On July 20, 2005 a Party Notice was filed involving a dispute between First Doe Through Tenth Doe, Inclusive, Scott, Michael Gerald, Scott, Nancy Marie, Scott, Robert David, Scott, Thomas Cary, Sobolik, Mary Denise, Wolfarth, Joanne Marie, and 3M Company (Formerly Named Minnesota Mining And, Abb, Inc., Abb, Inc. Which Will Do Business In California As, Ac And S, Inc., Allied Packing & Supply, Inc., Amchem Products, Inc., Asbestos Corporation Ltd., A.W. Chesterton Company, Babcock Borsig Power, Inc.,As The Parent Alter Ego, Cbs Corporation, A Delaware Corporation,, Coltec Industries, Inc.,, Crane Co., Darcoid Company Of California, Db Riley, Inc., Dee Engineering Co., Douglass Insulation Company, Eaton Electrical Inc., Eleventh Doe Through Three Hundredth Doe,, Enpro Anchor Packaging, Foster Wheeler Llc, Foster Wheeler Llc, Survivor To A Merger With, Garlock, Inc., General Electric Company, Graybar Electric Co., Graybar Electric Company, Inc., Hill Brothers Chemical Company, Hopeman Brothers, Inc., Imo Industries Inc., Ingersoll-Rand Company, J.T. Thorpe And Son, Inc., Leslie Controls, Inc., Lucent Technologies, Inc., Lucent Technologies, Inc. As A Successor In, Metalclad Insulation Corporation, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Minnesota Mining Corporation, Aka 3M Company, M. Slayen And Associates, Inc., M.Slayen & Associates, Inc., New Iem, Llc, The, Quintec Industries, Inc., Rapid-American Corporation, Sb Decking, Inc., Sb Decking, Inc., Formerly Known As Selby,, Soco-Lynch Corporation, Soco West, Inc., Square D Company, Sterling Fluid Systems, Inc., Sterling Fluid Systems, Syd Carpenter Marine Contractor, Inc., Syd Carpenter Marine Engineering, T H Agriculture & Nutrition Llc, The Darcoid Company Of California, The New Iem, Llc,, Thomas Dee Engineering Company, Thorpe Insulation Company, Triple A Machine Shop, Inc., Union Carbide Corporation, Viacom Inc., As Sbm To Cbs Corp., Fka Westinghouse, for civil in the District Court of San Francisco County.
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Ma me oon NOTICE OF ENTRY CF ORDER AWARDING DISCOVERY SANCTIONS AGAINST PLAINTIFFS AND 4520.1265.253724.1 FRANK D. POND (BAR NO. 126191) KEVIN D. JAMISON (BAR NO. 222105) a ELECTRONICALLY | ANN I. PARK (BAR NO. 130394) FILED © POND NORTH LLP Superior Court. of California, 350 South Grand Avenue, Suite 2850 County of San Francisco Los Angeles, CA 90071 Telephone: (213) 617-6170 +» JUN 04 2007 Facsimile: (213) 623-3594 GORDON PARK-LI, Cl BY: JUDITH NUNEZ Attomeys lor Defendant CBS _ Deputy Cleyk CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, fka Viacom, Inc., successor by merger to CBS Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation, fka Westinghouse Electric Corporation. SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO NANCY MARIE SCOTT, Individually and as | Case No: CGC-05-443236 Successor-in-Interest te DENZIL SCOTT, Decedent; JOANNE MARIE WCGLFARTH; NOTICE OF ENTRY OF ORDER MICHAEL GERALD SCOTT; ROBERT AWARDING DISCOVERY SANCTIONS DAVID SCOTT; THOMAS CARY SCOTT; AGAINST PLAINTIFFS AND THEIR MARY DENISE SOBOLIK; and FIRST DOE | COUNSEL IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,450.0 through TENTH DOE, inclusive, Judge: Bruce Chan, Commissioner Plaintiffs, ' Department: 610 vs. Date: | May 21,2007 Time: 10:30 a.m. AC ANDS, INC.,, et al., Case Filed: July 20, 2005 Defendants. Trial Date: © July 16, 2007 TO ALL PARTIES AND TO THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on May 21, 2007, at or about 10:30 a.m. in. Department 610 of the above-entitied Court, before the Honorable Bruce Chan, Coramissioner, the motion of Defendant CBS Corporation, a Delaware corporation, fka Viacom, Inc., successor by merger to CBS Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation, ika Westinghouse Llectric Corporation (“Westinghouse”) for an order, inter’ alia, compelling plaintiffs to provide supplemental responses to Westinghouse’s special discovery, came on regularly for hearing. Westinghouse was represented by Jennifer C. Rasmussen of Pond North LLP; plaintiffs were represented by 1 THEIR CGUNSEL IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,450.00Ce ww Katherine Wang of Keller Fishback & Jackson LLP. After reviewing the moving, opposing, and reply papers, and hearing oral argument of the parties, the Court adopted its Tentative Ruling, as follows: 1 Defendant’s motion was moot in view of the service of plaintiffs’ supplemental responses. 