Filed: Dec. 17, 2014
Latest Update: Dec. 17, 2014
Summary: ORDER RE DISMISSAL OF CERTAIN HOMEOWNER DEFENDANTS WITHOUT PREJUDICE, PURSUANT TO STIPULATION JOHN A. MENDEZ, District Judge. This matter is before the Court on the STIPULATION RE: DISMISSAL OF HOMEOWNER DEFENDANTS WITHOUT PREJUDICE (hereinafter, "Stipulation") entered into and executed by Plaintiff GENERAL FIDELITY INSURANCE COMPANY (hereinafter, "GFIC") and the AMENDED HOMEOWNER DEFENDANTS (as more fully identified in the Stipulation and below) on December 8, 2014, through their respective c
Summary: ORDER RE DISMISSAL OF CERTAIN HOMEOWNER DEFENDANTS WITHOUT PREJUDICE, PURSUANT TO STIPULATION JOHN A. MENDEZ, District Judge. This matter is before the Court on the STIPULATION RE: DISMISSAL OF HOMEOWNER DEFENDANTS WITHOUT PREJUDICE (hereinafter, "Stipulation") entered into and executed by Plaintiff GENERAL FIDELITY INSURANCE COMPANY (hereinafter, "GFIC") and the AMENDED HOMEOWNER DEFENDANTS (as more fully identified in the Stipulation and below) on December 8, 2014, through their respective co..
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ORDER RE DISMISSAL OF CERTAIN HOMEOWNER DEFENDANTS WITHOUT PREJUDICE, PURSUANT TO STIPULATION
JOHN A. MENDEZ, District Judge.
This matter is before the Court on the STIPULATION RE: DISMISSAL OF HOMEOWNER DEFENDANTS WITHOUT PREJUDICE (hereinafter, "Stipulation") entered into and executed by Plaintiff GENERAL FIDELITY INSURANCE COMPANY (hereinafter, "GFIC") and the AMENDED HOMEOWNER DEFENDANTS (as more fully identified in the Stipulation and below) on December 8, 2014, through their respective counsel of record in the herein Action. Said Stipulation was filed in this Action on December 12, 2014 [Document 41].
The AMENDED HOMEOWNER DEFENDANTS are the 160 Defendants named in GFIC's First Amended Complaint for Declaratory Relief, which was filed in this Action on October 17, 2014 [Docket Number 17], who are plaintiffs in the two Underlying Construction Defect Actions and the owners of the single-family residences that are the subject matter of the Underlying Construction Defect Actions, as follows:
(1) RENE DIAZ; (2) MONICA DIAZ; (3) NORMA AGUILAR; (4) JESSE AGUILAR; (5) TONY ADAYAN, JR.; (6) HECTOR CERDA; (7) SANDRA CERDA; (8) MARISA CERROBLANCO; (8) ABEL DELGADO; (9) MARIA DELGADO; (10) BEATRIZ FLORES; (11) MANUEL GARCIA; (12) JOSE GOMEZ SOLIS; (13) JOSE GUILLEN; (14) NORMA GUILLEN; (15) RAFAEL IGNACIO; (16) BERTHA ALICIA REYES; (17) LANDY OROZCO; (18) JOSE LEDESMA; (19) ALEJANDRO MAGANA; (20) ESMIRNA ESTRADA; (21) GREGORIA MORALES; (22) FERNANDO ORTIZ; (23) PATRICIA ORTIZ; (24) JUAN PULIDO; (25) MARIA PULIDO; (26) SEVERINO RODRIGUEZ; (27) LEE ANN RODRIGUEZ; (28) RICHARD REYES, JR.; (29) SAMUEL ROBLES; (30) JORGE SALINAS; (31) ISMAEL SPINDOLA; (32) FRANCES SPINDOLA; (33) CRYSTAL SPINDOLA; (34) JOSEPH TORRES; (35) BRENDA VARGAS; (36) RICARDO ZARAGOZA; (37) MARIA ZARAGOZA; (38) JOSE LUIS ZEPEDA; (39) ILLIANA MARTINEZ; (40) RUBEN BETANCOURT; (41) ROSA BETANCOURT; (42) MANUEL ALVAREZ; (43) BERTHA ALVAREZ; (44) SERGIO ALVAREZ; (45) JOSE DANIEL AVALOS; (46) RAMON BARRAGAN; (47) AMPARO BARRAGAN; (48) DAVID BELTRAN; (49) ALMA BELTRAN; (50) DEMETRIA CARDENAS; (51) OSBALDO CARDENAS; (52) JAVIER CAVAZOS; (53) JUAN JOSE CHAVEZ; (54) ARTURO CISNEROS; (55) JOSE CORTEZ; (56) MARICELA CORTEZ; (57) CARLOS CUEVAS; (58) JERONIMA CUEVAS; (59) NORBERTO DIAZ, JR.; (60) LORENA DIAZ; (61) SALVADOR GALLARDO; (62) EDWARD GALLEGOS; (63) VERONICA GALLEGOS; (64) IVAN SERGIO GARIBAY; (65) ESPERANZA GARIBAY; (66) NELSON GARIBAY; (67) LUCILA GARCIA; (68) SERGIO GARIBAY; (69) YOLANDA GARIBAY; (70) WALLY GONZALES; (71) ELENA GONZALES; (72) JUAN GONZALEZ; (73) GINA GONZALEZ; (74) JULIAN GUTIERREZ; (75) MARIA GUTIERREZ; (76) SALVADOR HERNANDEZ; (77) SANDRA IBARRA; (78) CARLOS IGLESIAS; (79) MONICA IGLESIAS; (80) MARIA INIGUEZ; (81) GERARDO LOPEZ; (82) JULIA LOPEZ; (83) RODOLFO MALDONADO; (84) ROSALBA MALDONADO; (85) JOSE MERAZ; (86) DOMINGO GONZALEZ; (87) JIMMY MORENO; (88) MARIA MORENO; (89) JOVITA MUNOZ; (90) NICOLAS MORALES; (91) MIGUEL MURILLO; (92) SUSANA GUZMAN; (93) ISIAS PACHECO; (94) THERESA PENALOZA; (95) JAVIER PAULINO; (96) MARGARITA PAULINO; (97) MOISES PEREZ; (98) MONICA