SACRAMENTO Lawmakers will consider legislation on Tuesday that would expand the definition of vexatious litigants to include plaintiffs who have retained counsel, not just those filing in pro per.
The bill’s author, Sen. Tom Berryhill, R-Modesto, said in a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee that in some cases vexatious litigants are hiring attorneys who later “come off the case just to help the litigant get around the procedural requirements” placed on them by a court.
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