SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - CENTRAL DISTRICT

ALPIN PATEL, Plaintiff(s), vs. BRYAN ALLAN PAYTON, ET AL., Defendant(s).

CASE NO: 19STCV16569

[TENTATIVE] ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER

Dept. 31

1:30 p.m.

December 1, 2020

1. Background

Plaintiff, Alpin Patel filed this action against Defendants, Bryan Allan Payton, Wayne Bruce Dorman, Lyft, Inc., and Does 1-50 for damages arising from a four-vehicle accident. On 6/13/19, Plaintiff filed an Amendment to Complaint naming Doe 1 as Bimbo and Sons Corporation (“Bimbo”).

On 7/21/20, Defendant Wayne Bruce Dorman (“Dorman”) filed the instant motion for protective order directed at Plaintiff’s deposition notice served on third-party Samsara. Plaintiff seeks to depose Samara’s person most knowledgeable (“PMK”) to obtain information concerning the tractor trailer Dorman was driving at the time of the incident.

2. Initial Note re: Bimbo’s Bankruptcy Petition

On 8/12/20, counsel for