Williams v. Lytel
Defendant, Kipley Lytel, appeals from an amended judgment following confirmation of an arbitration award. Plaintiff, Oscar D. Williams, obtained a favorable arbitration ruling against “Montecito Capital Management, LLC.” Plaintiff filed an unopposed petition to confirm the arbitration award and secured a judgment. Plaintiff attempted to enforce the judgment. Plaintiff then discovered “Montecito Capital Management, LLC” had no relationship with defendant, who had committed the wrongdoing.
Plaintiff moved to amend the judgment pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure[1] section 187 to include defendant as a judgment debtor. Plaintiff also sought to add defendant’s company, Montecito Capital Management Group doing business as Montecito Capital Management, a sole proprietorship as a judgment debtor. Defendant asserted plaintiff could not amend the judgment because the time to correct the arbitration award had expired. Plaintiff’s motion to amend the judgment was gra
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