Higgs

Filed 5/21/15 Higgs v. United Prof. Real Estate Inspectors CA3

NOT TO BE PUBLISHED

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT

(Placer) ----

ROY HIGGS, C074571

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Super. Ct. No. SCV0028391)

v.

UNITED PROFESSIONAL REAL ESTATE

INSPECTORS, INC., et al.,

Defendants and Appellants.

Defendants United Professional Real Estate Inspectors, Inc., Mold Detectives, Inc., and Husbands for Rent, Inc., (collectively, UPRI) appeal from a default judgment entered by the trial court (Curry, J.) in favor of plaintiff Roy A. Higgs. The trial court (Jones, J.) imposed terminating sanctions after accepting the recommendations of the discovery referee (Sims, J, Ret.) who had found UPRI intentionally destroyed or withheld…