Mateen-Bradford v. City of Compton CA2/5
The jury rendered a verdict in favor of defendant City of Compton (City) in plaintiff Kareemah Mateen-Bradford’s (plaintiff) action for gender discrimination and retaliation. Plaintiff challenges the pretrial denial of her motion to enforce a settlement agreement under Code of Civil Procedure section 664.6, claims instructional error and defects in the special verdict form compel reversal, and complains of the award of attorney fees (§ 1038) and costs to the City. We affirm the denial of the section 664.6 motion. Although we agree there was instructional error, that error alone did not result in a miscarriage of justice. The defect in the special verdict form, however, did result in a miscarriage of justice compelling reversal. Consequently, we also reverse the postjudgment order awarding attorney fees and costs.
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