Judge: Teresa A. Beaudet, Case: 20STCV44977, Date: 2022-08-15 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 20STCV44977    Hearing Date: August 15, 2022    Dept: 50

Superior Court of California

County of Los Angeles

Department 50

The motion by Defendant Interinsurance Exchange of the Automobile Club (“Defendant”) to compel the deposition of Plaintiff Petros Ter-Saakian and to respond to the requests for production will be continued to a new date as set forth below.  NO HEARING WILL TAKE PLACE ON AUGUST 15, 2022.

Code of Civil Procedure section 2016.080 provides at subdivision (a): “If an informal resolution is not reached by the parties, as described in Section 2016.040, the court may conduct an informal discovery conference upon request by a party or on the court’s own motion for the purpose of discussing discovery matters in dispute between the parties.” Pursuant to that Section, and the Court’s power to “amend and control its process and orders so as to make them conform to law and justice” pursuant to CCP § 128(a)(8), the Court orders the parties in this case to participate in an Informal Discovery Conference (“IDC”).

Lead or other designated counsel for the parties with full authority are ordered to participate in person in an IDC pursuant to the Court’s power under Code of Civil Procedure section 128(a)(8) and Code of Civil Procedure section 2016.040. After consulting with opposing counsel regarding available dates, Defendant must make a prompt reservation for the IDC using the Court’s online reservation system. Defendant must file Dept. 50’s one-page IDC form in the department seven days prior to the IDC, and the responding parties may file the same form in the department setting forth a response three days prior to the IDC.

Once Defendant has confirmed an IDC date, Defendant must use the Court’s online reservation system to continue this motion to a post-IDC discovery hearing date. The parties are ordered to have with them whatever materials are needed to make the IDC session productive and successful.

Prior to the IDC date, lead or other designated counsel for the parties, with full authority, are to meet and confer, in person or via telephone in a further attempt to resolve as many of the issues as possible before the IDC. (See CRC Rule 3.670(f)(2).) If the parties resolve their discovery disputes before the IDC date, Defendant is ordered to take both the IDC and this motion off calendar as soon as possible.

Defendant is ordered to provide notice of this Order.

DATED:  August 15, 2022                            

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Hon. Teresa A. Beaudet

Judge, Los Angeles Superior Court