Litigation & Arbitration
Mar. 22, 2023
You’ve got voicemail. Communication gaps bedevil attorneys
“This happens all the time in the post-COVID world. Litigation can be pretty inefficient,” said Michael A. Sherman, a partner at Stubbs Alderton & Markiles LLP. Sherman represents the plaintiff. “I view this as an administrative error.”
A hearing on a motion to dismiss a workplace discrimination lawsuit scheduled for Tuesday morning in LA County Superior Court did not go as expected for the plaintiffs or defendants.
The judicial assistant in Department 53 at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse called the office of defense counsel Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP the day before and recorded a voicemail informing them that the hearing had been continued to March 29.
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