Answer: RAYMUNDO NAVARRO vs. LESLIE VELASQUEZ, et al.

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                                1    Christopher W. Rivera, State Bar No. 195493
              SMITH, KOYAMA & COSTELLO
         2    Mailing Address:
              P.O. Box 24508
         3    Oakland, CA 94623-1508
              Physical Address:
         4    1735 Technology Drive, Suite 500
              San Jose, CA 95110-1390
         5    Telephone: 408-392-8656
              Facsimile: 408-983-0780
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              Email: Christopher.Rivera@csaa.com
         7    Attorneys For Defendants, Leslie Velazquez and Antonio Velazquez

         8                    SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF MONTEREY
         9                                  UNLIMITED CIVIL JURISDICTION
         10    RAYMUNDO NAVARRO, an individual,                  Case No. 23CV003438
         11                            Plaintiff,                LESLIE VELASQUEZ AND ANTONIO
                                                                 VELASQUEZ' ANSWER TO
         12                            v.                        COMPLAINT
         13     CRISSIX TRUCKING LLC, a California
                Limited Liability Company; LESLIE
         14     VELASQUEZ, an individual; ANTONIO
                VELASQUEZ, an individual;
         15     CHRISTOPHER PORTER, an individual;
                SADIE RUVALCABA, an individual;
         16     JESUS RUVALCABA, an individual; and
                DOES 1-50, inclusive,
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                                       Defendants.
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         19                   AND RELATED ACTION
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         22            COME NOW defendants LESLIE VELASQUEZ and ANTONIO VELASQUEZ and
         23   answer the complaint on file herein as follows:
         24            1. Under the provisions of Section 431.30 of the Code of Civil Procedure of the State
         25   of California, these answering defendants generally deny each and every allegation of the
         26   complaint, and the whole thereof, and further deny that plaintiff has been or is now or will be
         27   damaged to the extent alleged or to any other extent.
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                                LESLIE VELASQUEZ AND ANTONIO VELASQUEZ' ANSWER TO COMPLAINT
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CSAALA
1           AS AND FOR FURTHER, SEPARATE AND DISTINCT AFFIRMATIVE
2    DEFENSES, ANSWERING DEFENDANTS AVER:
3                                FIRST AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE
4           2. The incident or incidents complained of by plaintiff herein were caused, in whole
5    or in part, by the negligence of the plaintiff. Any recovery by plaintiff in this case must be
6    reduced by that percentage of the plaintiff’s negligence which contributed to the incident or
7    incidents.
8                            SECOND AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE
9           3. Plaintiff failed to use reasonable care to mitigate, in whole or in part, the damages
10   alleged in the complaint.
11                               THIRD AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE
12          4. Damages complained of by plaintiff herein were caused, in whole or in part, by
13   acts and omissions of persons other than these answering defendants, which other persons
14   may or may not be named as defendants in this action. These answering defendants should
15   only be required to pay that portion of the plaintiff’s damages attributable to these answering
16   defendants pursuant to Civil Code sections 1431.2 and/or 1432.
17                           FOURTH AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE
18          5. The complaint and/or causes of action therein fail to state facts sufficient to
19   constitute a cause of action against these answering defendants.
20          WHEREFORE, defendants pray:
21          1. That plaintiff takes nothing;
22          2. For costs of suit herein; and
23          3. For such other and further relief as the Court deems just and proper.
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                   LESLIE VELASQUEZ AND ANTONIO VELASQUEZ' ANSWER TO COMPLAINT
1    DATED: April 17, 2024        SMITH, KOYAMA & COSTELLO
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4                                 Christopher W. Rivera
5                                 Attorneys for Defendants
                                  Leslie Velazquez and Antonio Velazquez
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          LESLIE VELASQUEZ AND ANTONIO VELASQUEZ' ANSWER TO COMPLAINT
1                                          Navarro v. Velasquez
                                       Monterey County Superior Court
2                                         Case No. 23CV003438
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4                   PROOF OF SERVICE BY ELECTRONIC MAIL (E-MAIL) ONLY
5             I, Eric J. Winberg, am employed by the office of Smith, Koyama & Costello located
6    at 1735 Technology Drive Suite 500, San Jose, CA 95110. My mailing address is
7    P.O. Box 24508, Oakland, CA 94623-1508. My electronic service address is
8    Eric.Winberg@csaa.com. I am over the age of 18 years and am not a party to this action.
9             I electronically served today the following document(s): LESLIE VELASQUEZ
10   AND ANTONIO VELASQUEZ' ANSWER TO COMPLAINT; DEMAND FOR
11   INSPECTION (SET NUMBER 1); SPECIAL INTERROGATORIES (SET NUMBER 1);
12   and FORM INTERROGATORIES—GENERAL (SET NUMBER 1) to the following
13   address(es):
14   Jonathan M. Pennell, Esq.
     Kevin S. Conlogue, Esq.
15   Christopher P. Orlando, Esq.
16   Conlogue Law, LLP
     8383 Wilshire Blvd, Ste 822, Beverly Hills, CA 90211-2438
17   jon@loksc.com, kevin@loksc.com, christopher@loksc.com and info@loksc.com
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     Justin Farahi, Esq.
19   Farahi Law Firm, APC
     12079 Jefferson Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90230
20   justin@farahilaw.com
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     Attorneys for Plaintiff Raymundo Navarro
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     Neil Berman, Esq.
24   Rucka, O’Boyle, Lombardo & McKenna
     245 West Laurel Dr, Salinas, CA 93906
25   Attorney for Plaintiffs Sadie Ruvalcaba, Joel K. Ruvalcaba-Torres, Elijah A. Ruvalcaba-
26   Torres and Angelo I. Ruvalcaba
     Related matter Ruvalcaba v. Porter, Monterey Superior Court 23CV004003
27   nberman@rolmlaw.com and spena@rolmlaw.com
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1    Dale A. Arakawa, Esq.
     Clinton & Clinton
2    100 Oceangate Ste 1400, Long Beach, CA 90802
3    Attorney for Defendants Crissix Trucking LLC and Christopher Porter
     daa@clintonlaw.com
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5    Thomas J. Murray, Esq.
     Brianna Kang, Esq.
6    Kern, Segal & Murray
     15 Southgate Ave Ste 200, Daly City, CA 94015
7    Attorney for Defendants Sadie Ruvalcaba and Jesus Ruvalcaba
8    tjmurray@kernlaw.com, bkang@kernlaw.com, agiang@kernlaw.com and
     jlandau@kernlaw.com
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11   SERVICE BY ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION ONLY: Service has been performed by
12   e-mailing the document(s) to the persons at the e-mail addresses listed based above, pursuant
13   to CCP § 1010.6(a)(2)(A)(ii). No electronic message or other indication that the
14   transmission was unsuccessful was received within a reasonable time after the transmission.
15          I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the
16   foregoing is true and correct.
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            Dated: April 17, 2024
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