Judge: Randall J. Sherman, Case: 2021-01218036, Date: 2022-09-16 Tentative Ruling

Plaintiff Mid-Century Insurance Company’s unopposed Motion to Deem Admitted the Request for Admissions Propounded to Defendant Derek Logan (Set One) and Request for Monetary Sanctions is granted.

Pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure §2033.280(c), the court must grant this motion, because defendant Logan has not served plaintiff with a proposed response to the requests for admission that is in substantial compliance with CCP §2033.220.  Thus, it is ordered that the truth of the matters specified in plaintiff’s Requests for Admissions Propounded to Defendant Derek Logan (Set One) #1-30, served on Logan on April 18, 2022, are deemed admitted.

Code of Civil Procedure §2033.280(c) also provides that it is mandatory that the court impose a monetary sanction on the party or attorney whose failure to serve a timely response to requests for admission necessitated the motion.  Accordingly, plaintiff’s Request for Monetary Sanctions is granted in the amount of $500 for attorneys’ fees and $60 in costs, for a total of $560, payable within 30 days.

Plaintiff is ordered to give notice of the ruling.