Cases: POOF!

Employment/POOF!: Labor Code Section 218.5 Fee Award To Employer In Class Action Case Vacated Based Upon Reversal Of Summary Adjudication On Vacation Benefit Pay Claim

Cases: Employment, Cases: POOF!

  $120,000 Fee Award Went POOF!      Labor Code section 218.5 requires a fee award to the prevailing party in any action brought for nonpayment of wages, fringe benefits, or health and welfare or pension fund contributions, except an action for which fees are recoverable under section 1194 and certain other actions. Employer obtained summary

Homeowner Associations/POOF!: Strange Procedural Posture Requires Reversal Of $46,300 Fee/Costs Order When Judgment of Dismissal Reversed in Fourth Appeal of Dispute Involving Homeowner and HOA

Cases: Homeowner Associations, Cases: POOF!

  Bizarre Circumstances Led to Reversal and Denial of Motion to Dismiss Appeal of Fee/Costs Award.      Well, the fourth appeal in a longstanding mold/water intrusion/infestation dispute between a homeowner and HOA involved homeowners’ challenge to a judgment of dismissal in favor of HOA as well as the lower court’s order awarding HOA attorney’s fees

POOF!/Special Fee Shifting Statute: Determination Of No Sovereign Immunity Waiver Meant Substantial Fee Award Under Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Goes POOF!

Cases: POOF!, Cases: Special Fee Shifting Statutes

  $2.5 Million Fee and $22,000 Costs Awards Went Away.      In Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation v. Obama, Case Nos. 11-15468 et al. (9th Cir. Aug. 7, 2012) (published), the Ninth Circuit dealt with a situation where two private plaintiffs obtained statutory damages and substantial $2,515,387.09 fee and $22,012.36 costs awards under 50 U.S.C. § 1810.

Employment: Attorney’s Fees Recovery Not Permitted Where Plaintiff Employee Winning Labor Commissioner Award Against Employer Had Appeal Dismissed As Untimely On Jurisdictional Grounds

Cases: Employment, Cases: POOF!

  To Be Unsuccessful on Appeal, Employee Must Have Merits Tried By Superior Court And Besieged With a Zero Award.      Labor Code section 98.2(c) is a one-way fee shifting provision that penalizes an unsuccessful party who appeals a labor commissioner’s decision, mandating that the court assess attorney’s fees upon the unsuccessful appealing party. In

Homeowner Associations/POOF!: Reversal Of HOA Award Means Homeowner Survives To See What Happens On Remand

Cases: Homeowner Associations, Cases: POOF!

  Appellate Court Tells Everyone That Some Claims May Not Be Compensable.      Homeowner Association (HOA)/homeowner disputes seem to be very acrimonious. However, depending on who prevails, there may be fee exposure under Civil Code section 1354 (CC&R enforcement) or Civil Code section 1717 (contractual fee enforcement). But, each side may have to wait until

POOF!/Family Law Two-Fer: Reversal Means $107,560 Fee Award Goes Away And $50,000 Needs/Sanction Award Against Husband Hiding Finances Sustained

Cases: Family Law, Cases: POOF!

  Apex LLC v. Sharing World, Inc., Case No. G045321 (4th Dist., Div. 3 May 31, 2012; Posted June 5, 2012) (published).      Justice Fybel, on behalf of a 3-0 panel of our local appellate court, reversed bench trial results in an opinion involving many UCC issues, such as gap fillers for contract formation, confirmation

Assignment/POOF!: Limited Partner’s Assignment Of His Fraud Claim Did Not Pass Rights Under Limited Partnership Agreement To Assignee So That He Could Obtain The Benefit Of Fee Clause Recovery

Cases: POOF!

  $1.34 Million Fee Award Went POOF!      Miske v. Bisno, Case Nos. A127596 et al. (1st Dist., Div. 4 Apr. 12, 2012) (partially published, including fee discussion) is an interesting case where the defrauded limited partner was treated as an innocent third party which produced a $1.4 million fraud compensatory verdict result. The defrauded

POOF!: Reversal Of Unlicensed Contractor Determination Meant Civil Code Section 1717 Fee Award Went POOF!

Cases: POOF!

  $127,616.90 Fee Award Evaporated.      Defendants won a summary judgment against plaintiff contractor based on the determination that plaintiff could not recover because it did not have a contractor’s license. The trial court later awarded defendants attorney’s fees under Civil Code section 1717 of $127,616.90. That fee award went POOF! when the appellate court

Interpretation of Fee Clauses/POOF!/Section 998: Winning Creditor Obtained $210,000 Fee/Expert Fee Award After Beating Main Defendant’s 998

Cases: Fee Clause Interpretation, Cases: POOF!, Cases: Section 998

  Court Reminds Us About Right 998 Calculus, Sustains Broad Fees Clause Applying To Torts, And POOF!s Another Substantial Fee Award To Another Defendant After Reversing A Without Leave Demurrer.      This next case is amazing in demonstrating how a relatively small loan of $100,000 can result in lots of attorney’s fees/expert fee recoupment to

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