PLT Western Insurance Marketing Corporation Motion to Compel Production
Plaintiff Western Insurance Marketing Corporation’s Motion to Compel the Orange County District Attorney’s Office and the San Diego District Attorney’s Office to Comply with Subpoenas for Production of Business Records is granted.
The alleged subject of these recordings are meetings between Plaintiff and defendant Mercury General Corporation (“Defendant”). Plaintiff’s minority owner, co-plaintiff Hugh Pham, recorded these meetings, without Defendant’s knowledge, with authorization from the OCDA and the SDDA. (ROA 91-Pham Decl. at ¶¶ 17, 18; ROA 124-Suppl. Pham Decl. at ¶ 2, Exh. A.) Both the SDDA and the OCDA responded to the subpoenas with written objections, and refused to produce the documents. (Gessin Decl. at ¶¶ 6, 10, Exhs. C, G.) Likewise, Defendant and its employees, (who had been recorded during the meetings and presentations), also served objections to the production, including objections based on trade s