Source: s3://data.kl3m.ai/documents/govinfo/USCOURTS/USCOURTS-caed-1_08-cv-00691/USCOURTS-caed-1_08-cv-00691-14/pdf.json

Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Insurance Contract

---

LAW OFFICES OF

CHOLAKIAN 

&

ASSOCIATES

A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

400 OYSTER POINT BLVD., SUITE 415 

SO. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94080 

236 156 Case No.: 1:08-CV-00691-LJO-S

[PROPOSED] JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF PLAINTIFF AND COUNTER-DEFENDANT CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE 

COMPANY 

1

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

FRESNO DIVISION 

CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE 

COMPANY, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

ELIZABETH S. ORTIZ, et al. 

 Defendants. 

AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS 

) 

) 

) 

) 

) 

) 

) 

) 

) 

) 

) 

) 

) 

) 

) 

) 

) 

) 

Case No.: 1:08-CV-00691-LJO-SMS 

JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF PLAINTIFF 

AND COUNTER-DEFENDANT 

CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE 

COMPANY 

Following the Order of January 4, 2010 [Doc. 164] on Cross-Motions for Summary 

Adjudication on the Issue of Insurance Coverage whereby the Court granted the Motion of 

Plaintiff and Counter-Defendant, CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY 

(“Carolina Casualty”), and denied the Motions of Defendants and Counterclaimants 

ELIZABETH S. ORTIZ, individually and as Guardian Ad Litem for KASSANDRA N. ORTIZ 

and ALEXIS J. ORTIZ, minors; KASSANDRA N. ORTIZ and ALEXIS J. ORTIZ, each 

individually; ESTATE OF JAVIER ORTIZ FUENTES, by and through its Representative 

ELIZABETH S. ORTIZ (collectively, the “Ortiz Defendants”), and Defendants and 

Counterclaimants VERONICA DIEGO, individually and as Guardian Ad Litem for JOSE 

ANTONIO DIEGO and ROBERTO DIEGO-JERONIMO, minors; JOSE ANTONIO DIEGO 

and ROBERTO DIEGO-JERONIMO, each individually and as Successors in Interest of Aniceto 

Diego Trujillo, deceased; MARIA GUADALUPE ALFARO VEGA, individually and as 

Guardian ad Litem for KARINA ALEJANDRA CORTES ALFARO and LUIS GERARDO 

CORTES ALFARO, minors, each individually and as Successors in Interest of Gerardo Cortes 

Case 1:08-cv-00691-LJO -SKO Document 175 Filed 03/11/10 Page 1 of 4
LAW OFFICES OF

CHOLAKIAN 

&

ASSOCIATES

A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

400 OYSTER POINT BLVD., SUITE 415 

SO. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94080 

236 156 Case No.: 1:08-CV-00691-LJO-S

[PROPOSED] JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF PLAINTIFF AND COUNTER-DEFENDANT CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE 

COMPANY 

2

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

Cervantes, a.k.a. Gerardo Cortez, deceased; MARIA IMELDA MERCADO individually and as 

Guardian Ad Litem for VICKY NAVA, JOESELYN NAVA and STEPHANIE NAVA, minors; 

VICKY NAVA, JOESELYN NAVA and STEPHANIE NAVA, each individually and as 

Successors in Interest of Gabino Nava Sanchez a.k.a. Omar Ramirez, deceased; FAVIOLA 

QUEZADAS DE VELASQUEZ, individually and as Guardian ad Litem for LAURA 

ALEJANDRA VELASQUEZ QUEZADAS, ALONDRA LIZBETH VELASQUEZ 

QUEZADAS, JOSE DE JESUS VELASQUEZ-QUEZADA, JOHN VELASQUEZ-QUEZADA, 

RICHARD VELASQUEZ-QUEZADA and DIEGO EMMAUEL VELASQUEZ-QUEZADA, 

minors; LAURA ALEJANDRA VELASQUEZ QUEZADAS, ALONDRA LIZBETH 

VELASQUEZ QUEZADAS, JOSE DE JESUS VELASQUEZ-QUEZADA, JOHN 

VELASQUEZ-QUEZADA, RICHARD VELASQUEZ-QUEZADA and DIEGO EMMAUEL 

VELASQUEZ-QUEZADA, each individually and as Successors in Interest of Jose Valasquez 

Martinez, deceased (collectively, the “Diego Defendants”), and the pretrial conference on 

February 23, 2010, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED as follows: 

1. Judgment is hereby entered upon the Court’s Order of January 4, 2010 on Cross 

Motions for Summary Adjudication on the Issue of Insurance Coverage. [Doc. 164.] Insurance 

coverage was not afforded under Carolina Casualty's policy numbered CTP 3398 30 to A&A 

Transport Company, Inc. ("A&A Transport") as an additional insured for the claims and action 

against A&A Transport and its employee Jose Pimental Rodriguez for the injuries and damages 

arising out of the accident on August 10, 2005. 

