The following excerpt is from Johnson v. Frauenheim, Case No. 1:18-cv-01477-AWI-BAM (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2020):
control of the plaintiff; and (3) the defendant must not be prejudiced by application of the doctrine (which is normally not a factor since the defendant will have had notice of the first action)." Hull v. Central Pathology Service Med. Clinic, 28 Cal. App. 4th 1328, 1336 (1994).
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