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February 15, 2024
Via Electronic Mail
Hon. Nancy L. Fineman
Department 4 – Courtroom G
San Mateo Superior Court - Central 800
North Humboldt Street
San Mateo, CA 94401
Dept4@SanMateoCourt.org
Garry L. Montanari, Esq.
Michaelis, Montanari & Johnson, P.C.
4333 Park Terrace Dr. #110
Westlake Village, CA 91361
gmontanari@mmjlaw.net
Re: Trujillo et. al. v. Magee, Sac Aero Flying Club, Inc., et. al.
Superior Court of San Mateo, Case No. 18-CIV-01901
Dear Judge Fineman:
Attached is Plaintiffs’ Proposed Order Recommending Immediate Review of Statement of
Decision for Phase 2 Trial Upon Petition for Extraordinary Writ, for your review and consideration.
Plaintiffs submitted a stipulation and proposed order to the same effect to defense counsel, however Mr.
Montanari declined to so stipulate. Defendant has changed its position. The Court will recall how the
parties and the Court discussed at great length, and agreed, to submit the issues in this case to the Court
of Appeals. (See transcript excerpts and an email from Mr. Montanari; Exhibit A; Exhibit B; Exhibit
C.)
If the Court wishes to discuss the Proposed Order, there is an upcoming Case Management/Trial
Setting Conference on March 12, 2024, or Plaintiffs would be available on an earlier date at the Court’s
convenience.
Sincerely,
Michael S. Smith
MSS:fb
Encls.
Exhibit A
1 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
2 IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN MATEO
3
4 BRYAN TRUJILLO, ET AL., )
)
5 PLAINTIFFS, )
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6 VS. )CASE NO. 18-CIV-01901
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7 STEPHEN MAGEE, ET AL., )
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8 DEFENDANTS. )
__________________________)
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10
11
12
REPORTER'S TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS
13
BEFORE: HON. NANCY L. FINEMAN, JUDGE
14 DEPARTMENT 4
15 APRIL 28, 2021
16
17
18 A P P E A R A N C E S:
19
20 FOR THE PLAINTIFFS: MICHAEL S. DANKO, ATTORNEY AT LAW
JOHN LAUGHLIN, ATTORNEY AT LAW
21
22
FOR THE DEFENDANTS: GARRY L. MONTANARI, ATTORNEY AT LAW
23
24
25
26 REPORTED BY: CHRISTINE PEREZ, CSR #10945
1
1 FULL RECORD OF IT -- BUT JUST ABOUT WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE
2 GOING TO BE. ALL RIGHT?
3 MR. DANKO: THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR. WE'LL STAY ON
4 WHILE YOU'RE GONE.
5 THE COURT: ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MUTE YOU THEN SO YOU
6 CAN'T HEAR US --
7 RIGHT, ASHMIKA?
8 THE CLERK: YES.
9 MR. DANKO: OKAY.
10 THE COURT: SO WE'LL MUTE, BUT HOPEFULLY -- OKAY.
11 THIS IS WHAT WE'LL DO. WE'LL GO OFF THE RECORD.
12 (WHEREUPON, A RECESS WAS TAKEN.)
