Southern California Sunbelt Developers, Inc. v. Banyan Ltd. Partnership

Opinion

O’LEARY, P. J.

—This is the seventh appeal to arise out of a highly complex 20-plus-year multi-phase litigation. This time the issue to be decided is whether the trial court had authority to award approximately $281,000 in receivership fees to one of the prevailing parties under Code of Civil Procedure section 1033.5, subdivision (c). The trial court denied the cost request on the grounds the matter was previously decided when the court terminated the receivership and approved the receiver’s final accounting. We conclude the court retained authority to exercise its discretion and…