Judge: Michelle C. Kim, Case: 22STCV22164, Date: 2024-04-10 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 22STCV22164    Hearing Date: April 10, 2024    Dept: 31

DEPT:  

 

31 

OSC DATE: 

 

04/10/2024 

CASE NAME/NUMBER: 

 

22STCV22164 PROGRESSIVE SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY vs CARLOS SPARKS 

REQUEST FOR COURT JUDGMENT AGAINST [DEFAULTING PARTY]: 

 

CARLOS SPARKS 

RECOMMENDATION: 

 

GRANT in the following amounts: 

Principal damages: $56,724.55 

Costs: $519.00 

TOTAL: $57,243.55 

 

 

TENTATIVE 

 

Plaintiff Progressive Select Insurance Company (“Plaintiff”) filed this subrogation action against defendants Carlos Sparks (“Sparks”) and Does 1-20 for payments Plaintiff paid to its insured, Paul Smith (“Smith”), for damages arising from the automobile collision between Sparks and Smith. Plaintiff has properly dismissed all unnamed Doe defendants. 

 

Plaintiff seeks default judgment against Sparks in the principal amount of $56,724.55 for property damage and uninsured motor payments rendered by Plaintiff to its insured. Plaintiff submits the declaration of its custodian of records, Melissa Ashley Marie Marason, in support thereof. The amount sought is supported and therefore granted.  

 

Plaintiff further seeks costs in the amount of $519 for clerk’s filing fees and process server’s fees. The request is granted. 

 

Therefore, the application for default judgment filed on January 3, 2024 is GRANTED in the principal amount of $56,724.55, and $519.00 in costs, against Carlos Sparks. 

 

Plaintiff is ordered to give notice.