Slutske

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff Jeffrey Slutske sued defendant Theresa Gratton for injuries he allegedly sustained in an automobile collision. The jury found that defendant was negligent but that her negligence was not a substantial factor in causing plaintiff harm. On appeal, plaintiff contends that the jury’s verdict is not supported by the evidence and that the trial court erred when it granted a motion to quash a subpoena and denied his motion to tax costs. We modify the judgment to reduce the costs award by $4,520.80. As so modified, we affirm the judgment.

II. BACKGROUND

A. Relevant Facts1

1. The Collision

On the evening of December 16, 2017, plaintiff and defendant were driving their respective cars near an outlet mall in Camarillo, in Ventura County. Defendant, who was driving between 10 to 15 miles an hour, struck plaintiff’s car, causing impact between the front of defendant’s car and the driver’s side of plaintiff’s car. Plaintiff, a deputy with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, was 45-years old and had worked as a police officer since 1997. The collision caused the airbags on plaintiff’s car to deploy and plaintiff felt a jarring impact to his…