WOOD v. SANTA MONICA ESCROW CO.

No. B187802.

60 Cal.Rptr.3d 597 (2007)

151 Cal.App.4th 1186

Craig WOOD, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. SANTA MONICA ESCROW COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeal of California, Second District, Division Six.

June 7, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nordman Cormany Hair & Compton, and Meghan B. Clark, Oxnard, for Defendant and Appellant.

Steinmeyer Roth, William B. Steinmeyer, Thousand Oaks, and Thomas M. Roth, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


GILBERT, P.J.

Welfare and Institutions Code section 15657.5, subdivision (a),1 provides for an award of attorney fees to a plaintiff who prevails on a cause of action alleging financial abuse of an elder adult. There is no reciprocal provision for a prevailing defendant. Here the complaint alleged a cause of action for elder abuse, as well as, causes of action for which attorney fees may be awarded based on contract. All causes of action...

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