Eldridge

INTRODUCTION

Defendants Village Trailer Park, Inc. (VTP), Village Trailer Park, LLC (VTP LLC), and Marc Luzzatto (defendants) appeal from the declaratory judgment in favor of plaintiff Catherine Eldridge that interpreted a settlement agreement entered into on the record in a earlier lawsuit. Exercising de novo review, we conclude that the agreement is not reasonably susceptible of defendants’ construction. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

1. The parties Eldridge is a resident in space number F-12 of the Village Trailer Park, a mobile home park in Santa Monica (the park), whose tenants are mostly senior citizens. Defendants are the owners or managers of the park. Marc Luzzatto was a principal of both VTP LLC and VTP. 2. The McNama settlement In 2000, residents of the park, including Eldridge, filed a complaint against VTP alleging nuisance and breach of warranty of habitability, among other causes of action, for the defendant’s failure to maintain electrical, water, sewage, gas, and other facilities in the park. (McNama v. Village Trailer Park, Inc. (Super. Ct. L.A. County, 2003, Case No. SC062254) (McNama).) The plaintiffs alleged that the…