Legal Opinion
Calvert v. Al Binali
California Court of Appeal, 5th District
Decided December 4, 2018No. B282984PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUBIN, ACTING P. J.
INTRODUCTION
*957Defendant Rima Al Binali appeals the trial court's denial of her motion to vacate the $1,940,506 default judgment entered against her in favor of plaintiffs Dr. Jay W. Calvert and Jay Calvert, M.D., a professional corporation. Al Binali asserts that plaintiffs' faulty service by publication rendered the judgment void on its face. We agree and reverse.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Dr. Calvert is a plastic surgeon based in Southern California and Al Binali is his former patient. This lawsuit precipitated from a negative review allegedly posted online by one of…
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