PRETRIAL ADJUDICATION
...Summary Judgment & Summary Adjudication
......Opposition Papers
.........Separate Statement Required
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On appeal, grant of summary judgment will not be affirmed on the basis of procedural defects concerning nonmovant's response to separate statement of undisputed facts where trial ct. reached the merits of the motion.

Separate statement not merely a technical requirement, but an indispensable part of summary judgment or adjudication process.