Murie

I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND

In their complaint, plaintiffs alleged that defendant Egan had an ownership interest in defendants Mini-Stor Ventures, LLC (Mini-Stor), Egan Properties, Inc., and Rafael Convalescent Hospital,1 that plaintiffs worked at Mini-Stor, that Egan sexually harassed Natalie Murie, and that defendants inflicted emotional distress on Natalie Murie, retaliated against all plaintiffs, wrongfully terminated them, and committed other labor law violations.

1 At the beginning of this case, the same attorneys represented Min-Stor as well as Egan and Egan Properties. In August 2013, Mini-Stor engaged a different attorney.

1 Plaintiffs served Egan and Egan Properties, Inc. (collectively “defendants”) with requests for production of documents on February 21, 2013. On March 27, 2013, one day after the responses were due, defendant’s counsel contacted plaintiffs’ counsel requesting an extension of time in which to respond.2 Plaintiffs’ counsel granted a 30- day extension, but later that day sent a letter taking the position that by failing to respond in a timely manner, defendants had forfeited all objections, including those related to the production of privileged documents.…