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BURLAGE v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. B211431.

178 Cal.App.4th 524 (2009)

ROGER BURLAGE et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF VENTURA COUNTY, Respondent; MARTHA MARTINEZ SPENCER, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Six.

October 20, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hoefflin & Associates, Richard M. Hoefflin, Jason M. Burrows; Lascher & Lascher and Wendy Cole Lascher for Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Horvitz & Levy, Lisa Perrochet, John A. Taylor, Jr.; Lang, Hanigan & Carvalho, John D. Lang; Smith Law Firm and Craig R. Smith for Real Party in Interest.

Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland and Robert A. Olson for Association of Southern California Defense Counsel as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

GILBERT, P. J.—

It is not often that a trial court vacates an arbitration award and an appellate court affirms the order. We shall explain why that happened here, but first:

Uncertainty and a Little History

We look to legal precedent in deciding cases. We believe the law is predictable and provides litigants and counsel a reasonable degree of certainty. True, but not always.

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