On December 17, 2010 a Order was filed involving a dispute between Ross, Jean, Ross, Robert, and Acco Engineered Systems, Inc., Advanced Mechanical, Advance Mechanical Contractors, Inc., Air Systems Mechanical Contractor, A & K Heating Company, Inc., Albay Construction Company, Allen-Simmons Heating & Sheet Metal Company Inc., Allied Fire Protection, Allied Sprinkler Company, Inc., Allsberry Mechanical Corporation, Anderson, Rowe & Buckley, Inc., Associated Insulation Of California, A. Teichert & Son, Inc., Balliet Bros. Construction Corporation, Banner Drywall & Painting Co. Inc., Barnes Construction Co., Bayer Cropscience Inc., Bayer Cropscience, Inc., Successor To Amchem, Bell Products Inc., Beta Mechanical Contractors, L.P., Bragg Investment Company, Inc., Cahill Construction Co., Inc., Cahill Construction Services, Inc., Cahill Contractors, Inc., California Drywall Co., Castro Construction, Inc., C.C. Moore & Co. Engineers, Cincinnati Valve Company, Cjr Plastering, Clausen-Patten, Inc., Clausen-Patten, Inc., A Dissolved Corporation, Climate Air, Inc., Climate Control Co., Inc., Collins Electrical Company, Inc., Commair Mechanical Services, Consolidated Insulation, Inc., Cosco Fire Protection, Inc., Cosco Sprinkler, Critchfield Mechanical, Inc., C & R Plastering, Inc., Csk Auto, Inc., Cupertino Electric, Inc., Delucchi Sheet Metal Works, Dilland Sederberg Plumbing, Does 1-8500, Domco Products Texas Inc., Domco Products Texas, L.P., Donovan Construction, Dorn Refrigeration, Dorn Refrigeration And Air Conditioning, Dpr Construction, Duro Dyne Corporation, D.W. Nicholson Corporation, D. Zelinsky & Sons, Inc., Emil J. Weber Electric Co., Erwin Mechanical Inc., Ex- Fme, Inc. (Fka Fischbach And Moore Electric,, Fairmont Hotel Company, Fluor Corporation, Foley Electric Co., Foley Electric, Inc., Fuller Floors, General Mills, Inc., Giampolini & Co., Graybar Electric Company, Inc., Hanson Permanente Cement, Inc. Formerly Known As, Harold Beasley Plumbing And Heating, Inc., Harry Lee Plumbing & Heating, H & C Investment Associates, Inc., Henry C. Beck Company, Imperial Plastering & Drywall, Insulation Specialties, Inc., James A. Nelson Co., Inc., Johnson Controls, Inc., Jones Plastering Company, Joseph Bruno Sheet Metal Co., Inc., J.T. Thorpe & Son, Inc., J.W. Mcclenahan Company, J.W. Mcclenahan Company, Inc., Kentile Floors, Inc., Laub Sheet Metal Works, Lone Star Industries, Inc., Mack Construction Co., Magee, Robert, Malm Metal Products, Inc., Marine Engineering And Supply Company, Marshco Auto Parts, Inc., Mattock Construction Company, Mcclure Electric, Inc., Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Michael Brothers, Midstate Mechanical, Inc., Mitchell Bros. Truck Lines, Inc., Monsanto Company, Sued As "Pharmacia Corporation", Oakfabco, Inc., Ortho-Craft, Pacific Fireproofing, Pacific Mechanical Corporation, Parker Insulation Contracting & Supply Co. Inc., Perini Corporation, Pharmacia Corporation, Which Will Do Business In, Pribuss Engineering, Pribuss Engineering, Inc., Raymond Interior Systems-North, Red Top Electric Co. Emeryville, Inc., Robert Magee, Rollie R. French, Inc., Rollins Construction, Rountree Plumbing & Heating Inc., Scott Co. Of California, S F L, Inc., S.J. Amoroso Construction Co., Inc., Slakey Brothers, Inc., Sugden Engineering Co., Swinerton Builders, Temper Insulation, Temporary Plant Cleaners, Inc., Texaco, Inc., The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, The W.W. Henry Company, Tuttle And Bailey Corp, Van Mulder Sheetmetal, Van-Mulder Sheet Metal, Inc., Walnut Creek Sheet Metal, Furnace & Air, W.C. Thomason, W.C. Thompson, Webcor Builders, Inc., Westburne Supply, Inc., Willard Electric, Wright Schuchart Harbor, Wright Schuchart Harbor Company, Ross, Jean, Ross, Robert, for civil in the District Court of San Francisco County.
