Legal Opinion
Thottam v. Thottam
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 3, 2008No. B196933PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
EPSTEIN, P. J.
In this case, we consider the admissibility of a document prepared during mediation under the exception to mediation confidentiality set out in Evidence Code section 1123, subdivision (c). We find the exception applies, and reverse the judgment.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL SUMMARY
Following the death of Thresiamma Thottam, disputes arose among her three children, Peter, Jameson, and Elizabeth, regarding the distribution of assets from her estate and from a trust in which the siblings were cotrastees and beneficiaries (the JPL Trust). The siblings agreed to participate in “an…
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