Field

Filed 6/9/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION EIGHT

BETH FIELD, B309111

Plaintiff and Appellant, Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. LC107408 v.

U.S. BANK NATIONAL

ASSOCIATION, as Trustee, etc., et al.,

Defendants and Respondents.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Theresa M. Traber, Judge. Affirmed.

Tamer Law Corp. and Steven Michael Tamer for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Malcolm Cisneros, William G. Malcolm and Brian S. Thomley for Defendants and Respondents.

____________________ California’s civil discovery process aims to unearth the truth of the case, thus facilitating settlement on the basis of the mutually expected value of the suit. Evasive discovery responses frustrate this goal by concealing the truth. A party cannot evade discovery duties and then try to defeat summary judgment by adding factual claims to create last-minute disputed issues. That was the tactic here, and it fails. We publish to reiterate you harm your client’s interest when you craft or transmit evasive discovery responses. You likewise harm your…