In the context of the California Vehicle Accident Prevention Act, how have courts interpreted the statute to encourage the joining of claims?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Dagodag v. Dagodag, B264192, B264667 (Cal. App. 2016):
In order to advance the statute's purpose of avoiding a multiplicity of actions, we liberally construe the statute to encourage the joining of claims when appropriate. (Ranchers Bank v. Pressman (1971) 19 Cal.App.3d 612, 619-620 [discussing predecessor statute]; Align Technology, supra, 179 Cal.App.4th at pp. 959-960.)
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