What is the difference between an amended complaint and the original complaint?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Jenkins v. Inglewood Unified School Dist., 34 Cal.App.4th 1388, 41 Cal.Rptr.2d 80 (Cal. App. 1995):

4 We include certain matters set forth in the complaint but omitted from the first amended complaint. (See Kenworthy v. Brown (1967) 248 Cal.App.2d 298, 302, 56 Cal.Rptr. 461.) We defer to the "Discussion" portion of this opinion a description of appellant's other causes of action.

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