Leduc

INTRODUCTION

Lananh Leduc appeals from an order taxing costs that she filed after losing a court trial against her former employer, West Anaheim Medical Center (West 1 Anaheim). West Anaheim moved for its costs, and Leduc objected on several grounds to the amounts requested. She also asserted that the entire memorandum of costs should be stricken for untimely filing. We affirm the order taxing costs. The trial court may consider a late-filed memorandum of costs so long as the opposing party is not prejudiced, and Leduc presented no evidence of any prejudice. The amount of costs awarded is committed to the trial court’s discretion, as is the reasonableness of the items requested. We cannot see that the trial court abused its discretion in determining either the amount to be awarded or the necessity to the conduct of the litigation of the items listed in the memorandum as to which the court denied Leduc’s motion.

FACTS

After obtaining a judgment in its favor in Leduc’s wrongful termination lawsuit, West Anaheim submitted a memorandum of costs in the amount of $29,128. Leduc made a motion to tax various costs, which was granted in part and denied in part. She also asked the court…