Judge: Michelle C. Kim, Case: 20STCV09069, Date: 2023-09-19 Tentative Ruling



Case Number: 20STCV09069    Hearing Date: October 18, 2023    Dept: 31

DEPT:  

 

31 

OSC DATE: 

 

10/18/2023 

CASE NAME/NUMBER: 

 

20STCV09069 UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY vs LUISA TOLAND 

REQUEST FOR COURT JUDGMENT AGAINST [DEFAULTING PARTY]: 

 

LUISA TOLAND 

RECOMMENDATION: 

 

GRANT in the following amounts: 

Principal damages: $51,055.53 

Costs: $484 

TOTAL: $51,539.53 

 

 

TENTATIVE 

 

Plaintiff seeks reimbursement for the amount it paid for its insured’s damages in the principal amount of $51,055.53 in this subrogation claim. Plaintiff also seeks costs in the amount of $484. Plaintiff has properly dismissed all other parties in this action aside from Defendant Luisa Toland.   

 

Plaintiff seeks damages in the principal sum of $51,055.53, in accordance with amount sought in Plaintiff’s Complaint. Plaintiff, through its custodian of records, substantiates the principal amount sought by providing proof of property damage costs and payments, and payments related to Plaintiff’s insured’s uninsured motorist bodily injury claim.  

 

Plaintiff further seeks costs of $484, comprised of clerk filing fees and process server’s fees, which are allowable under CCP §1033.5. 

 

The application for default judgment filed on September 14, 2023 is GRANTED in the total amount of $51,539.53 against Defendant Luisa Toland.   

 

Plaintiff is ordered to give notice of this ruling.