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  • Krishna, Hari vs Smith, Randallcivil document preview
  • Krishna, Hari vs Smith, Randallcivil document preview
  • Krishna, Hari vs Smith, Randallcivil document preview
  • Krishna, Hari vs Smith, Randallcivil document preview
  • Krishna, Hari vs Smith, Randallcivil document preview
  • Krishna, Hari vs Smith, Randallcivil document preview
  • Krishna, Hari vs Smith, Randallcivil document preview
  • Krishna, Hari vs Smith, Randallcivil document preview
						
                                

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TED DANIEL WOOD, SBN 191768 El'pm'or 50"" of Cahmm'a F F LAW OFFICE 0F NANCY VITALE | County 0i Butte | 11290 Pyrites Way Suite 210 Rancho Cordova, CA 95670 lb: 9/26/2018 L Telephone: 916-851-3750 E Facsimile: 916-851-3770 D D E-Mail: ted.wood@zurichna.com Ely “ME? 5%‘? my“ DHPUIY HI H} !—.'r.~r.rl'n."r:.1|'.'1-' (DWNCDU'IAOON-A Counsel for Battery Systems, lnc., Doe 2 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF BUTTE HARI KRISHNA, Case No. 165145 Plaintiff, BATTERY SYSTEMS, INC.’S, REPLY TO PLAINTIFF’S EVIDENTIARY vs. OBJECTIONS TO THE DECLARATION OF TED DANIEL WOOD RANDALL SMITH; ON MARK MARINE; MORNINGSTAR CORPORATION; and DATE: September 28, 2019 DOES 1 TO 20 ' (Per OST Granted 9/19-18) TIME: 9:00 AM DEPT‘ 1 Defendants. ACTION FILED: OCTOBER 14, 2015 TRIAL DATE: DECEMBER 10, 2018 mNOUW-wAOQOOONCDm-bUJNAO NNNNNNNNN-AAAAAAAAAA Plaintiff HARI KRISHNA ("Plaintiff") has objected to two paragraphs in and two exhibits to the Declaration of Ted Daniel Wood in support of Battery Systems, lnc.’s Motion tb Quash/Barrows Motion. As shown herein, Plaintiff's objections are inappropriate and should be overruled. Declaration Paragragh 6: Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a true and correct copy of the first six pages of Defendant Randall Smith’s Response to Request for Production of Documents, Set One (“Smith's Discovery Responses") served on Plaintiff on March 30, 2016. Exhibit B includes documents produced by Smith. BATTERY SYSTEMS, INC.’S, REPLY TO PLAINTIFF’S EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS TO PAGE -1- THE DECLARATION OF TED DANIEL WOOD _-\ Plaintiffs Obiection: Paragraph 6 of the declaration is objected to as being hearsay beyond the personal knowledge of the declarant. Resgonse to Obiection: Counsel for Battery Systems obtained from counsel for Trojan, copies of the discovery OQOONOUUILOON and pleadings he obtained from the parties to this litigation, including discovery sewed between Randall Smith and Plaintiff. The discovery documents exchanged in the litigation are authenticated by the signature of the party making the responses to the Verification attached to the Responses. The Responses are signed by counsel for Smith, which signature is a verification under CCP section 128.7 that the responses and documents attached thereto are not presented for an improper purpose. The proof of service includes a statement, under oath, that they were delivered to the party identified in the proof of service, to wit, Plaintiff's counse|’s office. The responses, with the three layers of statements/verifications made under oath by three separate persons (Smith, counsel, and'counsel’s staff) along with the fact the responses were obtained by a party to this case are sufficient grounds to give the declarant a basis (making him competent) to state that the attached responses were “served on Plaintiff on March 30, 2016” and that they include “documents produced by Smith.” Plaintiff’s Obiection to Exhibit B: Exhibit B to the declaration is objected to as being hearsay and not properly authenticated by a competent witness. Response to Obiection to Exhibit B: As stated above, the responses, with the three layers of statements/verifications made under oath by three separate persons (Smith, counsel, and counsel’s staff) along with the fact thé responses were obtained by a party to this case are sufficient grounds to giVe the declarant a basis (making him competent) to state that the attached responses were “served on Plaintiffon March 30, 2016” and that they include “documents produced by Smith." For the same reasons, the verified discovery responses, signed by counsel and BATTERY SYSTEMS, INC.'S, REPLY TO PLAINTIFF'S EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS TO