Suarez v. City of Corona

Opinion

McINTYRE, J.

Alberto Daniel Saucedo Suarez and his attorneys, Allan F. Davis and the law firm of Robinson Calcagnie Robinson Shapiro Davis, Inc. (together, the Attorneys and with Suarez, Appellants), appeal from the trial court’s award of attorney fees and costs to the City of Corona (the City) under Code of Civil Procedure section 1038. (Undesignated statutory references are to this code.) Appellants contend the trial court erred because (1) section 1038 does not authorize an award of attorney fees and costs against a party’s counsel, (2) the commissioner issuing the award did not have…