13 THE COURT: BACK ON THE RECORD IN THE TRUJILLO VS.
14 MAGEE. SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO NEXT? OR DO YOU NEED MORE
15 TIME, WHICH IS ALSO AN ACCEPTABLE RESPONSE, TOO.
16 MR. DANKO: YEAH. WE NEED MORE TIME, YOUR HONOR. I
17 THINK WHERE WE CAME OUT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE APPRECIATE YOUR
18 HONOR'S WILLINGNESS TO KIND OF TEE THIS ISSUE UP, IN THE
19 INTEREST OF JUDICIAL ECONOMY AND SAVING MONEY AND SO FORTH; THAT
20 WE'RE BOTH INTERESTED IN DOING THAT AND THAT WE NEED TO CONSULT
21 WITH THOSE OF A HIGHER PAY GRADE IN ORDER TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO
22 DO IT -- HOW TO MAKE IT HAPPEN, BASICALLY.
23 THE COURT: ALL RIGHT.
24 MR. MONTANARI, YOU AGREE?
25 MR. MONTANARI: AGREED, YOUR HONOR. WE'RE TRYING TO
26 FLOOR IT WITH SOME WAY WE CAN TEE THIS UP FOR APPEAL, RIGHT?
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1 THE COURT: YES. I MEAN, I USUALLY LIKE TO MAKE ONE
2 PERSON AT LEAST A LITTLE HAPPY. USUALLY, I DO. BUT HERE, I
3 HAVEN'T. AND I CAN UNDERSTAND AND I GET IT. AND THE COURT OF
4 APPEAL WILL EITHER AGREE WITH ME OR NOT, AND THAT'S I GUESS MY
5 HIGHER PAY GRADE.
6 SO I UNDERSTAND THAT. WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS MAKE
7 SURE WE DON'T LOSE TRACK OF THIS CASE, BECAUSE I WANT TO BE ABLE
8 TO GET RID OF THESE BINDERS OR USE THESE BINDERS AT SOME TIME.
9 SO LET'S SET A DATE. I IMAGINE YOU NEED A LITTLE BIT OF TIME
10 BECAUSE -- YOU KNOW, I'M NOT TELLING YOU TO SETTLE, BUT MY
11 SUGGESTION IS YOU COULD -- NOW THAT YOU KNOW WHAT THE RANGES ARE
12 OF WHAT COULD BE, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO REACH SOME SORT OF IF THE
13 COURT OF APPEAL IS THIS VERSUS THAT.
14 AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF A WRIT IS THE RIGHT WAY
15 TO GO OR WHATEVER. YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW. BUT IT COULD TAKE A
16 LONG TIME BECAUSE THE COURT OF APPEALS IS PRETTY BACKED UP, TOO.
17 BUT WHEN DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO COME BACK? I ALWAYS
18 LOOK AT PLAINTIFF FIRST BECAUSE THAT'S HOW I WAS TRAINED.
19 MR. DANKO, MR. LAUGHLIN, WHAT LOOKS GOOD FOR YOU? AND
20 WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS THIS: THAT WE PUT IT ON A TUESDAY AT
21 9:30 CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE CALENDAR; THAT I CALL YOU LAST,
22 BUT WE JUST TALK KIND OF SCHEDULING. AND IF YOU HAVE SOME
23 BRILLIANT IDEAS ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO AND YOU'RE GOING TO
24 NEED MORE TIME THAN, YOU KNOW, 20 MINUTES TO TALK, THAT WE
25 FIGURE OUT ANOTHER DAY, BUT LET'S GET A PLACEHOLDER.
26 YOU KNOW, AND IF YOU DON'T NEED IT BECAUSE YOU HAVE AN
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1 AGREEMENT AND YOU WANT TO HAVE ME SIGN AN ORDER, JUST SUBMIT IT
2 THROUGH THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND HAVE ME SIGN IT. BUT I JUST WANT
3 TO HAVE A DATE. IT COULD BE A FAKE DATE THAT WE NEVER SHOW UP
4 ON, BUT I CAN'T JUST NOT HAVE A DATE TO RETURN.
5 MR. DANKO: OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I WOULD SAY -- I'M
6 GOING TO GUESS IT'S GOING TO TAKE US ONE MONTH TO BASICALLY COME
7 UP WITH ANYTHING OTHER THAN WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT IT; STILL
8 TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT. AND I WOULD MAYBE SUGGEST -- I HAVEN'T
9 TALKED TO MR. MONTANARI ABOUT IT -- THAT YOU SIGN NO ORDERS IN
10 THE MEANTIME. AND THEN IF WE DON'T HAVE IN ONE MONTH SOMETHING
11 TO PRESENT TO YOU, AT LEAST WE'LL BE ABLE TO SAY THIS IS WHERE
12 WE'RE HEADED AND THESE ARE WHAT THE ISSUES ARE.
13 THE COURT: OKAY. SO I WAS GOING TO MAKE MY TENTATIVE
14 A RULING. DO YOU WANT ME TO WITHHOLD DOING THAT AND WE'LL JUST
15 HAVE FURTHER -- WITHOUT AN INVITATION FOR FURTHER ARGUMENT, BUT
16 TO ACCOMMODATE NOT A RUNNING OF THE TIME TO APPEAL OR FILE A
17 WRIT, I'M HAPPY, BUT YOU DON'T COME BACK FOR THREE HOURS OF
18 ARGUMENT TO DO THAT. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING?
19 MR. DANKO: I'M SUGGESTING THAT YOU NOT SIGN ANYTHING,
20 AND THAT WE COME BACK FOR FURTHER CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE
21 PERHAPS AND WE'RE ONBOARD.
22 THE COURT: MR. MONTANARI, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
23 MR. MONTANARI: THAT MAKES SENSE. THAT'S AGREEABLE TO
24 THE PLAINTIFFS, YOUR HONOR.
25 THE COURT: ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO OFF THE RECORD FOR A
26 MOMENT. LET'S JUST LOOK AT OUR CALENDARS.
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Exhibit B
From: Garry L. Montanari
To: John Laughlin
Cc: Garry L. Montanari; John H. Moon; Mike Danko
Subject: Trujillos v. Magee, et al.
Date: Friday, October 15, 2021 4:09:58 PM
Attachments: p-order.submit.jury.instruct.pdf
External Email. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources.
John:
We have looked at Code of Civil Procedure section 166.1 and a few cases cited on interpreting the
statute. We have the best chance for acceptance if the order makes a determination as a matter of
law. The statute itself specifies that an additional requirement is that appellate resolution may
materially advance the conclusion of the litigation. Attached is our proposed order. We have not
attached our proposed jury instructions but will do so by Monday, October 18, 2021.
