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Civil Litigation

Apr. 21, 2020

Telephonic hearings in civil cases: A solution to closure

Raphael Metzger

General Counsel
Council for Education and Research on Toxics

Phone: (562) 437-4499

Email: rmetzger@toxictorts.com

Raphael Metzger is the founder of the Metzger Law Group, a boutique law firm in Long Beach that sues chemical companies for poisoning and killing workers.

By order of the presiding judge of Los Angeles County Superior Court, all hearings in civil cases have been suspended except for ex parte applications. Thus, for all practical intents and purposes, civil litigants are being denied access to our state courts. Is this lawful?

"Access to the courts is ... a right guaranteed to all persons by the federal and state constitutions." Jersey v. John Muir Medical Center<...

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