What is the test for finding that a trial court abused its discretion in managing its docket?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Payne v. Farmers Ins. Co., B256061 (Cal. App. 2015):
It is well established that a trial court is vested with considerable discretion in managing its docket in order to promote both "efficiency" and "the just resolution of cases on their merits." (Hernandez v. Superior Court (2004) 115 Cal.App.4th 1242, 1246.) In order to find an abuse of that discretion, we must find that the trial court's decision was "arbitrary," capricious," or "exceeded the bounds of reason." (Ibid.)
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