Cases: Costs

Costs: Trial Court’s Judgment Vacating Costs Awarded Against Gambling Licensee By The California Gambling Control Commission And Authorizing Remand To Administrative Law Judge Affirmed On Appeal

Cases: Costs

The Commission Awarded Costs To The Bureau Of Gambling Control After Concluding ALJ’s Denial Of Costs Was Based On Misinterpretation Of The Law Governing Costs Awards, But Should Have Remanded The Issue To The ALJ, And Nothing In Bus. & Prof. Code § 19930(d)(1) Prevented Trial Court From Vacating The Award And Remanding To The […]

Costs: 4/1 DCA, In A Majority Decision, Affirms That Deposition Costs Taken In Another Related Case, Not The Case Where Costs Are Claimed, Cannot Be Claimed As Costs

Cases: Costs

Dissent Found That Stipulation By The Parties To Use In Another Case Where Both Cases Were Pending Should Have Allowed Costs Recovery In The Case Where Costs Were Claimed.             In Anderson v. Way West, Inc., Case No. D077648 (4th Dist., Div. 1 March 14, 2022) (unpublished), majority and dissenting opinions came to different conclusions

Consumer Statutes, Costs: Recovery Of $133,239.75 In Attorney Fees, Pre-Judgment Interest And Costs Affirmed For Song-Beverly Plaintiff Who Had Paid Only $6,204.68 Under A Consumer Credit Contract.

Cases: Consumer Statutes, Cases: Costs

2/8 DCA Agreed With Pulliam That The Holder Rule Cap Does Not Preclude Recovery Of Attorney Fees And Further Determines That The Cap Does Not Preclude Recovery Of Costs, Nonstatutory Costs, Or Prejudgment Interest.             In Melendez v. Westlake Services, LLC, Case No. B306976 (2d Dist., Div. 8 January 28, 2022) (published), plaintiff who purchased

Costs: California Supreme Court Decides That Unused Trial Exhibit Copies And Demonstrative Aids Can Be Awarded As Routine Costs In The Discretion Of The Lower Court

Cases: Costs

No Categorical Grant On This Costs Category, But Discretionary Call For Lower Court.             In Segal v. ASICS America Corp., Case No. S263569 (Cal. Supreme Court Jan. 13, 2022) (published), the California Supreme Court confronted a split on appellate thinking on whether trial exhibit photocopies and demonstrative aids, not used during the trial, can be

Costs: Fifth District Discusses A Myriad Of Costs Issues, Agreeing That Some Were Improperly Awarded But Others Were Properly Awarded

Cases: Costs

Costs Necessary And Reasonable To The Litigation Are Discretionary Award Calls By The Trial Judge.             In O’Neal v. Stanislaus County Employees’ Retirement Assn., Case No. F079887 (5th Dist. Dec. 8, 2021) (unpublished), non-prevailing plaintiffs appealed certain costs awarded to The Retirement Association and Stanislaus County.  The Fifth District concluded that some costs were improperly

Costs: Court Transcripts, Electronic Presentations, Arbitration Transcripts, and Trial Support Vendor Fee Items Considered In Discussion Of Properly Awarded Routine Costs

Cases: Costs

Only One Item Out Of The List Was Improperly Awarded.             The general rules for awarding routine costs to a prevailing party can be distilled down this way:  some are expressly allowable; some are expressly not allowable; and if costs are not mentioned in the first two categories, they are awardable in the courts discretion

Costs: 2/2 DCA Refuses To Carve Out Costs Exception For Prevailing Defendant In Knox-Keene Act Cases

Cases: Costs

Costs Determination Remanded To Address Specific Objections To Claimed Costs By Kaiser.             In Long Beach Memorial Medical Center v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., Case Nos. B304183/ B306322 (2d Dist., Div. 2 Nov. 4, 2021 partially published; costs discussion unpublished), Kaiser was the prevailing defendant for costs because no relief was obtained against it

Costs, Experts, Section 998: Trial Court’s Costs Award To Prevailing Plaintiffs, Which Accounted For Costs From Two Trials Where First Trial Resulted In Mistrial Due To Plaintiffs’ Counsel, Affirmed On Appeal

Cases: Costs, Cases: Experts, Cases: Section 998

Trial Court’s Order Awarding Costs Did Not Operate As An Improper Reconsideration Of A Previous Order, And Defendants Failed To Support With Any Authority Their Contention That Plaintiffs Could Not Recover Fees Where Their Attorney Caused Mistrial.             In Esparza v. Win Distribution, Case No. E072880 (4th Dist., Div. 2 October 25, 2021) (unpublished), the

Appealability, Costs, Deadlines: $10,800 Costs Recovery To Certain Defendants After Plaintiff Dismissed Case Without Prejudice And Refiled In Texas Was Not Erroneous

Cases: Appealability, Cases: Costs, Cases: Deadlines

4/3 DCA Sides With The View That A Costs Award Entered After A Voluntary, Without Prejudice Dismissal Is Appealable.             In Thomas v. St. Joseph Health System, Case No. G059408 (4th Dist., Div. 3 Oct. 20, 2021) (unpublished), plaintiff doctor sued certain health care defendants in Orange County Superior Court for interference/unfair competition.  Certain defendants

Costs, Section 998, Special Fee Shifting Statutes: No Abuse Of Discretion In Attorney Fees And Costs Award Of $1,454,938.70 Against One Of Three Defendants, Without Apportionment, In Wrongful Death Case

Cases: Costs, Cases: Section 998, Cases: Special Fee Shifting Statutes

Apportionment Of Attorney Fees Was Not Feasible As Plaintiffs’ Efforts Against The Defendants Were Inextricably Intertwined,  And The Case Could Not Have Been Presented Without Significant Expert Testimony To Determine Who Was Legally Responsible.             In Hatcher v. Powell, Case No. B302730 (2d Dist., Div. 6 September 27, 2021) (unpublished), four defendants were sued in

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