Mediation/Statute of Limitations: Submitting Action to Mediation May Toll Statute of Limitations Under Proper Circumstances

  California Code of Civil Procedure section 1775.7 Allows for Tolling When Case is Submitted to Mediation During Last Six Months of the Five Years Litigants Have to Bring a Case to Trial.      A civil action must be brought to trial within five years after it is commenced. “If an action is . . […]