Legal Opinion
Cadam v. Somerset Gardens Townhouse HOA
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 28, 2011No. B219261PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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GILBERT, P. J.
A trivial defect is no less trivial when it exists on a walkway in a privately owned townhome development.
Barbara Cadam appeals a judgment notwithstanding verdict (JNOV) and alternatively, a new trial order regarding damages, in favor of Somerset Gardens Townhouse HOA (Somerset), a homeowners association, and Goetz Manderley (GM), a homeowners association management firm. (Code Civ. Proc., §§ 629, 657.)1 We affirm.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Somerset Gardens is a recently built townhome development in Santa Maria, consisting of 93 townhomes sited among four streets. In…
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