Mealey's (August 28, 2018, 10:26 AM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — California law requiring that a prevailing party’s request for costs be reasonable does not allow a judge to evaluate the party’s ability to pay, a state appellate court held Aug. 8 in concluding that a judge erred in denying Colgate’s motion in an asbestos-talc case (LAOSD Asbestos Cases, Delgadina Alfaro v. Colgate-Palmolive Co., No. B281022, Calif. App., 2nd Dist., 2018 Cal. App. LEXIS 696)....