Roadrunner Realty v. Washington CA4/2

I.

INTRODUCTION

An appellant must follow several rules to have any chance of succeeding on

appeal. One of those rules is that the appellant must “support the arguments in its briefs

by appropriate reference to the record, which includes providing exact page citations.

[Citations.]” (Bernard v. Hartford Fire Ins. Co. (1991) 226 Cal.App.3d 1203, 1205.)

Another rule is that when an appellant argues the trial court’s order lacks sufficient

evidentiary support, the appellant must “set forth in their brief all the material evidence

on the point and not merely their own evidence.” (Foreman & Clark Corp. v. Fallon

(1971) 3 Cal.3d 875, 881.) A third rule is that an appellant must support its arguments

with appropriate authority whenever possible. (United Grand Corp. v. Malibu Hillbillies,

LLC (2019) 36 Cal.App.5th 142, 153.) When an appellant violates any of these rules, we

may—and usually will—find that the appellant forfeited its improperly briefed argument

(or arguments). (Foreman & Clark Corp. v. Fallon, supra, at p. 881; Bernard v. Hartford

Fire Ins. Co, supra, at p. 1205.)

That is what we do here. Appellant Isiah Washington’s opening brief cites none

of the extensive…