Can a plaintiff's expert witness be excluded from a new trial date?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Best 4u, Inc. v. Superior Court of Orange Cnty., G055665 (Cal. App. 2018):

On remand, in Hirano v. Hirano, supra, 158 Cal.App.4th at pages 5 and 7, even though neither party demanded an exchange of expert witnesses in relation to the new trial date, the trial court ruled that the plaintiff's expert witness's testimony would be excluded because the plaintiff had failed to make a timely exchange of expert witness information before the dismissal. The appellate court reversed, explaining that, following

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