California Court of Appeal

Postjudgment order taxing judgment creditor's postjudgment costs is reversed and remanded where attorney's fees expended by a judgment creditor in successfully defending itself in a separate action filed against it by the judgment debtor, which had as its sole purpose the specific enforcement of an alleged agreement to settle the judgment debt at a substantial reduction, are attorney's fees expended by the judgment creditor in enforcing the judgment.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/28/2008
• Published 10/28/2008

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Hamburg, Karic, Edwards & Martin, LLP, Steven S. Karic and Fredric R. Brandfon, Los Angeles, for Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Law Offices of Scott E. Schutzman, Scott E. Schutzman, Santa Ana, and Lee W. Chen, for Defendants and Respondents.