Legal Opinion
Beauchene v. Synanon Foundation, Inc.
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 16, 1979No. Civ. 43901PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CHRISTIAN, J.
Donald Beauchene appeals from a judgment of dismissal which was rendered after the court sustained a demurrer to his complaint in which he had alleged that Synanon Foundation, Inc. was liable for the intentional criminal behavior of Lynn Bentley, who injured appellant after eloping from a Synanon home.
On appeal after a sustained demurrer, the court must assume the truth of the factual allegations of the complaint. (Hoyem v. Manhattan Beach City Sch. Dist. (1978) 22 Cal.3d 508, 517 [150 Cal.Rptr. 1, 585 P.2d 851].) The function of a demurrer is to test the legal sufficiency…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Whitcombe v. County of YoloCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1977
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