[DOWNLOAD] "Greenup V. Rodman" by Supreme Court Of California " Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Greenup V. Rodman
- Author : Supreme Court Of California
- Release Date : January 13, 1986
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 64 KB
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As a sanction for wilful and deliberate refusal to obey discovery orders, the trial court in this case struck the answer and entered a default judgment in an amount exceeding the prayer of the complaint. We granted review to consider whether a default judgment entered as a discovery sanction is excepted from the general rule that "if there be no answer" filed, the plaintiff's relief "cannot exceed that which he shall have demanded in his complaint . . . ." (Code Civ. Proc., § 580.)*fn1 We conclude that in all default judgments the demand sets a ceiling on recovery.