Marina Pacifica Homeowners Ass'n v. S. Cal. Fin. Corp.

*195SUMMARY

Both plaintiff and defendant appeal from a postjudgment order concluding neither of them was the prevailing party in litigation *801over an assignment fee, and consequently neither of them was entitled to attorney fees under Civil Code section 1717 ( section 1717 ) or to costs under Code of Civil Procedure section 1032 ( section 1032 ). We affirm the trial court's order.

FACTS

This is the fifth appeal in litigation over the assignment fee that began in 2006. Three of the previous appeals are pertinent in one way or another to this appeal, and we will describe them as needed.1 The history of…