Domingo v. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Opinion

GODOY PEREZ, J.

Appellant Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority appeals from denial of its request for trial de novo *552following court-ordered judicial arbitration. After review, we reverse and remand.

Procedural and Factual Background

In July 1996 respondent Hermin Domingo sued appellant Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority for personal injuries she allegedly suffered while riding one of appellant’s buses. In March 1998, the court ordered the case to judicial arbitration. As the parties awaited their arbitration date, appellant’s attorneys moved their…