Padilla Hernandez vs. Pacific Specialty Insurance Company

The court is therefore continuing the hearing on this matter to order the parties to engage in a further, face-to-face, meet and confer conference as to defendant’s most recent responses to the RFPs that remain at issue, and to allow defendant a full and fair opportunity to address the sufficiency/propriety of those responses.

As such, the court hereby ORDERS all of the following:

(1) By no later than Wednesday 9/23/26, the parties shall engage in a further, good faith, face-to-face meet and confer effort (inperson or videoconference) regarding defendant’s most recent supplemental responses to RFP Nos. 21-23, 25, 28, 58, 63, 66, 70, and 80, including, without limitation, the 4/14/26 supplemental response to RFP No. 58 and the 8/18/26 supplemental responses to RFP Nos. 21-23, 25, 63, 66, 70. (2) By no later than Wednesday 9/30/26, the parties shall file a joint separate statement as to the RFPs that remain at issue after the court-ordered meet and confer conference above, if any. This joint separate statement shall fully comply with Cal. Rules of Court, rule 4.1345(c)(1)-(6), and shall additionally include a statement of the factual and legal reasons why a further response should not be compelled as to each matter in dispute.

Plaintiff shall give notice.

5. Padilla Hernandez vs. Pacific Specialty Insurance Company

26-01537689

Motion to Compel Answers to Form Interrogatories

Defendant Pacific Specialty Insurance Company’s motion to compel responses to its first set of form interrogatories is GRANTED. (See Code Civ. Proc., § 2030.290.)

Plaintiff Mario Padilla Hernandez is ORDERED to serve verified responses without objections to defendant’s first set of form interrogatories, within 30 days of notice.

Sanctions in the amount of $960 are GRANTED in favor of defendant and against plaintiff, payable within 30 days of notice.

Defendant shall give notice of all of the above.

6. Gombu, LLC vs. Do Builder and Design, Inc.

23-01367281 Motion to Compel Further Responses to Special Interrogatories

CONTINUED to September 4, 2026. ROA 193