Document for JOHNSON CONTROLS FIRE PROTECTION LP VS BES DESIGN / BUILD, LLC

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                                Electronically FILED by Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles on 10/03/2019 02:39 PM Sherri R. Carter, Executive Officer/Clerk of Court, by M. Horan,Deputy Clerk




                          I    MCGUINNESS & ASSOCIATES
                               JOSEPH G. MoGUINNESS - State Bar No. 115983
                        2      JULIA M. McGUINNESS- State BarNo. 305540
                               3858 Carson Street, Suite 301
                        J      Torrance, California 90503
                               Telephone:(3 1 0) 792-0495
                        4      Facsimile: (3 10) 792-0520

                        5      Attorneys for Plaintiff
                               Johnson Controls Fire Protection LP
                        6      fka SimplexGrinnell LP

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                        8                                   SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

                        9                        FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - SOUTHWEST DISTRICT

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                                                                                                  )        Case    No. 19TRCV00004
                      11      JOHNSON CONTROLS FIRE                                               )
                              PROTECTION LP fka                                                   )
                      t2      SIMPLEXGRINNELL LP, a Delaware                                      )       PLAINTIFF'S MEMORANDUM OF'
                              limited partnership                                                 )       POINTS AND AUTHORITIES IN
                      13                                                                          )       SUPPORT OF DEFAULT JUDGMENT
                                                                 Plaintiff,                       )
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                                          V                                                       )       Case Filed: January 3,2019
                      15                                                                          )       Trial Date: None Set
                              BES DESIGN/BUILD,LLC., an Alabama )
                      T6      limited liability company; and DOES 1 )
                              through 200, inclusive                )
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                                                    Defendants.     )
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                     20                                   I. INTRODUCTION AND FACTUAL BACKGROUND
                     2I                  Plaintiff Johnson Controls Fire Protection LP fka SimplexGrinnell LP

                     22       ("SimplexGrinnell" or "Plaintiff') and defendant BES Design/Build, LLC ("BES" or

                     23       "Defendant") entered into two separate agreements whereby SimplexGrinnell agreed to provide

                     24       labor and equipment to BES in connection with (1) one project commonly referred to as the

                     25       James H. Quillen           VAMC Building (the "Quillen Project"), located at200 Vetern Way, Johnson
                     26       City, Tennesee 37684 and (2) a second project commonly referred to as Charles E. Bennet

                     27       Federal Building (the "Bennett Project"), located at 400 West Bay Street, Jacksonville, Florida

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                                                 POINTS AND AUTHOzuTIES IN SUPPORT OF ENTRY OF ruDGMENT