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Modification: Chacker v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

Ruling by

Lamar W. Baker

Lower Court

Los Angeles County Superior Court

Lower Court Judge

Stephanie M. Bowick

Section 14 in deed of trust permits the lender to add attorney fees incurred to the outstanding amount owed; it does not authorize a separate fee award.





Court

California Courts of Appeal 2DCA/5

Cite as

2018 DJDAR 10212

Published

Oct. 18, 2018

Filing Date

Oct. 17, 2018

Opinion Type

Modification

Disposition Type

Affirmed (in part)


MELODY CHACKER,

Plaintiff and Appellant,

v.

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. et al.,

Defendants and Respondents.

 

No. B281874

 

(Los Angeles County

Super. Ct. No. BC547853)

California Courts of Appeal

Second Appellate District

Division Five

Filed Oct. 17, 2018

 

ORDER MODIFYING OPINION AND DENYING REHEARING

 

THE COURT:

 

It is ordered that the opinion filed on September 19, 2018, be modified as follows: On page 15, in the second sentence of the second full paragraph, the following new footnote number 6 is added immediately after the comma:

Hart v. Clear Recon Corp. (2018) 27 Cal.App.5th 322 (Hart) analyzed a provision identical to section 9 and construed it essentially as we have; the Hart case did not analyze the import of a provision identical to section 14 in the trust deed here because it concluded the plaintiffs in that case were not "borrowers" and thus the provision could not be invoked by the successor to the lender. (Id. at p. 327, fn. 4.)

The addition of new footnote 6 will require renumbering of all subsequent footnotes.

Appellant's petition for rehearing is denied. There is no change in judgment.

 

BAKER, Acting P. J.

MOOR, J.

KIM, J.

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