PRETRIAL ADJUDICATION
...Summary Judgment & Summary Adjudication
......Ruling on Motion
.........Judicially Noticed Documents
2 Cards On This Topic:

Judicial notice not properly taken of the content of a contract with a private bank where the authenticity of the contract was in dispute; SJ for bank improper where P's expert raised triable issues of material fact.

Trial court erred in accepting as true the contents of judicially noticed recorded documents, which included hearsay, and in relying upon the information in determining SJ motion.