Judge: Stephen I. Goorvitch, Case: 22STCV21294, Date: 2023-04-03 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 22STCV21294    Hearing Date: April 3, 2023    Dept: 39

Driver 69 Corporation v. General Motors, LLC

Case No. 22STCV21294

Motion to Compel Further Responses to Special Interrogatories

            Plaintiff moves to compel further response to its special interrogatories, set one (“SROG”).  Defendant’s responses merely reference other documents and discovery responses.  As such, these responses are improper.  (See Deyo v. Kilbourne (1984) 84 Cal.App.3d 771, 783-784.)  To respond to interrogatories by referencing other documents, the responding party must be responding to an interrogatory that requires a compilation, abstract, audit or summary of records, and the party must specify the documents from which the answer may be derived.  (Code Civ. Proc., § 2030.230, see also Fuss v. Superior Court (1969) 273 Cal.App.2d 807, 815-817.)  Moreover, the special interrogatories are not so burdensome that Defendant must respond in this manner.  Defendant asserts privilege in response to certain requests.  Defendant must list responsive documents on a privilege log.  (See Hernandez v. Superior Court (2003) 112 Cal.App.4th 285, 291, fn. 6.)  The Court has considered Defendant’s remaining responses and finds them to be unpersuasive.  Therefore, the Court orders as follows:

1.                  Plaintiff’s motion is granted.

2.                  Defendant shall serve supplemental responses, without objections, within thirty (30) days.

3.                  Plaintiff’s counsel shall provide notice and file proof of such with the Court.