Bell Hospital Corp. v. New Aid Medical
Plaintiffs and appellants Bell Hospital Corporation (Bell Hospital) and American Cardiocare Medical Center, Inc. (American Cardiocare) sued two sets of defendants: a corporation and related individuals that instituted nonjudicial foreclosure proceedings on real property located in Long Beach; and the trustee company that processed the foreclosure, plus one of its employees. After plaintiffs failed to obtain a preliminary injunction to stop the foreclosure, they filed a First Amended Complaint to which all defendants demurred. Counsel for plaintiffs failed to timely oppose the demurrer filed by the first set of defendants and then failed to appear at the hearing on that demurrer. The trial court struck plaintiffs’ untimely opposition, sustained the demurrer without leave to amend, advanced the hearing date on the demurrer filed by the second set of defendants, and dismissed the action in its entirety. We consider whether dismissal of the suit was proper, which requires us to asse
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