Is there any case law where a trial court has been found to have abused its abstention from applying abstention?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Edgmon v. Dep't of Forestry & Fire Prot., C081248 (Cal. App. 2017):
Edgmon cites Arce v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. (2010) 181 Cal.App.4th 471, 496-502, as a basis for refusing to apply abstention in the present case. That court concluded the trial court had abused its discretion in abstaining on a
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