What is the standard of review for a motion for judgment on the pleadings?

Instead, the only issue for us to resolve is the propriety of the trial court granting defendant's motion for judgment on the pleadings based on the one-year statute of limitations for attorney misconduct as it applies to plaintiff's cause of action for fraud. ( 340.6.) The standard of review is the same as for reviewing the sustaining of a general demurrer. We accept as true the properly-pleaded allegations of the complaintas well as any facts that may be judicially noticedto determine whether a complaint states, or

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may be amended to state, a valid cause of action. (Crowley v. Katleman (1994) 8 Cal.4th 666, 672.)