Judge: Michelle C. Kim, Case: 20STCV38422, Date: 2023-09-15 Tentative Ruling



Case Number: 20STCV38422    Hearing Date: September 15, 2023    Dept: 31

DEPT:  

 

31 

OSC DATE: 

 

09/15/2023 

CASE NAME/NUMBER: 

 

20STCV38422 UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY vs PEDRO CARRANZA 

REQUEST FOR COURT JUDGMENT AGAINST [DEFAULTING PARTY]: 

 

PEDRO CARRANZA 

RECOMMENDATION: 

 

GRANT in the following amounts: 

Principal damages: $120,244.76 

Costs: $484 

TOTAL: $120,728.76 

 

 

TENTATIVE 

 

Plaintiff seeks reimbursement for the amount it paid for its insured’s property damage in the principal amount of $120,244.76 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 Pedro Carranza.   

 

Plaintiff seeks damages in the principal sum of $120,244.76, in accordance with amount sought in Plaintiff’s Complaint. Plaintiff, through its custodian of records, substantiates the principal amount sought by providing proof of the vehicle repair costs, rental vehicle payments, and payments related to the insured’s UIM/UM claim and 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 July 25, 2023 is GRANTED in the total amount of $120,728.70 against Defendant Pedro Carranza.   

 

Plaintiff is ordered to give notice of this ruling.