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Law Practice

Mar. 27, 2007

Slightly Unsettled Mediation

Focus Column - By Ronald A. Hartmann - A new decision treads the bumpy ground of court-ordered mediations.

FOCUS COLUMN

By Ronald A. Hartmann
     
      The past few years have seen a subtle attempt to derail the settlement/case management process in construction defect litigation. Recently, in Jeld-Wen Inc. v. Superior Court of San Diego County, 146 Cal.App.4th 536 (2007), the issue came into the forefront, and the result is both good and bad news. The good news: The case did not overrule establishe...

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