Silbrico Corp. v. Raanan
California Court of Appeal
170 Cal. App. 3d 202, 216 Cal. Rptr. 201 (1985)

- Written by Mary Phelan D'Isa, JD
Facts
Silbrico Corporation (plaintiff) obtained a money judgment against Perry Raanan (defendant) in Wisconsin. When Raanan defaulted, Silbrico sought to have the judgment enforced in California. Raanan objected, arguing that he had not been given proper notice of the Wisconsin default. The parties stipulated to take Raanan’s motion to vacate off the California court’s calendar. Silbrico went back to Wisconsin, had the default judgment vacated, properly noticed Raanan of his default, and moved for and was granted a second default judgment after Raanan failed to respond to the notice of default. Silbrico returned to California and moved the court to vacate its judgment and enter a new judgment based on the second Wisconsin judgment. Raanan opposed and argued that the California court should not give full faith and credit to the second Wisconsin judgment because it violated California law for judgments by confession and contained a penal liquidated damages clause that was unenforceable under California law. The trial court granted Silbrico’s motion and entered judgment on the second Wisconsin judgment. Raanan appealed.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Arabian, J.)
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