FIRESTONE v. HOFFMAN

No. B183184.

45 Cal.Rptr.3d 534 (2006)

140 Cal.App.4th 1408

Jay FIRESTONE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Peter HOFFMAN, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division One.

June 29, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Hoffman, in pro. per.; Gipson Hoffman & Pancione, Kenneth I. Sidle and Corey J. Spivey, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Appellant.

Lord, Bissell & Brook, Keith G. Wileman, Los Angeles; Silver & Freedman, Los Angeles, and Jeffrey S. Kravitz, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


Certified for Partial Publication.*

ROTHSCHILD, J.

In 1997, Peter Hoffman borrowed $375,000 from Jay Firestone, and drafted and executed a promissory note for the amount of the loan. Firestone sued Hoffman on the note, alleging that the loan was never repaid. At trial, Firestone persuaded the court to exclude nearly all of the evidence that Hoffman sought to introduce in his defense, and the jury returned a verdict for Firestone...

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