Excerpt: ... The judgment conforms to the court's prior verdict and order filed May 27, 2022. Defendants includes both procedural and substantive arguments. The primary procedural argument is that the court did not issue a required statement of decision. The verdict and decision of the court is, in substance, a statement of decision. Although a statement of decision is not required unless timely requested (see C.C.P. § 632), the court may nevertheless prepa...

Excerpt: ...ay time limit for response, responses have been filed, and 2 there is no evidence that any abuse of the discovery process was intended or occurred (C.C.P. § 2030.290(c)). Defendant's companion request to be relieved from the statutory waiver of objections to interrogatory responses is granted. The responses served by Defendant are substantially compliant with the requirements of the Discovery Act and, as previously noted, the failure to serve ti...