Tseheridis v. Aronas Corp. CA4/3

Filed 10/1/25 Tseheridis v. Aronas Corp. CA4/3

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

STEVE TSEHERIDIS, as Trustee, etc.,

Plaintiff and Respondent, G064657

v. (Super. Ct. No. LLTSB2300160) ARONAS CORPORATION et al., OPINION Defendants and Appellants.

Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Bernardino County, Jessica Morgan, Judge. Affirmed. Brown & Stedman and Edwin B. Brown for Defendants and Appellants. Law Offices of Darren P. Trone and Darren P. Trone for Plaintiff and Respondent. * * *

Aronas Corporation (Aronas) and Miranda Brito Santiago (together, Defendants) appeal from an unlawful detainer judgment entered against them following a bench trial. The judgment awards possession of the leased premises, a restaurant, to the landlord, plaintiff and respondent Steve Tseheridis, as trustee of the Tseheridis Family Trust (Plaintiff), along with a monetary award of $71,022.48. Defendants contend substantial evidence does not support the judgment. We disagree and affirm. FACTS A reporter’s transcript was not prepared. The record of the proceedings at trial is limited to a minute order, a settled statement, and the exhibits that were attached to the unlawful detainer complaint. In February 2022, Plaintiff as landlord and Aronas as tenant entered into a lease (the Lease) for property located at 17509 Foothill Boulevard, Fontana, California (the Leased Premises.) The Leased Premises included a restaurant. Rent was set at $9,000 per month with increases of $250 per month every three years. In addition to the monthly rent, the Lease had a “profit-sharing” provision requiring Aronas to pay 10 percent of its gross monthly sales to Plaintiff. Santiago, who was the president, director, and shareholder of Aronas, personally guaranteed Aronas’s performance under the Lease. Paragraph 65 of the Lease states: “This Lease contains all the agreements of the parties and cannot be amended or modified except by a written agreement executed by both parties.” At trial, Santiago testified that Plaintiff asked him to reduce his monthly rental payments by about $1,000 and “to divert that money towards the repayment of a loan from Plaintiff.” Defendants offered into evidence two applications made by Plaintiff to the California Alcohol Beverage Control