Lang v. Hochman
California Court of Appeal
[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KITCHING, J.
I
Introduction
Code of Civil Procedure section 473, subdivision (b) 1 provides mandatory relief from default or dismissal on the basis of an attorney’s affidavit of fault “unless the court finds that the default or dismissal was not in fact caused by the attorney’s mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or neglect.” (Italics added.) The issue in this appeal is whether section 473, subdivision (b) relief applies when the attorney and the client are both responsible for discovery misconduct that results in a default judgment or dismissal of the action. We find that section 473,…
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