2654 CCP 473 provisions for mandatory relief from default or dismissal that resulted from an attorney's mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or neglect do not apply to an attorney's negligence in failing to timely request a trial de novo after there has been an arbitration hearing in which the plaintiff and her attorney actually participated.CitationBROWN v WILLIAMS (De Novo Relief) 78 CA4 182 [See: CCP 473; Ayala v Southwest 7 CA4 40; Uriarte v US Pipe 51 CA4 780, T/AT 2/97; Yeap v Leake 60 CA4 591, T/AT 2/98]
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