Los Angeles County Superior Court system will close its Alternative Dispute Resolution Services

"ADR is a program that traditionally has relieved a lot of the pressure on the courts by taking care of cases without going to trial," [Richard J. Burdge] said. "It's going to be five years to get a court date," he said. "Justice is going to be delayed dramatically. Ins...

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Published inInland Valley daily bulletin
Main Author Rodriquez, Monica
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ontario, Calif Los Angeles Newspaper Group 07.03.2013
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Burdge, Richard J
Hearn, Mary
Molino, Tony
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Summary:"ADR is a program that traditionally has relieved a lot of the pressure on the courts by taking care of cases without going to trial," [Richard J. Burdge] said. "It's going to be five years to get a court date," he said. "Justice is going to be delayed dramatically. Insurance companies have no incentives to settle early. It creates a lot of hardships on people." "They'll try to wrap up everything in the pipeline by May 10," [Mary Hearn] said.