Eichler Homes of San Mateo, Inc. v. Superior Court

— Petitioner seeks mandate to compel the superior court to grant petitioner’s motion to amend a ‘ ‘ Third Amended Complaint” in accord with a proposed “Second Amendment to Plaintiff’s Third Amended Complaint.” Respondent court, instead of permitting the amendment in the manner requested by petitioner, granted petitioner leave “to file new and separate cause of action, incorporating the matters involved in the requested amendment.” We have concluded that petitioner has not shown how it could be prejudiced by amending in the manner permitted by the order of respondent court rather than in the…