24 Cited authorities

  1. Nativi v. Deutsche Bank Nat'l Tr. Co.

    223 Cal.App.4th 261 (Cal. Ct. App. 2014)   Cited 68 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that, under California law, a subordinate bona fide lease survives foreclosure, and the successor by foreclosure becomes the landlord
  2. St. Mary v. Superior Court

    223 Cal.App.4th 762 (Cal. Ct. App. 2014)   Cited 67 times
    Noting that under section 2033.280, "a propounding party must take affirmative steps—by bringing a formal 'deemed admitted' motion—to have RFAs to which timely responses are not received deemed admitted"
  3. Greyhound Corp. v. Superior Court

    56 Cal.2d 355 (Cal. 1961)   Cited 293 times   3 Legal Analyses
    In Greyhound, the plaintiff in a personal injury suit arising from a car accident sought written statements that had been obtained from witnesses by the defendant's insurance adjusters and investigators.
  4. Lipton v. Superior Court

    48 Cal.App.4th 1599 (Cal. Ct. App. 1996)   Cited 104 times
    Recognizing that a reserve of money to deal with the claim cannot be equated with an admission of liability or the value of the claim
  5. Sinaiko Healthcare Consulting, Inc. v. Pac. Healthcare Consultants

    148 Cal.App.4th 390 (Cal. Ct. App. 2007)   Cited 75 times
    Addressing the filing of untimely interrogatory responses with a motion to compel pending
  6. Deyo v. Kilbourne

    84 Cal.App.3d 771 (Cal. Ct. App. 1978)   Cited 153 times   2 Legal Analyses
    In Deyo, it was held that the materiality of questions propounded to a particular claim or a defense should be considered as a factor in assessing the propriety of entering a dismissal or a default judgment for failure to answer.
  7. Donlen v. Ford Motor Co.

    217 Cal.App.4th 138 (Cal. Ct. App. 2013)   Cited 48 times
    Finding such information probative
  8. TBG Insurance Services Corp. v. Superior Court

    96 Cal.App.4th 443 (Cal. Ct. App. 2002)   Cited 34 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Finding a diminished expectation of privacy in use of work computer when plaintiff signed a release allowing monitoring
  9. Calcor Space Facility, Inc. v. Superior Court

    53 Cal.App.4th 216 (Cal. Ct. App. 1997)   Cited 34 times
    Requesting party bears burden to determine "the manner in which [the responding party] maintains its records"
  10. Regency Health Services, Inc. v. Superior Court

    64 Cal.App.4th 1496 (Cal. Ct. App. 1998)   Cited 30 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding real party in interest, an incompetent nursing home resident, was required to bear the costs of the petition on writ of mandate rather than the guardian ad litem who court noted was "not the real party in interest and no judgment can be entered either for or against" the guardian individually
  11. Section 250 - "Writing"

    Cal. Evid. Code § 250   Cited 284 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Providing that a "writing" is defined to include "every other means of recording upon any tangible thing, any form of communication or representation, including letters, words, pictures, sounds, or symbols, or combinations thereof, and any record thereby created, regardless of the manner in which the record has been stored."
  12. Section 2030.220 - Answers

    Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 2030.220   Cited 21 times
    Responding party who "does not have personal knowledge sufficient to respond fully" to interrogatory may so state, but must "make a reasonable and good faith effort to obtain the information by inquiry to other natural persons or organizations," unless the information is "equally available to the propounding party"
  13. Section 2020.220 - Service of subpoena

    Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 2020.220   Cited 13 times

    (a) Subject to subdivision (c) of Section 2020.410, service of a deposition subpoena shall be effected a sufficient time in advance of the deposition to provide the deponent a reasonable opportunity to locate and produce any designated business records, documents, electronically stored information, and tangible things, as described in Article 4 (commencing with Section 2020.410), and, where personal attendance is commanded, a reasonable time to travel to the place of deposition. (b) Any person may