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  • ODEH -V- FERNANDEZ Print Medical Malpractice Unlimited  document preview
  • ODEH -V- FERNANDEZ Print Medical Malpractice Unlimited  document preview
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1 Thomas R Bradford Esq Bar No 110230 Sherry Gregorio Esq Bar No 263856 F E D 2 Alexa L Hafloran Esq Bar No 315470 SUPERIOR CQURT OF CALIFORNIA PETERSON BRADFORD BURKWITZ CSAN NO sTR c 3 100 North First Street Suite 300 Burbank California 91502 APR 2 5 2019 4 818 562 5800 SY 5 Attorneys for Defendant ME ARROYO Ptm RINGO BANGALAN D D S 6 7 8 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 9 COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO 10 Ali Otleh Case No CIVDS1823772 11 Assigned to the Honorable Wilfred J Schneider Jr 12 Plaintiff Dept S32j o 3 vs DEFENDANT RINGO BANGALAN D D S REPLY o TO PLAINTIFF ALI ODEH S OPPOSITION TO m 14 Lyngadlen Fernandez DDS Suarez Fernandez DEFENDANT S MOTION TO SET ASIDE ANDIOR a Dentistry and Ringo Bangalan DDS V A C A TE E N TRY O F D E F A U L T o LL N 15 Defendants Date May 2 2019 m L 16 Time 8 3Q a m Dept S32 p z gm w 17 a First Arnended Complaint December 21 2018 g Complaint Filed September 11 2018 19 20 Defendant Ringo Bangalan D D S hereby submits his reply to Plaintiff s Opposition to his Motion 21 to Set Aside Entry of Defauit 22 23 24 F6 25 26 lll 27 28 1 DEFENDANT RINGO BANGALAN D D S REPLY TO PLAINTiFF ALI ODEH S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT S MOTION TO SET ASIDE ANDIOR VACATE ENTRY OF DEFAULT rrlfiles12214 odeh idic lpieadingslp reply to plMs opposition ot motion to set asVde detault docx 1 MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES 2 I INTRODUCTION 3 Plaintiff s Opposition to Dr Bangalan s Motion to Set Aside and or Vacate the Entry of Defauit the 4 Motion is composed of conjecture and falsely interpreted statements and repeatedly cites to unpublished 5 case law There is nothing in Piaintiff s Opposition to the Motion that refutes the fact that Dr Bangalan was 6 not properiy servetl in this matter 7 Plaintiff argues that a good faith effort to serve Dr Bangalan was made when a copy of the 8 summons and complaint was left at Dr Fernandez office rior to naming Dr Bangalan as a defendant in the 9 lawsuit See Plaintiff s Opposition to the Motion 3 21 26 see also Plaintiff s Opposition to the Motion 10 Exhibit 3 However this argument was disproved when the Court rightfully rejected the Proof of Service as 11 this attempt to serve Dr Bangalan before he was named as a defendant was clearly improper 12 Plaintiff s claim that Dr Bangalan was properly served at least three times is ridiculous Plaintiff is N 0 13 blatantly misstating the facts of this matter in an attempt to violate Dr Bangalan s right to a fair trial It was o N 14 impossible for Dr Bangalan to duck service because there was no service for him to duck o a c m o 15 The facts of this matter show that personai service was never attempted on Dr Bangalan and that U n 16 substituted service was attempted but not completed and was done at the wrong address This clearly Z oZ m o 17 shows that Dr Bangalan was not properly served in this matter and rightfully had no reason to believe he w a 18 had been named as a defentlant in a lawsuit 19 II DR BANGALAN DID NOT HAVE CONSTRUCTIVE NOTICE OF A LAWSUIT AGAINST HIM IN 20 SEPTEMBER 2018 BECAUSE HE WAS NOT A PARTY TO THE ACTION AT THAT TIME 21 A court may set aside an entry of default wJhen service of a summons has not resulted in actual 22 notice to a party in time to defend the action Cal Civ Proc Code 473 5 a see also Defendant s 23 Motion 6 24 25 Imputed or constructive notice is not actual notice See Rosenthal v Garner 142 Cai 24 App 3d 891 895 1983 denying respondents argument that constructive notice is sufficient to vitiate a 25 motion to set aside a default judgment see also Defendant s Motion 8 1 2 26 Piaintiff argues that Dr Fernandez Declaration should be interpreted to show that Dr Bangalan had 27 constructive notice of a possible lawsuit against him in September 2018 See Plaintiffs Opposition to the 28 Motion 3 1 2 This argument is irrelevant and not supported by law The requirement is actual notice 2 DEFENDANT RINGO BANGALAN D D S REPLY TO PLAINTIFF ALI ODEH S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT S MOTION TO SET ASIDE ANDIOR VACATE ENTRY OF DEFAULT n lfiles12214 odeh tdic lpleadingslp reply to pltfs opposition ofmotion to set aside defaulLdocx