Ebershoff
Say & Say, Inc. v. Ebershoff
Opinion
Opinion
Turner, J.
I. Introduction
In this case, we determine that plaintiff, Say & Say, Inc., a corporation, is subject to the vexatious litigant law. (Code Civ. Proc., § 391 et seq.) Accordingly, we issue a prefiling order pursuant to section 391.7, subdivision (a) and direct that Say & Say, Inc., within 10 days secure an order from the presiding justice of this division permitting the continuation of the present litigation.
II. Factual and Procedural History
A. The Present Case
Although some of the pertinent factual matters involve events apart from the present lawsuit, we will begin the recitation of the procedural background by discussing the present litigation. When suit was initially filed on July 31, 1992, the only plaintiff was L. Shieh, who was in fact an attorney, Liang-Houh Shieh. The initial complaint named 548 defendants and contained 78 separate causes of action for legal and equitable relief. Virtually all of the named defendants were lawyers. Say & Say, Inc., was not named in the original complaint; rather, only Mr. Shieh was listed as a plaintiff.
On January 15, 1993, various defendants, all lawyers or law firms, filed a motion to have Mr. Shieh declared to be a…