State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company vs. Linda Mason et al
OSC re Sanctions
Motion type
Parties
Attorneys
Ruling
Superior Court of California, County of Tuolumne Consolidated Calendar Hon: Hallie Gorman Campbell
Department 2 June 3, 2026 8:30 am DA Case # Date Filed
18 CV67687 State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company vs. Linda Mason et al 09/29/2025
State Farm Mutual Automobile Attorney: Marissa Insurance Company Vandersluys Linda Mason Timothy Boling OSC Hearing - Sanctions Re: Dismissal 09/29/2025 Petition File Tracking 09/30/2025 High Density
This is a UIM arbitration action commenced pursuant to CA Insurance Code §11580.2(f) for the presumptively singular purpose of establishing superior court jurisdiction. There is in fact no requirement to conduct case management conferences or similar hearings in a case such as this when the parties have already agreed to arbitrate the dispute since jurisdiction is only established to allow the parties to engage the discovery machinery as part of their contractual arbitration. However, it is necessary to determine when the need for superior court jurisdiction is concluded so that the action may properly be closed. As such, it is customary to set an OSC re dismissal every 4-6 months.
It appears to this Court that the first-party arbitration has yet to take place, so this OSC re dismissal will be continued once more as a courtesy.
5/27/2026 2:07 pm
Cited authorities
Looking for case law or statutes not cited here? Search published authorities
Ask about this ruling
Examples: “Why did the court rule this way?” · “What were the procedural grounds?” · “Is appearance required?”