Allan Favish is a Los Angeles-based attorney whose focus is on General Insurance Defense and Litigation Insurance Coverage/Reinsurance & Bad Faith Litigation. A UCLA graduate, he received his J.D. at Hastings College of Law in 1981.
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1 STATUTE, GIVEN THE NATURE OF THE SUBJECT MATTER, GIVEN THE
2 BACKGROUND IN THIS CASE WITH IT GOING TO THE COURT OF
3 APPEALS, THE ANSWER IS THAT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT MR. FAVISH
4 IS ENTITLED UNDER HIS THEORY OF THE CASE -- ALBEIT VERY
5 SPECULATIVE, ONE COULD ARGUE -- ENTITLED TO LIMITED
6 DISCOVERY, I.E., "WHO ARE YOU? DID YOU HAVE THESE
7 PHOTOGRAPHS? DID YOU EVER DO ANYTHING TO THEM?" THE MAN
8 SAYS "NO." THAT'S JUST ABOUT IT. THE DEPOSITION IS OVER.
9 IT ISN'T A VERY LONG DEPOSITION. OKAY?
10 NOW, I'M NOT ARGUING IT ANY FURTHER. I'M JUST
11 TELLING YOU THAT'S WHERE YOU ARE.
12 NUMBER TWO, THAT THE PHOTOGRAPHS, YOU LODGE THEM
13 WITH THE COURT.
14 AND, MR. FAVISH, I'M GOING TO BE OUT OF TOWN THE
15 24TH. THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO GET THEM NEXT MONDAY OR
16 TUESDAY. I CAN'T GET THEM.
17 MS. LUYMES: YOUR HONOR --
18 THE COURT: WAIT A SECOND, MR. FAVISH. JUST A
19 SECOND. OKAY?
20 I WILL GET TO THEM, THOUGH, WITHIN THE WEEK, SO
21 YOU WILL HAVE ME LOOKING AT THE PHOTOS. IF THERE'S A
22 FURTHER HEARING REGARDING THE NEED -- IF I NEED TO DISCUSS
23 IT FURTHER WITH YOU, I'LL NOTICE A HEARING. AS I RECALL,
24 YOU'RE OUT IN PASADENA, MR. FAVISH?
25 MR. FAVISH: I'M IN TARZANA, SAN FERNANDO VALLEY.
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