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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Nov. 30, 2007

Objections to Evidence

Focus Column - By Margaret Grignon and Zareh Jaltorossian - A recent decision of the 6th District Court of Appeal reignites the debate over whether trial courts must rule expressly on evidentiary objections when deciding summary-judgment motions.

FOCUS COLUMN

By Margaret Grignon
and Zareh Jaltorossian


      The recent decision of the 6th District Court of Appeal in Reid v. Google Inc., 155 Cal.App.4th 1342 (2007), reignites a smoldering conflict in California appellate and trial courts concerning an issue critical to review of summary-judgment rulings: whether trial courts must expressly rule on evidentiary objections when deciding summary judgment motions and wh...

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