Attacking The Pleadings

menu_book California Demurrer — Business Torts — Whether the alleged interferer is a stranger to the contract — the Applied Equipment rule

menu_book California Demurrer — Business Torts — Whether the complaint alleges an independently wrongful act for the IIPEA count — business-tort competition context

menu_book California Demurrer — Business Torts — Whether the alter-ego allegation pleads unity of interest and injustice with facts

menu_book California Demurrer — Business Torts — Whether the conspiracy count rests on a viable underlying tort

menu_book California Demurrer — Business Torts — Whether the aiding-and-abetting count alleges actual knowledge plus substantial assistance

menu_book California Demurrer — Business Torts — Whether the UCL plaintiff has Prop 64 standing — economic injury caused by the unfair practice (business-tort context)

menu_book California Demurrer — Business Torts — Whether CUTSA preempts the parallel common-law misappropriation counts

menu_book California Demurrer — Business Torts — Whether the J'Aire / Biakanja factors establish a duty of care for negligent interference

menu_book California Demurrer — Business Torts — CA Demurrer — At-Will Employment Defeats Interference-with-Contract; IIPEA and Independently Wrongful Act Required (*Reeves v. Hanlon*)

menu_book California Demurrer — Business Torts — Whether the IIPEA count pleads an independently wrongful act

menu_book California Demurrer — Contract Claims — Whether the complaint adequately pleads the contract and identifies what was breached

menu_book California Demurrer — Contract Claims — Whether the complaint adequately pleads the form of the contract — oral, written, or implied (CCP § 430.10(g))

menu_book California Demurrer — Contract Claims — Whether the statute of frauds bars the alleged contract on the face of the complaint

menu_book California Demurrer — Contract Claims — Whether the implied-covenant count enlarges the express contract terms

menu_book California Demurrer — Contract Claims — Whether Foley bars tort recovery for the alleged bad-faith breach

menu_book California Demurrer — Contract Claims — Whether an express contract on the same subject bars the quasi-contract count

menu_book California Demurrer — Contract Claims — Whether the plaintiff has standing as a third-party beneficiary under Goonewardene

menu_book California Demurrer — Contract Claims — Whether the specific-performance count alleges all five Civ. Code § 3390 prerequisites

menu_book California Demurrer — Contract Claims — CA Demurrer to Implied Covenant — Duplicative Count (*Careau & Co.*)

menu_book California Demurrer — Defamation — Whether the complaint pleads the substance of the alleged defamatory statement with sufficient particularity

menu_book California Demurrer — Defamation — Whether the alleged statements are statements of fact or constitutionally protected opinion

menu_book California Demurrer — Defamation — Whether the litigation privilege under Civil Code § 47(b) bars the claim

menu_book California Demurrer — Defamation — Whether the common-interest privilege under Civil Code § 47(c) applies and whether the complaint pleads malice with facts

menu_book California Demurrer — Defamation — Whether the trade libel count adequately pleads special damages

menu_book California Demurrer — Defamation — Whether the alleged statement is reasonably understood as referring to the plaintiff specifically -- the of-and-concerning requirement

menu_book California Demurrer — Defamation — Whether the complaint adequately pleads actual malice with facts

menu_book California Demurrer — Defamation — Whether the one-year SOL bars the claim under the single-publication rule

menu_book California Demurrer — Elder Abuse (W&I § 15600) — Whether the complaint pleads facts establishing elder or dependent-adult status

menu_book California Demurrer — Elder Abuse (W&I § 15600) — Whether the defendant assumed the care-or-custody relationship Winn v. Pioneer Medical Group requires for neglect claims

menu_book California Demurrer — Elder Abuse (W&I § 15600) — Whether the alleged physical abuse fits an enumerated W&I § 15610.63 category

menu_book California Demurrer — Elder Abuse (W&I § 15600) — Whether the financial-abuse count pleads wrongful use, intent to defraud, or undue influence

