Cases: Homeowner Associations – Page 18

In PRO PER APPELLANT LOSES CHALLENGES TO APPELLATE ATTORNEY FEE AWARD FOR BRINGING A FRIVOLOUS APPEAL OF AN ANTI-SLAPP ORDER

Cases: Billing Record Substantiation, Cases: Homeowner Associations, Cases: Reasonableness of Fees, Cases: SLAPP, Cases: Special Fee Shifting Statutes, Cases: Substantiation of Reasonableness of Fees

June 2, 2008

Fourth District, Division 3 Sanctions Losing In Pro Per Plaintiff By Affirming $40,000 Attorney’s Fees Award. Previously, an in pro per litigant filed an anti-SLAPP motion to strike a fraudulent transfer complaint by an opponent. (See Code Civ. Proc., §425.16 [anti-SLAPP statute].) In pro per lost the motion, and the trial […]

HOMEOWNER AND HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION BOTH GNASH THEIR TEETH—SANTA ANA COURT OF APPEAL FINDS NO PREVAILING PARTY, WITH EACH SIDE BEARING SUBSTANTIAL ATTORNEYS FEES IN AN IRRIGATION PIPE CONTROVERSY

Cases: Homeowner Associations

May 22, 2008

Fourth District, Division 3 Affirms Trial Court’s Finding That Neither Homeowner Nor HOA Prevailed for Purposes of Obtaining a Fee or Cost Award. In a previous post (see May 17, 2008 post), we commented on how homeowner-homeowner association (HOA) disputes can be costly and can be financially devastating to the losing

HOMEOWNERS BEWARE—HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS CAN WIN LARGE FEE AWARDS IF YOU LOSE YOUR CASE.

Cases: Homeowner Associations

May 17, 2008

Fourth District, Division One San Diego Appellate Court Affirms $127,000 Trial Costs/Fee Award Against Losing Homeowner—And Assesses Appellate Costs Against the Homeowner. As Voltaire has been cited as saying, “I have only been ruined twice in my life. Once, when I sued and won. The other, when I sued and lost.”