Legal Opinion
Gross v. Department of Transportation
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 14, 1986No. A031504PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SCOTT, Acting P. J.
The issue here is whether a complaint may be amended to add new parties without leave of court before any defendant has filed an answer or demurrer. We conclude that Code of Civil Procedure section 472 1 authorizes one such amendment as a matter of course without leave of court and that section 473, which requires permission to amend under certain circumstances, is inapplicable.
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In August 1981, appellants Ryan Kathryn Gross, a minor, by her guardian ad litem Dennis M. Ryan, and Dennis M. Ryan, as an individual, filed a complaint against several defendants for the…
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