What is the impact of section 1032 of the California Code of Civil Procedure 1032 on the doctrine of mandatory cost awards?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Sharif v. Mehusa, Inc., 193 Cal.Rptr.3d 644, 241 Cal.App.4th 185 (Cal. App. 2015):

Chinn v. KMR Property Management (2008) 166 Cal.App.4th 175, 189, 82 Cal.Rptr.3d 586 for the proposition that, with respect to Code of Civil Procedure section 1032, [i]f the Legislature had intended more than one party to qualify as a prevailing party under the mandatory cost award provision, it easily could have provided for the trial court to exercise discretion to award costs in the event that more than one party qualified as a

[241 Cal.App.4th 195]

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