A nice entry for the first-line contest:
"This case is confirmation of our fathers’ repeated adjurations to “get the oil changed.”"
But we know that what really revs your engine is a juicy published opinion on the important question of appellate bonding! So for that, you 'll need to click here for a super(sedeas) case! The upshot is that a judgment debtor can pay the damages portion of a judgment, leaving the fees and costs award unpaid--and not have to bond those! Footnote 8 suggests that the Legislature consider amending CCP 917.1(a) to require the bonding of attorney fees, or perhaps just require a bond for any award of costs in excess of a fixed amount (e.g., $50,000 or more)...
And from 2/7, we can learn whether there can be SLAPPing in boxing here...
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