Opinion ID: 2552656
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: The Trust Has Standing To Appeal.

Text: The superior court awarded damages against the Trustees. However, the Trust not the Trusteesnow appeals. The Joneses argue that the Trust has no standing to appeal since the superior court did not award damages against the Trust. We disagree. No individual Trustees were made parties to this suit and no argument was presented that the Trustees constituted a legal entity separate from the Trust. The Joneses' cross-motion for summary judgment and supporting memorandum referred to the Trustees and the Trust together. When speaking to the acts of the Trust employees, the memorandum referred to the Defendant Trusts/Trustees, through their employees and made no effort to distinguish whether the employees were employed by the Trustees or the Trust. The superior court's decision is based on the assumption that the Trustees and the Trust are the same entity. As no persuasive argument to the contrary has been presented, we proceed on the same assumption.