Judge: Maurice A. Leiter, Case: 23STCV29408, Date: 2025-05-28 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 23STCV29408    Hearing Date: May 28, 2025    Dept: 54

Hearing Date: May 28, 2025

Department 54, Judge Maurice A. Leiter

Motion to Deem Requests for Admission Admitted

Moving Party: Plaintiff Safeco Insurance Company of America

Responding Party: None

T/R:      PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO DEEM RFAS ADMITTED AGAINST DEFENDANT IS GRANTED.

PLAINTIFF’S RFAS ARE CONCLUSIVELY ESTABLISHED AGAINST DEFENDANT.

PLAINTIFF’S REQUEST FOR SANCTIONS IS GRANTED IN THE AMOUNT OF $962.00, PAYABLE WITHIN 30 DAYS.

PLAINTIFF TO NOTICE.

If the parties wish to submit on the tentative, please email the courtroom at SMCdept54@lacourt.org with notice to opposing counsel (or self-represented party) before 8:00 am on the day of the hearing.

The Court considers the moving papers. No oppositions have been received.

If a party fails to provide a timely response to a request for admission, the party waives any objection to the requests.  (C.C.P. § 2033.280(a).)  Moreover, “[t]he requesting party may move for an order that the genuineness of any documents and the truth of any matters specified in the requests be deemed admitted, as well as for a monetary sanction….”  (C.C.P. § 2033.280(b).) 

Plaintiff moves to deem RFAs admitted against Defendant Blue Legacy Construction, Inc. Plaintiff served RFAs on September 3, 2024. Responses were due on October 8, 2024. As of the filing of this motion, Plaintiff has not received responses. Defendant does not oppose this motion to show that responses have been served.

Plaintiff’s motion is GRANTED. Plaintiff’s request for sanctions is GRANTED in the amount of $962.00.