Law Practice
Apr. 20, 2002
More Is Better
Recently, while in L.A. Superior Court on a demurrer hearing, I heard an exasperated judge pose this question: Why do you plaintiffs' lawyers think you have to plead so many different causes of action based on the same fact pattern?
Timothy D. Reuben
Reuben MediationTim Reuben spent more than 40 years handling complex legal disputes in California's state and federal courts. As the founder and managing partner of Reuben Raucher & Blum in Los Angeles, he has worked on a wide range of matters through jury and bench trials, arbitration, mediation, judicial reference, and settlement conferences across multiple areas of civil law, including commercial, real estate, construction, employment, intellectual property, insurance, professional liability, and unfair competition.
Recently, while in L.A. Superior Court on a demurrer hearing, I heard an exasperated judge pose this question: Why do you plaintiffs' lawyers think you have to plead so many different causes of action based on the same fact pattern?
The judge was struggling with a workload which included one 260-page complaint with 86 different causes of action. He pointed out the difference between contract and tort, and both theories just don't always apply. Moreover, he noted that not every...
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