Judge: Ronald F. Frank, Case: 19TRCV01128, Date: 2023-05-05 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 19TRCV01128    Hearing Date: May 5, 2023    Dept: 8

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HEARING DATE:                 May 5, 2023¿¿ 

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CASE NUMBER:                  19TRCV01128

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CASE NAME:                        Good World Tea House, Inc. V. Bao Nguyen Company, Inc., et al.

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MOVING PARTY:                Plaintiff/Cross-Defendant, Good World Tea House, Inc. and Eugene Youn

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RESPONDING PARTY:       Defendant/Cross-Complainant, Bao Nguyen Company, Inc.

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TRIAL DATE:                        June 26, 2023 

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MOTION:¿                              (1) Motion for Issue Sanctions ¿ 

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Tentative Rulings:                  (1) ARGUE.  Defense Counsel’s Opposition declaration filed 5/2/23 for a 5/5/23 motion hearing, was untimely but it raises a number of question bearing on whether there was or was not a willful violation of the prior court order, and whether Plaintiff’s counsel did or did not meet and confer.  Plaintiff’s counsel should explain why a motion to compel further responses did not precede the motion for issue sanctions, in light of defense counsel’s declaration that responses were served after she received notice of the Court’s order.

The Court is inclined to continue the hearing, facilitate meet and confer as to specific discovery requests that Plaintiff believes should be further supplemented, and address the apparent communication issue that counsel seem to have with each other.