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1 DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP
Joseph E. Addiego III (SBN 169522)
2 joeaddiego@dwt.com
3 50 California St., Suite 2300
San Francisco, California 94111
4 Telephone: (415) 276-6500
5 DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP
James H. Moon (SBN 268215)
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jamesmoon@dwt.com
7 Peter K. Bae (SBN 329158)
peterbae@dwt.com
8 865 S. Figueroa St., Suite 2400
Los Angeles, California 90017-2566
9 Telephone: (213) 633-6800
Facsimile: (213) 633-6899
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11 Attorneys for Defendant Brown & Brown
Insurance Services of California, Inc.
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13 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
14 FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA – ANACAPA DIVISION
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START INC., a California corporation, Case No. 23CV00965
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Plaintiff, REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE IN
17 SUPPORT OF DEFENDANT BROWN &
vs. BROWN INSURANCE SERVICES OF
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CALIFORNIA, INC.’S DEMURRER TO
NATIONAL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE
19 COMPLAINT
COMPANY; BROWN & BROWN
20 INSURANCE SERVICES OF CALIFORNIA [Demurrer, Declaration of James H. Moon,
INC.; and DOES 1 through 100, inclusive,
and Proposed Order Filed Concurrently]
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Defendants. Date: July 31, 2023
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Time: 10:00 a.m.
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24 Action Filed: March 9, 2023
Trial Date: None
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DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP
865 S. FIGUEROA ST, SUITE 2400
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90017-2566
REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE ISO DEMURRER TO COMPLAINT (213) 633-6800
Fax: (213) 633-6899
1 REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE
2 Pursuant to Rules of Court, Rules 3.1113(l) and 3.1306(c), and Evidence Code sections
3 452 and 453, Defendant Brown & Brown Insurance Services of California, Inc. (“Brown &
4 Brown”) respectfully requests that the Court take judicial notice of the following documents, true
5 and correct copies of which are attached to the concurrently filed Declaration of James H. Moon in
6 support of Brown & Brown’s Demurrer to Plaintiff Start, Inc.’s (“Start”) Complaint:
7 Exhibit B: The Second Amended Complaint Start filed in Start, Inc. v. Lonmar
8 Global Risks Ltd. et al., Case No. 19CV04891 (S.B. Superior Court) (the “Lonmar
9 Action”).
10 Exhibit C: The demurrer to the Second Amended Complaint which defendant All
11 Risks, Ltd. (“All Risks”) filed in the Lonmar Action.
12 Exhibit D: The Court’s final order adopting its tentative ruling on All Risks’
13 demurrer to the Second Amended Complaint and the tentative ruling in the Lonmar
14 Action.
15 Exhibit E: Brown & Brown’s motion for judgment on the pleadings in the
16 Lonmar Action.
17 Exhibit F: The Court’s final order adopting its tentative ruling on Brown &
18 Brown’s motion for judgment on the pleadings and the tentative ruling in the
19 Lonmar Action.
20 Exhibit G: The Court’s order granting Brown & Brown’s motion for judgment on
21 the pleadings in the Lonmar Action.
22 Exhibit H: The Second Amended Complaint Start filed in Start Inc. et al. v.
23 National Fire & Marine Insurance Co. et al., Case No. 19CV02637 (S.B. Superior
24 Court) (the “National Fire Action”).
25 Exhibit I: Defendant National Fire & Marine Insurance Company’s (“National
26 Fire”) Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Support of its Motion to
27 Consolidate the Lonmar Action with the National Fire Action.
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DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP
2 865 S. FIGUEROA ST, SUITE 2400
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90017-2566
REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE ISO DEMURRER TO COMPLAINT (213) 633-6800
Fax: (213) 633-6899
1 Exhibit J: The Court’s final order adopting its tentative ruling on National Fire’s
2 motion to consolidate the Lonmar Action with the National Fire Action and the
3 tentative ruling in the National Fire Action.