 2. The adjudication on insurance coverage renders the remaining counts and claims 

moot. 

3. The remaining counts and claims of the Ortiz Defendants and the Diego 

Defendants are parasitic in nature and dependent on a finding of coverage. These counts and 

claims are not viable absent the establishment of coverage. 

4. Carolina Casualty’s alternate Claim for Reformation is moot in light of the 

Court’s adjudication that insurance coverage was not afforded under Carolina Casualty's policy 

numbered CTP 3398 30 to A&A Transport as an additional insured for the claims and action 

Case 1:08-cv-00691-LJO -SKO Document 175 Filed 03/11/10 Page 2 of 4
LAW OFFICES OF

CHOLAKIAN 

&

ASSOCIATES

A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

400 OYSTER POINT BLVD., SUITE 415 

SO. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94080 

236 156 Case No.: 1:08-CV-00691-LJO-S

[PROPOSED] JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF PLAINTIFF AND COUNTER-DEFENDANT CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE 

COMPANY 

3

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

against A&A Transport and its employee Jose Pimental Rodriguez for the injuries and damages 

arising out of the accident on August 10, 2005. 

 5. Therefore, pursuant to the authority of Portsmouth Square, Inc. v. Shareholders 

Protective Committee, 770 F.2d 866, 869 (9th Cir. 1985), and Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 477 U.S. 

317, 326 (1986), and the waiver by all parties of notice of the Court’s intention to consider 

granting summary judgment at the pretrial conference, IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, 

ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Summary Judgment is entered sua sponte in favor of 

Carolina Casualty, and against the Ortiz Defendants and the Diego Defendants, as to the entire 

action. 

 6. In the event that this Court’s adjudication on insurance coverage is reversed on 

appeal, each of the remaining counts and claims, i.e., the Ortiz and Diego Defendants’ Claim for 

Breach of the Implied Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing and Claim for Negligent 

Misrepresentation, and Carolina Casualty’s alternate Claim for Reformation, shall be 

resuscitated. 

 

DATED: March 11, 2010_ 

 _____/s/ Lawrence J. O’Neill______ 

 Hon. Lawrence J. O’Neill 

 United States District Judge 

 

Case 1:08-cv-00691-LJO -SKO Document 175 Filed 03/11/10 Page 3 of 4
LAW OFFICES OF

CHOLAKIAN 

&

ASSOCIATES

A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

400 OYSTER POINT BLVD., SUITE 415 

SO. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94080 

236 156 Case No.: 1:08-CV-00691-LJO-S

[PROPOSED] JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF PLAINTIFF AND COUNTER-DEFENDANT CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE 

COMPANY 

4

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

Approved as to form: 

Dated: 3/05/10 CHOLAKIAN & ASSOCIATES 

 A Professional Corporation 

By: /s/ Vivian L. Lerche (as authorized on 3/5/10) 

 Kevin K. Cholakian 

 Vivian L. Lerche 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counter-Defendant 

CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE 

COMPANY 

Dated: 3/05/10 LANG, RICHERT & PATCH 

By: /s/ David T. Richards (as authorized on 3/5/10)

 Robert L. Patch, II 

 David T. Richards 

 Attorneys for Defendants and Counterclaimants 

 THE ORTIZ DEFENDANTS 

Dated: 3/05/10 PEREZ, WILLIAMS & MEDINA 

By: /s/ Robert Gray Williams (as authorized on 3/5/10) 

 Robert Gray Williams 

 Attorneys for Defendants and Counterclaimants 

DIEGO, ALFARO, NAVA AND VELASQUEZ 

DEFENDANTS 

Case 1:08-cv-00691-LJO -SKO Document 175 Filed 03/11/10 Page 4 of 4