WILLIAM MCDONNELL VS. THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO ET AL

Matter on the Law & Motion/Discovery Calendar for Friday, September 11, 2025, line 7, PLAINTIFF WILLIAM MCDONNELL MOTION TO QUASH SUBPOENAS

Plaintiff William McDonnell's motion to quash subpoenas issued to Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company by defendant the City and County of San Francisco is denied.

McDonnell has sued the City concerning a December 2023 bicycle accident. (Vix Dec. para 1.) The subpoenas relate to claims files for prior recent bicycle accidents by McDonnell. (Ex. 5 to Vix Dec.) The City is not required to accept McDonnell's assurance that the prior accidents resulted in dissimilar injuries or did not involve other matters at issue in this case, such as McDonnell's knowledge of hazards. The City has limited the subpoenas to exclude financial information since McDonnell has made no wage loss claim in this case. Any medical information contained in the claims has already been disclosed to third party insurers and in any event is sufficiently related to the accident at issue in this case that McDonnell has waived privacy protections for the information.

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