California Court of Appeal

Guimaraes v. Northrop Grumman Corp., B194205

An action seeking recognition and enforcement of a foreign money judgment under the Uniform Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition Act is subject to the 10-year statute of limitations applicable to actions on sister state judgments, rather than to the four-year catch-all statute of limitations in Code of Civil Procedure section 343.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/30/2007
• Published 10/30/2007

Judges

• RUBIN, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Engstrom Lipscomb & Lack, Walter J. Lack and Steven C. Shuman, Los Angeles, for Plaintiff and Appellant., Benedon & Serlin, Gerald M. Serlin and Douglas G. Benedon, Los Angeles, as amicus curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis, Ed W. Green, A. Kristine Floyd and Robert C. Shaia, Irvine, for Defendant and Respondent.