-AGR Million (Far East) Ltd. v. Lincoln Provisions Inc. USA et al, No. 2:2009cv07168 - Document 60 (C.D. Cal. 2010)
Court Description: ORDER GRANTING DEFAULT JUDGMENT AND JUDGMENT by Judge Manuel L. Real: IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED AS FOLLOWS: Lincoln's Motion for Default Judgment 39 is hereby granted and Default Judgment is entered in favor of Lincoln in the amount $1,256,860.50, consisting of the following which shall be paid to Lincoln within thirty (30) calendar days from the date of entry of this Order: Difference between market price and contract price of $560,000; Incidental damages of tr avel costs of $275.91; Consequential damages of (1) lost resale profits of $40,000, (2) settlement payment made to Plaintiff Million (Far East) in connection with this action of $125,000, and (3) anticipated lost profits due to loss of goodwill of $420,000; Costs of $16,145.05; and Prejudgment interest of $95,439.66. (See attached Judgment for further information). FURTHER ORDERED that the jurisdiction of this Court is retained for the purpose of making any further orders necessary or proper for the construction, modification or enforcement of this Judgment. (MD JS-6, Case Terminated). (jp)
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-AGR Million (Far East) Ltd. v. Lincoln Provisions Inc. USA et al Doc. 60 1 YURI MIKULKA (SBN 185926) ymikulka@ztllp.com 2 SARAH S. BROOKS (SBN 266292) sbrooks@ztllp.com 3 ZUBER & TAILLIEU LLP 10866 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 300 4 Los Angeles, California 90024 Telephone: (310) 807-9700 5 Facsimile: (310) 807-9701 JS-6 6 Attorneys for Defendant Lincoln Provision, Inc. USA 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, WESTERN DIVISION 10 11 Million (Far East) Ltd., a foreign company, 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. 14 Lincoln Provision Inc. USA, a 15 corporation and DOES 1 through 100, inclusive, 16 Defendant. 17 18 Lincoln Provision Inc. USA, Third Party Plaintiff, 19 20 v. 21 Philip Wolfstein, Viteck International Corp., and ROES 1 through 50, 22 inclusive 23 CASE NO. CV09-7168 R (AGRx) ORDER GRANTING DEFAULT JUDGMENT AND JUDGMENT Date: Time: Judge: Place: August 23, 2010 10:00 a.m. Hon. Manuel L. Real 312 North Spring Street Courtroom 8 Los Angeles, CA 90012 Discovery Cut-Off: April 9, 2010 Trial Date: May 18, 2010 Third Party Defendants 24 25 / / / 26 / / / 27 / / / 28 / / / 1388-1001 / 143124.2 [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING DEFAULT JUDGMENT Dockets.Justia.com 1 On August 23, 2010, Third-Party Plaintiff Lincoln Provision Inc. USA’s 2 (“Lincoln”) Motion for Default Judgment against Third-Party Defendants Philip 3 Wolfstein and Viteck International Corp. (collectively, “Third-Party Defendants”) 4 was heard by the Court. Based upon the Court’s full consideration of the record 5 including the Third Party Complaint, the prior entry of Default, the pleadings, 6 memoranda, declarations and moving papers in support of Lincoln’s Motion for 7 Default against Third-Party Defendants and in support of Third Party Defendant 8 Philip Wolfstein’s Motion to Set Aside Entry Of A Default Judgment, the 9 documents presented therein and throughout this action, and the oral arguments and 10 documents submitted at the hearing, the Court finds that: 11 WHEREAS Third-Party Defendants were properly served in this action but 12 have not responded to the Third Party Complaint, and they have not otherwise 13 appeared in this action prior to the entry of Default; 14 WHEREAS Lincoln has met all the conditions necessary for entry of default 15 judgment pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 55 and Local Rule 55; 16 WHEREAS the Third Party Complaint contains well-pled charges of Third- 17 Party Defendants’ breach of contract, negligent misrepresentation and fraud, and 18 Lincoln is entitled to a favorable liability determination on its claims; 19 WHEREAS Third Party Defendant Viteck has not filed an opposition to the 20 Motion for Default Judgment; 21 WHEREAS Third Party Defendant Philip Wolfstein’s Motion to Set Aside 22 Entry Of A Default Judgment fails to set forth good cause under Federal Rules of 23 Civil Procedure 55(c) to set aside the entry of default in that Wolfstein has engaged 24 in culpable conduct that led to the entry of default including receiving but failing to 25 respond to constructive notice of lawsuit in the form of emails that included 26 pleadings and correspondence related to the case, that Wolfstein has failed to set 27 forth meritorious defense, and that Lincoln will be prejudiced if Default is set aside; 28 1388-1001 / 143124.2 1 [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING DEFAULT JUDGMENT 1 WHEREAS based on the pleadings, evidence, and papers submitted, Lincoln 2 is entitled to damages under the California Uniform Commercial Code §§ 2713(1), 3 2715(1) and 2715(2)(a) including the difference between the market price and 4 contract price and consequential damages including lost profits, the amount of 5 liability owed to Lincoln’s customer, anticipated lost profits and loss of good will 6 directly and proximately caused by Third-Party Defendants’ breach of the contract; 7 WHEREAS Lincoln also is entitled to the amount that will compensate for 8 all of the detriment proximately caused by Third Party Defendants’ fraud and 9 negligent misrepresentation including its lost profits, the amount of liability owed to 10 Lincoln’s customer and Plaintiff Million (Far East) Ltd., anticipated lost profits and 11 loss of good will; 12 WHEREAS Lincoln is entitled to costs pursuant to Cal. Civ. Proc. § 1033; 13 WHEREAS Lincoln is entitled to prejudgment interest calculated at 14 calculated at ten percent per annum pursuant to Cal. Civ. Code §§ 3287(b) and 15 3289(b) from the date the Third Party Complaint was filed on October 22, 2009 16 until judgment; and 17 WHEREAS Lincoln is entitled to post-judgment interest pursuant to 28 18 U.S.C. § 1961(a) at the rate of ______, the weekly average one-year constant 19 maturity Treasury yield, as published by the Board of Governors of the Federal 20 Reserve System, for the calendar week preceding the date of the judgment. 