Ishikawa v. Choi et al

TENTATIVE RULING(S) FOR May 22, 2026 Department S14 – Judge Winston Keh This court follows California Rules of Court, rule 3.1308(b) for tentative rulings. (See San Bernardino Superior Court Local Emergency Rule 8.) Tentative rulings for each law & motion will be posted on the internet (https://www.sb-court.org) by 3:00 p.m. on the court day immediately before the hearing.

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Ishikawa v. Choi et al

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TENTATIVE RULING(S):

Motion:

(1) Plaintiffs’ Motion to Compel R. Chio to Provide Further Responses to Request to Produce

(2) Plaintiffs’ Motion to Compel T. Chio to Provide Further Responses to Request to Produce

(3) Plaintiffs’ Motion to Compel R. Chio to Provide Further Responses to Special Interrogatories

(4) Plaintiffs’ Motion to Compel T. Chio to Provide Further Responses to Special Interrogatories

Movant:

(1) Plaintiffs Fuji Merchandise Corp., Terumi Ishikawa, Yoko Ishikawa and Fuji Merchandise

Inc

(2) Plaintiffs Fuji Merchandise Corp., Terumi Ishikawa, Yoko Ishikawa and Fuji Merchandise Inc

(3) Plaintiffs Fuji Merchandise Corp., Terumi Ishikawa, Yoko Ishikawa and Fuji Merchandise Inc

(4) Plaintiffs Fuji Merchandise Corp., Terumi Ishikawa, Yoko Ishikawa and Fuji Merchandise Inc

Respondent: (1) Defendant Raymond Hockshien Chio

(2) Defendant Tamami Ishikawa Chio

(3) Defendant Raymond Hockshien Chio

(4) Defendant Tamami Ishikawa Chio

Having considered all the moving papers submitted by both sides, the Court rules as

follows:

1. Grants Plaintiffs’ Motion to Compel R. Chio to Provide Further Responses to Request to

Produce in its entirety. All objections on the grounds of relevance, vagueness, ambiguity,

overly broad and/or “equally available” are without merit and overruled. Grants Plaintiffs’

request for sanctions against R. Chio and his attorneys of record, but at a reduced

amount of $2,000, joint and several.

2. Grants Plaintiffs’ Motion to Compel T. Chio to Provide Further Responses to Request to

Produce in its entirety. All objections on the grounds of relevance, vagueness, ambiguity,

overly broad and/or “equally available” are without merit and overruled. Grants Plaintiffs’

request for sanctions against T. Chio and her attorneys of record, but at a reduced

amount of $2,000, joint and several.

3. Grants Plaintiffs’ request to compel R. Chio for further responses to Special

Interrogatories in its entirety. All objections on the grounds of relevance, vagueness,

ambiguity, overly broad and/or “equally available” are without merit and overruled. Grants

Plaintiffs’ request for sanctions against R. Chio and his attorneys of record, but at a

reduced amount of $2,000, joint and several.

4. Grants Plaintiffs’ request to compel T. Chio for further responses to Special

Interrogatories in its entirety. All objections on the grounds of relevance, vagueness,

ambiguity, overly broad and/or “equally available” are without merit and overruled. Grants

Plaintiffs’ request for sanctions against T. Chio and her attorneys of record, but at a

reduced amount of $2,000, joint and several.

5. Defendants R. Chio and T. Chio shall provide further code-compliant further responses

on or before June 22, 2026. Counsels are ordered to read that applicable statute in

preparing their responses, and before filing their motions. To the extent Defendants are

asserting certain privileges, the code requires a privilege log to be provided.

6. Monetary sanctions described above shall be due to Plaintiffs’ counsel of record on or

before June 5, 2026.