Let me know if you agree with this order, wish to make changes or if we should plan on submitting
competing orders on October 19, 2021. Thanks.
Garry L. Montanari
Michaelis, Montanari & Johnson
4333 Park Terrace Drive, Suite 100
Westlake Village, CA 91361
818.865.0444
www.mmjlaw.net
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Exhibit C
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·1· · · · · ·SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
·2· · · · · · · · ·FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN MATEO
·3· ·BRYAN TRUJILLO AND CINDY· · · · )
· · ·TRUJILLO,· · · · · · · · · · · ·)
·4· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·)
· · · · · · · · · PLAINTIFF,· · · · ·)
·5· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·)
· · ·VS.· · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·)CASE NO.: 18CIV01901
·6· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·)
· · ·STEPHEN MAGEE, SAC AERO FLYING· )
·7· ·CLUB, INC. and DOES 1 - 50,· · ·)
· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·)
·8· · · · · · · · DEFENDANT.· · · · ·)
· · ·________________________________)
·9
10· · · · · · · SUPERIOR COURT Of SAN MATEO COUNTY
11· · · · · HONORABLE NANCY L. FINEMAN, JUDGE PRESIDING
12· · · · · · · · · · · · ·DEPARTMENT 4
13· · · · · · ·REPORTER'S TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS
14· · · · · · · · · WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2023
15· ·APPEARANCES:
16· ·FOR THE PLAINTIFF:· DANKO MEREDITH
· · · · · · · · · · · · ·MICHAEL DANKO
17· · · · · · · · · · · ·MICHAEL S. SMITH
· · · · · · · · · · · · ·ATTORNEYS AT LAW
18· · · · · · · · · · · ·333 TWIN DOLPHIN DRIVE, SUITE 145
· · · · · · · · · · · · ·REDWOOD SHORES, CA 94065
19· · · · · · · · · · · ·TELEPHONE: (650) 453 3600
· · · · · · · · · · · · ·E-MAIL:· Mdanko@dankolaw.com
20
21· ·FOR THE DEFENDANT:· MICHAELIS, MONTANARI & JOHNSON, PC
· · · · · · · · · · · · ·GARRY MONTANARI
22· · · · · · · · · · · ·JOHN H. MOON
· · · · · · · · · · · · ·ATTORNEYS AT LAW
23· · · · · · · · · · · ·4333 PARK TERRACE DRIVE, SUITE 100
· · · · · · · · · · · · ·WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA· 91361
24· · · · · · · · · · · ·TELEPHONE: (818) 865-0444
· · · · · · · · · · · · ·E-MAIL:· GMontanari@mmjlaw.net
25· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · JMoon@mmjlaw.net
26
27
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28· · JUSTUS BALENTINE, CSR 13859 Official Reporter
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·1· ·evidence that wasn't presented in Court.
·2· · · · · · But Mr. Danko, I don't understand where from
·3· ·what I've said in my order on Motion in Limine No. 13 --
·4· ·I'm not -- I don't get where you think that I don't
·5· ·decide this issue of whether the nuisance is continuing
·6· ·or permanent or a combination of both.
·7· · · · · · MR. DANKO:· Because that's not what a jury would
·8· ·decide.· A jury, for example, we would not -- we would
·9· ·not put -- if it were a jury, we would not put an
10· ·interrogatory to the jury, is this nuisance continuing or
11· ·is it permanent.· Rather, the question to the jury, if it
12· ·was a jury question, would be do you find it reasonable
13· ·to characterize -- that's what the case is saying.
14· ·Because if it is, Plaintiffs have an election to make.
15· ·If it is not, there is no election for them to make.
16· · · · · · THE COURT:· Okay.· I disagree.· So the question
17· ·is whether you are bound by the stipulation as confirmed
18· ·in my order that I am going to be the trier of fact for
19· ·that because that's what I understood.
20· · · · · · And I spent a lot of time because when I
21· ·originally made some of my determinations, we were trying
22· ·to figure out a way to get it up to the Court of Appeal
23· ·on a discretionary writ that I was fine with supporting.
24· ·And then the parties decided on this process.· I mean,
25· ·this case should have been sent to -- you know, done a
26· ·long time ago.
27· · · · · · And I was looking through that, the reason. I
28· ·was trying to be helpful, and I think I might stop being
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·1· ·helpful because I offered to decide motions in limine at
·2· ·a time when we couldn't have jury trials, and everybody
·3· ·was happy, and then life got in the way, and it's taken a
·4· ·lot longer for -- nobody's fault, but it just is.
·5· · · · · · MR. DANKO:· This would help, your Honor.· If
·6· ·your Honor, for example, were to determine that, hey,
·7· ·either as a matter of law or fact, it is not reasonable
·8· ·to characterize this nuisance as one or the other, then
·9· ·without engaging a jury, we have a question that we can
10· ·bring on appeal.
