Large Fee Recovery To Prevailing Defendants In CID Parking Space Dispute With Other Homeowners Reversed

/ Owner - January 29, 2017

In Hussein v. Driver, Case Nos. A144786/A145655 (1st Dist., Div. 4 Jan. 27, 2017) (unpublished), plaintiffs and defendants, homeowners in a common interest development as well as the parents of defendants, were drawn into a parking space dispute where slander of title, interference with contract, and trespass claims were involved. Defendants eventually prevailed either on the merits or some dismissals along the way, with the trial judge eventually awarding over $370,000 in attorney’s fees to the defendants based on Civil Code sections 1717 (contractual fee basis) and 5975 (HOA CC&R/Declaration enforcement actions).     Read the article………….

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