Nature of Proceedings: Motion: Determine; Motion Good Faith Settlement TENTATIVE RULINGS: As articulated below, the Court will grant both motions. Background: This is a wrongful death action, filed by Max Gleason on June 25, 2020. The action arises from a three-car automobile accident which occurred on October 25, 2019, on Highway 154 near the Cold Springs Bridge. At that time, a vehicle operated by decedent Vanessa Bley, wife of plaintiff Max Gleason, and in which the couple’s two minor children (Lucienne, age 2, and Desmond, age 4 months) were passengers, was apparently struck head-on by a vehicle operated by defendant John Dungan and owned by both John Dungan and defendant Michael Dungan, and allegedly entrusted by Michael Dungan. A felony criminal complaint is currently pending against defendant John Dungan arising from the accident. At the time of the accident, defendant Nicholas Goddard was operating a vehicle which was following the Bley vehicle. When he saw the Dungan vehicle a
Hearing Date
December 04, 2020
Department
Department 4 SB-Anacapa1100 Anacapa Street P.O. Box 21107 Santa Barbara, CA 93121-1107
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Nature of Proceedings: Motion: Determine; Motion Good Faith Settlement TENTATIVE RULINGS: As articulated below, the Court will grant both motions. Background: This is a wrongful death action, filed by Max Gleason on June 25, 2020. The action arises from a three-car automobile accident which occurred on October 25, 2019, on Highway 154 near the Cold Springs Bridge. At that time, a vehicle operated by decedent Vanessa Bley, wife of plaintiff Max Gleason, and in which the couple’s two minor children (Lucienne, age 2, and Desmond, age 4 months) were passengers, was apparently struck head-on by a vehicle operated by defendant John Dungan and owned by both John Dungan and defendant Michael Dungan, and allegedly entrusted by Michael Dungan. A felony criminal complaint is currently pending against defendant John Dungan arising from the accident. At the time of the accident, defendant Nicholas Goddard was operating a vehicle which was following the Bley vehicle. When he saw the Dungan vehicle a