Appellate Practice
Nov. 30, 2012
Cross-complaint results in lost attorney fees award
Although the defendant prevailed on the underlying cause of action, she also lost on her cross-complaint. By Blair Schlecter
Should the decision to file a cross-complaint deprive your client of the right to attorney fees to which he or she would otherwise be entitled?
In Zintel Holdings, LLC v. McLean, 209 Cal. App. 4th 431 (2012), plaintiff and landlord Zintel Holdings, LLC sued two of its tenants, defendants Lilo McLean and Mark Huth, claiming they had a fraudulent residential lease. McLean and Huth had lived in neighboring units of the building f...
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