PG & E v. HART High-Voltage Apparatus Repair
Plaintiff Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) appeals from a postjudgment order awarding costs of $240,156.07 to defendant HART High-Voltage Apparatus Repair and Testing Co., Inc. (HART). The award included expert witness costs totaling $207,974.63, which the court found HART was entitled to recover under Code of Civil Procedure section 998. The judgment against PG&E was entered after the trial court granted HART’s motion for summary adjudication as to all of PG&E’s causes of action.
In case No. F072904, we reversed the judgment against PG&E and remanded for further proceedings on its causes of action for negligence and damages under Public Utilities Code section 7952. With the reversal of the underlying judgment, the award of costs to HART can no longer stand. We therefore vacate the order.
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