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Personal Injury & Torts

Feb. 13, 2007

Pro Bono Panel Problems Discourage Settlement

FORUM COLUMN - By Debra B. Self - What do you get for your three free hours of mediation? Not much when no one takes it seriously. A member of the Los Angeles meditation panel has some suggestions on how to make it work.

Focus Column

By Debra B. Self

      I had two pro bono mediations scheduled one day last week that illustrate two of the problems with the pro bono panel at the Los Angeles Superior Court.
      The first case was a premises-liability personal-injury dispute. The complaint was filed in May 2006. No trial date has been set, but the mediation cutoff date was Feb. 6. Counsel for the plaintiff and...

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