Intelligent Investments Corp. v. Gonzales

Opinion

KUMAR, Acting P. J.

—Defendant and appellant Miguel Gonzales appeals the court’s denial of his motion for attorney fees after the voluntary dismissal by plaintiff and respondent Intelligent Investments Corporation of its unlawful detainer action. Defendant contends he was entitled to attorney fees pursuant to the fee shifting provision under Los Angeles Municipal Code (sometimes Municipal Code) section 162.09.A.5, which applies to unlawful detainer actions involving property in the City of Los Angeles’s rent escrow account program *Supp. 3(REAP), and therefore Civil Code section 1717,…