Judge: Michael Small, Case: 24STCV05804, Date: 2024-12-05 Tentative Ruling
Case Number: 24STCV05804 Hearing Date: December 5, 2024 Dept: 57
Pending before the Court are three discovery motions that Plaintiff seeking orders compelling Defendant to provide further responses to (A) Form Interrogatories Numbers 1.1., 12.1, 15.1, and 17.1; (B) Special Interrogatories Numbers 14, 41, 32, 43, 44, and 52; and (C) Requests for Production of Documents Numbers 1, 3, 9, 14, 15, 16, 31, 37, 38, 39, and 47. The Court's tentative rulings on each motion are as follows.
FORM INTERROGATORIES
1.1. Granted
12.1 Denied
15.1 Granted
17.1 Granted as to subparts b and c
SPECIAL INTERROGATORIES
14 Denied
41 Denied (The Court notes that Plaintiff's argument on this interrogatory in its separate statement is directed at number 42 by mistake. )
42 Granted
43 Granted subject to attorney-client privilege and attorney work product privilege.
44 Granted
52 Granted
REQUESTS FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS
1 Granted
3 Granted
9 Denied
14 Denied
15 Denied
16 Granted
31 Granted
37-39 Denied As to these, the Court notes that, in other Song-Beverly Act cases, it has compelled defendants to produce policies and procedures used to evaluate customer complaints relating to defects alleged in plaintiff's complaint in vehicles purchased in California of the same year, make and model as the subject vehicle.
47 Granted
