Waterwood Enterprises, LLC v. City of Long Beach (2020)
On claims to which Civ. Code 1717 applies (claims on a contract), the statute's definition of "prevailing party" supersedes any definition of that term in the parties' contract. In applying the Hsu v. Abbara (1995) 9 Cal.4th 863 test of prevailing party, the trial court may not consider settlement offers the parties have made either informally or under CCP 998… Read More