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1 CHRISTOPHER D. STRUNK (SBN: 214110) cstrunk@grsm.com 2 JAMES MOKHTARZADEH (SBN: 319860 ELECTRONICALLY jmokhtarzadeh@grsm.com 3 GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI, LLP F I L E D Superior Court of California, 1111 Broadway, Suite 1700 County of San Francisco 4 Oakland, CA 94607 Telephone: (510) 463-8685 07/20/2022 5 Facsimile: (510) 984-1721 Clerk of the Court BY: SANDRA SCHIRO Deputy Clerk 6 Attorneys for Intervenor TRAVELERS INDEMNITY CO., intervening on behalf of defunct corporation SFL, INC. 7 8 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA 9 COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO 10 ROBERT ROSS and JEAN ROSS ) CASE NO. CGC-10-275731 ) 11 Plaintiffs, ) TRAVELERS INDEMNITY Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP ) COMPANY’S NOTICE OF MOTION 12 vs. AND MOTION TO SET ASIDE 1111 Broadway, Suite 1700 ) ) DEFAULT AND DEFAULT Oakland, CA 94607 13 C.C. MORE & CO. ENGINEERS et al, JUDGEMENT ENTERED AGAINST ) SFL, INC. 14 ) Defendants. ) Accompanying Documents: 15 ) 1. Memorandum of Points and Authorities ) 2. Declaration of Christopher D. Strunk 16 ) 3. Declaration of Scott Homersham ) 3. [Proposed] Order 17 ) ) Date: August 15, 2022 18 ) Time: 9:30 a.m. ) Dept: 503 19 Judge: Hon. Cynthia Ming mei-Lee 20 21 TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD: 22 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on August 15, 2022 at 9:30 a.m. or as soon 23 thereafter as this matter may be heard, in Department 503 of the above-tilted court 24 located at 400 McAllister Street, San Francisco, CA. Intervenor Travelers Indemnity Co. 25 (“Travelers”), intervening on behalf of defunct corporation SFL, Inc. (“SFL”) will move 26 this court for an order setting aside the default and default judgment entered against SFL. 27 Plaintiff may seek to enforce the default judgment entered against SFL as Travelers 28 issued one or more liability insurance policy(ies) to SFL which are allegedly related to -1- TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY’S NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION TO SET ASIDE DEFAULT JUDGMENT ENTERED AGAINST SFL, INC. 1 claims that issue in the underlying action. 2 Travelers’ Motion is brought on the grounds that the entry of default and default 3 judgment should be set aside because Travelers was denied a fair and adversarial hearing 4 with respect to the default and default judgment entered against SFL such that it satisfies 5 the requirements to set aside a default and default judgment (see California Code of Civil 6 Procedure § 473 et seq.; Mechling v. Asbestos Defendants (2018) 29 Cal. App. 5th 1241 7 and Manson, Iver & York v Black (2009) 176 Cal.App.4th 36, 47.) Travelers motion is 8 also brought on the grounds that the default and default judgment entered against SFL are 9 void. A judgment may be void as a matter of law for a host of reasons, including lack of 10 subject matter or personal jurisdiction, lack of actual or constructive notice of 11 proceedings, or if a default is improperly entered. (Ziller Electronics Lab GmbH v. Sup. Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP 12 Ct. (1988) 206 Cal.App.3d 1222; Ellard v. Conway (2001) 94 Cal.App.4th 540; Heidary 1111 Broadway, Suite 1700 Oakland, CA 94607 13 v. Yadollai (2002) 99 Cal.App.4th 857). A void judgment must be set aside regardless 14 of the merits of the underlying case, and prejudice to the party that obtained the default is 15 not a factor in setting aside a void judgment or order. (Peralta v. Heights Med. Ctr. 16 (1988) 485 U.S. 80, 86 – 87; Sindler v. Brennan (2003) 105 Cal.App.4th 1350, 1354). It 17 is black letter law that a court may “set aside a default judgment which is valid on its 18 face, but void, as a matter of law, due to improper service.” (Ellard, 94 Cal.App.4th at 19 544.) 