Legal Opinion
Hughes v. Southern California Rapid Transit District
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 21, 1985No. B009157PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KLEIN, P. J.
Plaintiff and appellant Inez Hughes (Hughes) appeals from a judgment dismissing her personal injury action against defendants and respondents Southern California Rapid Transit District (RTD) and Harriet Montgomery (Montgomery) 1 for failure to bring the matter to trial within the statutory period required by the Code of Civil Procedure section 583, subdivision (b). 2
Because the statutory period, as interpreted by the Supreme Court in Moran v. Superior Court (1983) 35 Cal.3d 229 [197 Cal.Rptr. 546, 673 P.2d 216], was tolled under section 1141.20, the trial court erred in…
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