11· · · · · · That's why we stipulated to this procedure.· So
12· ·before we get the jury in here and try damages and so
13· ·forth, we would have presumably a ruling from your Honor,
14· ·which would be something brought up on appeal and save,
15· ·basically, a jury trial.· That's why we stipulated to
16· ·have your Honor decide this issue.
17· · · · · · THE COURT:· So what I see subsumed in there,
18· ·it's whether I find that the standard, whether it's
19· ·reasonable or not because that's -- I haven't focused on
20· ·that argument, that is kind of whether it's reasonable,
21· ·it's permanent.· That's not how I look at the case law.
22· ·Beck isn't one of the cases I focused on.
23· · · · · · But if we're all in agreement that my ruling
24· ·will be whether it's continuing or permanent, and what I
25· ·look at is whether the property's been remediated,
26· ·whether it can be abated, and what the cost to repair is
27· ·versus the diminution in value, then I think we're good
28· ·to go.· That's how I see it, and I don't hear anything
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·1· ·SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
·2· · · · · · · · ·FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN MATEO
·3· ·BRYAN TRUJILLO AND CINDY· · · · )
· · ·TRUJILLO,· · · · · · · · · · · ·)
·4· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·)
· · · · · · · · · PLAINTIFF,· · · · ·)
·5· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·)
· · ·VS.· · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·)CASE NO.: 18CIV01901
·6· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·)
· · ·STEPHEN MAGEE, SAC AERO FLYING· )
·7· ·CLUB, INC. and DOES 1 - 50,· · ·)
· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·)
·8· · · · · · · · DEFENDANT.· · · · ·)
· · ·________________________________)
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10· · · · · · · SUPERIOR COURT Of SAN MATEO COUNTY
11· · · · · HONORABLE NANCY L. FINEMAN, JUDGE PRESIDING
12· · · · · · · · · · · · ·DEPARTMENT 4
13· · · · · · ·REPORTER'S TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS
14· · · · · · · · · ·FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2023
15· ·APPEARANCES:
16· ·FOR THE PLAINTIFF:· DANKO MEREDITH
· · · · · · · · · · · · ·MICHAEL DANKO
17· · · · · · · · · · · ·MICHAEL S. SMITH
· · · · · · · · · · · · ·ATTORNEYS AT LAW
18· · · · · · · · · · · ·333 TWIN DOLPHIN DRIVE, SUITE 145
· · · · · · · · · · · · ·REDWOOD SHORES, CA 94065
19· · · · · · · · · · · ·TELEPHONE: (650) 453 3600
· · · · · · · · · · · · ·E-MAIL:· Mdanko@dankolaw.com
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21· ·FOR THE DEFENDANT:· MICHAELIS, MONTANARI & JOHNSON, PC
· · · · · · · · · · · · ·GARRY MONTANARI
22· · · · · · · · · · · ·JOHN H. MOON
· · · · · · · · · · · · ·ATTORNEYS AT LAW
23· · · · · · · · · · · ·4333 PARK TERRACE DRIVE, SUITE 100
· · · · · · · · · · · · ·WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA· 91361
24· · · · · · · · · · · ·TELEPHONE: (818) 865-0444
· · · · · · · · · · · · ·E-MAIL:· GMontanari@mmjlaw.net
25· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · JMoon@mmjlaw.net
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·1· ·The parties will have two weeks after that for
·2· ·objections.· And if they want argument to say that --
·3· ·usually in my initial statement, I find that the parties
·4· ·waive it, but if you want it in your objections, say that
·5· ·you want oral argument.
·6· · · · · · And then thereafter, I will issue the final
·7· ·statement of decision.· And then we'll decide after that
·8· ·what happens, whether there will be a judgment, whether
·9· ·there will be a jury trial, whether there will be some
10· ·sort of stipulation by the parties so that the issues can
11· ·go before the Court of Appeal.
12· · · · · · And I would ask that my -- that my -- 90 days,
13· ·if we do it by November 29th, that gets me to about the
14· ·end of February.· And based on this schedule, that should
15· ·work.· If I can't do it by then for some reason, I'll ask
16· ·for more time, but I think that should work.
17· · · · · · So is that Plaintiff's understanding, and is
18· ·that schedule agreeable to Plaintiff?
19· · · · · · MR. SMITH:· Yes.
20· · · · · · THE COURT:· And for Defense?
21· · · · · · MR. MONTANARI:· Agreeable to Defense, your
22· ·Honor.
23· · · · · · THE COURT:· All right.· Great.· So please get
24· ·all of your documents that we don't want out of here.
25· ·Enjoy the holiday season.· Thank you for your
26· ·professionalism throughout this trial, and I will get the
27· ·first brief on November 10th.
