Plaintiff Teresa Randolph sued her prior employer and several others (collectively, defendants) for claims relating to employment discrimination, whistleblower retaliation, and termination of her employment.  The trial court granted defendants’ motion to dismiss based on Randolph’s failure to bring the action to trial within the five-and-a-half-year statutory deadline under Code of Civil Procedure section 583.310 and Judicial Council emergency rule 10 (Cal. Rules of Court, appen. I, emergency rule 10).  Randolph appeals, asserting the trial court erred because defendants orally stipulated to an extension of the statutory deadline when they did not object to the trial court setting the trial date beyond the deadline.  We disagree and affirm. 

https://www4.courts.ca.gov/opinions/documents/C102901.PDF