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Litigation & Arbitration

Nov. 2, 2023

Judge likely to compel funder’s deposition, records

The defendants moved to compel deposition for someone from Rockpoint Funding LLC, which is not a party to the case but has allegedly paid the plaintiff’s medical bills.

Los Angeles County Judge Lee S. Arian

A pre-settlement funding company that paid a plaintiff’s medical bills must produce those records if a Los Angeles County judge presiding over a motor vehicle personal injury lawsuit adopts his tentative order granting defendants’ motion to compel deposition of a person most knowledgeable at that firm.

The lawsuit stems from a three-car, chain-reaction, rear-end collision. The case is complicated by the fact that two of the drivers were al...

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