AMERICAN HOME ASSURANCE COMPANY VS. LYNXSPRING ET AL

Matter on Calendar for Friday, August 8, 2025, Line 3, PLAINTIFF AMERICAN HOME ASSURANCE COMPANY A/S/P UBER TECHNOLOGIES INC.'S Motion To Deem Requests For Admissions Admitted, Set One.

Plaintiff American Home Assurance Company seeks an order deeming admitted all matters specified in its first set of requests for admission served on defendant Lynxspring Inc. The motion is denied for the reasons stated herein.

American Home served its RFAs on June 9, 2025. When American Home filed this motion, responses had not yet been provided. Lynxspring opposes the motion, citing a clerical error and declaring that it served responses on July 24, 2025. (Greenwald Dec. Ex. A.)

The court denies the motion for a deemed-admitted order. Lynxspring's responses to the RFAs, served before the hearing, substantially comply with CCP 2033.220. Although Lynxspring asserts objections that are waived, and remain waived unless Lynxspring seeks an order relieving it from the waiver (CCP 2033.220(a)), it does not appear that Lynxspring has withheld any information by virtue of its objections. This order is without prejudice to any further motion American Home may make about the sufficiency of Lynxspring's responses after the parties have engaged in informal resolution efforts.

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