4 Exhibits B–J. All of the above exhibits are filings, e.g., complaints, motions, and orders,
5 from other actions filed in this Court. California courts recognize court records as the proper
6 subject of judicial notice on a demurrer. See, e.g., Lockley v. Law Office of Cantrell, Green,
7 Pekich, Cruz & McCort, 91 Cal. App. 4th 875, 882 (2001) (“The court may in its discretion take
8 judicial notice of any court record in the United States”); see also Cal. Evid. Code § 452(d) (courts
9 may judicially notice “[r]ecords of … any court of this state”). As these exhibits are “[r]ecords of
10 [a] court of this state,” the Court should therefore take judicial notice of Exhibits B through J. Cal.
11 Evid. Code § 452(d).
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13 Dated: June 1, 2023 DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP
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James H. Moon
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Attorneys for Defendants Brown & Brown
17 Insurance Services of California, Inc.
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DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP
3 865 S. FIGUEROA ST, SUITE 2400
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90017-2566
REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE ISO DEMURRER TO COMPLAINT (213) 633-6800
Fax: (213) 633-6899
1 PROOF OF SERVICE BY ELECTRONIC MAIL AND U.S. MAIL
2 I am employed in the County of Los Angeles, State of California. I am over the age of 18
and not a party to the within action. My business address is Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Suite
3 2400, 865 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, California 90017-2566.
4 On June 1, 2023, I served the foregoing document(s) described as: REQUEST FOR
JUDICIAL NOTICE IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANT BROWN & BROWN INSURANCE
5 SERVICES OF CALIFORNIA, INC.’S DEMURRER TO COMPLAINT by forwarding a
portable document file to the electronic mail address(es) below and by placing a true copy of said
6 document(s) enclosed in a sealed envelope(s) for each addressee named below, with the name and
address of the person served shown on the envelope as follows:
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SEE ATTACHED SERVICE LIST
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9 (FROM ELECTRONIC MAIL ADDRESS sharisanders@dwt.com) at Suite 2400, 865
South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, California.
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(U.S. MAIL) - I placed such envelope(s) with postage thereon fully prepaid for deposit in
11 the United States Mail in accordance with the office practice of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP for
collecting and processing correspondence for mailing with the United States Postal Service. I am
12 familiar with the office practice of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, for collecting and processing
correspondence for mailing with the United States Postal Service, which practice is that when
13 correspondence is deposited with the Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, personnel responsible for
delivering correspondence to the United States Postal Service, such correspondence is delivered to
14 the United States Postal Service that same day in the ordinary course of business.
15 Executed on June 1, 2023, at Los Angeles, California.
16 ☒ State I declare under penalty of perjury, under the laws of the State of California,
that the foregoing is true and correct.
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☐ Federal I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of
18 America that the foregoing is true and correct and that I am employed in the
office of a member of the bar of this Court at whose direction the service was
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DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP
865 S. FIGUEROA ST, SUITE 2400
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90017-2566
Proof of Service (213) 633-6800
Fax: (213) 633-6899
1 SERVICE LIST
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3 A. Barry Cappello Email: abc@cappellonoel.com
Leila J. Noel Email: lnoel@cappellonoel.com
4 David L. Cousineau Email: dcousineau@cappellonoel.com
G. Michael Brelje Email: mbrelje@cappellonoel.com
5 Richard Lloyd Email: rlloyd@cappellonoel.com
CAPPELLO & NOEL LLP
6 831 State Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Attorneys for Plaintiff
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9 Brian E. Devilling Email: mponzi@fgppr.com
Matthew S. Ponzi Email: bdevilling@fgppr.com
