Does a court have discretion to allow a plaintiff to recover costs incurred in a motion?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Sheldon v. Strong, G048770 (Cal. App. 2014):
And of course, if a prevailing party is able to demonstrate that transmittal costs incurred in a case were reasonably necessary, the court also would not abuse its discretion by allowing those costs to be recovered. Thus, in Ladas v. California State
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