4K2D Records v. Jackson CA2/3

Filed 2/18/26 4K2D Records v. Jackson CA2/3

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

B344976 4K2D RECORDS, INC., (Los Angeles County Plaintiff and Appellant, Super. Ct. No. 22VECV00527)

v.

RONALD JACKSON,

Defendant and Respondent.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Valerie Salkin, Judge. Affirmed. Collins + Collins and Ryan J. Altomare, for Plaintiff and Appellant. Made Law Group and Sebastian M. Richards, for Defendant and Respondent. ‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗

4K2D Records, Inc. (4K2D) appeals from a postjudgment order denying its motion to amend the judgment to correct a clerical error in its lawsuit against Ronald Jackson. We affirm the order. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND 4K2D sued Jackson in 2022 for breach of two written contracts. Jackson filed a cross-complaint for breach of one of the contracts and malicious prosecution. In May 2024, following a bench trial, the court entered judgment for 4K2D on one of the written contracts and the malicious prosecution claim, and entered judgment for Jackson on the other contract. The judgment awarded $8,850 in damages to 4K2D. The judgment did not award attorney fees or costs to either party, and it expressly stated: “Attorney fees and costs for one or both parties TBD at a hearing.” Both sides moved for attorney fees and submitted memoranda of costs. The attorney fee motions are not included in the record. 4K2D later asserted that both parties requested fees pursuant to Civil Code section 1717, and the trial court analyzed the requests under that statute.1 Section 1717 provides that in an action “on a contract . . . the party prevailing on the contract” is entitled to attorney fees and costs. The prevailing party in proceedings subject to section 1717 “shall be the party who recovered a greater relief in the action on the contract,” but the court has discretion to “also determine that there is no party prevailing on the contract for purposes of this section.” (§ 1717, subd. (b)(1).)