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Motion To Compel Donna Lee Farleys Answers To Form Interrogatories And For Sanctions
SF Superior Court - Law & Motion / Discovery Dept 302 - CGC23610866 - June 27, 2025 Hearing date: June 27, 2025 Case number: CGC23610866 Case title: JOANNE KLUCK VS. FREUD FELIX FARLEY ET AL Case Number: | | CGC23610866 | Case Title: | | JOANNE KLUCK VS. FREUD FELIX FARLEY ET AL | Court Date: | | 2025-06-27 09:00 AM | Calendar Matter: | | Notice Of Motion And Motion To Compel Donna Lee Farleys Answers To Form Interrogatories And For Sanctions | Rulings: | | Matter on calendar for Friday, June 27, 2025, Line 7, PLAINTIFF JOANNE KLUCK's, Motion To Compel Donna Lee Farleys Answers To Form Interrogatories And For Sanctions.
1 - Plaintiff's Motion To Compel Defendant Donna Lee Farley To Provide Further Responses To Form Interrogatories and Request For Sanctions is GRANTED. Plaintiff moves under Code of Civil Procedure section 2030.300. "On receipt of a response to interrogatories, the propounding party may move for an order compelling a further response if the propounding party deems that any of the following apply: (1) An answer to a particular interrogatory is evasive or incomplete. (2) An exercise of the option to produce documents under Section 2030.230 is unwarranted or the required specification of those documents is inadequate. (3) An objection to an interrogatory is without merit or too general." (Code of Civil Procedure section 2030.300(a).)
The court finds the motion is timely. Plaintiff demonstrated reasonable meet and confer. The form interrogatories at issue appear reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence. (See Code of Civil Procedure Section 2017.010.) The court compels further response to form interrogatory nos. 1.1, 2.1, 2.2., 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9, 2.10, 2.11, 3.6, 3.7, 12.2, 12.3, 15.1, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3 & 17.1. Plaintiff has demonstrated Defendant's response to these interrogatories was evasive and incomplete. Defendant has not demonstrated the merit of any cognizable objection. Defendant must provide supplemental responses by July 13, 2025.
The court does not find Defendant Donna Lee Farley or her counsel. acted with substantial justification in connection with this discovery. Defendant and counsel Michael M. Lum and Leonidou & Rosin, jointly and severally, shall pay to Plaintiff $1,165 as sanctions, payable payment no later than by July 25, 2025.
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