Serna v. Webster

CHAPA, Chief Justice.

Appellants bring this appeal by writ of error from the trial court’s division of attorney fees in a personal injury case. The dispositive issues to be determined are (1) whether the trial court’s plenary jurisdiction had expired at the time it entered the order determining attorney fees and (2) whether we have jurisdiction over this appeal. We conclude that the order was entered while the trial court had plenary jurisdiction, and that we do not have jurisdiction over this appeal.

Procedural Background

Appellant R. Edward Pfiester, Jr., a Law Corporation, of Los Angeles,…