Due process prevails. A common mistake is pleading damages (other than as limited in Family/PI/wrongful death cases) according to proof without providing the defendant with a number of possible damages. The result is a default but no money to the plaintiff. The law...
Default Judgments (including for accounting and related damages) remain limited to what is set forth in the pleading (Sass v. Cohen (2019) 32 Cal.App.5th 1032.)
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