Judge: Ashfaq G. Chowdhury, Case: 23GDCV01493, Date: 2023-10-27 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 23GDCV01493    Hearing Date: October 27, 2023    Dept: E

Case Name: RK APPAREL, INC., a California corporation; v. KNITOPIA, INC., a California corporation; MI JIM KIM, an individual; HI MAN PARK, an individual; and DOES 1-10, inclusive

Case No: 23GDCV01493
Hearing Date: 10/27/2023 – 10:00am

Trial Date: UNSET

 

[TENTATIVE RULING ON DEMURRER]

RELIEF REQUESTED

Defendants, Knitopia, Inc., a California corporation, Mi Jin Kim, an individual, and Hi Man Park, an individual, seek an order granting demurrers to the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, and Ninth Causes of Action of the Complaint of Plaintiff, RK Apparel, Inc.

 

 

TENTATIVE RULING
Plaintiff’s original Complaint was filed on 07/17/2023. On 08/22/2023, Defendants filed the instant demurrer. On 10/16/2023, Plaintiff filed a First Amended Complaint (FAC).

As stated in CCP §472(a):

A party may amend its pleading once without leave of the court at any time before the answer, demurrer, or motion to strike is filed, or after a demurrer or motion to strike is filed but before the demurrer or motion to strike is heard if the amended pleading is filed and served no later than the date for filing an opposition to the demurrer or motion to strike. A party may amend the pleading after the date for filing an opposition to the demurrer or motion to strike, upon stipulation by the parties. The time for responding to an amended pleading shall be computed from the date of service of the amended pleading.

(CCP §472(a).)

 

The hearing on this Demurrer is set for 10/27/2023. The date for filing an opposition would have been 10/16/2023. (CCP §1005(b).)

 

On 10/16/2023, the FAC was filed and served.

 

Because the FAC was filed and served when the Opposition was due, Plaintiff did not need leave of court to amend the pleading.

 

Defendants’ demurrer to the Complaint is OVERRULED as Moot because Plaintiff filed an FAC.