California Court of Appeal

When a plaintiff's deliberate and egregious misconduct makes any sanction other than dismissal inadequate to ensure a fair trial, the trial court has inherent power to impose a terminating sanction.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/25/2007
• Published 09/25/2007

Judges

• WILLHITE, Acting P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin, Steven L. Mayer, Steven N. Sherr and Jerome B. Falk, Jr., San Francisco, for Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• O'Melveny & Myers, Alan Rader, Victor H. Jih,Justin M. Goldstein, Kevin L. Vick and Daniel M. Petrocelli, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Respondent.