ORDER

ALLISON CLAIRE, Magistrate Judge.

In this slip-and-fall diversity action involving plaintiff-employee of the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department ("the Sheriff's Department") and defendant-construction company, Kiewit Infrastructure West Co. ("Kiewit"), plaintiff brings suit for negligence and claims, inter alia, that she may be forced to retire early from the Sheriff's Department due to her injuries. Defendant has now moved for disclosure of plaintiff's personnel records pursuant to Pitchess v. Superior Court, 11 Cal.3d 531 (Cal. 1974), on the ground that plaintiff's performance evaluations, disciplinary records, and employment application will help determine whether there may be other factors that would affect plaintiff's "future employability." Missing from defendant's portion of the joint discovery statement, however, is citation to any authority addressing the types of damages available in personal injury actions and how those damages are calculated.1

At hearing on July 10, 2013, Kewit's counsel argued that the personnel file is needed inter alia so that defendant's anticipated expert witness, a vocational expert, can develop an opinion regarding the mitigation of plaintiff's damages by alternative future employment. Defendant contends that information in plaintiff's personnel file, including her work history and performance evaluations, are relevant to the types of jobs for which she would be qualified and which she would be obligated to pursue in order to mitigate her damages. Defendant has not, however, provided the court with any information or authority regarding California law regarding mitigation of damages, the use of vocational experts in this context, or the types of evidence upon which such experts may rely. Unsupported assertions that personnel records are regularly produced in personal injury actions do not substitute for legal authority and do not provide this court with a basis for decision.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: