Judge: William A. Crowfoot, Case: 24NNCP00778, Date: 2025-02-04 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 24NNCP00778    Hearing Date: February 4, 2025    Dept: 3

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - NORTHEAST DISTRICT

 

ISAAC SHAPOV,

                    Petitioner(s),

          vs.

 

STATE FARM AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY,

 

                    Respondent(s).

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     CASE NO.:  24NNCP00778

 

[TENTATIVE] ORDER RE: PETITION TO ENFORCE DISCOVERY

 

Dept. 3

8:30 a.m.

February 4, 2025

 

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On December 10, 2024, petitioner Isaac Shapov filed this petition to enforce discovery in connection with an uninsured motorist arbitration. On December 18, 2024, the Court ordered Petitioner to give notice of the hearing on the petition scheduled for February 4, 2025. Petitioner did not file proof that notice was given. Instead, Petitioner filed a motion to compel further discovery response on December 26, 2024. This discovery motion is scheduled to be heard on February 18, 2025.

Insurance Code section 11580.2 (f) vests the trial court with exclusive jurisdiction of discovery disputes in an uninsured motorist arbitration. (Miranda v. 21st Century Ins. Co. (2004) 117 Cal.App.4th 913, 926.) A party seeking court assistance in connection with a discovery dispute in an uninsured motorist application may file an application coupled with a discovery motion.

Accordingly, the “hearing” on the Petition is CONTINUED to February 18, 2025, to be heard concurrently with Petitioner’s discovery motion. 

Dated this 4th day of February 2025

 

 

 

 

       William A. Crowfoot

Judge of the Superior Court

 

 

Parties who intend to submit on this tentative must send an email to the Court at ALHDEPT3@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.