Politsch

Filed 3/3/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION EIGHT

BARBARA POLITSCH, B332393

Plaintiff and Appellant, Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BC396164 v.

METROPLAZA PARTNERS,

LLC,

Defendant and Respondent.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Stephen I. Goorvitch, Judge. Affirmed.

Joseph S. Socher for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Lesnick Prince Pappas & Alverson, David S. Alverson and Michael E. Pappas for Defendant and Respondent.

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SUMMARY

Plaintiff Barbara Politsch obtained a default judgment for about $175,000 against defendant Metroplaza Partners, LLC (defendant or Metroplaza) in a premises liability case. As it happens, defendant did not own the premises, having sold the property in 2005, more than a year before plaintiff was injured. Defendant was not served with the summons and complaint either, but defendant and its counsel found out about the default judgment (entered in March 2012) in January 2014. Defendant’s counsel did not advise defendant to do anything about the default judgment, so defendant…