What is the standard of review on appeal from a dismissal?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Ferguson v. Bank of Am., N.A., E064100 (Cal. App. 2017):
Ferguson seeks review of the previous orders only to the extent they sustain demurrers, not in denying leave to amend. " 'A demurrer tests the legal sufficiency of factual allegations in a complaint.' (Rakestraw v. California Physicians' Service (2000) 81 Cal.App.4th 39, 42.) The standard of review on appeal from a dismissal after an order sustaining a demurrer is well established. '[W]e review the order de novo, exercising our independent judgment about whether the complaint states a cause of action as a matter of
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