21 For the foregoing reasons, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND 22 DECREED AS FOLLOWS: 23 Lincoln's Motion for Default Judgment is hereby granted and Default 24 Judgment is entered in favor of Lincoln in the amount of one million and two 25 hundred fifty six thousand dollars, eight hundred sixty dollars and fifty cents 26 ($1,256,860.50), consisting of the following which shall be paid to Lincoln within 27 thirty (30) calendar days from the date of entry of this Order: 28 1388-1001 / 143124.2 • Difference between market price and contract price of $560,000; 2 [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING DEFAULT JUDGMENT 1 • Incidental damages of travel costs of $275.91; 2 • Consequential damages of (1) lost resale profits of $40,000, (2) settlement 3 payment made to Plaintiff Million (Far East) in connection with this 4 action of $125,000, and (3) anticipated lost profits due to loss of goodwill 5 of $420,000; 6 • Costs of $16,145.05; and 7 • Prejudgment interest of $95,439.66. 8 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Third-Party Defendants shall pay Lincoln 9 post-judgment interest of $_____ per day within thirty (30) calendar days from the 10 date of entry of this order, which is calculated from the date of entry of this Order 11 through and until the date Third Party Defendants pay the Judgment to Lincoln. 12 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that no just reason exists for delay for 13 entering this Judgment pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 54(b). 14 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Court directs entry of this Judgment 15 against each Third Party Defendant Philip Wolfstein and Viteck International Corp. 16 and that this Judgment shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties’ 17 respective successors and assigns. 18 / / / 19 / / / 20 / / / 21 / / / 22 / / / 23 / / / 24 / / / 25 / / / 26 / / / 27 / / / 28 1388-1001 / 143124.2 3 [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING DEFAULT JUDGMENT 1 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the jurisdiction of this Court is retained 2 for the purpose of making any further orders necessary or proper for the 3 construction, modification or enforcement of this Judgment. 4 IT IS SO ORDERED. 5 6 7 8 Dated: August 27, 2010 ___________________________________ HONORABLE MANUEL L. REAL UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1388-1001 / 143124.2 4 [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING DEFAULT JUDGMENT 1 PROOF OF SERVICE 2 STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES At the time of service, I was over 18 years of age and not a party to this action. I am employed in the County of Los Angeles, State of California. My 4 business address is 10866 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 300, Los Angeles, CA 90024. 3 5 On August 25, 2010, I served true copies of the following document(s) described as [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING DEFAULT JUDGMENT on the interested 6 parties in this action as follows: 7 Philip Wolfstein 1155 Wellesley Avenue, #104 8 Los Angeles, California 90049 Email address: pwolfsteing5@gmail.com 9 Viteck International Corporation 10 21031 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 424 Woodland Hills, California 91364 11 Philip Wolfstein Post Office Box 495492 Los Angeles, California 90049 Seongsu Kim Agent for Service of Process 5517 Wellesley Drive Calabasas, California 91302 12 Michael A. Brewer Hornberger & Brewer, LLP 13 444 South Flower Street, Suite 3010 Los Angeles, CA 90071-2901 14 T: 213.733.1655 F: 213.488.1255 15 Attorney for Plaintiff, MILLION (FAR EAST) LTD. 16 BY MAIL: I enclosed the document(s) in a sealed envelope or package addressed 17 to the persons at the addresses listed in the Service List and placed the envelope for collection and mailing, following our ordinary business practices. I am readily 18 familiar with Zuber & Taillieu LLP's practice for collecting and processing correspondence for mailing. On the same day that the correspondence is placed for 19 collection and mailing, it is deposited in the ordinary course of business with the United States Postal Service, in a sealed envelope with postage fully prepaid. 20 BY E-MAIL OR ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION: I caused a copy of the 21 document(s) to be sent from e-mail address olucido@ztllp.com to Philip Wolfstein at the e-mail addresses listed in the Service List. I did not receive, within a 22 reasonable time after the transmission, any electronic message or other indication that the transmission was unsuccessful. 23 I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California 24 that the foregoing is true and correct. 25 Executed on August 25, 2010, at Los Angeles, California. 26 27 28 Olivia T Lucido 1388-1001 / 143124.2 PROOF OF SERVICE
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