Cases: Costs

Prevailing Individual Defendant In Employment Retaliation Case Awarded Substantial Routine Costs After Rejected 998 Offer Of $1.179 Million 998 Offer Found Reasonable In Nature

Cases: Civil Rights, Cases: Costs, Cases: Section 998

  Fourth District, Division 3 Affirms Costs Award in Favor of Winning Individual Defendant.      If you are a plaintiff suing for employment retaliation, do not think that the suit carries little risks. Routine, non-fee costs of a substantial nature can still be assessed against you. Also, you as the plaintiff need to seriously evaluate […]

Routine Costs: Amended Verification Allowed By Trial Court “Related Back” To Filing Of Initially Defective Costs Verification

Cases: Costs

  Third District Finds Defect Was Not Jurisdictional in Unpublished Decision.      California Rules of Court, rule 3.1700 contains provisions relating to deadlines and requirements for filing and serving costs memoranda by prevailing litigants. Some of the requirements are: (1) a verification about accuracy of costs must be based on the declarant’s knowledge; (2) the

Civil Code Section 1717: Fee Award Reversed Because Prevailing Party Determination Is Different Than The Standard For Adjudging An Award Of Routine Costs

Cases: Allocation, Cases: Costs, Cases: Prevailing Party, Cases: Section 1717

Second District, Division 7 Remands for Further Fee Proceedings.      City of Los Angeles won attorney’s fees against a replacement contractor selected by a bonding surety, where surety and replacement contractor entered into contractual agreements incorporating original agreements between City and the replaced contractor. Replacement contractor lost in the construction litigation, with the trial court

Costs: Order Directing Set Aside of Settlement Funds Based On Costs Award Results In Issuance Of Appellate Mandate Writ

Cases: Appealability, Cases: Costs

Second District, Division 2 Overturns Set Aside Order, But Does Not Pass on Validity of Lien.      A defense judgment involving a costs award is usually automatically stayed without bond pending an appeal by the impacted party, such that execution efforts cannot go forward until the appeal is final. (Vadas v. Sosnowski, 210 Cal.App.3d 471,

Costs: Costs Memorandum Does Not Have To Be Verified Under Penalty Of Perjury

Cases: Costs

Second District, Division Four Sustains Use of Judicial Council Form As Proper.      Moghadam v. The Regents of the Univ. of Cal., Case Nos. B194314 & B196120 (2d Dist., Div. 4 Dec. 19, 2008) (certified for partial publication) involved an interesting issue of whether UC Regents’ refusal to allow inspection of student exams violated the

FEHA: Losing Plaintiff Suffers Adverse Costs Award, With No Need To Weigh Whether Plaintiff Has The Ability to Pay

Cases: Civil Rights, Cases: Costs

  Fourth District, Division One Rejects Engrafting Rosenman Requirements Into Routine Costs Proceedings.      In our earlier posts of December 11, 2008 on Trisler and December 16, 2008 on Young, we discussed the Rosenman requirements in FEHA cases: the trial court must make specific written findings as to why the action was frivolous and about

Routine Costs: Trial Judge Found To Have Inferentially Granted 30-Day Extension to File Costs Memorandum When Granting Costs Where Memorandum Untimely Filed Under CRC 3.1700(a)

Cases: Costs, Cases: Deadlines

Fourth District, Division One Also Finds Untimeliness Argument Waived, But Also Decides Merits in Favor of Costs Claimant.      California Rules of Court, rule 3.1700(a)(1) does contain a time deadline for filing and service of a costs memorandum after mailing of notice of entry of judgment or dismissal—15 days. The lower court has also discretion

Costs: No Net Recovery Means Lower Court Has Discretion In Determining The Prevailing Party And Allocating Costs As It Sees Fit

Cases: Costs

Second District, Division Four So Rules in Case Where Plaintiff Only Recovered Restitutionary Judgment Equaling Deposit Check Returned by Defendants Prior to Lawsuit Commencement.      In our category “Cases: Costs,” we have surveyed decisions interpreting assessment of routine costs to a “prevailing party” under Code of Civil Procedure section 1032. This provision is fairly mechanistic

“No Wine Before Its Time”: Attorney’s Fees Awarded At San Francisco Counsel Rates For Napa Case Work; Photocopying Of Exhibits Not Used At Trial Can Still Be Awarded As Discretionary Costs

Cases: Costs, Cases: Reasonableness of Fees

First District, Division Two Finds Relevant Geographic Market for Hourly Rate Determination Not Limited to Case Venue and Resolves Split in Decisional Authority on Costs in Favor of Trial Court Discretion.      As the Thanksgiving Holidays have drawn close, our state appellate courts have issued a plethora of interesting opinions in the attorney’s fees/costs arena.

Costs: Messenger Services For Complex Litigation Filings, Counsel Travel For Court Hearings, And Airport Parking/Cab fare For Hearings Can Be Awarded As Costs If Reasonably Necessary To The Conduct Of The Litigation

Cases: Costs, Cases: Standard of Review

Fourth District, Division One Affirms Decision to Award Such Discretionary Costs.      Following entry of judgment, defendant filed a costs memorandum seeking $4,053.75 in filing/motion fees (which were expenses for faxing the filings to messengers who then filed the documents with the court) and $1,140.20 in attorney travel costs for hearing appearances (including airfare, airport

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