Excerpt: ...file an answer until they received notice of default entered 3.20.2018. On 4.16.2018 defendants, having obtained an order shortening time, filed a motion for relief from default and simultaneously filed a verified answer to complaint. Plaintiff filed on 3.16.2018 “Notice Of Ruling On Defendant's Motion To Quash” indicating defendants' motion to quash had been denied on 3.13.2018 and were ordered to file an answer within five days. The said No...

Excerpt: ...e mediated. <016f016f017d01c1015d01 018c019000030102018cLe excluded from mediation: (1) an unlawful detainer action”. Plaintiff's written opposition is conclusory and merely seeks to demean the legal experience of defense counsel. At trial it was demonstrated that plaintiff served a three day notice to comply or quit and thereafter, without evidence of whether or not defendant complied, filed the unlawful detainer action. Plaintiff owner is aki...

Excerpt: ...ty if that party gets a judgment more favorable than that provided by the arbitration award. Otherwise, the other party is the prevailing party. Petitioner Caputo did not obtain a more favorable judgment than provided by the arbitration award and he is not the prevailing party. <0176019a000303f003ec03 0003018c011e0189018cLesenting respondents at $480/hour, having over 20 years experience including as an arbitrator. Counsel anticipates an addition...

Excerpt: ...o all occupants other than the named defendant was due to a series of assumptions and mistakes on both sides. This motion is based on CCP §473(b) and supported by the declarations of paralegal Nealy Kendrick and of attorney Carlos <0003008a00870003009200 00830090000300830090>swer on behalf of all occupants. Ms. Kendrick testifies that the court clerk directed the attorney service to line‐out all defendants' names from <0003000700830098008b00 0...