Litigation
May 11, 2011
An Old Statute Needs An Update
Senate Bill 603 will expand the protections afforded by the vexatious litigant statute. By Kim Stone of the Civil Justice Association of California
One day about two years ago, Cary Cheldin answered his telephone at work to hear a litany of abuse from the other end. Cheldin owns his own insurance business and the man on the other end was an attorney demanding $13,000 for damage to a 1973 Chevy pick-up truck caused by one of Cheldin's customers. Cheldin was offering $3,500 (coincidentally, he once owned the same year and model of the truck, and sold it for $1,500 in 1998.) When Cheldin reques...
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