Sigmund

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

I. Facts

A. The condo building and its homeowners association Teresija Sigmund (plaintiff) purchased a condominium in a four-unit building in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles in 2004. Plaintiff’s condo is on the second floor of the building and consists of two sub-units—specifically, a three-bedroom unit and a separate mother-in-law studio unit behind it. Starting in 2006, Tisha Bennett (Bennett) owned the condo unit next door to plaintiff, but has not resided in the unit since

2 2011. From 1997 to 2014, Nancy Wortman (Wortman) owned the condo unit beneath Bennett’s. The owners of the four units in the building—including, at various times, plaintiff, Wortman, and Bennett—made up the members of the building’s homeowners association, called the Darlington Villas Homeowner’s Association, Inc. (the Association). At times pertinent to this case, Bennett served as president of the Association and Wortman, as treasurer. B. Plaintiff’s unneighborly conduct From when she bought her condo in 2004 through the 2022 trial in this case, plaintiff violated numerous provisions of the Association’s covenants, conditions, and restrictions…