Devine vs Baldwin

Motion for Determination of Good Faith Settlement

Cal. Super. - 4th Dist.July 19, 2017

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 2 23 24 25 26 27 28 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP MAUREEN A. SHEEHY (SBN 129859) msheehy@kilpatric ktownsend.com BENJAMIN M. KLEINMAN-GREEN (SBN 261846) BKleinman-Green@kilpatricktownsend.com Two Embarcadero Center, Suite 1900 San Francisco, CA 94111 Telephone: 415-576-0200/Facsimile: 415-576-0300 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP PAUL M. ROSENBLATT (appearing pro hac vice) prosenblatt@kilpatricktownsend.com 1100 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 2800 Atlanta, GA 30309-4527 Telephone: 404-815-6500/Facsimile: 404-815-6555 SAMUELS, GREEN & STEEL, LLP PHILIP W. GREEN (SBN 93159) phil. green@sgsattorneys.com ANAT PIETER (SBN 204306) apieter@sgsattorneys.com 19800 MacArthur Boulevard, Suite 1000 Irvine, CA 92612-2433 Telephone: 949-263-0004/Facsimile: 949-263-0005 Attorneys for Defendant and Cross-Complainant OTAY VILLAGE (SAN DIEGO) ASLI V, L.L.L.P. ELECTRONICALLY FILED Superior Court of California, County of Orange 03/26/2018 at 02:31:00 PM Clerk of the Superior Court By Georgina Ramirez, Deputy Clerk SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF ORANGE, CIVIL COMPLEX CENTER FAITH A. DEVINE, in her capacity as Case No. 30-2017-00936368-CU-FR-CXC Successor Receiver for Forstar, LLC and JB | Related Case No. 30-2017-00929218-CU-FR-CXC Finco, LLC, Plaintiff, [Assigned to Hon. Glenda Sanders, Dept. CX101] OTAY VILLAGE (SANDIEGO) ASL V, L.L.L.P.’S Vv. JOINDER RE MOTIONS TO SEVER CROSS- COMPLAINTS ; CONSOLIDATE CROS S-COMPLAINTS ALFRED BALDWIN, et al, WITH THE COMPLAINT OF RONALD THERRIEN; AND TO TRY THOSE CLAIMS WHICH SEEK TO DECLARE Defendants. THE UNDERLYING HCR JUDGMENT VOID IN ADVANCE OF ANY TRIAL ON THE CLAIMS IN PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINTS IN ORANGE COUNTY AND RELATED CROSS-CLAIMS SUPERIOR COURT CASENOS.30-2017-00929218- CU-FR-CXC (““HCR ACTION”) AND 30-2017- 00936368-CU-FR-CXC (“DEVINE ACTION”) Date: April 18, 2017 Time: Dept.: CX101 OVSD’S JOINDER RE MOTIONS TO SEVER CROSS-COMPLAINT AND TO CONSOLIDATE CROSS-COMPLAINTS Case No. 30-2017-00936368-CU-FR-CXC 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 2 23 24 25 26 27 28 TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNSEL OF RECORD: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Defendant and Cross-Claimant Otay Village (San Diego) ASLI V, L.L.L.P. (“OVSD”) by and through its undersigned counsel, hereby joins in the Baldwin/Bone Parties’ “Motions:” (1) to Sever Cross-Complaints; (2) to Consolidate Cross- Complaints With the Complaint of Ronald Therians; and (3) to Try Those Claims Which Seek to Declare The Underlying HCR Judgment Void in Advance of Any Trial on the Claims in Plaintiff’s Complaints in Orange County Superior Court Case Nos. 30-2017-00929218-CU-FR-CXC (“HCR Action”) (Motion at Docket No. 713) and 30-2017-00936368-CU-FR-CXC (“Devine Action”) (Motion at Docket No. 696). OVSD incorporates by reference the facts, evidence, and argument of the Motions, as if set forth fully herein, with one modification. At the time the Motions were filed, OV SD had filed its Cross-Complaint to Set Aside Void Judgment in the HCR Action but had not yet filed its Cross- Complaint to Set Aside Void Judgment filed in the Devine Action, which OVSD has since filed on March 20, 2018. (Docket No. 705). The Motions’ definition of “Void Judgment Cross- Complaints” should include both of OVSD’s Cross-Complaints. DATED: March 26, 2018 Respectfully submitted, KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP By: /s/ Benjamin M. Kleinman-Green BENJAMIN M. KLEINMAN-GREEN Attorneys for Defendant and Cross-Complainant Otay Village (San Diego) ASLI V, L.L.L.P. S1- OVSD’S JOINDER RE MOTIONS TO SEVER CROSS-COMPLAINT AND TO CONSOLIDATE CROSS-COMPLAINTS Case No. 30-2017-00936368-CU-FR-CXC 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 2 23 24 25 26 27 28 PROOF OF SERVICE [C.C.P. §§ 1011 and 1013, C.R.C. § 2008, F.R.C.P. Rule 5, F.R.A.P. 25] I declare I am employed in the City and County of San Francisco, California in the office of a member of the bar of this court at whose direction this service was made. I am over the age of eighteen and not a party to this action. My business address is Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Two Embarcadero Center, Suite 1900, San Francisco, California, 94111. I served the following document exactly entitled: OTAY VILLAGE (SAN DIEGO) ASLI V, L.L.L.P.’S JOINDER RE MOTIONS TO SEVER CROSS-COMPLAINTS; CONSOLIDATE CROSS-COMPLAINTS WITH THE COMPLAINT OF RONALD THERRIEN; AND TO TRY THOSE CLAIMS WHICH SEEK TO DECLARE THE UNDERLYING HCR JUDGMENT VOID IN ADVANCE OF ANY TRIAL ON THE CLAIMS IN PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINTS IN ORANGE COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT CASE NOS. 30-2017-00929218-CU-FR-CXC (“HCR ACTION”) and 30-2017-00936368-CU- FR-CXC (“DEVINE ACTION”) on the interested parties in this action by placing a true and correct copy thereof enclosed in a sealed envelope, following the ordinary business practice of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, as follows: SEE ATTACHED SERVICE LIST [] [By First Class Mail] I am readily familiar with my employer's practice for collecting and processing documents for mailing with the United States Postal Service. On the date listed herein, following ordinary business practice, I served the within document(s) at my place of business, by placing a true copy thereof, enclosed in a sealed envelope, with postage thereon fully prepaid, for collection and mailing with the United States Postal Service where it would be deposited with the United States Postal Service that same day in the ordinary course of business. [] [By Overnight Courier] I caused each envelope to be delivered by a commercial carrier service for overnight delivery to the offices of the addressee(s). [] [By Hand] I caused to be hand delivered each envelope to the party(ies) so designated on the service list on [] [By Facsimile Transmission] I caused said document to be sent by facsimile transmission to the fax number indicated for the party(ies) listed above. x [By Electronic Transmission] I caused said document to be sent by electronic transmission to the e-mail address indicated for the party(ies) listed above. 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