Howitson

Filed 10/20/25 Howitson v. Evans Hotels CA4/1

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COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

CHRISTINA HOWITSON, D085078

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v. (Super. Ct. No. 37-2020- 00026768-CU-OE-CTL) EVANS HOTELS, LLC, et al.,

Defendants and Appellants.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of San Diego County, Matthew C. Braner, Judge. Reversed and remanded with directions. Barnes & Thornburg, Mark W. Wallin and Michael P. Witczak, for Defendants and Appellants. Schneider Wallace Cottrell Kim, Carolyn H. Cottrell, Ori Edelstein, and Robert E. Morelli, III, for Plaintiff and Respondent. Christina Howitson invoked Code of Civil Procedure section 1281.98 to extricate her claims against Evans Hotels, LLC and…