2101 A timely request for trial de novo operates to vacate a judicial arbitration award in its entirety, putting the case at large as though no arbitration proceedings had occurred, so a trial is required even though the party requesting trial de novo has settled and withdrawn from the case prior to trial.CitationSO PAC TRANS v MENDEZ (Trial De Novo) 66 CA4 691 [See: CCP 1141.20 etseq; Trump v Superior Court 118 CA3 411; Demirgian v Superior Court 187 CA3 372; Muega v Menocal 50 CA4 868, T/AT 12/96; Wagy v Brown 24 CA4 1, T/AT 5/94]
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