Gibson v. Bobroff
California Court of Appeal
[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PHELAN, J.*
Defendants Andrew and Alexander Bobroff appeal the trial court’s order denying their motion to tax the costs of the prevailing plaintiff’s expert witness fees and the costs of the court-ordered mediation. We are presented with an issue of first impression as to the latter item—that is, may a trial court in its discretion award successful litigants their share of the cost of unsuccessful court-ordered, but privately conducted, mediation? In the published portion of this opinion we answer this question in the affirmative. In the unpublished portion we reject appellants’ claim…
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