AAA Blueprint v. Vasquez CA4/3

INTRODUCTION

Appellants Dennis Adrian Vazquez, Melissa Huerta, and All Blueprint, Inc. (All Blue), appeal from a judgment rendered against them and in favor of AAA Blueprint & Digital Reprographics, Inc. (AAA Blueprint), after a two-day bench trial. The central issue at trial was whether appellants had tried to hinder the collection of a judgment entered in 2006 for AAA Blueprint and against Alliance Reprographics, a rival company owned by Vazquez. The trial court found that Vazquez and Huerta had indeed sought to frustrate AAA Blueprint’s efforts to collect its 2006 judgment by transferring Alliance’s assets to the newly formed All Blue, a competing printing shop. The court also found that all the defendants in this action – Vazquez, Huerta, All Blue, and Alliance – were alter egos of each other. The court issued an injunction preventing any of the defendants from disposing of assets pending the installation of a receiver. We affirm the judgment. The issues appellants have raised in this court – lack of standing, lack of injury, and insufficient evidence of alter ego – are all without merit. AAA Blueprint also moved for sanctions against Vazquez and his attorney, Francis…