California Court of Appeal

Jerry's Shell v. Equilon Enters., LLC, B174260

Denial of plaintiffs' motion for relief from default or dismissal under Code of Civil Procedure section 473(b) is affirmed where dismissal of an underlying suit as a sanction was the result of an intentional strategic decision on the part of plaintiffs' counsel.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/12/2005
• Published 12/12/2005

Judges

• CURRY, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bleau, Fox & Fong, Thomas P. Bleau, and Nikki Fong, Los Angeles, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Fulbright & Jaworski, Richard R. Mainland, and Dinh Ha, Los Angeles, for Defendants and Respondents.