Rojas v. Superior Court
33 Cal.4th 407 (Cal. 2004) Cited 80 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding California mediation privilege was not subject to “good cause” exception because only exceptions to mediation confidentiality were those expressly provided in statute
Wimsatt v. Superior Court
152 Cal.App.4th 137 (Cal. Ct. App. 2007) Cited 54 times 5 Legal Analyses
Holding that settlement communications that occurred "a month or a few days before the mediation, during a telephone call to schedule depositions" may have occurred even if there was no mediation, and that, accordingly, the statements were not made "for the purpose of, in the course of, or pursuant to mediation"
Hinshaw v. Superior Court
51 Cal.App.4th 233 (Cal. Ct. App. 1996) Cited 19 times 1 Legal Analyses
In Hinshaw, a malpractice action was brought against attorneys, alleging the attorneys dropped the plaintiffs from an underlying class action against a medical provider, before the case settled.