Legal Opinion
Santa Monica Hospital Medical Center v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 15, 1988No. B033012PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
WOODS (A. M.), P. J.
In this original proceeding in mandate we must determine the proper application of Moran v. Superior Court (1983) 35 Cal.3d 229 [197 Cal.Rptr. 546, 673 P.2d 216], where a civil plaintiff takes no steps after a request for a postarbitration trial de novo to cause trial to be set within the remainder of the five-year mandatory dismissal period.
We conclude that Moran v. Superior Court, supra, 35 Cal.3d 229, requires a plaintiff to exercise reasonable diligence relative to the five-year period to the extent of requesting the trial court to set a trial date within that…
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