menu_book California Demurrer — Elder Abuse (W&I § 15600) — Whether the complaint pleads corporate authorization, ratification, or direct participation under W&I § 15657(c)

menu_book California Demurrer — Elder Abuse (W&I § 15600) — Whether the complaint pleads causation tying the qualifying elder-abuse conduct to the harm

menu_book California Demurrer — Elder Abuse (W&I § 15600) — Whether the post-death standing pleading hits both the survival statute and the W&I § 15657 enhanced-remedies hooks

menu_book California Demurrer — Elder Abuse (W&I § 15600) — Whether the staffing-regulation allegations connect under Fenimore to specific harm

menu_book California Demurrer — Employment Claims (FEHA) — DEM-EMPL-01 — Elements missing from FEHA prima facie case

menu_book California Demurrer — Employment Claims (FEHA) — DEM-EMPL-02 — Adverse employment action pled as adjectives, not facts (Yanowitz)

menu_book California Demurrer — Employment Claims (FEHA) — DEM-EMPL-03 — Missing or mispled CRD right-to-sue exhaustion

menu_book California Demurrer — Employment Claims (FEHA) — DEM-EMPL-04 — Tameny claims without anchored public policy

menu_book California Demurrer — Employment Claims (FEHA) — DEM-EMPL-05 — § 1102.5 pled under old McDonnell Douglas framework (Lawson)

menu_book California Demurrer — Employment Claims (FEHA) — DEM-EMPL-06 — § 1102.5 "reasonable belief" without identified legal basis

menu_book California Demurrer — Employment Claims (FEHA) — DEM-EMPL-07 — IIED against employer — the Janken bar

menu_book California Demurrer — Employment Claims (FEHA) — DEM-EMPL-08 — Tort claims barred by workers' comp exclusivity

menu_book California Demurrer — Employment Claims (FEHA) — DEM-EMPL-09 — Pregnancy as standalone claim rather than sex discrimination

menu_book California Demurrer — Employment Claims (FEHA) — DEM-EMPL-10 — Disparate-impact claims without identified policy (Mahler)

menu_book California Demurrer — Fraud Claims — DEM-FRAUD-01 · Element-by-element attack on fraud pleading

menu_book California Demurrer — Fraud Claims — DEM-FRAUD-02 · Generic "false representations" averments fail specificity

menu_book California Demurrer — Fraud Claims — DEM-FRAUD-03 · Unjustified reliance on the "superior knowledge" softening

menu_book California Demurrer — Fraud Claims — DEM-FRAUD-04 · Concealment requires a pled duty to disclose under LiMandri

menu_book California Demurrer — Fraud Claims — DEM-FRAUD-05 · Negligent misrepresentation pled as fraud fallback

menu_book California Demurrer — Fraud Claims — DEM-FRAUD-06 · Promissory fraud requires facts of present intent not to perform

menu_book California Demurrer — Fraud Claims — DEM-FRAUD-07 · SOL with a conclusory discovery-rule allegation fails

menu_book California Demurrer — Fraud Claims — DEM-FRAUD-08 · Economic loss rule after Rattagan v. Uber (2024)

menu_book California Demurrer — Fraud Claims — CA Demurrer to Fraudulent Concealment — *Rattagan/Dhital* Knowledge-Basis Specificity

menu_book California Demurrer — Fraud Claims — CA Demurrer to Fraudulent Concealment — Direct Dealings Requirement (*Bigler-Engler/LiMandri*)

menu_book California Demurrer — Fraud Claims — CA Demurrer — Economic Loss Rule Bars Negligent Repair (*Rattagan* 2024)

menu_book California Demurrer — Insurance Bad Faith — Whether the policy provides coverage for the loss — the Waller threshold

menu_book California Demurrer — Insurance Bad Faith — Whether the genuine-dispute doctrine applies to the alleged denial or delay

menu_book California Demurrer — Insurance Bad Faith — Whether the contract and tort tracks are separately pleaded with their own elements

