Cedarwood Young v. Cycle Link CA2/2

BACKGROUND

Cedarwood filed the instant action on December 14, 2010, seeking declaratory relief and damages for breach of seven contracts to ship waste paper to China. Cedarwood alleged that Cycle Link and Ji’An forced Cedarwood to accept reductions to agreed-upon contract prices under economic duress by threatening to reject shipments that had arrived in China or were en route. Cedarwood further alleged that Wu, Bright Eagle, Cycle Link, and Ji’An were operated as a single enterprise and were the alter egos of each other. Cedarwood served Cycle Link and Bright Eagle, both California corporations, with the summons and complaint. Wu, a resident of China doing business in California, and Ji’An, a Chinese company, initially were not served. On January 17, 2012, Cedarwood filed a second amended complaint, the operative pleading in this action, after the trial court sustained, with leave to amend, demurrers by Cycle Link and Bright Eagle to the initial and first amended complaints. Terminating sanctions and default judgment against Wu defendants Cedarwood’s first motion to compel deposition On August 4, 2011, Cedarwood served deposition notices for the corporate persons most…