Litigation
Oct. 17, 2008
Riverside Courts See a Light at the End of the Tunnel
Cory Weck, a civil plaintiffs’ lawyer who has a 4-year-old case that is set for trial in Riverside next month, said he’s witnessed the court’s faster timelines in other cases he’s filed. But he said he still feels the court is too congested and he regularly files cases in other counties to get them heard more quickly.
Daily Journal Staff Writer RIVERSIDE - Last year, civil trials had all but ground to a halt in backlogged Riverside County Superior Court. The court had hundreds of cases that were in danger of dismissal under statutory deadlines that require a case to be tried in five years. Lawyers searched hard for grounds to file their cases in faster venues. And statewide, civil trial groups pushed for legislation to allow attorneys to file Rive...
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