Union Patriot Capital Management II v. Del Castro CA2/5

I. INTRODUCTION

In this consolidated appeal, defendants Richard Rionda Del Castro (Richard), Patricia Eberle Rionda Del Castro (Patricia), and Hannibal Media, Inc. dba Hannibal Pictures (Hannibal Media) appeal from judgments following a bench trial and subsequent orders. At trial, plaintiffs1 prevailed against

Plaintiffs were Union Patriot Capital Management, LLC (Union Patriot), Union Patriot Capital Management II, LLC (Union Patriot II), Justice Everywhere Productions LLC (Justice), and I Am Wrath Production, Inc. (I Am Wrath). I Am Wrath’s claims were ordered to arbitration and subsequently abandoned. It is not a party to this appeal.

2 Hannibal Classics, Inc. (Hannibal Classics), Marco Polo Production SAS (Marco Polo), and USS Indianapolis Production, Inc. (USSIP), on breach of contract and tort claims.2 Plaintiffs then successfully sought to amend the judgment to add the appealing defendants as judgment debtors under an alter ego theory of liability. Plaintiffs also filed an affidavit of identity that listed a spendthrift trust and Richard as the trustee of that trust as alternate names for Richard. On appeal, Richard and Patricia argue that the trial court…