ARMANDO SOLORIO vs. XPO LOGISTICS, INC - Per court records Krystle Meyer from Rosen Saba is the attorney for the defendant.

In this tentative ruling the judge addresses two motions brought by attorney Krystle Meyer.

First, Ms. Meyer moved to compel answers to written questions.

The judge first said attorney Meyer had improperly defined a term to make it impossible for the plaintiff to answer.

Then, that the motion she prepared failed to comply with basic requirements of California Rules of Court.

The judge sanctioned Krystle Meyer, Esq. $1390 for her tactics.

Second, attorney Meyer did the same thing for another motion to compel and the court sanctioned her another $1390 for her abuse of discovery and failure to comply with court rules.

Total sanctions: $2780.

This is a large sanction award and ordered against Krystle Meyer and her law firm Rosen Saba.

Note: the court did not award any sanctions against the defendant. Only defendants' attorney.



Update:

After the tentative ruling we reviewed the final orders from the judge. After hearing attorney Krystle Meyer's argument the judge affirmed the tentative rulings and they became final rulings.

Attorney Krystle Meyer was singled out and personally sanctioned a massive $2780. Her law firm was jointly ordered to also pay this amount, but it is noteworthy that the judge ordered sanctions against Ms. Meyer by name and not just the Rosen Saba law firm.

Then, when reviewing the court file we found an unexpected plot twist - attorney Meyer obtained $7245 in sanctions against the opposing attorney.

We counted six different discovery motions filed by defendant's attorney Krystle Meyer:

1. Defendant's motion to compel further responses to a request for documents (set 2)

2. Defendant's motion to compel further responses to a request for documents (set 3)

3. Defendant's motion to compel further responses to requests for admissions (set 1)

4. Defendant's motion to compel plaintiff to answer questions during his deposition.

5. Defendant's motion to compel further responses to written questions (set 2)

6. Defendant's motion to compel further responses to written questions (set 3)



For motion #1 the judge denied dueling sanctions requests. Read Order

For motion #2 the judge issued sanctions against the opposing attorney Carla Hartley for $2310. Read Order

For motion #3 the judge issued another $2310 in sanctions against attorney Hartley. Read Order

For motion #4 the judge said some deposition questions were improperly objected to and not answered. The court imposed $2625 in sanctions against opposing attorney Carla J. Hartley. Read Order

For motion #5 the judge ruled the discovery and motion to compel was improper and sanctioned defendant's attorney Krystle Meyer $1390. Read Order

For motion #6 the judge issued the same ruling as for motion #5 and sanctioned Krystle Meyer another $1390. Read Order



Scoreboard of Attorney Sanctions:

Krystle Meyer: $2780
Opposing Attorney: $7245

Total: $10,025



Interesting twist. Maybe, by comparison, $2780 in sanctions isn't so bad. Or maybe the judge is saying both attorneys are not worth retaining.

Krystle Meyer was admitted to the California Bar in 2010. Bar Number 270995.

Rosen Saba LLP
9350 Wilshire Boulevard Suite 250
Beverly Hills, California 90212

Law School: Tulane

Sanctions are Recoverable as a Judgment - Analysis of the little known fact that sanctions awarded in a lawsuit can be enforced as their own separate judgment. Surprise someone by putting a lien on their bank account, home, wages, etc.

Carla Hartley page.