10 Foran Glennon
222 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 1400 Attorneys for National Fire & Marine
11 Chicago, Illinois 60601 Insurance Company (Co-Counsel)
Telephone: (312) 863-5018
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Thomas J. Dowling Email: mail@hdlaw.com
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Lora D. Hemphill Attorneys for National Fire & Marine
15 Hager & Dowling Insurance Company
319 East Carrillo Street
16 Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Telephone: (805) 966-4700
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1 DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP Joseph E. Addiego III (SBN 169522) 2 joeaddiego@dwt.com 3 50 California St., Suite 2300 San Francisco, California 94111 4 Telephone: (415) 276-6500 5 DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP James H. Moon (SBN 268215) 6 jamesmoon@dwt.com 7 Peter K. Bae (SBN 329158) peterbae@dwt.com 8 865 S. Figueroa St., Suite 2400 Los Angeles, California 90017-2566 9 Telephone: (213) 633-6800 Facsimile: (213) 633-6899 10 11 Attorneys for Defendant Brown & Brown Insurance Services of California, Inc. 12 13 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 14 FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA – ANACAPA DIVISION 15 START INC., a California corporation, Case No. 23CV00965 16 Plaintiff, REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE IN 17 SUPPORT OF DEFENDANT BROWN & vs. BROWN INSURANCE SERVICES OF 18 CALIFORNIA, INC.’S DEMURRER TO NATIONAL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE 19 COMPLAINT COMPANY; BROWN & BROWN 20 INSURANCE SERVICES OF CALIFORNIA [Demurrer, Declaration of James H. Moon, INC.; and DOES 1 through 100, inclusive, and Proposed Order Filed Concurrently] 21 Defendants. Date: July 31, 2023 22 Time: 10:00 a.m. 23 Dept.: 5 24 Action Filed: March 9, 2023 Trial Date: None 25 26 27 28 DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP 865 S. FIGUEROA ST, SUITE 2400 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90017-2566 REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE ISO DEMURRER TO COMPLAINT (213) 633-6800 Fax: (213) 633-6899 1 REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE 2 Pursuant to Rules of Court, Rules 3.1113(l) and 3.1306(c), and Evidence Code sections 3 452 and 453, Defendant Brown & Brown Insurance Services of California, Inc. (“Brown & 4 Brown”) respectfully requests that the Court take judicial notice of the following documents, true 5 and correct copies of which are attached to the concurrently filed Declaration of James H. Moon in 6 support of Brown & Brown’s Demurrer to Plaintiff Start, Inc.’s (“Start”) Complaint: 7 Exhibit B: The Second Amended Complaint Start filed in Start, Inc. v. Lonmar 8 Global Risks Ltd. et al., Case No. 19CV04891 (S.B. Superior Court) (the “Lonmar 9 Action”). 10 Exhibit C: The demurrer to the Second Amended Complaint which defendant All 11 Risks, Ltd. (“All Risks”) filed in the Lonmar Action. 12 Exhibit D: The Court’s final order adopting its tentative ruling on All Risks’ 13 demurrer to the Second Amended Complaint and the tentative ruling in the Lonmar 14 Action. 15 Exhibit E: Brown & Brown’s motion for judgment on the pleadings in the 16 Lonmar Action. 17 Exhibit F: The Court’s final order adopting its tentative ruling on Brown & 18 Brown’s motion for judgment on the pleadings and the tentative ruling in the 19 Lonmar Action. 20 Exhibit G: The Court’s order granting Brown & Brown’s motion for judgment on 21 the pleadings in the Lonmar Action. 22 Exhibit H: The Second Amended Complaint Start filed in Start Inc. et al. v. 23 National Fire & Marine Insurance Co. et al., Case No. 19CV02637 (S.B. Superior 24 Court) (the “National Fire Action”). 25 Exhibit I: Defendant National Fire & Marine Insurance Company’s (“National 26 Fire”) Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Support of its Motion to 27 Consolidate the Lonmar Action with the National Fire Action. 28 DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP 2 865 S. FIGUEROA ST, SUITE 2400 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90017-2566 REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE ISO DEMURRER TO COMPLAINT (213) 633-6800 Fax: (213) 633-6899 1 Exhibit J: The Court’s final order adopting its tentative ruling on National Fire’s 2 motion to consolidate the Lonmar Action with the National Fire Action and the 3 tentative ruling in the National Fire Action. 