28· · · · · · And if you need anything before then, let us
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February 15, 2024 Via Electronic Mail Hon. Nancy L. Fineman Department 4 – Courtroom G San Mateo Superior Court - Central 800 North Humboldt Street San Mateo, CA 94401 Dept4@SanMateoCourt.org Garry L. Montanari, Esq. Michaelis, Montanari & Johnson, P.C. 4333 Park Terrace Dr. #110 Westlake Village, CA 91361 gmontanari@mmjlaw.net Re: Trujillo et. al. v. Magee, Sac Aero Flying Club, Inc., et. al. Superior Court of San Mateo, Case No. 18-CIV-01901 Dear Judge Fineman: Attached is Plaintiffs’ Proposed Order Recommending Immediate Review of Statement of Decision for Phase 2 Trial Upon Petition for Extraordinary Writ, for your review and consideration. Plaintiffs submitted a stipulation and proposed order to the same effect to defense counsel, however Mr. Montanari declined to so stipulate. Defendant has changed its position. The Court will recall how the parties and the Court discussed at great length, and agreed, to submit the issues in this case to the Court of Appeals. (See transcript excerpts and an email from Mr. Montanari; Exhibit A; Exhibit B; Exhibit C.) If the Court wishes to discuss the Proposed Order, there is an upcoming Case Management/Trial Setting Conference on March 12, 2024, or Plaintiffs would be available on an earlier date at the Court’s convenience. Sincerely, Michael S. Smith MSS:fb Encls. Exhibit A 1 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 2 IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN MATEO 3 4 BRYAN TRUJILLO, ET AL., ) ) 5 PLAINTIFFS, ) ) 6 VS. )CASE NO. 18-CIV-01901 ) 7 STEPHEN MAGEE, ET AL., ) ) 8 DEFENDANTS. ) __________________________) 9 10 11 12 REPORTER'S TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS 13 BEFORE: HON. NANCY L. FINEMAN, JUDGE 14 DEPARTMENT 4 15 APRIL 28, 2021 16 17 18 A P P E A R A N C E S: 19 20 FOR THE PLAINTIFFS: MICHAEL S. DANKO, ATTORNEY AT LAW JOHN LAUGHLIN, ATTORNEY AT LAW 21 22 FOR THE DEFENDANTS: GARRY L. MONTANARI, ATTORNEY AT LAW 23 24 25 26 REPORTED BY: CHRISTINE PEREZ, CSR #10945 1 1 FULL RECORD OF IT -- BUT JUST ABOUT WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE 2 GOING TO BE. ALL RIGHT? 3 MR. DANKO: THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR. WE'LL STAY ON 4 WHILE YOU'RE GONE. 5 THE COURT: ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MUTE YOU THEN SO YOU 6 CAN'T HEAR US -- 7 RIGHT, ASHMIKA? 8 THE CLERK: YES. 9 MR. DANKO: OKAY. 10 THE COURT: SO WE'LL MUTE, BUT HOPEFULLY -- OKAY. 11 THIS IS WHAT WE'LL DO. WE'LL GO OFF THE RECORD. 12 (WHEREUPON, A RECESS WAS TAKEN.) 13 THE COURT: BACK ON THE RECORD IN THE TRUJILLO VS. 14 MAGEE. SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO NEXT? OR DO YOU NEED MORE 15 TIME, WHICH IS ALSO AN ACCEPTABLE RESPONSE, TOO. 16 MR. DANKO: YEAH. WE NEED MORE TIME, YOUR HONOR. I 17 THINK WHERE WE CAME OUT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE APPRECIATE YOUR 18 HONOR'S WILLINGNESS TO KIND OF TEE THIS ISSUE UP, IN THE 19 INTEREST OF JUDICIAL ECONOMY AND SAVING MONEY AND SO FORTH; THAT 20 WE'RE BOTH INTERESTED IN DOING THAT AND THAT WE NEED TO CONSULT 21 WITH THOSE OF A HIGHER PAY GRADE IN ORDER TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO 22 DO IT -- HOW TO MAKE IT HAPPEN, BASICALLY. 23 THE COURT: ALL RIGHT. 24 MR. MONTANARI, YOU AGREE? 25 MR. MONTANARI: AGREED, YOUR HONOR. WE'RE TRYING TO 26 FLOOR IT WITH SOME WAY WE CAN TEE THIS UP FOR APPEAL, RIGHT? 40 1 THE COURT: YES. I MEAN, I USUALLY LIKE TO MAKE ONE 2 PERSON AT LEAST A LITTLE HAPPY. USUALLY, I DO. BUT HERE, I 3 HAVEN'T. AND I CAN UNDERSTAND AND I GET IT. AND THE COURT OF 4 APPEAL WILL EITHER AGREE WITH ME OR NOT, AND THAT'S I GUESS MY 5 HIGHER PAY GRADE. 6 SO I UNDERSTAND THAT. WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS MAKE 7 SURE WE DON'T LOSE TRACK OF THIS CASE, BECAUSE I WANT TO BE ABLE 8 TO GET RID OF THESE BINDERS OR USE THESE BINDERS AT SOME TIME. 9 SO LET'S SET A DATE. I IMAGINE YOU NEED A LITTLE BIT OF TIME 10 BECAUSE -- YOU KNOW, I'M NOT TELLING YOU TO SETTLE, BUT MY 11 SUGGESTION IS YOU COULD -- NOW THAT YOU KNOW WHAT THE RANGES ARE 12 OF WHAT COULD BE, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO REACH SOME SORT OF IF THE 13 COURT OF APPEAL IS THIS VERSUS THAT. 14 AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF A WRIT IS THE RIGHT WAY 15 TO GO OR WHATEVER. YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW. BUT IT COULD TAKE A 16 LONG TIME BECAUSE THE COURT OF APPEALS IS PRETTY BACKED UP, TOO. 17 BUT WHEN DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO COME BACK? I ALWAYS 18 LOOK AT PLAINTIFF FIRST BECAUSE THAT'S HOW I WAS TRAINED. 