Docket Nos. B108182, B111535, B112258. April 30, 1998. Appeal from Superior Court of Los Angeles County, No. BC148766, Edward M. Ross, Judge. COUNSEL Andra M. Vaccaro, in pro. per., and Douglas Caiafa for Plaintiff and Appellant. Lewis, D'Amato, Brisbois Bisgaard, Joseph K. Hegedus, Gordon J. Calhoun and Douglas R. Irvine for Defendants and Respondents. OPINION VOGEL (C.S.), P.J. — INTRODUCTION Plaintiff and appellant Andra M. Vaccaro brought this action for legal malpractice against defendants and
Docket No. E002108. October 11, 1985. COUNSEL Bruggeman, Smith Peckham and Stephen Miller for Petitioners. No appearance for Respondent. Miller, Madden Theios, Olen G. Miller and John J. Madden, Jr., for Real Party in Interest. OPINION KAUFMAN, J. We issued an alternative writ of mandate to review an order of the San Bernardino Superior Court denying the motion of defendants below to amend their answer to the plaintiff's first amended complaint for "bad faith" to allege a fourth affirmative defense:
(a) Contents of motion A motion to amend a pleading before trial must: (1) Include a copy of the proposed amendment or amended pleading, which must be serially numbered to differentiate it from previous pleadings or amendments; (2) State what allegations in the previous pleading are proposed to be deleted, if any, and where, by page, paragraph, and line number, the deleted allegations are located; and (3) State what allegations are proposed to be added to the previous pleading, if any, and where