PRETRIAL ADJUDICATION
...Summary Judgment & Summary Adjudication
......Posthearing Possibilities: SJ Denied
.........Mandate Petition
............Writ issued
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Where pleadings deficient for failing to state cause of action, summary judgment may be granted in order to avoid an unnecessary trial.

Writ issued directing super. ct. to vacate denial of D’s summary judgment motion where D established complete defense, i.e., P’s action barred by applicable statute.

Writ issued: SJ proper in libel case where no dispute as to what occurred in judicial proceeding, subject of published statement.

Writ justified to avoid second trial and waste of judicial resources.

Insurer entitled to reconsid. of SJ motion where ct. did not specify one or more facts in controversy and proffered evidence indicated no triable controversy existed.