19 MR. DANKO, MR. LAUGHLIN, WHAT LOOKS GOOD FOR YOU? AND 20 WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS THIS: THAT WE PUT IT ON A TUESDAY AT 21 9:30 CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE CALENDAR; THAT I CALL YOU LAST, 22 BUT WE JUST TALK KIND OF SCHEDULING. AND IF YOU HAVE SOME 23 BRILLIANT IDEAS ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO AND YOU'RE GOING TO 24 NEED MORE TIME THAN, YOU KNOW, 20 MINUTES TO TALK, THAT WE 25 FIGURE OUT ANOTHER DAY, BUT LET'S GET A PLACEHOLDER. 26 YOU KNOW, AND IF YOU DON'T NEED IT BECAUSE YOU HAVE AN 41 1 AGREEMENT AND YOU WANT TO HAVE ME SIGN AN ORDER, JUST SUBMIT IT 2 THROUGH THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND HAVE ME SIGN IT. BUT I JUST WANT 3 TO HAVE A DATE. IT COULD BE A FAKE DATE THAT WE NEVER SHOW UP 4 ON, BUT I CAN'T JUST NOT HAVE A DATE TO RETURN. 5 MR. DANKO: OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I WOULD SAY -- I'M 6 GOING TO GUESS IT'S GOING TO TAKE US ONE MONTH TO BASICALLY COME 7 UP WITH ANYTHING OTHER THAN WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT IT; STILL 8 TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT. AND I WOULD MAYBE SUGGEST -- I HAVEN'T 9 TALKED TO MR. MONTANARI ABOUT IT -- THAT YOU SIGN NO ORDERS IN 10 THE MEANTIME. AND THEN IF WE DON'T HAVE IN ONE MONTH SOMETHING 11 TO PRESENT TO YOU, AT LEAST WE'LL BE ABLE TO SAY THIS IS WHERE 12 WE'RE HEADED AND THESE ARE WHAT THE ISSUES ARE. 13 THE COURT: OKAY. SO I WAS GOING TO MAKE MY TENTATIVE 14 A RULING. DO YOU WANT ME TO WITHHOLD DOING THAT AND WE'LL JUST 15 HAVE FURTHER -- WITHOUT AN INVITATION FOR FURTHER ARGUMENT, BUT 16 TO ACCOMMODATE NOT A RUNNING OF THE TIME TO APPEAL OR FILE A 17 WRIT, I'M HAPPY, BUT YOU DON'T COME BACK FOR THREE HOURS OF 18 ARGUMENT TO DO THAT. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING? 19 MR. DANKO: I'M SUGGESTING THAT YOU NOT SIGN ANYTHING, 20 AND THAT WE COME BACK FOR FURTHER CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 21 PERHAPS AND WE'RE ONBOARD. 22 THE COURT: MR. MONTANARI, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? 23 MR. MONTANARI: THAT MAKES SENSE. THAT'S AGREEABLE TO 24 THE PLAINTIFFS, YOUR HONOR. 25 THE COURT: ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO OFF THE RECORD FOR A 26 MOMENT. LET'S JUST LOOK AT OUR CALENDARS. 42 Exhibit B From: Garry L. Montanari To: John Laughlin Cc: Garry L. Montanari; John H. Moon; Mike Danko Subject: Trujillos v. Magee, et al. Date: Friday, October 15, 2021 4:09:58 PM Attachments: p-order.submit.jury.instruct.pdf External Email. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. John: We have looked at Code of Civil Procedure section 166.1 and a few cases cited on interpreting the statute. We have the best chance for acceptance if the order makes a determination as a matter of law. The statute itself specifies that an additional requirement is that appellate resolution may materially advance the conclusion of the litigation. Attached is our proposed order. We have not attached our proposed jury instructions but will do so by Monday, October 18, 2021. Let me know if you agree with this order, wish to make changes or if we should plan on submitting competing orders on October 19, 2021. Thanks. Garry L. 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V MAGEE, ET AL. - 10.11.23 JOB NO. 732875 ·1· · · · · ·SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ·2· · · · · · · · ·FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN MATEO ·3· ·BRYAN TRUJILLO AND CINDY· · · · ) · · ·TRUJILLO,· · · · · · · · · · · ·) ·4· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·) · · · · · · · · · PLAINTIFF,· · · · ·) ·5· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·) · · ·VS.· · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·)CASE NO.: 18CIV01901 ·6· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·) · · ·STEPHEN MAGEE, SAC AERO FLYING· ) ·7· ·CLUB, INC. and DOES 1 - 50,· · ·) · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·) ·8· · · · · · · · DEFENDANT.