Shadab v. Goldberg CA2/6
Sam Shadab, Jamshid Shadab and Siamak Haghighi (appellants) and Elinor Goldberg and Albert Goldberg (respondents) jointly own a parcel of undeveloped residential property. Following a dispute regarding payment of the property expenses, the parties sued each other for, among other things, partition and an accounting. The matter proceeded to a bench trial at which the parties submitted evidence of their expense payments but no expert accounting testimony. The trial court ultimately entered judgment in favor of respondents, awarded them $41,283.71 in property expenses, and ordered Jamshid and Haghighi to pay Elinor $99,761.46 in attorney fees as the prevailing party. Appellants challenge these rulings, contending that (1) the court abused its discretion in denying their request for an accounting referee; (2) the judgment is not supported by substantial evidence; (3
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