Peterson

Filed 12/8/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION EIGHT

CHARLES F. PETERSON, B334987

Plaintiff and Respondent, Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. v. 22STCV254641

JINSHU ZHANG,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Mel Red Recana, Judge. Affirmed and remanded. Law Offices of Charles F. Peterson and Charles Peterson; Benedon & Serlin, Gerald M. Serlin and Wendy S. Albers for Plaintiff and Respondent. FTW Law Group and Felix T. Woo for Defendant and Appellant. ____________________ This case began as a neighbor-to-neighbor disagreement about a tree branch. The neighbor would not cut the branch on a pine tree, so Jinshu Zhang submitted a “view restoration application” to his homeowners association, which retained Charles Peterson to mediate the dispute about the branch. When the association dismissed Zhang’s application, Zhang sued mediator Peterson for a breach of fiduciary duty. Zhang lost against Peterson because Zhang could not establish this mediator owed him a fiduciary duty. Zhang did not appeal…