Can a court order the disclosure of the name of a witness at a deposition?

nondisclosure supports such an evidentiary sanction. (See Thoren v. Johnston & Washer (1972) 29 Cal.App.3d 270, 274 [where "falsity lies in the deliberate omission of the name of a witness," an order barring the testimony of the witness may be entered].)

Appellants further argue that the trial court wrongfully created a standard that a deponent is required to volunteer information at a deposition. The trial court did no such thing. On the contrary, the trial court specified that the name should have been disclosed in response to "earlier written discovery."¹⁴ And finally, appellants claim that it was respondents' own fault that they did not have the name or identity of Shirek earlier as respondents could have brought a motion to compel if respondents thought that appellants' discovery responses were inadequate. Citing Saxena v. Goffney (2008) 159 Cal.App.4th 316, 333-334, appellants argue that the failure to timely file a motion to

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