Taft v. Veatch Carlson CA2/6

FACTS

Taft v. West In January 2020, Taft filed a lawsuit against David West in the Los Angeles County Superior Court, alleging that he suffered personal injuries as a result of a traffic accident caused by West. (Taft v. West (Super. Ct. Los Angeles County, 2020, No. 2OSTCV02326).) Veatch and Burnet represented West. Because Taft claimed he suffered medical costs and injuries, they issued subpoenas to Taft’s medical providers, including the Ventura County Medical Center (VCMC) in April 2020. They used U.S. Legal Support, Inc. (US Legal) to serve the subpoenas. Taft filed a motion to quash the subpoenas. In May 2020, after receiving a copy of the motion to quash, US Legal confirmed that those April subpoenas were “cancelled.” On June 15, 2020, Burnet issued a subpoena for medical records to Elisabeth Bertoline, “a provider that was not included in the April Subpoenas.” In December 2020, the trial court held a hearing on Taft’s motion to quash subpoenas. Taft claimed he did not receive notice of the June 15 subpoena to Bertoline, and he did not discover the issuance of that subpoena until August 23, 2020. The court denied his motion to quash and found Taft did not meet “his burden”…