Cases: Consumer Statutes – Page 16

Mixed Result In Decade Long Litigation: Substantial Attorney’s Fees Award Goes “Poof” When Plaintiff Should Have Been Given Leave To Amend, But Plaintiff Denied Post-Judgment Enforcement Fees

January 27, 2009

Second District, Division 7 Publishes Decision in Decade Long Battle Arising From Credit Impairment Allegations. Although too long to recite in detail (43 pages in length), Sanai v. Saltz, Case Nos. B198217 & B202787 (2d Dist., Div. 7 Jan. 26, 2009) (certified for publication) chronicles a donnybrook between a former in pro per renter […]

Trial Court Retains Jurisdiction To Award Attorney’s Fees to Prevailing Defendant After Granting A Motion To Quash Based Upon Lack of Personal Jurisdiction

Cases: Consumer Statutes, Cases: Quashing/Lack of Jurisdiction

September 25, 2008

Sixth District Affirms Grant of $34,492 in Attorney’s Fees. Our first post was on May 11, 2008, surveying Profit Concepts Mgt., Inc. v. Griffith, 162 Cal.App.4th 950, 955-956 (2008). In that case, Justice Fybel of our local Santa Ana-based Court of Appeal affirmed an award of attorney’s fees to a defendant

Consumer Legal Remedies Act Is Generally Non-Reciprocal In Nature

Cases: Consumer Statutes

September 25, 2008

Fourth District, Division Three Affirms Denial of Fee Award Where Trial Court Found No Bad Faith on the Part of Losing Plaintiff; Automobile Sales Finance Act Did Not Provide Basis For Fee Award Either. Certain truisms abound in the California attorney’s fees area. Each side bears their own respective costs (including