Johnson v. Syed CA2/5
Opinion
Opinion
I. INTRODUCTION
Defendant, Kamran Syed, appeals from a judgment following a court trial and order denying his new trial motion. Plaintiff, Darlene Duquette Johnson, brought a cause of action against defendant and Los Angeles Film Society for financial abuse of a dependent adult under Welfare and Institutions Code section 15610.30. Plaintiff served admissions requests on defendant. Defendant did not serve a proper response and plaintiff moved to have the admissions request deemed admitted. The trial court granted plaintiff’s motion. Following a bench trial on the financial abuse cause of action, the trial court found in favor of plaintiff. The trial court relied upon the deemed admissions order. Defendant moved for a new trial, contending he should be relieved from the deemed admissions order. Defendant concurrently moved for relief from the deemed admitted order. The trial court denied both motions. Defendant contends the trial court erred by deeming the request for admissions admitted. We affirm the judgment and order. We also find defendant’s appeal was taken solely for an improper purpose. Thus, we grant plaintiff’s monetary sanctions motion.