0952 If a party demands trial de novo after judicial arbitration, the five-year period during which an action must be brought to trial is tolled between the date the arbitration award is filed with the court and the date set for the new trial, but only if plaintiff timely notifies the trial court of the date the statute is due to expire and requests that the trial be scheduled before that date.CitationHOWARD v THRIFTY (De Novo Dismissal) 10 C4 424 [See: CCP 1141.10 etseq, 583.310; Moran v SuperCt 35 C3 229]
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