Court Opinion

ID: 9745936
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-27 13:43:17.313548+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:25:06.521241
License: Public Domain

KLINE, P. J.
JConcurring.—As noted by Justice Phelan, Code of Civil Procedure section 1775.4 provides that an action such as this may be ordered into arbitration or mediation, but not both.1 (Maj. opn., ante, at p. 1204, fn. 2.) Because this case had previously been ordered into arbitration, the trial court exceeded its authority by ordering mediation. Defendants did not object, however, and should not now be heard to complain of one of the consequences of the failure to do so.
I concur in the judgment of this court pertaining to mediation expenses primarily because by failing to object to the court-ordered mediation I believe defendants impliedly conceded mediation was “reasonably necessary to the conduct of the litigation” and thereby waived the claim that mediation *1211expenses may not be awarded as costs under Code of Civil Procedure section 1033.5, subdivision (c)(4).

 Code of Civil procedure section 1775.4 states in its entirety as follows: “An action that has been ordered into arbitration pursuant to [Code of Civil Procedure] Section 1141.11 or 1141.12 may not be ordered into mediation under this title, and an action that has been ordered into mediation pursuant to Section 1175.3 may not be ordered into arbitration pursuant to Section 1141.11.”