UnitedHealthCare Insurance Company v. Sahara Palm Plaza, LCC et al, No. 8:2020cv02221 - Document 292 (C.D. Cal. 2023)
Court Description: FINAL JUDGMENT by Judge David O. Carter. It is hereby ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that judgment is entered in favor of Plaintiff against Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs Alexander Javaheri and Sahara CA, and in favor of Third-Party Defendants against Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs Alexander Javaheri, Sahara CA, and Sahara NV. IT IS ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that Plaintiff shall recover their respective costs of suit incurred herein from Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs Alexander Javaher i and Sahara CA. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that Third-Party Defendants shall recover their respective costs of suit incurred herein from Defendants and Third- Party Plaintiffs Alexander Javaheri, Sahara CA, and Sahara NV. re: 291 . (MD JS-6, Case Terminated). (twdb)
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UnitedHealthCare Insurance Company v. Sahara Palm Plaza, LCC et al Doc. 292 1 -6 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 11 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 12 13 UNITEDHEALTHCARE INSURANCE COMPANY, v. 15 SAHARA PALM PLAZA, LLC, a California Limited Liability Company; SAHARA PALM PLAZA, LLC, a Nevada Limited Liability Company; and ALEXANDER JAVAHERI; 17 20 21 22 24 JOUBIN ESHAGHIAN; ESHAGHIAN INSURANCE & FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., a California corporation; WARNER PACIFIC INSURANCE SERVICES, INC.; ROES 1-10, inclusive, 27 28 Action Filed: November 19, 2020 Third-Party Plaintiffs, v. 26 October 11, 2022 Hon. David O. Carter SAHARA PALM PLAZA, LLC, a California Limited Liability Company; SAHARA PALM PLAZA, LLC, a Nevada Limited Liability Company; and ALEXANDER JAVAHERI, 23 25 Trial Date: Judge: Defendants. 18 19 FINAL JUDGMENT Plaintiff, 14 16 Case No.: 8:20-cv-02221-DOC-KES Third-Party Defendants. Dockets.Justia.com 1 This Court oversaw a six-day jury trial that began on October 11, 2022. During 2 the trial, each party was represented by their attorneys of record. The trial ended on 3 October 18, 2022 after the Jury returned eight special verdicts (Dkt. 264), which 4 addressed each parties’ remaining claims and requests for punitive damages. On 5 October 18, 2022, the jury rendered a verdict in favor of Plaintiff UnitedHealthcare 6 Insurance Company (“Plaintiff” or “United”) as follows: 7 x On Plaintiff’s first claim for fraud against Defendants and Third-Party 8 Plaintiffs Alexander Javaheri, Sahara Palm Plaza, LLC, a California 9 Limited Liability Company (“Sahara CA”), and Sahara Palm Plaza, 10 LLC, a Nevada Limited Liability Company (“Sahara NV”) 11 (collectively, “Defendants” or “Third-Party Plaintiffs”), the jury found 12 that Defendants Alexander Javaheri and Sahara CA were liable for 13 fraud and ruled in Plaintiff’s favor accordingly; 14 x On Plaintiff’s second claim for negligent misrepresentation against 15 Defendants, the jury found that Defendants Alexander Javaheri and 16 Sahara CA were liable for negligent misrepresentation and ruled in 17 Plaintiff’s favor accordingly; 18 x On Plaintiff’s third claim for unjust enrichment against Defendants, 19 the jury found that Defendants Alexander Javaheri and Sahara CA 20 were liable for negligent misrepresentation and ruled in Plaintiff’s 21 favor accordingly; 22 x On Plaintiff’s fourth claim for breach of contract, the jury found that 23 Defendants Alexander Javaheri and Sahara CA were liable for breach 24 of contract and ruled in Plaintiff’s favor accordingly; 25 x The jury awarded damages to Plaintiff in the amount of $2,412,177.36 26 on United’s fraud claim. The jury did not award any additional 27 damages for United’s negligent misrepresentation, unjust enrichment, 28 and breach of contract claim; 2 1 x On Plaintiff’s request for punitive damages, the jury found, by clear 2 and convincing evidence, that Defendant Alexander Javaheri engaged 3 in conduct with fraud, that Defendant Alexander Javaheri was an 4 officer, director, and/or managing agent of Sahara CA and Sahara NV 5 at the time of the conduct constituting fraud, that an officer, a director, 6 and/or a managing agent of Sahara CA and Sahara NV authorized the 7 conduct constituting fraud, and that Sahara CA knew of Defendant 8 Alexander Javaheri’s conduct constituting fraud and adopted or 9 approved that conduct after it occurred; and 10 x Having approved punitive damages as appropriate, the Jury awarded 11 punitive damages against Defendants in the amount of $0 in favor of 12 Plaintiff. 13 On October 18, 2022, the jury also rendered a verdict in favor of Third-Party 14 Defendants Joubin Eshaghian and Eshaghian Insurance & Financial Services, Inc. 15 (“Third-Party Defendants”) and against Third-Party Plaintiffs Alexander Javaheri, 16 Sahara CA, and Sahara NV as follows: 17 x On Third-Party Plaintiffs’ first claim for professional negligence 18 against Third-Party Defendants, the jury found in favor of Third-Party 19 Defendants; 20 21 x On Third-Party Plaintiffs’ second claim for equitable indemnity, the jury found in favor of Third-Party Defendants; and 22 x Based on these findings, the jury found that Third-Party Plaintiffs 23 were not entitled to any damages from Third-Party Defendants. 24 25 26 27 28 Therefore, pursuant to the jury’s verdict rendered on October 18, 2022, and pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 54(b) and 58(b), the Court finds that there is no just reason for delay of entry of final judgment. $Q\ REMHFWLRQV ZKLFK ZHUH VXEPLWWHG WLPHO\ RU RWKHUZLVH KDYH EHHQ FRQVLGHUHG DQG DUH RYHUUXOHG 3 1 It is hereby ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that judgment is entered in favor of 2 Plaintiff against Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs Alexander Javaheri and Sahara 3 CA, and in favor of Third-Party Defendants against Defendants and Third-Party 4 Plaintiffs Alexander Javaheri, Sahara CA, and Sahara NV 5 IT IS ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that Plaintiff shall recover their 6 respective costs of suit incurred herein from Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs 7 Alexander Javaheri and Sahara CA. 8 9 10 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that Third-Party Defendants shall recover their respective costs of suit incurred herein from Defendants and ThirdParty Plaintiffs Alexander Javaheri, Sahara CA, and Sahara NV. 11 12 IT IS SO ORDERED. 13 14 15 16 February 27, 2023 Dated: __________________ By:_________________________________ Honorable David O. Carter United States District Judge 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 4
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