Grant v. Newrez, LLC

TENTATIVE RULINGS

DEPARTMENT N17

Judge Craig L. Griffin

Date: July 13, 2026 Time: 2:00 PM

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# 1 Grant v. O/C Newrez, LLC 2 Andrade v. Before the Court at present is the Motion to Tax Costs filed on Fitness on Fire 4/24/26 by Plaintiff Sisi Andrade (“Plaintiff”), regarding the LLC Memorandum of Costs (“MOC”) filed on 4/9/25 by Defendant Fitness on Fire, LLC (“Defendant”).

If the items appearing in a cost bill appear to be proper charges, the burden is on the party seeking to tax costs to show that they were not reasonable or necessary. But if the items are properly objected to, they are put in issue and the burden of proof is on the party claiming them as costs. (Ladas v. California State Auto. Assn. (1993) 19 Cal.App.4th 761, 774.)

Here, the Motion challenges each of the three categories claimed by Defendant in the MOC – Categories 1, 4 and 11. But for each of these categories, Defendant has responded with sufficient evidence to show that the sums claimed were reasonable, and reasonably necessary to the litigation. (See Ortiz Decl. ¶¶ 4-9.) Plaintiff’s Motion is therefore DENIED.