Legal Opinion
Garcia v. Sterling
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 20, 1985No. B007507PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ABBE, J.
Plaintiffs appeal from an order directing them to pay $150 for attorney’s fees and costs to defendants pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 128.5. We reverse the order because the record does not support imposition of sanctions under that section and the judge failed to provide a detailed recital of the justifying circumstances as required by statute.
Procedural History
California Rural Legal Assistance filed a complaint on behalf of plaintiffs, residents of farmworkers’ rental housing, alleging that the premises were unsanitary, unsafe, and dilapidated in numerous…
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