Legal Opinion
Wharton v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 12, 1991No. B057008PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
YEGAN, J.
Petitioners successfully assert that respondent court abused its discretion as a matter of law when it denied their request for a jury trial.
Real party filed a lawsuit against petitioners for injuries which she claimed to have suffered in an automobile collision. On January 19, 1990, petitioners timely answered the complaint and served a demand for jury trial.
The case was ordered into arbitration and the arbitrator issued a ruling in favor of real party. On December 3, 1990, petitioners timely filed a request for a trial de novo and posted the sum of $150 which petitioners’…
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