So You Think You Know The Law – Legal Malpractice

July 2014

3. In any lawsuit related to settlement negotiations that took place at mediation, I can use statements by attorneys, the mediator, or other parties at the mediation as evidence. False. California Evidence Code 1119 makes such evidence inadmissible in any related legal proceeding. Return to newsletter.

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