Tentative Rulings

Case Number: BC666789    Hearing Date: December 11, 2019    Dept: 5

Superior Court of California

County of Los Angeles

Department 5

Plaintiff Rena Irene Pasillas (“Plaintiff”) moves for an order compelling Defendant Ralphs Grocery Company (“Defendant”) to provide further answers to Plaintiff’s Special Interrogatories, Set Two and Set Three, as well as Plaintiff’s Requests for Production, Set Three. The Court rules as follows:

Special Interrogatory #52 – Defendant’s objections are overruled. However, the motion is denied because Defendant has provided a satisfactory response.

Special Interrogatory #53 – Defendant’s objections are overruled. However, the motion is denied because Defendant has provided a satisfactory response.

Special Interrogatory #56 – Defendant’s objections are overruled. However, the motion is denied because Defendant has provided a satisfactory response.

Special Interrogatory #57 – Defendant’s objections are overruled. However, the motion is denied because Defendant has provided a satisfactory response.

Special Interrogatory #62 – Defendant’s objections are overruled. However, the motion is denied because Defendant has provided a satisfactory response.

Special Interrogatory #63 – Defendant’s objections are overruled. The motion is granted because Defendant has not provided a code-compliant response. If Defendant has no footage from 5:27:15 to 5:35:41, it must provide a code-compliant response addressing this omission.

Request for Production #88 – Granted in part and denied in part. For Defendant’s former employee, Ashley Ulloa, Defendant shall produce: (1) Ms. Ulloa’s dates of employment for Defendant, (2) Ms. Ulloa’s work schedule during June and July 2015, (3) All performance evaluations, including any written reprimands, and (4) Contact information for Ms. Ulloa.

Request for Production #89 – Granted.

The parties seek sanctions in connection with this motion. An award of sanctions to either party would be unjust as both parties bear responsibility for this discovery dispute. Therefore, the Court denies both requests for sanctions.

CONCLUSION AND ORDER

Plaintiff’s motions to compel further responses are granted in part and denied in part. Defendant shall provide code-compliant responses to Special Interrogatory #63, Request for Production #88, and Request for Production #89, without objections, within twenty (20) days of notice of this order. Both parties’ requests for sanctions are denied. Plaintiff shall provide notice and file proof of such with the Court.

DATED: December 11, 2019 ___________________________

Stephen I. Goorvitch

Judge of the Superior Court