P1182 A single abuse of discovery may justify imposition of a monetary sanction; discovery sanctions may not be imposed ex parte; terminating sanctions for discovery abuse may not be imposed in favor of defendants who did not propound discovery themselves or show how they were prejudiced by plaintiff's failure to comply with discovery requests propounded by others.CitationPARKER v WOLTERS KLUWER (Discovery Sanctions) 149 CA4 285 [See: CCP 2030.300, 2023.030, 2025.250; Mileikowsky v Tenet 128 531, P/AT 5/05; Townsend v Superior Court 61 1431, T/AT 4/98]
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