2. The Court reviewed the supplemental responses that were attached to defendant's reply and notes that plaintiff has statcd general objections and a preliminary statement. General objections are not authorized by the Code of Civil Procedure and would be stricken. Furthermore, the Court would find that many of the answers are non-responsive and state objections that lack merit. 3. The parties are ordered to meet and confer. 4. The Court finds that plaintiff previously failed to respond in a timely fashion and made evasive responses thereby requiring the filing of the instant motion. Monetary sanctions in the amount of $1,450 are to be paid within 30 days of notice of this order. 5. Defendant’s motion to have certain matters deemed admitted was denied. A tue and correct copy of the Court’s Minute Order of May 21, 2007 is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. DATED: June 1, 2007 POND NORTH LLP com, Inc., successor by merger to CBS Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation, fka Westinghouse Electric Corporation 2 ‘NOTICE OF ENTRY OF ORDER AWARDING DISCOVERY SANCTIONS AGAINST PLAINTIFFS AND ‘THEIR COUNSEL IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,450.00 4520,1265,253724.1SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO MINUTES May 21, 2007 ‘Department: 610 NANCY MARIE SCOTT et al Case Number: CGC-05-443236 PLAINTIFF Defendant CBS Corporation's motion to compel further responses VS. AC AND S, INC. et al DEFENDANT Present: Judge: BRUCE E, CHAN Appearing for Plaintiff (s) Appearing for Defendant(s): KATHERINE WANG JENIFFER C. RASMUSSEN HEARING HELD and tentative ruling adopted: Defendant CBS Corporation's motion to compel further responses to: 1) special interrogatories (set #1) 2) request for production (set #1) 3) special interrogatories (set #1) and request for production to plaintiff Nancy Scott. The motions are moot as supplemental responses have been served. The Court has reviewed the supplemental responses that were attached to defendant's reply and notes that plaintiff has stated general objections and a preliminary statement. General objections are not authorized by the Code of Civil Procedure and woald be stricken. Furthermore, the Court would find that many of the answers are non-responsive and state objections that lack merit. The parties are ordered to meet and confer. The Court finds that plaintiff previously failed to respond in a timely fashion Case Number: CGC-05-443236 Case Title: NANCY MARIE SCOTT et al VS. AC AND S, INC. et al -l- Date: May 21, 2007 Form: C1006and made evasive responses thereby requiring the filing of the instant motion. Monetary sanctions in the amount of $1,450 are to be paid within 30 days of notice of this order. 4) Defendant's motion to deem certain matters admitted is denied. Case Number: CGC-05-443236 Case Title: NANCY MARIE SCOTT et al VS. AC AND §, INC. et al 2 Date: May 21, 2007 Form: CO1006PROOF OF SERVICE BY ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION I declare that I am over the age of eighteen (18) and not a party to this action. My business address is 350 South Grand Avenue, Suite 2850, Los Angelés, California, 90071. On June 4, 2007, | electronically served the document(s) via LexisNexis File & Serve described as: NOTICE OF ENTRY OF ORDER AWARDING DISCOVERY SANCTIONS AGAINST PLAINTIFFS AND THEIR COUNSEL IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,450.00 on the recipients designated on the Transaction Receipt located on the LexisNexis File & Serve ‘website. (State) I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the above is true and correct. o (Federal) I declare that I am employed in the office of a member of the bar of this court at whose direction the service was made. NOTICE OF ENTRY OF ORDER AWARDING DISCOVERY SANCTIONS AGAINST PLAINTIFFS AND THEIR COUNSEL IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,450.00 4520,1265,253724.1