Ewald
Ewald v. Nationstar Mortg., LLC
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Duarte, J.
*948 Plaintiff Richard Ewald, through counsel, timely appealed from a judgment following a successful defense motion for summary judgment.
Ewald's counsel fails to articulate the standard of review on appeal, in and of itself a potentially fatal omission. " 'Arguments should be tailored according to the applicable standard of appellate review.' [Citation.] Failure to acknowledge the proper scope of review is a concession of a lack of merit." ( *752 Sonic Manufacturing Technologies, Inc. v. AAE Systems, Inc . (2011) 196 Cal.App.4th 456 , 465, 126 Cal.Rptr.3d 301 .) More importantly, Ewald's counsel fails to provide any legal authority to support her arguments. We repeatedly have held that the failure to provide legal authorities to support arguments forfeits contentions of error. (See In re S.C. (2006) 138 Cal.App.4th 396 , 408, 41 Cal.Rptr.3d 453 ; Akins v. State of California (1998) 61 Cal.App.4th 1 , 50, 71 Cal.Rptr.2d 314 ; In re Marriage of Nichols (1994) 27 Cal.App.4th 661 , 672-673, fn. 3, 33 Cal.Rptr.2d 13 .) *949 As respondent's counsel observes, Ewald's counsel does provide an accurate statutory citation in support of the proposition that the judgment is appealable (…