SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - CENTRAL DISTRICT

STACEY WILLIAMS, ET AL., Plaintiff(s), vs. SELECT PHYSICAL THERAPY, ET AL., Defendant(s).

CASE NO: 19STCV08992

[TENTATIVE] ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR TERMINATING SANCTIONS

Dept. 31

1:30 p.m.

February 20, 2020

Defendant propounded special interrogatories, set two and RFAs, set two on Plaintiffs on 9/23/19. On 12/16/19, the Court entered an order granting Defendant’s motions to compel responses to the outstanding discovery, deeming the RFAs admitted, and also imposing sanctions; the Court ordered Plaintiff to serve verified responses within ten days. To date, Plaintiff has not complied with the order; at this time, Defendant seeks an order imposing terminating sanctions.

Pursuant to Deyo v. Kilbourne (1978) 84 Cal.App.3d 771, 776, the Court should typically impose lesser sanctions prior to awarding terminating sanctions. However, there are circumstances where impositio