RYAN v. GARCIA

Docket No. C016773.

27 Cal.App.4th 1006 (1994)

33 Cal. Rptr.2d 158

DONALD RYAN et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. RALPH GARCIA, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

August 22, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Sinclair, Wilson & Sinclair and Robert F. Sinclair for Defendant and Appellant.

Randy E. Thomas for Plaintiffs and Respondents.


OPINION

NICHOLSON, J.

May evidence of statements made during mediation be admitted in court to prove the parties orally settled the dispute? The trial court concluded it may. We disagree. Admission of such evidence violates the prohibition of Evidence Code section 1152.5 which protects statements made in mediation from use in litigation. Accordingly, we reverse.

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