Judge: William A. Crowfoot, Case: 24NNCV05499, Date: 2025-06-06 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 24NNCV05499    Hearing Date: June 6, 2025    Dept: 3

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - NORTHEAST DISTRICT

Plaintiff Mercury Insurance Company (“Plaintiff”) seeks a default judgment against defendants Shirley Cecilia Morgana (“Morgana”) and Jaime Cesaer Bejar (“Bejar”) (collectively, “Defendants”) for damages in the amount of $69,884.63 incurred by its insured, Arnulfo Llanes Salcedo (“Salcedo”), prejudgment interest, and $603 in costs.  

Plaintiff’s application fails to include a declaration from Salcedo regarding the damages he sustained. Additionally, Plaintiff should have submitted a single proposed judgment on Form JUD-100, not two separate ones, and noted the limits on Morgana’s liability per Vehicle Code section 17151 in Item 8. Last, the Court notes that Plaintiff only requested prejudgment interest at the rate of 5% per annum; therefore, its request for prejudgment interest at the rate of 7% is excessive.

          Accordingly, the hearing on the default is continued to ____________ at 8:30 in Department 3 of the Alhambra Courthouse.

Dated this 6th day of June 2025

Parties who intend to submit on this tentative must send an email to the Court at ALHDEPT3@lacourt.org indicating intention to submit on the tentative as directed by the instructions provided on the court website at www.lacourt.org. Please be advised that if you submit on the tentative and elect not to appear at the hearing, the opposing party may nevertheless appear at the hearing and argue the matter. Unless you receive a submission from all other parties in the matter, you should assume that others might appear at the hearing to argue. If the Court does not receive emails from the parties indicating submission on this tentative ruling and there are no appearances at the hearing, the Court may, at its discretion, adopt the tentative as the final order or place the motion off calendar.