Williams v. Nordstrom, Inc. CA4/1

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COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

JOENATHAN WILLIAMS, D069051

Plaintiff and Appellant,

v. (Super. Ct. No. 37-2014-00007604- CU-CR-CTL) NORDSTROM, INC.,

Defendant and Respondent.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of San Diego County, Judith F.

Hayes, Judge. Reversed.

The McMillan Law Firm, Scott A. McMillan and Marilyn S. Phelps for Plaintiff

and Appellant.

Haight, Brown & Bonsteel, S. Christian Stouder and Elizabeth Trent Schaus for

Defendant and Respondent.

The parties have stipulated the superior court's August 7, 2015 discovery order

compelling discovery responses and imposing sanctions on Plaintiff JoeNathan Williams

and his counsel of record be reversed, that the matter be remanded to the superior court,

and that each party bear its own costs on appeal.

In Neary v. Regents of University of California (1992) 3 Cal.4th 273 (Neary), the

Supreme Court held that "when the parties to an action agree to settle their dispute and as

part of their settlement stipulate to a reversal of the trial court judgment, the Court of