menu_book California Demurrer — Insurance Bad Faith — Whether the punitive-damages allegation satisfies Civ. Code § 3294 standards

menu_book California Demurrer — Insurance Bad Faith — Whether the third-party plaintiff has a private right of action — Moradi-Shalal

menu_book California Demurrer — Insurance Bad Faith — Whether the prayer for fees is properly pleaded as Brandt damages or as fees

menu_book California Demurrer — Insurance Bad Faith — Whether the two-year tort SOL has run on the bad-faith count

menu_book California Demurrer — Insurance Bad Faith — Whether the implied covenant claim attempts to create new contractual duties

menu_book California Demurrer — Insurance Bad Faith — Whether the Cumis-counsel allegation identifies the conflict that triggers § 2860

menu_book California Demurrer — Insurance Bad Faith — Whether the fraud allegations alongside bad faith satisfy Lazar specificity

menu_book California Demurrer — Legal Malpractice — Whether the complaint adequately pleads but-for causation — the 'case within a case'

menu_book California Demurrer — Legal Malpractice — Whether failure to disclose lack of malpractice insurance under RPC 1.4.2(b) supports a rescission claim

menu_book California Demurrer — Legal Malpractice — Whether the breach-of-fiduciary-duty count is duplicative of the negligence count

menu_book California Demurrer — Negligence — Whether the negligence per se count alleges all four Evid. Code § 669 elements

menu_book California Demurrer — Negligence — Whether the bystander NIED claim satisfies the three Thing v. La Chusa elements

menu_book California Demurrer — Negligence — Whether the direct-victim NIED count alleges a preexisting relationship under Burgess

menu_book California Demurrer — Negligence — Whether the premises liability count alleges control over the area where the injury occurred

menu_book California Demurrer — Negligence — Whether the open-and-obvious doctrine forecloses the duty as a matter of law on the face of the complaint

menu_book California Demurrer — Negligence — Whether the negligent hiring/supervision/retention count alleges the employer's prior knowledge

menu_book California Demurrer — Negligence — Whether the complaint pleads substantial-factor causation with facts

menu_book California Demurrer — Negligence — Whether the economic loss rule bars the negligence count

menu_book California Demurrer — Negligence — Whether the professional negligence count alleges standard of care and breach

menu_book California Demurrer — Negligence — CA Demurrer to Negligent Undertaking — *Paz v. State of California* Specificity Requirement

menu_book California Demurrer — Other Claims — Whether the IIED count adequately pleads extreme and outrageous conduct

menu_book California Demurrer — Other Claims — Whether the breach-of-lease count pleads the knowledge-contingent duty with the required notice

menu_book California Demurrer — Other Claims — Whether the nuisance count pleads substantial actual damage and unreasonable interference

menu_book California Demurrer — Other Claims — CA Demurrer — Knox-Keene Preempts State-Law Claims Against Licensed Health Plans

menu_book California Demurrer — Other Claims — Whether ERISA preempts — and whether the complaint can be tested on demurrer

menu_book California Demurrer — Other Claims — Whether a breach-of-duty-of-loyalty count survives demurrer alongside the interference count

menu_book California Demurrer — PAGA — Whether the LWDA notice satisfies the Lab. Code § 2699.3 specificity requirements

menu_book California Demurrer — PAGA — Whether the complaint was filed within the Lab. Code § 2699.3(a)(2)(A) 65-day waiting period

menu_book California Demurrer — PAGA — Whether the named plaintiff has aggrieved-employee standing under Lab. Code § 2699(c)

menu_book California Demurrer — PAGA — Whether the post-Viking River / Adolph split bifurcates the PAGA count for arbitration purposes

menu_book California Demurrer — PAGA — Whether the post-Estrada rule forecloses a manageability-based demurrer to a PAGA count

menu_book California Demurrer — PAGA — Whether the PAGA count seeks remedies the statute does not authorize

menu_book California Demurrer — PAGA — Whether the predicate Labor Code violation is adequately pleaded to support PAGA penalties

