TERRENCE RILEY VS. SAFEWAY INC. ET AL

SF Superior Court - Law & Motion / Discovery Dept 301 - CGC24613123 - November 13, 2025 Hearing date: November 13, 2025 Case number: CGC24613123 Case title: TERRENCE RILEY VS. SAFEWAY INC. ET AL Case Number: | | CGC24613123 | Case Title: | | TERRENCE RILEY VS. SAFEWAY INC. ET AL | Court Date: | | 2025-11-13 09:00 AM | Calendar Matter: | | Motion To Compel Defendant Safeway Inc.S Person Most Knowledgeable To Appear, Testify, And Produce Documents At Deposition And For Monetary Sanctions | Rulings: | | On the Law and Motion/Discovery calendar for November 13, 2025, line 4. PLAINTIFF TERRENCE RILEY'S Motion To Compel Defendant Safeway Inc.'s Person Most Knowledgeable To Appear, Testify, And Produce Documents At Deposition And For Monetary Sanctions.

Plaintiff Terrence Riley's motion to compel defendant Safeway Inc. to produce its PMQ deponent, with documents sought in the deposition notice, is granted. Safeway's delay in identifying dates and producing the deponent are unreasonable. Safeway shall produce its PMQ in December. The parties are directed to meet and confer about dates within one week of this order but if Safeway does not provide at least three available dates for its PMQ during those meet and confer efforts, Riley may unilaterally set the date and Safeway is ordered by the court to produce its deponent on the unilaterally-set date.

Safeway's discovery conduct lacks substantial justification. The court orders Safeway to pay $2,362.50 to Riley by December 5, 2025. The court repeats the admonition made in Judge Mayfield's order of November 6, 2025 to co-defendant Gardaworld: Safeway failure to comply with its discovery obligations may subject it to evidentiary, issue, or terminating sanctions.

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