Nguyen

FACTS AND HISTORY OF THE PROCEEDINGS

At our request, respondent filed a request for judicial notice of certain electronic communications between the parties and the trial court after trial. Plaintiffs do not

Plaintiffs are Lee K. Nguyen, Harvey Nguyen, Trung Q. Lam, Kenny N. Huynh, Crisan C. Kim, and Celeste Brown.

2 oppose the request. We grant it for that reason. (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.54(c); see Amato v. Downs (2022) 78 Cal.App.5th 435, 440, fn. 3.) Plaintiffs sued defendants for defamation. In his answer to the complaint, Truong provided a mailing address. Following trial, the jury found defendant Do not liable. But it found Truong liable for $1,001,000 in damages. The verdict was rendered on March 30, 2022, and all parties were present. By e-mail dated April 6, 2022, Truong informed the trial court’s clerk and the parties that he was moving to Florida the following week, and he was no longer publishing Hai Van News. He would keep the same e-mail address. Asked by Do’s counsel for a mailing address for service of papers, Truong replied he did not have one yet. The evidence does not indicate that Truong ever informed the court or the parties of his new address.…