Court's tentative ruling, the matter will be placed OFF CALENDAR. 

Due to overcrowding concerns of COVID-19, all parties shall make every effort to schedule a remote appearance via LACourtConnect (https://my.lacourt.org/laccwelcome) for their next hearing. The parties shall register with LACourtConnect at least 2 hours prior to their scheduled hearing time. 

 **Please note we no longer use CourtCall** 

Case Number: 20STLC09440    Hearing Date: February 9, 2023    Dept: 26

Campbell v. Marriott International, Inc., et al.

MOTION TO COMPEL RESPONSES TO INTERROGATORIES

 (CCP § 2030.290)


TENTATIVE RULING:

 

Defendant Marriott International, Inc.’s Motion to Compel Responses to Form Interrogatories, Set One is GRANTED. PLAINTIFF TRACY-ANN CAMPBELL IS TO SERVE VERIFIED RESPONSES TO THE INTERROGATORIES, WITHOUT OBJECTIONS, WITHIN 20 DAYS’ SERVICE OF THIS ORDER.

 

 

ANALYSIS:

 

Defendant Marriott International, Inc. (“Defendant”) propounded Form Interrogatories, Set One, on Plaintiff Tracy-Ann Campbell (“Plaintiff”) on October 27, 2022. (Motion, Samuels Decl., Exh. A.) Following no response from Plaintiff after the statutory deadline, Defendant filed the instant Motion to Compel Responses to Form Interrogatories, Set One, on January 3, 2023. (Id. at ¶¶3-4.) To date, no opposition has been filed.

 

There is no requirement for a prior meet and confer effort before a motion to compel initial responses can be filed. (Code Civ. Proc., § 2030.290.) Further, the motion can be brought any time after the responding party fails to provide the responses.  (Code Civ. Proc., § 2030.290.) Based on Plaintiff’s failure to respond to the propounded discovery, Defendant is entitled to an order compelling them to serve verified responses to the interrogatories without objections.

 

Defendant Marriott International, Inc.’s Motion to Compel Responses to Form Interrogatories, Set One is GRANTED. PLAINTIFF TRACY-ANN CAMPBELL IS TO SERVE VERIFIED RESPONSES TO THE INTERROGATORIES, WITHOUT OBJECTIONS, WITHIN 20 DAYS’ SERVICE OF THIS ORDER.

 

 

Moving party to give notice.