menu_book California Demurrer — PAGA — Whether the LWDA notice covered the theories the complaint pleads -- the Williams scope rule

menu_book California Demurrer — PAGA — Whether the 2024 PAGA reform applies -- pre-/post-reform regime split

menu_book California Demurrer — PAGA — Whether the named employer falls within the public-employer carve-out from PAGA

menu_book California Demurrer — Privacy & CIPA — Whether the reasonable-expectation-of-privacy element presents a question of fact defeating demurrer

menu_book California Demurrer — Privacy & CIPA — Whether a 'living person' requirement limits CIPA — and whether other privacy torts have the same limit

menu_book California Demurrer — Statute of Limitations — Whether the limitations bar appears on the face of the complaint

menu_book California Demurrer — Statute of Limitations — Whether the complaint adequately pleads the discovery rule

menu_book California Demurrer — Statute of Limitations — Whether the complaint adequately pleads equitable tolling or equitable estoppel

menu_book California Demurrer — Statute of Limitations — Whether continuous accrual or continuing violation applies — and which doctrine the complaint pleads

menu_book California Demurrer — Statute of Limitations — Whether the complaint adequately alleges Government Claims Act presentment

menu_book California Demurrer — Statute of Limitations — Whether the Doe substitution relates back under CCP § 474

menu_book California Demurrer — Statute of Limitations — Whether the complaint adequately pleads tolling under CCP § 352 (minority and incapacity)

menu_book California Demurrer — Statute of Limitations — Whether the complaint adequately pleads tolling under CCP § 340.6 (legal malpractice)

menu_book California Demurrer — Statute of Limitations — Whether the SOL bar is incurable for purposes of leave to amend

menu_book California Demurrer — Statute of Limitations — Whether a prior-grounds bar under CCP § 430.41(b) forecloses the demurrer

menu_book California Demurrer — Statute of Limitations — Whether the implied warranty SOL bars the claim — and whether the complaint pleads the discovery date

menu_book California Demurrer — Statute of Limitations — CA Demurrer — Continuous Accrual Doctrine Saves Recurring Tenancy and Habitability Claims

menu_book California Demurrer — UCL & Consumer Claims — Whether the plaintiff has Prop 64 standing under Bus. & Prof. Code § 17204

menu_book California Demurrer — UCL & Consumer Claims — Whether the complaint pleads actual reliance on the alleged misrepresentation for the UCL fraudulent-prong count

menu_book California Demurrer — UCL & Consumer Claims — Whether the UCL count seeks remedies Bus. & Prof. Code § 17203 does not authorize

menu_book California Demurrer — UCL & Consumer Claims — Whether the relief sought qualifies as UCL restitution under Korea Supply -- restoration vs. disgorgement

menu_book California Demurrer — UCL & Consumer Claims — Whether the unlawful-prong UCL count survives the demurrer to its predicate count

menu_book California Demurrer — UCL & Consumer Claims — Whether the unfair-prong UCL count tethers the challenged practice to a legislatively declared policy under Cel-Tech

menu_book California Demurrer — UCL & Consumer Claims — Whether the challenged conduct falls within a statutory safe harbor from UCL liability

menu_book California Demurrer — UCL & Consumer Claims — Whether the paired CLRA damages count satisfies the Civ. Code § 1782 pre-suit notice requirement

menu_book California Demurrer — UCL & Consumer Claims — Whether the FAL or CLRA counts have separate elements that need separate pleading from the UCL count

menu_book California Demurrer — UCL & Consumer Claims — Whether equitable relief is available under the UCL when damages are also pleaded -- the adequate-remedy-at-law objection

menu_book California Demurrer — UCL & Consumer Claims — CA Demurrer to UCL — Public Entity Is Not a "Person" Under Bus. & Prof. Code § 17201

menu_book California Demurrer — UCL & Consumer Claims — CA Demurrer to CLRA — § 1782 Pre-Suit Notice Requirement