Court Reinstates Summary Judgment Hearing, Says Continuance Should Have Extended Deadline

LOS ANGELES - A California Court of Appeal has recently granted a writ of mandate, vacating a trial court order that struck the filing of a defendant's summary judgment motion that was deemed late even after the court had continued the case's trial date. Certainteed Corporation v. The Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Respondent; Cecilia L. Marshall et al. No. B169801 (Calif. Ct. App.)

In a decision issued Dec. 22, the Second District California Court of Appeal ruled that the Los Angeles County Superior Court failed to offer good cause for refusing a hearing on defendant CertainTeed Corporation's motion …