Anderson et al v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company et al

Filing 163

JUDGMENT pursuant to 161 Jury Verdict in favor of Plaintiffs against Defendants in the amount of $4,775,365.03. CASE CLOSED. (Donati, J)

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GLEN A. VAN DYKE, ESQ., SBN: 183796
VAN DYKE LAW GROUP
A Professional Corporation
11025 Pioneer Trial, Suite 101A
Truckee, CA 96161
Telephone: (530) 587‐2130
Facsimile: (530) 587‐2829
[e-mail]

DANIEL V. KOHLS, ESQ., SBN: 167987
HANSEN, KOHLS, SOMMER & JACOB, LLP
1520 Eureka Road, Suite 100
Roseville, California 95661
Telephone: (916) 781‐2550
Facsimile: (916) 781‐5339
[e-mail]

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CASE NO. 2:12‐cv‐01057‐MCE‐GGH

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DONALD ANDERSON, et al.

Plaintiffs,

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v.

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CENTURY SURETY COMPANY,

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JUDGMENT

Complaint Filed:
Trial Date:

Defendant.

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February 27, 2012
October 16, 2017

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This case was tried before a jury beginning on October 16, 2017 in Courtroom 7 of this court,

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the Honorable Morrison C. England, Jr., Judge presiding. Plaintiffs Donald Anderson, Alfred and Jo

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Lynne Bailey, Mary Bair, Albert and Evelyn Bent, Betty Bradley, David and Phyllis Duncan,

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Mammie Ebanks, Darlene Ellingson, Vern Favrat, Sandra Franco, Peter and Sandra Franzen, Paul

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and Patricia Gentry, Jeff and Anna Goodall, Gwen Gordon, Thomas and Michelle Graf, Patricia
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JUDGEMENT

ANDERSON V. CENTURY
CASE NO. 2:12‐CV‐01057‐MCE‐GGH

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Harris, Edwin and Mary Heeney, Ward Hollowell, Gracian and Mary Hulsey, Larry Kratzer, James
Marion, Mary Lou Morris, Peter Morris, Barbara Ramos, David and Bettye Sheets, James and Joyce
Sumner and Phyllis Weber were represented by Daniel V. Kohls of Hansen, Kohls, Sommer & Jacob,
LLP, and Glen A. Van Dyke of Van Dyke Law Group. Defendant Century Surety Company was

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represented by H. Douglas Galt of Woolls Peer Dollinger & Scher, A Professional Corporation.
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On October 24, 2017, the jury returned a unanimous verdict in favor of plaintiffs and against

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defendant Century Surety Company. The amount of the Judgment is calculated as follows:
$3,373,843.91 (being the sum set forth in the Judgment entered September 30, 2011, in the matter of
Anderson, et al. vs. Grant Park Homes, et al., Superior Court of California, County of Yuba, Case
Number CV 06-2070) less $405,000.00 (the offsets for prior settlements pursuant to the undisputed

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evidence) plus interest at the legal rate thereon from September 30, 2011, until October 31, 2017, in

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the sum of $1,806,521.12.
The total Judgment is therefore the sum of $4,775,365.03 in favor of plaintiffs and against

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defendant Century Surety Company, plus costs if timely and properly asserted.
IT IS SO ORDERED AND ADJUDGED.

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Dated: October 31, 2017

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JUDGEMENT

ANDERSON V. CENTURY
CASE NO. 2:12‐CV‐01057‐MCE‐GGH