California Court of Appeal

Under Code Civ. Proc. 437c(a), a defendant moving for summary judgment by asserting an affirmative defense must show undisputed facts to support each element of the affirmative defense, rather than just an absence of plaintiff's evidence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/09/2001
• Published 08/09/2001

Judges

• MALLANO, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Law Offices of Morse Mehrban and Morse Mehrban, Los Angeles, for Plaintiff and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Richard M. Frank, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Theodora Berger, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Craig Thompson, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Edward G. Weil and Susan S. Fiering, Deputy Attorneys General, for the State of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Stradling, Yocca, Carlson & Rauth, Randall J. Sherman, Newport Beach, and Adym W. Rygmyr, Long Beach, for Defendants and Respondents.