Legal Opinion
Mentzer v. Hardoin
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 4, 1994No. B076831PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
TURNER, P. J.—
I. Introduction
In this case, we bring into question a practice followed in some superior courts in Los Angeles County. Some superior courts do not file judicial arbitration awards when they are delivered to the court. Instead, some courts date-stamp the awards when received. The awards are then held outside the case file until the time for filing a trial de novo request has expired. Then, and only then, are the awards stamped as filed and placed in the superior court file. This practice is set forth in paragraph 5.10 of the Los Angeles Superior Court Judicial Arbitration…
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