Civil Litigation,
California Courts of Appeal
Dec. 22, 2017
A jurisprudential water fight: the mutuality of remedy doctrine
A Court of Appeal recently had to wade into and adjudicate what was both a literal and a figurative jurisprudential "water fight" over an award of attorney fees to the "prevailing" party in an underlying litigation.
A Court of Appeal recently had to wade into and adjudicate what was both a literal and a figurative jurisprudential "water fight" over an award of attorney fees to the "prevailing" party in an underlying litigation. These sorts of routine fee disputes are customary and rarely noteworthy. California-American Water Company v. Marina Coast Water District, however, provides a notable exception on both points. 2017 DJDAR 11896 (Cal. App. 1st Dis...
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