- Civil: Riverside Superior Judge Chad Firetag’s denial to throw out a case reversed with directions in Cbgm v. Guralnick (CVPS2000676/E078064)
- This suit emerged from tree maintenance at the master-planned community and golf course, Trilogy at La Quinta. The golf course had mistakenly planted acacia trees instead of dwarf acacia trees, resulting in a $500,000 annual maintenance cost. Restaurateur Tom Brown bought the golf course in 2015 for $5.1 million. Brown negotiated to split the cost of the maintenance with the homeowners association. The HOA began rehabilitating the area in a way that Brown said was damaging his ability to run the course profitably. He sued, claiming fraud, misrepresentation and slander of title. The HOA moved