4 Exhibits B–J. All of the above exhibits are filings, e.g., complaints, motions, and orders, 5 from other actions filed in this Court. California courts recognize court records as the proper 6 subject of judicial notice on a demurrer. See, e.g., Lockley v. Law Office of Cantrell, Green, 7 Pekich, Cruz & McCort, 91 Cal. App. 4th 875, 882 (2001) (“The court may in its discretion take 8 judicial notice of any court record in the United States”); see also Cal. Evid. Code § 452(d) (courts 9 may judicially notice “[r]ecords of … any court of this state”). As these exhibits are “[r]ecords of 10 [a] court of this state,” the Court should therefore take judicial notice of Exhibits B through J. Cal. 11 Evid. Code § 452(d). 12 13 Dated: June 1, 2023 DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP 14 15 By: James H. Moon 16 Attorneys for Defendants Brown & Brown 17 Insurance Services of California, Inc. 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP 3 865 S. FIGUEROA ST, SUITE 2400 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90017-2566 REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE ISO DEMURRER TO COMPLAINT (213) 633-6800 Fax: (213) 633-6899 1 PROOF OF SERVICE BY ELECTRONIC MAIL AND U.S. MAIL 2 I am employed in the County of Los Angeles, State of California. I am over the age of 18 and not a party to the within action. My business address is Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Suite 3 2400, 865 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, California 90017-2566. 4 On June 1, 2023, I served the foregoing document(s) described as: REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANT BROWN & BROWN INSURANCE 5 SERVICES OF CALIFORNIA, INC.’S DEMURRER TO COMPLAINT by forwarding a portable document file to the electronic mail address(es) below and by placing a true copy of said 6 document(s) enclosed in a sealed envelope(s) for each addressee named below, with the name and address of the person served shown on the envelope as follows: 7 SEE ATTACHED SERVICE LIST 8 9 (FROM ELECTRONIC MAIL ADDRESS sharisanders@dwt.com) at Suite 2400, 865 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, California. 10 (U.S. MAIL) - I placed such envelope(s) with postage thereon fully prepaid for deposit in 11 the United States Mail in accordance with the office practice of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP for collecting and processing correspondence for mailing with the United States Postal Service. I am 12 familiar with the office practice of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, for collecting and processing correspondence for mailing with the United States Postal Service, which practice is that when 13 correspondence is deposited with the Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, personnel responsible for delivering correspondence to the United States Postal Service, such correspondence is delivered to 14 the United States Postal Service that same day in the ordinary course of business. 15 Executed on June 1, 2023, at Los Angeles, California. 16 ☒ State I declare under penalty of perjury, under the laws of the State of California, that the foregoing is true and correct. 17 ☐ Federal I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of 18 America that the foregoing is true and correct and that I am employed in the office of a member of the bar of this Court at whose direction the service was 19 made. 20 21 Shari Sanders Print Name Signature 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP 865 S. FIGUEROA ST, SUITE 2400 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90017-2566 Proof of Service (213) 633-6800 Fax: (213) 633-6899 1 SERVICE LIST 2 3 A. Barry Cappello Email: abc@cappellonoel.com Leila J. Noel Email: lnoel@cappellonoel.com 4 David L. Cousineau Email: dcousineau@cappellonoel.com G. Michael Brelje Email: mbrelje@cappellonoel.com 5 Richard Lloyd Email: rlloyd@cappellonoel.com CAPPELLO & NOEL LLP 6 831 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Attorneys for Plaintiff 7 Telephone: (805) 564-2444 8 9 Brian E. Devilling Email: mponzi@fgppr.com Matthew S. Ponzi Email: bdevilling@fgppr.com 10 Foran Glennon 222 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 1400 Attorneys for National Fire & Marine 11 Chicago, Illinois 60601 Insurance Company (Co-Counsel) Telephone: (312) 863-5018 12 13 Thomas J. Dowling Email: mail@hdlaw.com 14 Natalia Duque Lora D. Hemphill Attorneys for National Fire & Marine 15 Hager & Dowling Insurance Company 319 East Carrillo Street 16 Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Telephone: (805) 966-4700 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP 865 S. FIGUEROA ST, SUITE 2400 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90017-2566 Proof of Service (213) 633-6800 Fax: (213) 633-6899