20 This Motion will be based on this Notice of Motion; the Memorandum of Points 21 and Authorities; the Declaration of Christopher, and all exhibits attached thereto; the 22 Declaration of Scott Homersham, and all exhibits attached thereto; the records on file 23 before this Court; and the oral arguments presented at hearing. 24 Dated: July 20, 2022 GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI, LLP 25 26 27 28 By: -2- TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY’S NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION TO SET ASIDE DEFAULT JUDGMENT ENTERED AGAINST SFL, INC. 1 CHRISTOPHER D. STRUNK JAMES H. MOKHTARZADEH 2 TRAVELERS INDEMNITY CO., intervening on behalf of defunct corporation 3 SFL, INC. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP 12 1111 Broadway, Suite 1700 Oakland, CA 94607 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -3- TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY’S NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION TO SET ASIDE DEFAULT JUDGMENT ENTERED AGAINST SFL, INC. 1 PROOF OF SERVICE Robert Ross, et al. v. C.C. More & Co. Engineers, et al. 2 San Francisco County Superior Court Case No. CGC-13-276208 3 I am a resident of the State of California, over the age of eighteen years, and not a party to the within action. My business address is: Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP, 1111 4 Broadway, Suite 1700, Oakland, CA 94607. On the date set forth below, I served the within documents: 5 TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY’S NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION TO 6 SET ASIDE DEFAULT AND DEFAULT JUDGEMENT ENTERED AGAINST SFL, INC. 7 MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES IN SUPPORT OF INTERVENOR TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY’S MOTION TO SET ASIDE DEFAULT AND 8 DEFAULT JUDGMENT ENTERED AGAINST SFL, INC. 9 DECLARATION OF CHRISTOPHER D. STRUNK IN SUPPORT OF TRAVELERS INDEMINITY COMPANY’S MOTION TO SET ASIDE DEFAULT AND DEFAULT 10 JUDGEMENT ENTRED AGAINST SFL, INC. 11 DECLARATION OF SCOTT HOMERSHAM IN SUPPORT OF TRAVELERS Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP INDEMINITY COMPANY’S MOTION TO SET ASIDE DEFAULT AND DEFAULT 12 JUDGEMENT ENTRED AGAINST SFL, INC. 1111 Broadway, Suite 1700 Oakland, CA 94607 13 [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY’S MOTION TO SET ASIDE DEFAULT AND DEFAULT JUDGEMENT ENTERED 14 AGAINST SFL, INC. 15 by electronically serving the document(s) described above via File & ServeXpress on the recipients designated on the Transaction Receipt that is located on the File & 16 ServeXpress website and as set forth below: 17 by placing the document listed above in a sealed envelope with postage thereon fully prepaid, in United States mail in the State of California at Oakland, addressed as set 18 forth below. by transmitting via facsimile the documents listed above to the fax numbers set forth 19 below on this date before 5:00 p.m. 20 21 I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the above is true and correct. 22 Executed on July 20, 2022, at Oakland, California. 23 24 25 ANDREA CHRISTIE 26 27 28 1224477/69007133v.1 -4- TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY’S NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION TO SET ASIDE DEFAULT JUDGMENT ENTERED AGAINST SFL, INC.