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Judges and Judiciary

Jan. 10, 2015

Motion statistics in an LA County court

Two years ago, the Los Angeles County Superior Court reduced the number of individual calendar civil courts in the downtown Mosk Courthouse from 45 to 34 in a budget decision. How has it turned out? By Richard Fruin


By Richard Fruin


Two years ago, the Los Angeles County Superior Court reduced the number of individual calendar civil courts in the downtown Mosk Courthouse from 45 to 34. This was a budget decision: Court dollars were saved because the court staffs in 11 courtrooms were reduced.


Personal injury cases were pulled from the individual calendar courts and are now managed pre-trial from four personal injury "hub" courts and assigned when ready for...

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