PAGE _2_ THE DECLARATION OF TED DANIEL WOOD sewed under penalty of perjury are not hearsay. Further, as lnterrogatory and Request for Admissions responses are admissible under CACI 209 and 210, verified responses to Request for Production should be similarly admissible. Finally, the discovery responses are admissible as business records. The OQOmNCDU'l-bLONA Responses to Request for Production attached as Exhibit B to the moving papers are a (1) writing made in the regular course of the responding pafly’s counsel's business (responding to discovery is part of an attorney’s business in litigation); (2) the verification of the responding party and the verification on the proof of service show that the responses and A the documents provided were made at or near the time recorded, March 30, 2016; (3) the A —\ responding party, Randall Smith, states, under oath, that he is aware of the document and AN its contents; and (4) verified discovery responses with a proof of service in litigation are the 00 _\ type of record that indicates the document’s trustworthiness. (California Evidence Code Ak section 1271.) U1 _\ Under any of the three foregoing reasons, the Randall Smith discovery responses O) .4. attached as Exhibit B to the moving papers are not hearsay and are fully admissible by this \l ._\ Court to demonstrate that as of March 30, 2016, Plaintiff knew Battery Systems was in the _\ stream of commerce of the sale of the eight batteries that were the subject of the injuries he (0/08 .._\ alleged were the result of a defective product in his Complaint, filed in 2015. NO Declaration Paragragh 7: N —\ Smith produced a copy of an invoice from Battery Systems dated May 3, NN 2012, (the “Battery Systems Invoice") at page 6 of Smith‘s Discovery N CD Responses. N -l> Plaintiff's Obiection to Paraqraph 7: [\J U'l Paragraph 7 of the declaration is objected to as being hearsay beyond the |\J 0') personal kriowledge of the declaration. \l [\J Resgonse to Obiection: |\J (D Counsel for Battery Systems obtained from counsel for Trojan, copies of the BATTERY SYSTEMS, INC.’S, REPLY TO PLAINTIFFS EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS TO PAGE -3- THE DECLARATION OF TED DANIEL WOOD discovery and pleadings he obtained from the parties to this litigation, including discovery served between Randall Smith and Plaintiff. Smith's verified response to Request No. 4 states that at page six is the “Battery Systems invoice for the replacement batteries.” The discovery documents exchanged in the litigation are authenticated by the signature of the party making the responses to the Verification attached to the Responses. The Responses cooofloum-bmma are signed by counsel for Smith, which signature is a verification under CCP section 128.7 that the responses 'and documents attached thereto are not presented for an improper purpose. The proof of service includes a statement, under oath, that they were delivered to the party identified in the proof of service, to wit, Plaintiffs counse|’s office. The responses, with the three layers of statements/verifications made under oath by three separate persons (Smith, counsel, and counsel’s staff) along with the fact the responses were obtained by a party to this case are sufficient grounds to give the declarant a basis (making him competent) to state that the attached responses were “served on Plaintiff on March 30, 2016” and that they include “documents produced by Smith." Further, as lnterrogatory and Request for Admissions responses are admissible under CACI 209 and 210, verified responses to Request for Production should be similarly admissible. Finally, the discovery responses are admissible as business records. The Responses NMNNNNNNN-AAAAA-LAAAA to Request for Production attached as Exhibit B to the moving papers are a (1) GDNOCD-bQJNAOCOCDNCDm-POONAO writing made in the regular course of the responding party’s counsel's business (responding to discovery is pan of an attorney’s business in litigation); (2) the verification of the responding party and the verification on the proof of service show that the responses and the documents provided were made at or near the time recorded, March 30, 2016; (3) the responding party, Randall Smith, states, under oath, that he is aware of the document and its contents; and (4) verified discovery responses with a proof of service in