Legal Opinion
Douglas v. Willis
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 3, 1994No. B077774PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ORTEGA, Acting P. J.
We affirm the trial court’s order denying Code of Civil Procedure section 473 (hereafter section 473) relief for plaintiffs’ failure to timely file a motion to tax costs.
Background
Plaintiffs Teri and Richard Douglas attended counseling for several years at the Family Counseling Center. Eventually learning that the counselor, Miriam Tarsky, was unlicensed, plaintiffs sued Tarsky, the center, and its operator Jack Steve Willis.
Willis claimed the center was really a church, the “Temple of the Human Spirit,” and Tarsky was a minister. Plaintiffs settled with Tarsky for…
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