Is there an abuse of discretion standard in determining whether or not a plaintiff has to pay half of the fee paid by a referee?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Duran v. Atl. Mem'l Hosp. Assocs., B286660 (Cal. App. 2020):
Duran contends the trial court abused its discretion in denying her request it reconsider the discovery referral requiring her to pay 50 percent of the referee's fees, arguing she is "impecunious" and cannot "pay thousands of dollars a day for a referee without extreme hardship." The trial court did not abuse its discretion. (See Hudson v. County of Los Angeles (2014) 232 Cal.App.4th 392, 408 ["An abuse of discretion standard applies to
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