Civil Litigation
Dec. 14, 2023
Southwestern mulls mediator’s proposal in tenants’ lawsuit
The parties filed the ex parte application without prior notice because they all agreed to a continuance, and they do not want a ruling on the plaintiffs’ motion for trial preference to influence their decision regarding any mediator’s proposal.
Southwestern Law School and plaintiffs in a personal injury and landlord-tenant dispute have agreed to pause their litigation efforts as they consider a mediator’s proposal circulated Saturday by the retired Los Angeles judge Richard Stone of Signature Resolution.
Judge Maurice A. Leiter, who is presiding over the lawsuit in Los Angeles County Superior Court, continued Wednesday’s hearing on the plaintiffs’ motion for trial preference to ...