PRETRIAL ADJUDICATION
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Judicial Arbitration
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Sanctions
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Limited discretionary power to dismiss for non-appearance.
Judge has limited, discretionary dismissal power for delay in or lack of prosecution.
Sanctions for failure to attend judicial arbitration after being ordered to do so.
Ct. had no authority to dismiss action after P refused to participate in court-ordered arbitration in order to get trial de novo.
Code Civ. Proc. §128.5 sanctions required for P's bad faith/delaying tactics in refusing to present evidence at 2 court-ordered hearings, then proceeding directly with trial de novo request.
Ct may, under certain circumstances, invoke limited, inherent discretionary power, but not as sanction for nonparticipation in mandatory arbitration.
Sanctions for failure to attend judicial arbitration after being ordered to need not be based on court's actual expenses.
Code Civ. Proc. §177.5 sanctions for failure to attend judicial arbitration after being ordered to do so: Requirement of order.
Sanctions for failure to attend judicial arbitration after being ordered to do so.
Sanctions for failure to attend judicial arbitration after being ordered to do so—procedure.
Failure to attend judicial arbitration after being ordered to do so: Amount of Code Civ. Proc. §177.5 sanctions
Monetary sanction upheld when D twice failed to attend arbitration hearing and undertook other delaying tactics.
D's "willful" failure to attend arb hearing insufficient to support sanctions against attorney for failure to attend; atty waived objection on appeal by not raising at hearing or on motion.
Involuntary dismissal is not authorized by arbitration statutes and too drastic a sanction for refusal to participate in arbitration.
Even without express statutory authority, trial ct. may invoke limited, inherent discretionary power to dismiss claims.
Dismissal not proper sanction for misuse of arbitration system even though P requested trial de novo after waiving loss of earnings and not presenting any evidence at arbitration.
D who failed to appear at arbitration and filed for trial de novo cannot be refused on local rule good cause ground when arbitration statutes impose no prerequisites.