Is a plaintiff required to state a specific cause of action?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Marchand v. Superior Court (Sutter Community Hosp.), 200 Cal.App.3d 1121, 246 Cal.Rptr. 531 (Cal. App. 1988):
This brings us to the defendants' final bulwark, the special demurrers for uncertainty. Their validity depends upon the claimed need for specificity. As Guilliams v. Hollywood Hospital (1941) 18 Cal.2d 97, 101, 114 P.2d 1, notes: "the particularity with which a plaintiff must state his cause of action depends to some extent upon the circumstances and the situation of the parties." (Ibid.)
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