Excerpt: ...ising from the jailor-inmate relationship. (Goc Code §815.2 [liability for acts of employees], 15 CCR §3004 [rights and respect of others and Giraldo v CDCR (2008) 168 Cal.App.4 th 231, 248. ) The second cause of action did not specifically allege medical malpractice, although allegations suggesting the same were alleged. (FAC ¶21 [knew or should have known plaintiff was a suicide risk], ¶ 22[failure to place plaintiff in a custodial environm...

Excerpt: ...set forth in Civil Code section 1793.22(e)(2) does not include a used car purchased from a retail seller simply because there is some balance remaining on the manufacturer's warranty. Here, the parties do not appear to dispute that the vehicle was previously owned at the time of sale with 11,521 miles on the odometer. As such, it does not fall within the definition of a “new motor vehicle” under the Song- Beverly Act. Plaintiff does not alter...

Excerpt: ...eil & Brown, Civil Procedure Before Trial § 8:2200; Pember v. Sup.Ct. (Young) (1967) 66 Cal.2d 601, 604; Sauer v. Sup.Ct. (Oak Indus., Inc.) (1987) 195 Cal.App.3d 213, 228 [trial court's choice of sanctions subject to appellate review only for abuse of discretion].) The following factors may be relevant: the time that has elapsed since the discovery was served, whether the party received extensions of time to answer or respond, the number discov...

Excerpt: ... privilege log. (CCP §2031.240.) The document requests related to : GM's policies and procedures as to how a request for repurchase or replacement of a vehicle will be deemed eligible and the customer relation procedures and practices relating to the subject vehicle [1-6]. The document requests also sought documents reflecting communications to other repair dealers relating to the same defects in the same year, make and model vehicle, as reflect...

Excerpt: ...t the party does not have a substantial interest in the case as a whole.” Plaintiff has established that she is under 14 years of age and the court declines to find that she does not have a substantial interest in the case as a whole. However, the court disagrees with Plaintiff that there are no other considerations to be made in the court's determination on the motion. “The underlying assumption behind section 36 is that the plaintiff has di...

Excerpt: ...o which the motion should be directed. Furthermore, the basis for the moton is that the "only statutory authority for an award of pre-judgment interest is Civil Code section 3287" and that such an award is only available where there is no dispute as to the basis of computation of damages. However, the First Amended Complaint prays for prejudgment interest based on Civil Code section 3291, which provides, in pertinent part: In any action brought t...

Excerpt: ...aintiff's exhibit reflects that defendant failed to send an objection in good faith under Code of Civil Procedure section 2025.410. Instead, the defendant refused to produce a PMK, refused to produce any of the documents requested and demanded that plaintiff agree to a “coordinated efficient discovery plan across all your cases.” (Ex 4 Letter date May 17, 2023.) Defendant repeated the refusal to participate in a PMK deposition in an email dat...

Excerpt: ...iate medical care], or in Title 2.1 (commencing with Section 3500) of Part 3 of the Penal Code [biomedical research], a public entity is not liable for: (1) An injury proximately caused by any prisoner. (2) An injury to any prisoner.].) Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint was filed on 9/27/2019. The first cause of action was for failure to summon medical care for a serious and obvious medical condition requiring immediate medical care. (Gov Code ...

Excerpt: ... stored information, or tangible thing described in the deposition notice “[i]f, after service of a deposition notice, a [party-affiliated deponent] without having served a valid objection under Section 2025.410, fails to appear for examination.” [Emphasis added.] Section 2025.410(a) provides that a party may serve a written objection to a deposition notice, specifying the error or irregularity at least three calendar days prior to the date f...

Excerpt: ...uments produced and thus Plaintiffs are unable to determine whether they are responsive to the subject requests. Under Code of Civil Procedure section 2031.280, subdivision ' '[a]ny documents _ _ _ produced in response to a demand for inspection _ _ _ shall be identified with the specific request number to which the documents respond." GM does not appear to contest Plaintiffs assertions and instead asserts it has already produced, pursuant to the...