Nunez

FACTS

This case was brought by plaintiffs and appellants, Henry D. Nunez and his wife, Joy T. Nunez; La Plaza Mini Mart, Inc., a California corporation of which Henry D. Nunez was President; and Joy T. Nunez as Trustee of the Joy T. Nunez, Physical Therapy, Inc., Employee Pension Plan (Nunez plaintiffs). The defendants were Daryl C. Nicholson; Daryl C. Nicholson as Trustee of the Nicholson Trust; Ravinderjit Singh Gill; H. J. & J. Gill, LLC; Gill Investments, Inc.; Tahoe Equities, Inc. (Tahoe Equities); and

2. Richard Warren Russell, President of Tahoe Equities.1 Tahoe Equities and Richard Warren Russell did not appear at the underlying trial, and defaults were entered against them. Wells Fargo Bank (Wells Fargo) was also a defendant in the case; the action was stayed as to Wells Fargo because the dispute between the plaintiffs and Wells Fargo was referred for arbitration. The Nicholson defendants filed a cross-complaint; we need not address the cross-complaint as the instant appeal does not encompass the cross- complaint. The Nicholson defendants and Gill defendants are the respondents on appeal. This case stems from the sale, in a nonjudicial foreclosure proceeding, of La…