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MURILLO v. FLEETWOOD ENTERPRISES, INC.

Docket No. S058779.

17 Cal.4th 985 (1998)

ROBERTO M. MURILLO, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. FLEETWOOD ENTERPRISES, INC., et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

April 27, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Taylor & Hodges, A. Clifton Hodges, Norman F. Taylor, Berta Peterson-Smith, Bret A. Shefter, Rene Korper and Cassandra A. Walbert for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Summers & Shives, Maureen A. Summers, Neil, Dymott, Perkins, Brown & Frank, Michael I. Neil, Tim S. McClain and Thomas H. Knudsen for Defendants and Respondents.

Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps and Charles A. Bird as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

WERDEGAR, J.

This case requires us to reconcile two apparently conflicting statutory schemes governing the recovery of costs and expert witness fees at the conclusion of a lawsuit. The general rule permits the prevailing party (plaintiffs and defendants) to recover certain costs and, under some circumstances, expert witness fees. (Code Civ. Proc., §§ 1032, subd...

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