Maslan

Jan 03, 2007 Civil Procedure
Gordon v. Richard Maslan & Co., Inc. (Dec. 20, 2006, No. B190946) 2006 WL 3735345 [nonpublished opinion]

GMSR convinced the Court of Appeal that it was improper for the trial court to dismiss GMSR’s client’s complaint for failure to bring to trial within five years. The court ruled that the impracticability exception to the five year statute applied, since the key defendant

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