Van v. Language Line Services

Opinion

RUSHING, P. J.—

Introduction

In this employment case, plaintiff and appellant Nathalie Thuy Van (Van) challenges a trial court’s order sanctioning her and finding her in contempt. The trial court found that Van had disobeyed a prior court order by refusing to attend a deposition noticed by defendant and respondent LanguageLine Solutions (LanguageLine) and had engaged in other discovery violations relating to her deposition. However, the prior court order Van was found to have disobeyed did not order her to attend a deposition and it was not issued as a result of a motion to compel. It…