Fremont Indemnity Co. v. Superior Court

Opinion

BEACH, J.—

Nature of Proceeding:

Petition for writs of prohibition and mandate to superior court after the court overruled the demurrer of defendant Fremont Indemnity Company, an insurance carrier, to an action brought by injured worker. We issued an alternative writ.

The present action involves a matter of pleading in the superior court. Although generally matters of pleading are best left to the sound discretion of the trial court, we entertained and accepted this petition because

the trial court erred in an important respect concerning jurisdiction between the superior court and the…