Moore

In these consolidated appeals, plaintiff Jennifer Moore (Moore) appeals two orders of the trial court in her ongoing case against Richard Hatfield (Hatfield), financial corporations controlled by Hatfield, and numerous persons holding promissory notes issued by those corporations. In case No. A117526, Moore appeals the judgment entered in favor of respondents, Tomas Hill and E.J. Pean (jointly Hill and Pean), on Moore’s derivative causes of action after the trial court granted Hill and Pean’s motion for judgment on the pleadings. In case No. A118678, Moore appeals the trial court’s order finding that a settlement agreement between respondents and other promissory noteholders, and Hatfield, was entered in good faith pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 877.6 For reasons explained below, we shall affirm the trial court’s order in case No. A117526 and reverse the trial court’s order in case No. A118678. ’

Factual Background

Jennifer Moore and Richard Hatfield were involved in an intimate relationship that lasted approximately 13 years. During the course of their relationship, a company named Alliance Financial Capital, Inc., was founded in 1994 with Richard Hatfield…