Civil Litigation
Apr. 21, 2020
Telephonic hearings in civil cases: A solution to closure
Raphael Metzger
Principal
Metzger Law Group
Phone: (562) 437-4499
Email: rmetzger@toxictorts.com
Raphael Metzger is the principal of the Metzger Law Group, a boutique toxic tort litigation firm in Long Beach that represents about 250 immigrant fabricators who suffer from silicosis. Metzger filed the first such case and has led the litigation since its inception. His firm has also filed a class action on behalf of all workers exposed to engineered stone dust in California to obtain medical monitoring to detect silicosis and other lethal diseases that are caused by engineered stone.
By order of the presiding judge of Los Angeles County Superior Court, all hearings in civil cases have been suspended except for ex parte applications. Thus, for all practical intents and purposes, civil litigants are being denied access to our state courts. Is this lawful?
"Access to the courts is ... a right guaranteed to all persons by the federal and state constitutions." Jersey v. John Muir Medical Center<...
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