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  • Daphne Beletsis, et al vs Christopher Guevara, et al(23) Unlimited Other PI / PD / WD document preview
  • Daphne Beletsis, et al vs Christopher Guevara, et al(23) Unlimited Other PI / PD / WD document preview
  • Daphne Beletsis, et al vs Christopher Guevara, et al(23) Unlimited Other PI / PD / WD document preview
  • Daphne Beletsis, et al vs Christopher Guevara, et al(23) Unlimited Other PI / PD / WD document preview
  • Daphne Beletsis, et al vs Christopher Guevara, et al(23) Unlimited Other PI / PD / WD document preview
  • Daphne Beletsis, et al vs Christopher Guevara, et al(23) Unlimited Other PI / PD / WD document preview
  • Daphne Beletsis, et al vs Christopher Guevara, et al(23) Unlimited Other PI / PD / WD document preview
  • Daphne Beletsis, et al vs Christopher Guevara, et al(23) Unlimited Other PI / PD / WD document preview
						
                                

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ELECTRONICALLY RECEIVED 12/7/2021 3:42 PM 1 ROBERT J. ROMERO (SBN 136539) rromero@hinshawlaw.com 2 EVAN M. REESE (SBN 302952) ereese@hinshawlaw.com 3 HINSHAW & CULBERTSON LLP One California Street, 18th Floor 4 San Francisco, CA 94111 Telephone: 415-362-6000 5 Facsimile: 415-834-9070 6 RAY TAMADDON (SBN 144494) rtamaddon@hinshawlaw.com 7 HINSHAW & CULBERTSON LLP 350 S. Grand Avenue, Suite 3600 8 Los Angeles, CA 90071 Telephone: 310-909-8000 9 Facsimile: 310-909-8001 10 Attorneys for Defendant ZACHARY NASH DAVIS 11 12 13 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 14 FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ 15 16 DAPHNE BELETSIS, individually, and as Case No. 19CV03287 Administrator of the Estate of ALEXANDER 17 BELETSIS, and YVONNE RAINY, surviving Hon. Rebecca Connolly parent of ALEXANDER BELETSIS, deceased, 18 [PROPOSED] Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION BY 19 DEFENDANT ZACHARY NASH DAVIS vs. FOR DETERMINATION OF GOOD 20 FAITH SETTLEMENT THETA CHI FRATERNITY, INC., a New 21 York corporation, individually, as a member of Code of Civil Procedure §877.6(a)(2)] and t/a the Theta Iota Chapter, University of 22 California, Santa Cruz, as a member of the fraternal order known as Theta Chi Fraternity, First Amended Complaint: 02/05/20 23 and as an alter-ego and successor entity of the Complaint Filed: 10/31/19 Theta Iota Chapter of Theta Chi Fraternity; 24 THETA IOTA CHAPTER OF THETA CHI FRATERNITY, individually, and as an and 25 agent and alter-ego of Theta Chi Fraternity, Inc.; CHRISTOPHER GUEVARA, 26 individually, and as an agent/member of Theta Chi Fraternity, Inc. and Theta Iota Chapter of 27 Theta Chi Fraternity; BRAD VISACKI, individually, and/or as an agent/member of 28 Theta Chi Fraternity, Inc. and Theta Iota 1 [Proposed] Order Determining Good Faith Settlement Santa Cruz Superior Court Case No. 19CV03287 1030248\309680069.v1 1 Chapter of Theta Chi Fraternity; JORDAN KEIICHI TAKAYAMA, individually, and as an 2 agent/member of Theta Chi Fraternity, Inc. and Theta Iota Chapter of Theta Chi Fraternity; 3 ZACHARY NASH DAVIS, individually, and as an agent/member of Theta Chi Fraternity, 4 Inc. and Theta Iota Chapter of Theta Chi Fraternity; NAJPREET SINGH KAHLON, 5 individually, and as an agent/member of Theta Chi Fraternity, Inc. and Theta Iota Chapter of 6 Theta Chi Fraternity; STEFAN MATIAS LEON, individually, and as an agent/member of 7 Theta Chi Fraternity, Inc. and Theta Iota Chapter of Theta Chi Fraternity; MOISES 8 FRANCISCO TENORIO GARCIA, individually, and as an agent/member of Theta 9 Chi Fraternity, Inc. and Theta Iota Chapter of Theta Chi Fraternity; RAFAEL GARCIA, 10 individually, and as an agent/member of Theta Chi Fraternity, Inc. and Theta Iota Chapter of 11 Theta Chi Fraternity; EMMANUEL THOMAS, individually, and as an agent/member of Theta 12 Chi Fraternity, Inc. and