Judge: William A. Crowfoot, Case: 24NNCV03259, Date: 2025-05-20 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 24NNCV03259    Hearing Date: May 20, 2025    Dept: 3

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - NORTHEAST DISTRICT

 

CLARISSA VIRAY,

                    Plaintiff(s),

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COSTCO WHOLESALE, et al.,

 

                    Defendant(s).

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     CASE NO.:  24NNCV03259

 

[TENTATIVE] ORDER RE: DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO COMPEL PLAINTIFF’S FURTHER RESPONSES TO FORM INTERROGATORIES (SET ONE) AND REQUEST FOR MONETARY SANCTIONS

 

Dept. 3

8:30 a.m.

May 20, 2025

 

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On December 18, 2024, defendant Costco Wholesale Corporation (“Defendant”, sued as “Costco Wholesale”) filed this motion for an order compelling Plaintiff to serve further responses to Form Interrogatory Nos. 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, and 12.6; as well as No. 17.1 with respect to Request for Admission (“RFA”) (Set One) Nos. 12, 18, 19, and 20.

Plaintiff’s responses are incomplete and fail to address the subparts of each form interrogatory. The motion is unopposed and the burden is on the responding party to justify any objection or failure to fully answer the interrogatories. (Fairmont Ins. Co. v. Superior Court (2000) 22 Cal.4th 245, 255.) Accordingly, Defendant’s motion is GRANTED and Plaintiff is ordered to serve further responses within 20 days of the date of this order. The Court further imposes sanctions in the reduced amount of $735, consisting of 3 hours at defense counsel’s hourly rate of $225 and a $60 filing fee, to be paid within 20 days of the date of this order.

Moving party to give notice.

 

Dated this 20th day of May 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.




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