VICTOR WANG VS. ANGELA GREENER ET AL

Matter on the LAW AND MOTION / DISCOVERY Calendar for Monday August 17, 2026, line 9, PLAINTIFFS TAYLOR VO, JULIUS YOUNG-WANG, JAEMI VO-SHIN'S MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER (TENTATIVE RULING PART 2 OF 2) The court orders as follows:

1. The three Greener defendants' materially identical written discovery are consolidated for response and production purposes, so one response by each Plaintiff to a materially identical request applies to all three Greener defendants unless the request is specific to any individual defendant.

2. Production of a nonprivileged document once to the Greener defendants constitutes production to Angela Greener, Karen Greener, and the Estate of John Greener.

3. Minor plaintiffs Julius Pon Young-Wang and Jaemi Vo-Shin are required to respond only to discovery regarding their exposure, symptoms, displacement, and damages.

4. Discovery of any plaintiff's medical history is limited to what is put at issue by the complaint, to wit mold, respiratory, asthma, allergy, and incident-related physical symptoms. Plaintiff's complaint puts at issue only garden variety emotional distress. Defendants may seek reconsideration of this order if discovery reveals greater emotional distress such that defendants seek discovery into mental health conditions.

5. Each defendants is limited to 35 RFAs and 35 Special interrogatories to each plaintiff absent further order or agreement of the parties. Defendants may choose to withdraw their existing sets of discovery in response to this order but must make that election within 10 days of the order.

No sanctions are awarded. Plaintiffs' request for sanctions is not "accompanied by a declaration setting forth facts supporting the amount of any monetary sanction sought." (Code Civ. Proc., sec. 2023.040.)

For the 9:00 a.m. calendar, all attorneys and parties may appear in Department 301 remotely or in person. Remote hearings will be conducted by videoconference using Zoom. (Dept. 301 Zoom ID 161 502 4290; Passcode 700956.) To appear remotely at the hearing, go to the court's website at sfsuperiorcourt.org under "Online Services," navigate to "Tentative Rulings," and click on the appropriate link, or dial the corresponding phone number.

Any party who contests a tentative ruling must send an email to contestdept301tr@sftc.org with a copy to all other parties by 4pm stating, without argument, the portion(s) of the tentative ruling that the party contests. The subject line of the email shall include the line number, case name and case number. The text of the email shall include the name and contact information, including email address, of the attorney or party who will appear at the hearing.

Counsel for the prevailing party is required to prepare a proposed order which repeats verbatim the substantive portion of the tentative ruling and must email it to contestdept301tr@sftc.org prior to the hearing even if the tentative ruling is not contested.

The court no longer provides a court reporter in the Law & Motion or Discovery Department. Parties may retain their own reporter, who may appear in the courtroom or remotely. A retained reporter must be a California certified court reporter (CSR), for only a CSR's transcript may be used in California courts. If a CSR is being retained, include in your email all of the following: their name, CSR and telephone numbers, and their individual work email address. (end of tenative ruling part 2 of 2) | |