Raicevic

INTRODUCTION

This fraud case returns to this court following a 2011 jury trial on remand after the

reversal of a summary judgment entered in favor of defendants Stephen F. Lopez (an

attorney) and the law firm of Geraci & Lopez (together Defendants) in a prior appeal

(Andjelka Raicevic, Individually and as Trustee, etc. et al. v. Stephen F. Lopez et al.

(Aug. 18, 2010, D055002) [nonpub. opn.]). This case involves two secured loan

transactions that ended in default, and Defendants' alleged use of various alleged written

misrepresentations and concealments of material fact to persuade the lenders─former

plaintiff Andjelka Raicevic1 and her former husband Vojo Raicevic2 (both of whom are

now deceased)─to (1) remove the deed of trust that secured the loan repayment

obligations of the borrowers─Defendants' clients Hardy Matthew Travis (Matthew

Travis) and his then-wife Launi Kay Travis (Launi Travis) (together the Travises), who

In January 2013 Vladimir Raicevic was substituted in as a plaintiff in this case in the place of his mother, former plaintiff Andjelka Raicevic, who died in 2012.

Andjelka Raicevic and Vojo Raicevic divorced in 1991. Vojo…