litigation are the type of record that indicates the document's trustworthiness. (California Evidence Code section 1271.) BATTERY SYSTEMS, |NC.'S, REPLY TO PLAINTIFFS EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS TO PAGE -4- THE DECLARATION OF TED DANIEL WOOD Under any of the three foregoing reasons, the Randall Smith discovery responses attached as Exhibit B to the moving papers are not hearsay and are fully admissible by this Court to demonstrate that as of March 30, 2016, Plaintiff knew Battery Systems was in the stream of commerce of the sale of the eight batteries that were the subject of the injuries he alleged were the (OGJNQCh-P-(JONA result of a defective product in his Complaint, filed in 2015. Plaintiff’s Obiection to Exhibit C: Exhibit C to the declaration is objected to as being hearsay and not properly authenticated by a competent witness. Response to Obiection to Exhibit C: Exhibit C is a true and correct copy of the Plaintiffs Amendment to Insert True Name of Fictitiously Named Defendant (CCP § 474), filed August 2, 2018. This is a pleading, and as such, is so inherently reliable, it is entitled to judicial notice under California Evidence Code section 452(d)(1). Further, the copy attached as Exhibit C is the copy served on Battery Systems by Plaintiff. Plaintiff cannot now question the authenticity or admissibility of a pleading he caused to be served on Battery Systems. DATED: NNNNNNNNNAAAAAAAAAA September 25, mNODCD-bOONAOQOOONOUU'l-PUDNAO 2018 By: g LAW OFFICE TED OF NANCY VITALE DANIEL WOOD Counsel for Battery Defendant Systems, Inc. BATTERY SYSTEMS, mars, REPLY TO PLAINTIFF'S EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS TO PAGE _5_ THE DECLARATION OF TED DANIEL WOOD ‘PROOF OF SERVICE [C.C.P. §§ 1013a AND 2015.5] CASE NAME: KRISHNA v. SMITH, ET AL. COURT I NO: BUTTE COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT#165145 l, the undersigned, declare as follows: l am employed OfiQCDNOUCfi-hOONA in the County of Sacramento, State of California. l am over the age of 18 and not a party to the within action; my business address is 11290 Pyrites Way, Suite 210, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670-6338. On this date I served the attached, BATTERY SYSTEMS, INC.’S REPLY TO v PLAINTIFF’S EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS TO THE DECLARATION OF TED DANIEL WOOD addressed as follows: Counsel for Plaintiff Counsel for Def. Randall Smith Louis G. Beary, Esq. Gavan R. Munter, Esq. Scranton Law Firm Tiza Serrano Thompson & Assoc. 980 9th Street #2250 2450 Stanwel! Dr. ‘ Concord, CA 94520 Sacramento, CA 95814 925-602-2727 916-561-2780 Fax: 925-676-9999 v Fax: 1855-886-5559 Counsel for Def. Morning Star Corp. Counsel for X-Def. Troian Battery James r. Pagliero, Esq. Comgany, LLC Pagliero & Assoc. Douglas M. Kilduff, Esq. 5701 Marconi Ave., Ste. A Ericksen Arbuthnot Carmichael, CA 95608 100 Howe Ave., Ste. 110 South 916-481-7100 NNNNNNNNNAA-A-A-AA-A-AA-L Sacramento, CA 95825 Fax: 916-481-7101 916-483-5181 FaX: 916-483-7558 Counsel for Def. Steve Ahnmark dba Ahnmark Marine (IJNCDUIbUJNAOLOOONOUUI-POJNA Marisa G. Huber, Esq. Gibson Robb & Lindh LLP 201 Mission street #2700 San Francisco, CA 94105 415-348-6000 Fax: 415-348-6001 X (BY OVERNIGHT COURIER) By causing a true copy and/0r original thereof to be personally delivered via the following overnight courier service: Federal Express. [CCP section 1013] BATTERY SYSTEMS, INC.'S, REPLY TO PLAINT!FF’S EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS TO PAGE _6_ THE DECLARATION OF TED DANIEL WOOD _ listed (BY FACSIMILE) parties. Said | caused transmission was a true facsimile reported as to complete be electronically and transmitted without error. A copy to the of the transmission report shall be kept within the e-fax database of this company. The original of this document will be served on the Document Depository herein via U.S. Postal Service pursuant to the above paragraph if called for pursuant to Pre-Trial Order or Civil Code. I declare (OCDNCDCDAQJNA under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct‘ Executed on SEPTEMBER 26, 2018, at Rancho Cordoya, California. MA'RCI Sr. BAKER WNQCH-POONAOCOOONCDUILOONAO NNNNNNNNNAAAAAAAAAA BATTERY SYSTEMS, INC/S, REPLY TO PLAINTIFF’S EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS TO PAGE _7_ THE DECLARATION OF TED DANIEL WOOD