Orange County · 30-2025-01534910
JAMS award confirmation
Orange County 30-2025-01534910-CU-PA-CJC. Judgment 22 Apr 2026 confirms the 26 Nov 2025 JAMS Final Award. $14,550,000 plus $166,834 fees.
- Court
- Orange County Superior Court (Hesseltine, C23)
- Judgment
- 22 Apr 2026 · ROA 66 · confirms 26 Nov 2025 JAMS Final Award (Kennedy; Refs. 5200001507 / 5200001580). Cross-petition to vacate denied.
- Money
- $14,550,000 ($15 million impairment of Nelson’s share, less $450,000 credit) plus $166,834 JAMS fees, jointly and severally against Crew, Wettengel, and Muro. Statutory post-judgment interest.
- Declaratory
- Nelson 65% of Versity Investments with financial-control rights; Wettengel/Muro 35%; NBPRE owned solely by Nelson; Book & Ladder 34/33/33 (Wettengel/Nelson/Muro)
- Not awarded
- Unpaid $30 million purchase price. Molly Barr claims under the separate 2 Jan 2024 settlement were outside the arbitrator’s jurisdiction.
Orange County judgment 22 Apr 2026 confirms the 26 Nov 2025 JAMS Final Award (Hon. John W. Kennedy Jr., Ret.; Refs. 5200001507 / 5200001580). Cross-petition to vacate denied. This is the court docket. The JAMS refs themselves are not a separate page.
Money, jointly and severally against Crew, Wettengel, and Muro: $14,550,000 plus $166,834 JAMS fees.
Declaratory: Nelson 65% of Versity Investments with financial-control rights; Wettengel/Muro 35%; NBPRE owned solely by Nelson; Book & Ladder 34/33/33 (Wettengel/Nelson/Muro). Paragraph 11j restored status quo ante as of 3 Dec 2023. The unpaid $30 million purchase price was not awarded.
Molly Barr claims under the separate 2 Jan 2024 settlement were outside the arbitrator’s jurisdiction.
Miller Miller Gerber submitted the proposed judgment. The earlier account-control complaint is 30-2025-01499716.
Timeline
- 26 Nov 2025JAMS Final Award (Refs. 5200001507 / 5200001580; Kennedy). Confirmed 22 Apr 2026 in 30-2025-01534910. $15 million damages for impairment of Nelson’s share (less $450,000 credit = $14,550,000) plus $166,834 JAMS fees, jointly and severally against Crew, Wettengel, and Muro. Status quo ante as of 3 Dec 2023: Nelson 65% of Versity Investments with financial-control rights, Wettengel/Muro 35%; Nelson 100% of NBPRE; Book & Ladder 34/33/33. Unpaid $30 million purchase price and bridge-loan assumption not awarded. Molly Barr claims outside the arbitrator’s jurisdiction.
- 22 Apr 2026Orange County judgment in 30-2025-01534910 (Hesseltine, C23) confirms the 26 Nov 2025 JAMS Final Award. $14,550,000 plus $166,834 JAMS fees against Crew, Wettengel, and Muro jointly and severally. Cross-petition to vacate denied. Molly Barr claims remain outside that award.