Judge: William A. Crowfoot, Case: 19STCV44343, Date: 2022-12-20 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 19STCV44343    Hearing Date: December 20, 2022    Dept: 27

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - CENTRAL DISTRICT

 

DEAN HONS,

                   Plaintiff(s),

          vs.

 

MICHAEL BUBLIN, et al.,

 

                   Defendant(s).

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      CASE NO.: 19STCV44343

 

[TENTATIVE] ORDER RE: DEFENDANT MICHAEL BUBLIN'S MOTIONS TO COMPEL PLAINTIFF’S RESPONSES TO WRITTEN DISCOVERY

 

Dept. 27

1:30 p.m.

December 20, 2022

 

On December 11, 2019, plaintiff Dean Hons (“Plaintiff”) filed this action against defendants Michael Bublin (“Defendant”) and Uber Technologies, Inc. arising from a December 16, 2017 motor vehicle collision.  On April 18, 2022, Defendant served Form Interrogatories (Set One) and Demand for Inspection and Production of Documents (Set One) on Plaintiff.  No responses were received.  On July 7, 2022, Defendant sent Plaintiff a letter requesting responses.  Several extensions were granted, but ultimately, Plaintiff did not serve responses by the agreed-upon deadline of September 23, 2022.  Defendant filed these motions on September 30, 2022. 

Where a party fails to serve timely responses to discovery requests, the court may make an order compelling responses.  (Code Civ. Proc., §§ 2030.290, 2031.300; Healthcare Consulting, Inc. v. Pacific Healthcare Consultants (2007) 148 Cal.App.4th 390, 403.)   A party that fails to serve timely responses waives any objections to the request, including ones based on privilege or the protection of attorney work product.  (Code Civ. Proc., §§ 2030.290, subd. (a), 2031.300, subd. (a).) 

Plaintiff did not oppose the motions and it is undisputed responses were not served.  Defendant’s motions are GRANTED and Plaintiff is ordered to serve verified responses without objections to Defendant’s Form Interrogatories (Set One) and Demand for Inspection and Production of Documents (Set One) within 20 days of the date of this Order.

Moving party to give notice.

 

 

 

Parties who intend to submit on this tentative must send an email to the Court at SSCDEPT27@lacourt.org indicating intention to submit on the tentative as directed by the instructions provided on the court website at www.lacourt.org.  Please be advised that if you submit on the tentative and elect not to appear at the hearing, the opposing party may nevertheless appear at the hearing and argue the matter.  Unless you receive a submission from all other parties in the matter, you should assume that others might appear at the hearing to argue.  If the Court does not receive emails from the parties indicating submission on this tentative ruling and there are no appearances at the hearing, the Court may, at its discretion, adopt the tentative as the final order or place the motion off calendar.