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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1446pi Notice of Removal- Personal Injury

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IRMA LETICIA PAEZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

COSTCO WHOLESALE 

CORPORATION, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No.: 19-CV-63-MMA-WVG

ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION 

TO COMPEL DEFENDANT’S 

SUPPLEMENTAL RESPONSES TO 

PLAINTIFF’S REQUESTS FOR 

PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS 

AND INTERROGATORIES

On July 2, 2019, this Court convened a discovery hearing on Plaintiff Irma Leticia

Paez’s (“Plaintiff”) motion to compel Defendant Costco Wholesale Corporation’s

(“Defendant”) further discovery responses and document production. Having considered

the Parties’ papers and heard their respective oral arguments, the Court GRANTS in part

and DENIES in part Plaintiff’s motion to compel and hereby ORDERS Defendant to

complete the following no later than July 8, 2019:

(1)Defendant shall provide Plaintiff the full names and any appropriate contact

information including, but not limited to, telephone numbers and mailing and/or

residential addresses of the customer-witness(es) identified in Defendant’s

investigation of Plaintiff’s May 7, 2016 slip and fall (“Incident”);

(2)Defendant shall produce its current Document Retention Policy and a related

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privilege log if Defendant redacts any portion of the Policy, and further specify

in verified discovery responses whether the existing Policy was in effect at the

time of the Incident;

(3)Defendant shall produce any safety minutes during the applicable time period,

namely May 2013 through May 2017 (i.e. three years before and one year after

the Incident), that reference any slip and fall and/or water-related accidents on

Defendant’s premises;

(4)Should it determine that employee Danita Stearns drafted a witness statement at

the direction of counsel approximately one week following the Incident,

Defendant shall prepare and produce a privilege log referencing that document;

(5)Consistent with Defense counsel’s representation during the July 2, 2019 hearing

before this Court, Defendant shall serve verified discovery responses confirming

that it does not possess any documents that respond to Plaintiff’s discovery

requests concerning shopping carts, wheelchairs, the Incident, and floor-walk

inspections that Defendant has not already produced. Alternatively, should

Defendant identify any responsive documents that were not previously disclosed

to Plaintiff, Defendant shall produce those documents and serve verified

discovery responses accordingly;

(6)Defendant shall serve verified discovery responses certifying the exact number

of employees on duty at 10:30 A.M. on May 7, 2019.

Given the above, Defendant need not produce any documents regarding any

subsequent remedial measures undertaken following the Incident or any documents

constituting Defendant’s excess insurance policies.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 5, 2019

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