· · · · ·) · · ·________________________________) ·9 10· · · · · · · SUPERIOR COURT Of SAN MATEO COUNTY 11· · · · · HONORABLE NANCY L. FINEMAN, JUDGE PRESIDING 12· · · · · · · · · · · · ·DEPARTMENT 4 13· · · · · · ·REPORTER'S TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS 14· · · · · · · · · WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2023 15· ·APPEARANCES: 16· ·FOR THE PLAINTIFF:· DANKO MEREDITH · · · · · · · · · · · · ·MICHAEL DANKO 17· · · · · · · · · · · ·MICHAEL S. SMITH · · · · · · · · · · · · ·ATTORNEYS AT LAW 18· · · · · · · · · · · ·333 TWIN DOLPHIN DRIVE, SUITE 145 · · · · · · · · · · · · ·REDWOOD SHORES, CA 94065 19· · · · · · · · · · · ·TELEPHONE: (650) 453 3600 · · · · · · · · · · · · ·E-MAIL:· Mdanko@dankolaw.com 20 21· ·FOR THE DEFENDANT:· MICHAELIS, MONTANARI & JOHNSON, PC · · · · · · · · · · · · ·GARRY MONTANARI 22· · · · · · · · · · · ·JOHN H. MOON · · · · · · · · · · · · ·ATTORNEYS AT LAW 23· · · · · · · · · · · ·4333 PARK TERRACE DRIVE, SUITE 100 · · · · · · · · · · · · ·WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA· 91361 24· · · · · · · · · · · ·TELEPHONE: (818) 865-0444 · · · · · · · · · · · · ·E-MAIL:· GMontanari@mmjlaw.net 25· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · JMoon@mmjlaw.net 26 27 · · · Pages 1 - 158, Incl. 28· · JUSTUS BALENTINE, CSR 13859 Official Reporter STENO.COM (310) 573-8380 · TRIAL - TRUJILLO, ET AL. V MAGEE, ET AL. - 10.11.23 JOB NO. 732875 ·1· ·evidence that wasn't presented in Court. ·2· · · · · · But Mr. Danko, I don't understand where from ·3· ·what I've said in my order on Motion in Limine No. 13 -- ·4· ·I'm not -- I don't get where you think that I don't ·5· ·decide this issue of whether the nuisance is continuing ·6· ·or permanent or a combination of both. ·7· · · · · · MR. DANKO:· Because that's not what a jury would ·8· ·decide.· A jury, for example, we would not -- we would ·9· ·not put -- if it were a jury, we would not put an 10· ·interrogatory to the jury, is this nuisance continuing or 11· ·is it permanent.· Rather, the question to the jury, if it 12· ·was a jury question, would be do you find it reasonable 13· ·to characterize -- that's what the case is saying. 14· ·Because if it is, Plaintiffs have an election to make. 15· ·If it is not, there is no election for them to make. 16· · · · · · THE COURT:· Okay.· I disagree.· So the question 17· ·is whether you are bound by the stipulation as confirmed 18· ·in my order that I am going to be the trier of fact for 19· ·that because that's what I understood. 20· · · · · · And I spent a lot of time because when I 21· ·originally made some of my determinations, we were trying 22· ·to figure out a way to get it up to the Court of Appeal 23· ·on a discretionary writ that I was fine with supporting. 24· ·And then the parties decided on this process.· I mean, 25· ·this case should have been sent to -- you know, done a 26· ·long time ago. 27· · · · · · And I was looking through that, the reason. I 28· ·was trying to be helpful, and I think I might stop being STENO.COM (310) 573-8380 Page· 16 YVer1f TRIAL - TRUJILLO, ET AL. V MAGEE, ET AL. - 10.11.23 JOB NO. 732875 ·1· ·helpful because I offered to decide motions in limine at ·2· ·a time when we couldn't have jury trials, and everybody ·3· ·was happy, and then life got in the way, and it's taken a ·4· ·lot longer for -- nobody's fault, but it just is. ·5· · · · · · MR. DANKO:· This would help, your Honor.· If ·6· ·your Honor, for example, were to determine that, hey, ·7· ·either as a matter of law or fact, it is not reasonable ·8· ·to characterize this nuisance as one or the other, then ·9· ·without engaging a jury, we have a question that we can 10· ·bring on appeal. 11· · · · · · That's why we stipulated to this procedure.· So 12· ·before we get the jury in here and try damages and so 13· ·forth, we would have presumably a ruling from your Honor, 14· ·which would be something brought up on appeal and save, 15· ·basically, a jury trial.· That's why we stipulated to 16· ·have your Honor decide this issue. 17· · · · · · THE COURT:· So what I see subsumed in there, 18· ·it's whether I find that the standard, whether it's 19· ·reasonable or not because that's -- I haven't focused on 20· ·that argument, that is kind of whether it's reasonable, 21· ·it's permanent.