640 Octavia LLC v. Walston

Filed 6/4/25 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION FIVE 640 OCTAVIA LLC et al., Plaintiffs, Cross-defendants and Appellants, A168428 v. GREGORY S. WALSTON et al., (City & County of San Francisco Defendants, Cross- Super. Ct. No. CGC20585410) complainants and Respondents. In this appeal, for reasons identified post, we conclude a trial court may not rely on the doctrine of claim or issue preclusion to exclude material evidence when a cross-complaint has not yet been litigated. Moreover, given the record at hand, we…