Edith anne petrucci and ROBERT PETRUCCI, Plaintiffs, v. 7-ELEVEN DISTRIBUTION COMPANY, et al., Defendants.

Case No.: BC695450

Hearing Date: December 24, 2019

[TENTATIVE] order RE:

defendant fontem us, inc.’s motion to compel further responses to special interrogatories (set 1: 1-16)

Background

On February 26, 2018, Edith Anne Petrucci (“Plaintiff Edith”) and Robert Petrucci (jointly “Plaintiffs”) commenced this action against approximately seventeen companies including moving party Fontem US, Inc. (“Fontem”), and one individual for damages to Edith Anne Petrucci arising out of the use of e-cigarettes and e-vaporizers.

On July 25, 2018, Fontem served Plaintiff Edith with its first set of special interrogatories, which included sixteen questions. (See Defendant Fontem’s Motion to Compel further Responses to Special Interrogatories Set 1, Exhibit A.)

On October 5, 2018, Plaintiff Edith served her verified responses to these special interrogatories. (Id. at Exhibit B.)

On October