Theta Iota Chapter of Theta Chi Fraternity; BOBBY KARKI, 13 individually, and as an agent/member of Theta Chi Fraternity, Inc. and Theta Iota Chapter of 14 Theta Chi Fraternity; DEREK KING, individually, and as an agent/member of Theta 15 Chi Fraternity, Inc. and Theta Iota Chapter of Theta Chi Fraternity; JOHN DYLAN LEITCH, 16 individually, and as an agent/member of Theta Chi Fraternity, Inc. and Theta Iota Chapter of 17 Theta Chi Fraternity; QUINN MCLAUGHLIN, individually and as Trustee of the QUINN M. 18 MCLAUGHLIN LIVING TRUST, 117 Pasture Rd., Santa Cruz, CA 95060; and JOHN DOES 1 19 through 10, inclusive, individually, and as agents/members of Theta Chi Fraternity, Inc. 20 and Theta Iota Chapter of Theta Chi Fraternity; 21 Defendants. 22 23 24 The Court finds that the settlement between Plaintiffs and Defendant Rafael Garcia, Jr. is in 25 good faith. The unopposed motion by Mr. Garcia for a good faith settlement determination is granted. 26 Upon consideration of the declarations and counter-declarations submitted by Defendants 27 Zachary Nash Davis and Theta Chi Fraternity, Inc. on Mr. Davis’ Application and Theta Chi’s 28 Motion to Contest his Application for a good faith settlement determination, the Court finds that the 2 [Proposed] Order Determining Good Faith Settlement Santa Cruz Superior Court Case No. 19CV03287 1030248\309680069.v1 1 confidential settlement between Plaintiffs and Mr. Davis is in good faith. 2 IT IS SO ORDERED. 3 4 DATED:___________________ ___________________________________ JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 3 [Proposed] Order Determining Good Faith Settlement Santa Cruz Superior Court Case No. 19CV03287 1030248\309680069.v1 1 PROOF OF SERVICE 2 Daphne Beletsis, et al. v. Theta Chi Fraternity, Inc., et al. Santa Cruz Superior Court Case No. 19CV03287 3 (STATE OF CALIFORNIA, CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO) 4 I am employed in the County of Los Angeles, State of California. I am over the age of 18 5 and not a party to the within actions; my business address is One California Street, 18th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94111. On the date set forth below, I served the document(s) entitled on the interested 6 parties in this action by placing true copies thereof enclosed in a sealed envelope(s) addressed as stated below: 7 [PROPOSED] 8 ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION BY DEFENDANT ZACHARY NASH DAVIS FOR DETERMINATION OF GOOD FAITH SETTLEMENT 9 SEE ATTACHED SERVICE LIST 10 ☒ (BY E-MAIL OR ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION): Based on a court order or an 11 agreement of the parties to accept service by e-mail or electronic transmission, I caused the document(s) to be sent to the person[s] at the e-mail address[es] set forth herein. I did not receive, 12 within a reasonable time after the transmission, any electronic message or other indication that the transmission was unsuccessful. See Cal.R.Ct.R. 2060. 13 I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing 14 is true and correct. Executed on December 7, 2021 San Francisco, California. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 4 [Proposed] Order Determining Good Faith Settlement Santa Cruz Superior Court Case No. 19CV03287 1030248\309680069.v1 1 SERVICE LIST Daphne Beletsis, et al. v. Theta Chi Fraternity, Inc., et al. 2 Santa Cruz Superior Court Case No. 19CV03287 3 Douglas E. Fierberg, Esq. Attorneys for Plaintiffs Jonathon N. Fazzola, Esq. 4 Lisa N. Cloutier, Esq. THE FIERBERG NATIONAL LAW GROUP 5 161 E. Front St., Suite 200 Tiaverse City, MI 49684 6 Tel.: 202-351-0510 Fax: 231-252-8100 7 Email: dfierberg@tfnlgroup.com jfazzola@tfnlgroup.com 8 lcloutier@tfnlgroup.com tpicard@tfnlgroup.com 9 Ivo Labar, Esq. Co-counsel for Plaintiffs 10 SAWYER & LABAR, LLP 1700 Montgomery St., Suite 108 11 San Francisco, CA 94111 Tel.: 