Gormley

Filed 10/12/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT

(Placer) ----

JACQUELINE GRACE GORMLEY et al., C093201

Plaintiffs and Respondents, (Super. Ct. Nos. SCV0032242, SCV0032348,

SCV0032349, SCV0032518, SCV0032519,

v. SCV0032550, SCV0032762, SCV0032910,

SCV0032990, SCV0032991, SCV0032992,

EFRAIN DIEGO GONZALEZ et al., SCV0032993, SCV0032995, SCV0032996,

SCV0032997, SCV0032998, SCV0032999,

Defendants and Appellants. SCV0033003, SCV0033022, SCV0033235)

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Placer County, Charles Wachob, Judge. Affirmed.

The Bankruptcy Group, Stephan M. Brown and Daniel J. Griffin for Defendants and Appellants.

Wilcoxen Callaham and Michelle C. Jenni for Plaintiffs and Respondents.

1 This appeal involves the application of Civil Code section 1671, subdivision (b),1 which provides, “a provision in a contract liquidating the damages for the breach of the contract is valid unless the party seeking to invalidate the provision establishes that the provision was…