Interinsurance Exchange of the Automobile Club v. Guzman, et al.

MOTION TO AMEND JUDGMENT

(CCP § 473(d))

TENTATIVE RULING:

Judgment Creditor Interinsurance Exchange of the Automobile Club’s Motion to Amend Judgment is GRANTED.

ANALYSIS:

Judgment Creditor Interinsurance Exchange of the Automobile Club (“Judgment Creditor”) obtained default judgment against Judgment Debtors Carlos Guillermo Guzman and Guillermo Guzman (“Judgment Debtors”) on February 5, 2020. The Court entered judgment in the total amount of $7,620.80 jointly and severally against Judgment Debtors. On March 10, 2020, Judgment Creditor filed the instant Motion to Amend Judgment. To date, no opposition has been filed.

Legal Standard

Courts have inherent powers to correct judgments by a nunc pro tunc order where there has been clerical error by clerk or by the judge himself, or where some provision of, or omission from, order or judgment was due to inadvertence, or mistake of court. (Lane v. Superior Court of Siskiy