· That's not how I look at the case law. 22· ·Beck isn't one of the cases I focused on. 23· · · · · · But if we're all in agreement that my ruling 24· ·will be whether it's continuing or permanent, and what I 25· ·look at is whether the property's been remediated, 26· ·whether it can be abated, and what the cost to repair is 27· ·versus the diminution in value, then I think we're good 28· ·to go.· That's how I see it, and I don't hear anything STENO.COM (310) 573-8380 Page· 17 YVer1f TRIAL -· TRUJILLO, ET AL. V MAGEE, ET AL. - 10.13.23 JOB NO. 732880 ·1· ·SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ·2· · · · · · · · ·FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN MATEO ·3· ·BRYAN TRUJILLO AND CINDY· · · · ) · · ·TRUJILLO,· · · · · · · · · · · ·) ·4· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·) · · · · · · · · · PLAINTIFF,· · · · ·) ·5· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·) · · ·VS.· · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·)CASE NO.: 18CIV01901 ·6· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·) · · ·STEPHEN MAGEE, SAC AERO FLYING· ) ·7· ·CLUB, INC. and DOES 1 - 50,· · ·) · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·) ·8· · · · · · · · DEFENDANT.· · · · ·) · · ·________________________________) ·9 10· · · · · · · SUPERIOR COURT Of SAN MATEO COUNTY 11· · · · · HONORABLE NANCY L. FINEMAN, JUDGE PRESIDING 12· · · · · · · · · · · · ·DEPARTMENT 4 13· · · · · · ·REPORTER'S TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS 14· · · · · · · · · ·FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2023 15· ·APPEARANCES: 16· ·FOR THE PLAINTIFF:· DANKO MEREDITH · · · · · · · · · · · · ·MICHAEL DANKO 17· · · · · · · · · · · ·MICHAEL S. SMITH · · · · · · · · · · · · ·ATTORNEYS AT LAW 18· · · · · · · · · · · ·333 TWIN DOLPHIN DRIVE, SUITE 145 · · · · · · · · · · · · ·REDWOOD SHORES, CA 94065 19· · · · · · · · · · · ·TELEPHONE: (650) 453 3600 · · · · · · · · · · · · ·E-MAIL:· Mdanko@dankolaw.com 20 21· ·FOR THE DEFENDANT:· MICHAELIS, MONTANARI & JOHNSON, PC · · · · · · · · · · · · ·GARRY MONTANARI 22· · · · · · · · · · · ·JOHN H. MOON · · · · · · · · · · · · ·ATTORNEYS AT LAW 23· · · · · · · · · · · ·4333 PARK TERRACE DRIVE, SUITE 100 · · · · · · · · · · · · ·WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA· 91361 24· · · · · · · · · · · ·TELEPHONE: (818) 865-0444 · · · · · · · · · · · · ·E-MAIL:· GMontanari@mmjlaw.net 25· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · JMoon@mmjlaw.net 26 27 · · ·Pages 1 - 120, Incl. 28· ·JUSTUS BALENTINE, CSR 13859 Official Reporter STENO.COM (310) 573-8380 · TRIAL -· TRUJILLO, ET AL. V MAGEE, ET AL. - 10.13.23 JOB NO. 732880 ·1· ·The parties will have two weeks after that for ·2· ·objections.· And if they want argument to say that -- ·3· ·usually in my initial statement, I find that the parties ·4· ·waive it, but if you want it in your objections, say that ·5· ·you want oral argument. ·6· · · · · · And then thereafter, I will issue the final ·7· ·statement of decision.· And then we'll decide after that ·8· ·what happens, whether there will be a judgment, whether ·9· ·there will be a jury trial, whether there will be some 10· ·sort of stipulation by the parties so that the issues can 11· ·go before the Court of Appeal. 12· · · · · · And I would ask that my -- that my -- 90 days, 13· ·if we do it by November 29th, that gets me to about the 14· ·end of February.· And based on this schedule, that should 15· ·work.· If I can't do it by then for some reason, I'll ask 16· ·for more time, but I think that should work. 17· · · · · · So is that Plaintiff's understanding, and is 18· ·that schedule agreeable to Plaintiff? 19· · · · · · MR. SMITH:· Yes. 20· · · · · · THE COURT:· And for Defense? 21· · · · · · MR. MONTANARI:· Agreeable to Defense, your 22· ·Honor. 23· · · · · · THE COURT:· All right.· Great.· So please get 24· ·all of your documents that we don't want out of here. 25· ·Enjoy the holiday season.· Thank you for your 26· ·professionalism throughout this trial, and I will get the 27· ·first brief on November 10th. 28· · · · · · And if you need anything before then, let us STENO.COM (310) 573-8380 Page· 117 YVer1f