Howard v. Thrifty Drug & Discount Stores

*429Opinion

MOSK, J.

In this case, we revisit our decision in Moran v. Superior Court (1983) 35 Cal.3d 229 [197 Cal.Rptr. 546, 673 P.2d 216] (Moran) to reconsider the relationship between the Judicial Arbitration Act (Code Civ. Proc.,1 § 1141.10 et seq.) and the statute requiring that an action be dismissed if it has not been brought to trial five years after filing the complaint. (§ 583.310.)2 In Moran we construed the meaning of section 1141.20, which requires trial courts to recalendar a case after arbitration “so that the trial shall be given the same place on the active list as it had prior to…