Tennen v. Finstad
This is the second appeal involving these parties. In the prior appeal, Harold Tennen, the Harold and Roberta Tennen Family Trust, and CDI Management, Inc. (collectively Tennen) challenged a trial court order denying their motion for attorney fees and costs. They argued that the trial court erred in its application of Code of Civil Procedure section 998. Michael Finstad (Finstad) did not file a respondents brief. On August 6, 2008, this court reversed the trial courts order, finding that [b]ecause [Tennen] obtained a more favorable result than the one set forth in their section 998 offer to compromise, they [were] entitled to recover their postoffer attorney fees and costs. (Tennen v. Finstad (Aug. 6, 2008, B202404) [nonpub. opn.] (Finstad I).) The matter was remanded for the trial court to determine the reasonable amount of Tennens postoffer attorney fees and costs. (Finstad I, supra, B202404.)
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