PEREZ; (99) MARIA RAMIREZ; (100) LETICIA REYNA; (101) ZEFERINO REYNA; (102) ROBERT ROBLES; (103) JULIANA ROBLES; (104) JOSE GUADALUPE ROSILES; (105) PATRICIA BAUTISTA CEJA; (106) ISRAEL RUBALCAVA; (107) ARMANDO SANCHEZ; (108) ELEANOR LOPEZ; (109) ERNESTO SANCHEZ; (110) TERESA SANCHEZ; (111) JOSE SANCHEZ; (112) JUAN CARLOS SANCHEZ; (113) PETER SANCHEZ; (114) VERONICA MARTINEZ SANCHEZ; (115) MARIA SERRANO; (116) GURVINDER SINGH; (117) JAGDEEP KAUR; (118) RICARDO BUSTOS TAPIA; (119) ANDRES TORRES; (120) GABRIEL TOVAR; (121) MARIA ZONIA TOVAR; (122) FRANCISCO VARGAS; (123) MARIA ALVA; (124) PAULINO VAZQUEZ; (125) ROBERTO VARGAS; (126) LORIANE ZAMORA; (127) ROBERT JUAREZ; (128) NORMA ZUNIGA; (129) LUIS MUNOZ ALANIS; (130) MARIA CONSUELA MUNOZ; (131) PABLO CASTRO; (132) GUSTAVO ESPINOZA; (133) MARIO GARCIA; (134) SALLY GARCIA; (135) THOMAS F. GHEEN; (136) JULA A. GHEEN; (137) OSCAR INIGUEZ; (138) MARSHY INIGUEZ; (139) ROBERT L. LEIJA; (140) GUADALUPE G. LEIJA; (141) HUMBERTO LOZANO; (142) MARYVEL LOZANO; (143) MARTIN MARES, (144) SULEMA QUINTANILLA-MARES; (145) STEVEN PADILLA; (146) LENORA E. PADILLA; (147) DANIEL A. RODRIGUEZ; (148) FRIEDA RODRIGUEZ; (149) LORENZO SALAZAR; (150) ERNESTINA C. SALAZAR; (151) ADRIAN SALAZAR; (152) MARIA ELENA SALAZAR; (153 JUAN G. SANTOS; (154) FRIDA SANTOS; (155) DANIEL TAMEZ; (156) GABRIEL TAMEZ; (157) DESIREE D. TAMEZ; (158) JESUS M. VILLAGRANA; (159) ARACELI VILLAGRANA; and (160) JOSE ZUL.
Pursuant to the terms of the Stipulation, and for good cause shown,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that all of the AMENDED HOMEOWNER DEFENDANTS, with the exception of (1) RENE DIAZ, (2) MONICA DIAZ, (48) DAVID BELTRAN, and (49) ALMA BELTRAN are dismissed as Defendants in this Action, without prejudice, subject to the right of Plaintiff GFIC to re-file or renew its claims against the dismissed AMENDED HOMEOWNER DEFENDANTS, which are the subject of this Action (hereinafter, the "DISMISSED HOMEOWNER DEFENDANTS"). Pursuant to the Stipulation, all DISMISSED HOMEOWNER DEFENDANTS have heretofore acknowledged service of the Summons and First Amended Complaint in this Action and consented to the Court's jurisdiction in this Action.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the DISMISSED HOMEOWNER DEFENDANTS shall be bound by all orders, findings, conclusions, determinations, decrees, stipulations, judgments, settlements and/or agreements made or entered into between the parties to this Action, other than those which constitute factual determinations that are specific to the residences owned by Defendants RENE DIAZ, MONICA DIAZ, DAVID BELTRAN and/or ALMA BELTRAN, in the same manner and to the same extent as if the DISMISSED HOMEOWNER DEFENDANTS had been parties to this Action and/or parties to any settlement agreement.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff GFIC and the DISMISSED HOMEOWNER DEFENDANTS shall bear their own costs and attorneys' fees in connection with the dismissal of the DISMISSED HOMEOWNER DEFENDANTS without prejudice.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all statute of limitations, statutes regarding prosecution of claims or time within which a trial must be held or judgment must be entered, and all defenses based upon delay and prosecution (collectively "Statute of Limitations") with respect to the claims of Plaintiff GFIC against the DISMISSED HOMEOWNER DEFENDANTS provided for by law, equity or judicial decision shall be tolled as provided herein. In the event that Plaintiff re-files or renews any claims in connection with this Action in the future against one or more of the DISMISSED HOMEOWNER DEFENDANTS, the period from August 25, 2014, up to and including the date of re-filing or renewal of such an action, shall not be included for purposes of computing the applicable time periods for Statute of Limitations, and shall not in any way serve to extend any Statutes of Limitations that had already run as of and including August 25, 2014.
This ORDER does not pertain to any parties in this Action, other than Plaintiff GFIC and the AMENDED HOMEOWNER DEFENDANTS, all of which remain parties to this Action, with the exception of the DISMISSED HOMEOWNER DEFENDANTS.
