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Civil Litigation

May 28, 2020

To help civil courts recover, some personal injury cases should not have jury trials

Our closets, garages, file cabinets and food pantries have never looked better during the lockdown. But, as we prepare for life to return to “normal,” we in the legal profession should be working on cleaning up something important to all of us: our civil court system.

Thomas A. Scutti

Partner
Stone Kalfus, LLP

Tom is the founder of PersuasionPoint Mediation Services and conducts mediations throughout Southern California.

As we have been complying with the shelter-in-place order in California, many of us have spent our "free time" cleaning our homes and offices. Our closets, garages, file cabinets and food pantries have never looked better. But, as we prepare for life to return to "normal," we in the legal profession should be working on cleaning up something important to all of us: our civil court system.

Governor Gavin Newsom recently announced th...

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