Judge: Matthew C. Braner, Case: 37-2023-00018731-CU-PL-CTL, Date: 2024-02-23 Tentative Ruling

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02/23/2024  09:00:00 AM  C-60 COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO

JUDICIAL OFFICER:Matthew C. Braner

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Civil - Unlimited  Product Liability Demurrer / Motion to Strike 37-2023-00018731-CU-PL-CTL BUGG VS HYUNDAI MOTOR AMERICA [IMAGED] CAUSAL DOCUMENT/DATE FILED:

Defendant Hyundai Motor America's demurrer to the original complaint is OVERRULED as moot.

Defendant's motion to strike is DENIED as moot.

'[T]he filing of an amended complaint renders moot a demurrer to the original complaint.' (JKC3H8 v. Colton (2013) 221 Cal.App.4th 468, 477 [citing Sylmar Air Conditioning v. Pueblo Contracting Services, Inc. (2004) 122 Cal.App.4th 1049, 1054]; see also Foreman & Clark Corp. v. Fallon (1971) 3 Cal.3d 875, 884 ['[A]n amendatory pleading supersedes the original one, which ceases to perform any function as a pleading.'].) Here, Plaintiff Leah Bugg served a first amended complaint on January 12, 2024. (ROA #34.) Plaintiff had the right to file the FAC without leave of court and did so well before the date for filing an opposition to Defendant's demurrer. (Code Civ. Proc., § 472, subd. (a) ['A party may amend its pleading once without leave of the court at any time . . . 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.'].) Accordingly, Defendant's demurrer is overruled as moot and its motion to strike is denied as moot.

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