TENTATIVE RULING
Defendant Oxana Karpov’s Demurrer to Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint is SUSTAINED, with twenty (20) days leave to amend.
Defendant Oxana Karpov’s Motion to Strike Portions of Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint is DENIED, as MOOT.
Plaintiff may amend his or her complaint only as authorized by the court’s order and may not amend the complaint to add a new cause of action without having obtained permission to do so. (Harris v. Wachovia Mortgage, FSB (2010) 185 Cal.App.4th 1018, 1023.)
Defendant Oxana Karpov to give notice.
REASONING
Meet and Confer
As an initial matter, the Court notes that Defendant Oxana Karpov (“Defendant”)’s meet-and-confer declaration is insufficient, as Code of Civil Procedure section 430.41, subdivision (a)(3)(A), and section 435.5, subdivision (a)(3)(A), require stating how the moving party met and conferred with the party who filed the pleading subject to challenge. Defense counsel simply states that meet-and-confer efforts failed to
Hearing Date
July 06, 2020
Type
Other Intentional Tort-notPI/WD/PD (General Jurisdiction)
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TENTATIVE RULING
Defendant Oxana Karpov’s Demurrer to Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint is SUSTAINED, with twenty (20) days leave to amend.
Defendant Oxana Karpov’s Motion to Strike Portions of Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint is DENIED, as MOOT.
Plaintiff may amend his or her complaint only as authorized by the court’s order and may not amend the complaint to add a new cause of action without having obtained permission to do so. (Harris v. Wachovia Mortgage, FSB (2010) 185 Cal.App.4th 1018, 1023.)
Defendant Oxana Karpov to give notice.
REASONING
Meet and Confer
As an initial matter, the Court notes that Defendant Oxana Karpov (“Defendant”)’s meet-and-confer declaration is insufficient, as Code of Civil Procedure section 430.41, subdivision (a)(3)(A), and section 435.5, subdivision (a)(3)(A), require stating how the moving party met and conferred with the party who filed the pleading subject to challenge. Defense counsel simply states that meet-and-confer efforts failed to