Appealability: Failure To Appeal Adverse Fee Order Fatal To Appellate Jurisdiction To Consider The Order.

As We Have Said Before, Always Separately Appeal A Postjudgment Fee Order.

            Drooyan v. Action Property Mgt. Co., Inc., Case No. B314211 (2d Dist., Div. 8 Nov. 30, 2023) (unpublished) is yet another case indicating what numerous posts have shown in appellate decisions since we began doing this blog in May 2008: to be safe, always separately appeal a postjudgment fees order.

            Here, plaintiff lost a case against an HOA and others for claims arising under the Davis-Stirling and Rosenthal Acts, with the lower court denying any fees under the Rosenthal Act but awarding the defense around $15,000 in fees under the Davis-Stirling Act (despite a $47,000 ask from the defense).  The appeal from the fee order could not be considered because plaintiff never separately appealed from that order.