Under CRC 8.108(c), the time to appeal is extended by a “valid” motion to vacate judgment under either CCP 473(b) or 663.  To be “valid,” the motion must satisfy the procedural prerequisites of such a motion (including timely filing) and must be based on a proper ground for such a motion, but it need not be substantively meritorious.  Here, plaintiffs filed a CCP 473(b) motion to vacate within 2 months after entry of judgment.  The motion was timely as 473(b) sets out a 6-month deadline for a motion to vacate judgment, and the motion was based on a recognized ground–counsel’s inadvertence in not contesting the tentative ruling because he was sick the day it was entered.  Therefore, the motion was “valid” and extended the time to appeal even though the motion was ultimately denied by the trial court which held that plaintiffs had delayed too long in bringing the motion to be entitled to relief.ation from the hospital’s appeal committee to its board of trustee’s was subject to the absolute privilege.  In a tort claim for damages (rather than an equitable action to set a settlement aside for fraud), representations made in the course of settling a contested claim are also subject to the absolute litigation privilege.