PHUOC HUU TRINH ET AL VS. ASJK, LLC DBA THE AVENUES TRANSITIONAL CARE CENTER ET AL

SF Superior Court - Law & Motion / Discovery Dept 301 - CGC25631575 - September 8, 2026 Hearing date: September 8, 2026 Case number: CGC25631575 Case title: PHUOC HUU TRINH ET AL VS. ASJK, LLC DBA THE AVENUES TRANSITIONAL CARE CENTER ET AL Case Number: | | CGC25631575 | Case Title: | | PHUOC HUU TRINH ET AL VS. ASJK, LLC DBA THE AVENUES TRANSITIONAL CARE CENTER ET AL | Court Date: | | 2026-09-08 09:00 AM | Calendar Matter: | | Notice Of Motion And Motion To Compel Further Responses To Form Interrogatories, Set One, From Defendant Asjk, Llc Dba The Avenues Transitional Care Center | Rulings: | | On the Law & Motion/Discovery calendar for September 8, 2026, line 9. PLAINTIFFS' Motion To Compel Further Responses To Form Interrogatories, Set One, From Defendant Asjk, LLC.

Plaintiffs Phuoc Trinh et al.'s ("Trinh") motion to compel defendant ASJK LLC to make further responses to form interrogatories, set one, numbers 12.1 and 12.6, is granted and sanctions are awarded.

Form interrogatory 12.1 asks for identifying information for each individual who witnessed the incident, made statements at the scene of the incident, etc. It has four discrete subparts. The incident here is a fall. ASJK responded by referring Trinh to the entire medical record, invoking Code of Civil Procedure, Sec. 2030.230. But an invocation of that section is ambiguous in this context and where the interrogatory has subparts; which witnesses does ASJK contend saw the fall? Which made a statement at the scene of the incident? Does ASJK contend that every person who treated Trinh is a witness to the incident? The response is not complete and straightforward, and moreover ASJK has not specified which records within the medical records contain responsive information. (See Fuss v. Superior Court for Los Angeles County (1969) 273 Cal.App.2d 807, 817.) ASJK shall amend.

Form interrogatory 12.6 asks if any report was made regarding the incident. ASJK's invocation of the entire medical record in response suffers from the same deficiencies just identified. ASJK shall amend. Verified amendments shall be made within 10 days of notice of entry of this order. ASJK's discovery position lacks substantial justification and it shall pay $1300 in reasonable sanctions to Trinh within 30 days of notice of entry of this order.

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