415-262-3820 12 Email: labar@sawyerlabar.com guzman@sawyerlabar.com 13 Michael C. Osborne, Esq. Attorneys for Defendant 14 Jaskiran Samra, Esq. THETA CHI FRATERNITY, INC. Elaine Kobylecki, Esq. 15 COKINOS | YOUNG 611 Gateway Blvd., Ste. 233 16 South San Francisco, CA 94080 Copy on e-service: Tel.: 628-229-9280 asanchez@cokinoslaw.com 17 Email: mosborne@cokinoslaw.com jsamra@cokinoslaw.com 18 ekobylecki@cokinoslaw.com 19 Thomas M. Phillips, Esq. Attorneys for Defendant William P. Ryan, Esq. STEFAN MATIAS LEON 20 THE PHILLIPS FIRM, APC 800 West 6th Street, Suite 980 21 Los Angeles, CA 90017 T: 213-587-7414 22 F: 213-457-7515 Email: tphillips@thephillipsfirm.com 23 pmckinley@thephillipsfirm.com 24 25 26 27 28 5 [Proposed] Order Determining Good Faith Settlement Santa Cruz Superior Court Case No. 19CV03287 1030248\309680069.v1 1 SERVICE LIST Daphne Beletsis, et al. v. Theta Chi Fraternity, Inc., et al. 2 Santa Cruz Superior Court Case No. 19CV03287 3 Norman L. Chong, Esq. Attorneys for Defendant Joseph D. O’Neil, Esq. NAJPREET SINGH KAHLON 4 TARKINGTON, O’NEILL, BARRACK & CHONG 5 A Professional Corporation 100 Stony Point Road, Suite 270 6 Santa Rosa, CA 95401 Tel.: 707-576-1380 7 Fax: 707-544-3144 Email: nchong@to2law.com 8 joneil@to2law.com 9 10 John D. Hourihan, Esq. Attorneys for Defendant STRATMAN, SCHWARTZ & QUINN MCLAUGHLIN 11 WILLIAMS-ABREGO P.O. Box 258829 12 Oklahoma City, OK 73125-8829 Tel.: 510-457-3.440 13 Fax: n/a Email: john.hourihan@farmersinsurance.com 14 norcal.legal@farmersinsurance.com 15 Matthew C. Jaime, Esq. Attorneys for Defendant MATHENY SEARS LINKERT & JAIME, LLP CHRISTOPHER GUEVARA 16 3638 American River Drive Sacramento, CA 95864 Copy on e-service: 17 Tel.: 916-978-3434 x 129 rladrido@mathenysears.com Email: mjaime@mathenysears.com 18 Mary Childs, Esq. Attorneys for Defendants 19 Aaron Case, Esq. EMMANUEL THOMAS, BOBBY YOKA & SMITH KARKI, DEREK KING and JOHN 20 445 South Figueroa Street, 38th Floor DYLAN LEITCH Los Angeles, CA 90071 21 Tel.: 213-427-2300 Copy on e-service: Email: mchilds@yokasmith.com amcnulty@yokasmith.com 22 acase@yokasmith.com service@yokasmith.com acase@yokasmith.com 23 24 25 26 27 28 6 [Proposed] Order Determining Good Faith Settlement Santa Cruz Superior Court Case No. 19CV03287 1030248\309680069.v1 1 SERVICE LIST Daphne Beletsis, et al. v. Theta Chi Fraternity, Inc., et al. 2 Santa Cruz Superior Court Case No. 19CV03287 3 John R. Brydon, Esq. Attorneys for Defendant Derek H. Lim, Esq. BRAD VISACKI 4 Shannon Mallory, Esq. DEMLER, ARMSTRONG & ROWLAND, LLP 5 1350 Treat Boulevard, #400 Walnut Creek, CA 94597 6 Tel.: 415-949-1900 Copy on e-service: Email: bry@darlaw.com edi@darlaw.com 7 lim@darlaw.com mal@darlaw.com 8 Alan F. Hunter, Esq. Attorneys for Defendant 9 Elizabeth G. Landess, Esq. RAFAEL GARCIA, JR. GAVIN CUNNINGHAM & HUNTER 10 5655 Silver Creek Valley Road, PMB 665 San Jose, CA 95138 Copy on e-service: 11 Tel.: 408-294-8500 joann@gclitigation.com Fax: 408-294-8596 12 Email: hunter@gclitigation.com landess@gclitigation.com 13 Patrick R. Ball, Esq. Attorneys for Defendant 14 Idin Kashefipour, Esq. MOISES TENORIO GARCIA MESSNER REEVES LLC 15 10866 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 800 Los Angeles, CA 90024 16 Tel.: 310-909-7440/949-612-9136 Fax: 310-889-0896 17 Email: pball@messner.com ikashefipour@messner.com 18 Daniel R. Friedenthal, Esq. Attorneys for Defendant 19 James Lee, Esq. THETA IOTA CHAPTER OF THETA Jay D. Brown, Esq. CHI FRATERNITY, INC. 20 FRIEDENTHAL, HEFFERNAN & BROWN, LLP 21 1520 W. Colorado Boulevard, Second Floor Copy on e-service: Pasadena, California 91105 nruiz@FHBLawyers.com 22 Tel.: 626-628-2800 Fax: 626-628-2828 23 Email: dfriedenthal@FHBLawyers.com jlee@fhblawyers.com 24 jbrown@fhblawyers.com 25 26 27 28 7 [Proposed] Order Determining Good Faith Settlement Santa Cruz Superior Court Case No. 19CV03287 1030248\309680069.v1