Case Number: BC691699 Hearing Date: July 23, 2018 Dept: 5

Superior Court of California
County of Los Angeles
Department 5

Laverne Jones,

Plaintiff,

v.

Olympic Medical Center, et al.,

Defendant.

Case No.: BC691699

Hearing Date: July 23, 2018

[TENTATIVE] order RE:

defendant’S motions to Compel Responses to Discovery

Defendant Olympia Health Care, LLC dba Olympia Medical Center (“Defendant”) has filed three motions to compel responses from Plaintiff Laverne Jones (“Plaintiff”) to: (1) Request for Production of Documents (“RPD”), set one; (2) Form Interrogatories (“FROG”), set one; and (3) Special Interrogatories (“SROG”), set one.

On April 18, 2018, Defendant served the discovery responses on Plaintiff. Plaintiff’s responses were due on May 23, 2018. Defense counsel granted Plaintiff an extension until June 18, 2018. As of the filing of the motions on June 20, 2018, Defendant has not received responses from Plaintiff. Plaintiff has filed an untimely opposition indicating that responses will be provided in the coming days.

Defendant’s motions to compel responses to the RPD, FROG, and SROG are granted pursuant to CCP §§2030.290 and 2031.300. Plaintiff is ordered to serve verified responses to Defendant’s special interrogatories, form interrogatories, and requests for production of documents, without objections, within thirty (30) days of notice of this order.

Defendant requests sanctions against Plaintiff. The Court finds Plaintiff’s failure to respond a misuse of the discovery process. Sanctions have been sufficiently noticed against Plaintiff and Plaintiff’s counsel, Kenneth Charles Yeager. The Court grants sanctions for 4 hours to prepare the motion and appear at the hearing, at $180.00 per hour, plus three $60 filing fees, for a total of $900.00. Plaintiff Laverne Jones and Plaintiff’s counsel Kenneth Charles Yeager, jointly and severally, are ordered to pay monetary sanctions in the amount of $900.00 to Defendant, by and through counsel, within thirty (30) days of notice of this order.

CONCLUSION AND ORDER

Defendant’s motions to compel responses to the RPD, FROG, and SROG are granted pursuant to CCP §§2030.290 and 2031.300. Plaintiff is ordered to serve verified responses to Defendant’s special interrogatories, form interrogatories, and requests for production of documents, without objections, within thirty (30) days of notice of this order.

Defendant’s request for sanctions is granted. Plaintiff Laverne Jones and Plaintiff’s counsel Kenneth Charles Yeager, jointly and severally, are ordered to pay monetary sanctions in the amount of $900.00 to Defendant, by and through counsel, within thirty (30) days of notice of this order.

All parties should note that the hearing on this motion and all future hearings in this case will take place at the Court’s new location: Spring Street Courthouse, 312 N. Spring Street, Department 5, Los Angeles, CA 90012.

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Defendant is ordered to provide notice of this order, including the Court’s new location and new department number, and file proof of service of such.

DATED: July 23, 2018 ___________________________

Elaine Lu

Judge of the Superior Court