Here is one that demonstrates our POOF! principle for a substantial attorney’s fees award.
The appellate court in Goslins v. Taxe, Case Nos. B225795/B227711 (2d Dist., Div. 3 Sept. 27, 2011) (unpublished) reversed the sustaining of a demurrer to a complaint alleging invalidity of a trustee’s sale, equitable subrogation re first priority lien, and quiet title. Although the lower court also awarded prevailing defendants below all of their requested $112,437.50 in fees under a promissory note fees clause, the merits reversal meant that the fee award, too, went POOF! "Our reversal of the judgment sets the matter at large as if there had been no judgment and automatically vacates an award of costs incidental to the judgment." Put another way, POOF!