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Department 67's guidance for Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act (lemon law) cases: the court's review of venue and transfer of improperly venued cases, the discovery motion procedure (joint statement and a separate statement limited to the requests and responses), and general guidance on interrogatories, document requests and protective orders.
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Lemon Law Guidance – Department 67 Judge Michael T. Smyth Venue in Lemon Law Cases It has come to the Court’s attention that a number (perhaps hundreds) of cases filed in the San Diego Superior Court alleging causes of action under the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act (Civil Code sections 1790 et seq.), were filed in the improper venue. That is, the cases should not have been filed in the San Di
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-28 (California T3 San Diego build) from BenchPath custody ca/t3/ca-san-diego/dept/companion/c16-Lemon_Law_Guidance_D67.pdf (869365 bytes, sha256 fe7c3399332f573678d320561423899f2f457adad6414090a6ebe4160b0c8c51; 2 pages) - the PDF is a two-page scan with no text layer: transcribed from the page images, every page read against the image, with a machine reading used only as a second reader; quotes and apostrophes checked in full-resolution crops. Linked from inside the Department 67 policies document (link text “Lemon Law Guidance.”).
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