Moon

INTRODUCTION

The parties to this action and their assignees have filed at least four lawsuits against each other, all pretty much about the same thing: a $100,000 investment by Kap Soon Moon in a company called Leading Town SDUS, Inc., with which Kyonga Nam, Sung Joo Na, and Jongju Na were somehow affiliated. (See Lim v. Moon (Aug. 12, 2022, B314481) [nonpub. opn.]; Super. Ct. L.A. County Nos. 19STCV08038 (Moon v. Na, et al.), 19STCV14007 (Lim v. Moon), 22STCV12566 (Lim v. Moon).) In this case (19STCV08038) Moon obtained a $400,435 default judgment against Nam and the Nas. In another case, Nam’s assignee obtained a $27,000 judgment against Moon. The litigation appears to be continuing apace. In this appeal Jongju Na (but not Nam or Sung Joo Na) argues the default judgment against him is void because the proof of service of the summons and complaint shows he was not properly served. Moon served the complaint on Jongju Na by personally serving Sung Joo Na, who said, according to the process server, he was “authorized to receive service for Jongju Na as part of Leading Town.” The trial court denied a motion by Jongju Na (and the other two defendants) to set aside the default…