California Court of Appeal

Chinese Yellow Pages Co. v. Chinese Overseas Mktg. Svc. Corp., B197234

Denial of request for postjudgment fees and costs incurred in a bankruptcy proceeding brought by defendant and judgment debtor is reversed where: 1) Code of Civil Procedure section 685.040 can extend to reasonable and necessary attorney's fees and costs incurred in postjudgment bankruptcy proceedings under the circumstances of the present case; and 2) because the trial court ruled it had no jurisdiction to award reasonable and necessary attorney's fees and costs, the case is reversed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/30/2008
• Published 12/30/2008

Judges

• TURNER, P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lewis R. Landau;  Law Offices of James T. Grant and James T. Grant;  Murtagh & Associates and Paul G. Murtagh, for Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, Hall R. Marston, and Douglas J. Collodel, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Respondent.