
By Jean Yung
Daily Journal Staff Writer
TORRANCE - In the span of one day in October, Stuart M. Rice juggled a full slate of general civil and limited civil cases, a few small-claims appeals and several probate matters. Then, on top of all that, a felony trial landed in his lap.
"Five subject areas on the same day! That was unusual," the Los Angeles County Superior Court judge said over lunch at BJ's Restaurant and Brewhouse, down the stree... (continued)