Defendants Katrina Kincaid and Kincaid Enterprises dba American Electric Company’s motion for an order compelling Plaintiff William Kincaid to provide further responses to special interrogatory no. 19, is denied.
A party may move to compel further responses to interrogatories on the grounds that the answer is evasive or incomplete. (Code Civ. Proc., § 2030.300, subd. (a)(1).) If a timely motion to compel has been filed, the burden is on the responding party to justify any objection or failure to fully answer the interrogatories. (Fairmont Ins. Co. v. Superior Court (2000) 22 Cal.4th 245, 255.) Prior to filing such a motion, the moving party must meet and confer with the responding party in a reasonable and good faith attempt to informally resolve each issue that would be presented by the motion. (Code Civ. Proc., §§ 2016.040, 2030.300, subd. (b).)
Here, special interrogatory no. 19 requests Plaintiff to set forth “all the ADDRESSES you have for MICHAEL McEWEN.” (Klein Decl., Exh. 3.) “
Hearing Date
July 31, 2020
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Defendants Katrina Kincaid and Kincaid Enterprises dba American Electric Company’s motion for an order compelling Plaintiff William Kincaid to provide further responses to special interrogatory no. 19, is denied.
A party may move to compel further responses to interrogatories on the grounds that the answer is evasive or incomplete. (Code Civ. Proc., § 2030.300, subd. (a)(1).) If a timely motion to compel has been filed, the burden is on the responding party to justify any objection or failure to fully answer the interrogatories. (Fairmont Ins. Co. v. Superior Court (2000) 22 Cal.4th 245, 255.) Prior to filing such a motion, the moving party must meet and confer with the responding party in a reasonable and good faith attempt to informally resolve each issue that would be presented by the motion. (Code Civ. Proc., §§ 2016.040, 2030.300, subd. (b).)
Here, special interrogatory no. 19 requests Plaintiff to set forth “all the ADDRESSES you have for MICHAEL McEWEN.” (Klein Decl., Exh. 3.) “