Huang
Newstart Real Estate Inv. LLC v. Huang
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Grimes, J.
*160 Plaintiff New Start Real Estate Investment LLC appeals from three postjudgment orders thwarting its attempts to collect on a judgment against defendant Jack Huang, also known as Ming Shan Huang, and imposing sanctions against it. These rulings were based on the trial court's conclusion there was no enforceable judgment, because the court had granted defendant's motion for a new trial of punitive damages. Plaintiff contends the part of the judgment awarding compensatory damages was enforceable despite the order granting a new trial of punitive damages. We affirm.
*161 BACKGROUND
A jury awarded plaintiff $1,620,000 in compensatory damages, and $280,000 in punitive damages in its action against defendant (and others not relevant to this appeal), and judgment was entered in plaintiff's favor on January 3, 2018. After entry of judgment, defendant successfully moved for a new trial of punitive damages. The court granted defendant's motion *465 "subject to denial if Plaintiff accepts a reduction to $10,000."
Plaintiff did not accept the court's proposed reduction of punitive damages to $10,000, and therefore punitive damages were to be retried. No date for retrial was set,…