If a defendant requests a trial de novo following arbitration, and, due to court error, five years elapse before the trial de novo commences, may the action be dismissed for failure to comport with the five-year limitation of Code of Civil Procedure section 583?
I.
The facts are not in dispute.
On March 6, 1975, real party in interest, Barbara Riccardo, filed...
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