Romero

Filed 5/5/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION EIGHT

TATANA SPICAKOVA ROMERO B310069

et al., (Los Angeles County Plaintiffs, Cross-defendants Super. Ct. No. EC064933) and Appellants,

v.

LI-CHUAN SHIH et al., Defendants, Cross- complainants and Respondents;

U.S. BANK NATIONAL

ASSOCIATION,

Cross-defendant and Respondent.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Curtis A. Kin, Judge. Affirmed in part, and reversed in part. McCormick, Barstow, Sheppard, Wayte & Carruth and Scott M. Reddie for Plaintiffs, Cross-defendants and Appellants. Songstad Randall Coffee & Humphrey, Janet E. Humphrey and Elyn C. Holt for Defendants, Cross-complainants and Respondents. No appearance by Cross-defendant and Respondent. _________________________ After a bench trial, the trial court resolved a property line dispute between two neighbors by creating an easement in favor of respondents, the encroaching property owners. It granted respondents an exclusive implied easement and, alternatively, an equitable easement over the entire 1,296-square-foot…