Fillable Form Cm-010 - Civil Case Cover Sheet (Page 2 of 2) in pdf

CM-010

INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO COMPLETE THE COVER SHEET

To Plaintiffs and Others Filing First Papers. If you are filing a first paper (for example, a complaint) in a civil case, you must

complete and file, along with your first paper, the Civil Case Cover Sheet contained on page 1. This information will be used to compile

statistics about the types and numbers of cases filed. You must complete items 1 through 6 on the sheet. In item 1, you must check

one box for the case type that best describes the case. If the case fits both a general and a more specific type of case listed in item 1,

check the more specific one. If the case has multiple causes of action, check the box that best indicates the primary cause of action.

To assist you in completing the sheet, examples of the cases that belong under each case type in item 1 are provided below. A cover

sheet must be filed only with your initial paper. Failure to file a cover sheet with the first paper filed in a civil case may subject a party,

its counsel, or both to sanctions under rules 2.30 and 3.220 of the California Rules of Court.

To Parties in Rule 3.740 Collections Cases. A "collections case" under rule 3.740 is defined as an action for recovery of money

owed in a sum stated to be certain that is not more than $25,000, exclusive of interest and attorney's fees, arising from a transaction in

which property, services, or money was acquired on credit. A collections case does not include an action seeking the following: (1) tort

damages, (2) punitive damages, (3) recovery of real property, (4) recovery of personal property, or (5) a prejudgment writ of

attachment. The identification of a case as a rule 3.740 collections case on this form means that it will be exempt from the general

time-for-service requirements and case management rules, unless a defendant files a responsive pleading. A rule 3.740 collections

case will be subject to the requirements for service and obtaining a judgment in rule 3.740.

To Parties in Complex Cases

In complex cases only, parties must also use the Civil Case Cover Sheet to designate whether the

case is complex. If a plaintiff believes the case is complex under rule 3.400 of the California Rules of Court, this must be indicated by

completing the appropriate boxes in items 1 and 2. If a plaintiff designates a case as complex, the cover sheet must be served with the

complaint on all parties to the action. A defendant may file and serve no later than the time of its first appearance a joinder in the

plaintiff's designation, a counter-designation that the case is not complex, or, if the plaintiff has made no designation, a designation that

the case is complex.

CASE TYPES AND EXAMPLES

Provisionally Complex Civil Litigation (Cal.

Contract

Auto Tort

Rules of Court Rules 3.400–3.403)

Auto (22)–Personal Injury/Property

Breach of Contract/Warranty (06)

Antitrust/Trade Regulation (03)

Breach of Rental/Lease

Damage/Wrongful Death

Construction Defect (10)

Contract (not unlawful detainer

Uninsured Motorist (46) (if the

Claims Involving Mass Tort (40)

or wrongful eviction)

case involves an uninsured

Contract/Warranty Breach–Seller

Securities Litigation (28)

motorist claim subject to

Environmental/Toxic Tort (30)

Plaintiff (not fraud or negligence)

arbitration, check this item

Negligent Breach of Contract/

Insurance Coverage Claims

instead of Auto)

(arising from provisionally complex

Warranty

Other PI/PD/WD (Personal Injury/

case type listed above) (41)

Other Breach of Contract/Warranty

Property Damage/Wrongful Death)

Enforcement of Judgment

Collections (e.g., money owed, open

Tort

Enforcement of Judgment (20)

book accounts) (09)

Asbestos (04)

Abstract of Judgment (Out of

Collection Case–Seller Plaintiff

Asbestos Property Damage

County)

Other Promissory Note/Collections

Asbestos Personal Injury/

Confession of Judgment (non-

Case

Wrongful Death

Insurance Coverage (not provisionally

domestic relations)

Product Liability (not asbestos or

complex) (18)

Sister State Judgment

toxic/environmental) (24)

Auto Subrogation

Administrative Agency Award

Medical Malpractice (45)

Other Coverage

(not unpaid taxes)

Medical Malpractice–

Petition/Certification of Entry of

Other Contract (37)

Physicians & Surgeons

Judgment on Unpaid Taxes

Contractual Fraud

Other Professional Health Care

Other Enforcement of Judgment

Malpractice

Other Contract Dispute

Case

Real Property

Other PI/PD/WD (23)

Miscellaneous Civil Complaint

Eminent Domain/Inverse

Premises Liability (e.g., slip

RICO (27)

Condemnation (14)

and fall)

Other Complaint (not specified

Wrongful Eviction (33)

Intentional Bodily Injury/PD/WD

above) (42)

(e.g., assault, vandalism)

Other Real Property (e.g., quiet title) (26)

Declaratory Relief Only

Intentional Infliction of

Writ of Possession of Real Property

Injunctive Relief Only (non-

Emotional Distress

Mortgage Foreclosure

harassment)

Negligent Infliction of

Quiet Title

Mechanics Lien

Emotional Distress

Other Real Property (not eminent

Other Commercial Complaint

Other PI/PD/WD

domain, landlord/tenant, or

Case (non-tort/non-complex)

foreclosure)

Non-PI/PD/WD (Other) Tort

Other Civil Complaint

Unlawful Detainer

Business Tort/Unfair Business

(non-tort/non-complex)

Commercial (31)

Practice (07)

Miscellaneous Civil Petition

Civil Rights (e.g., discrimination,

Residential (32)

Partnership and Corporate

false arrest) (not civil

Drugs (38) (if the case involves illegal

Governance (21)

harassment) (08)

drugs, check this item; otherwise,

Other Petition (not specified

Defamation (e.g., slander, libel)

report as Commercial or Residential)

above) (43)

(13)

Judicial Review

Civil Harassment

Fraud (16)

Asset Forfeiture (05)

Workplace Violence

Intellectual Property (19)

Petition Re: Arbitration Award (11)

Elder/Dependent Adult

Professional Negligence (25)

Writ of Mandate (02)

Abuse

Legal Malpractice

Writ–Administrative Mandamus

Election Contest

Other Professional Malpractice

Writ–Mandamus on Limited Court

Petition for Name Change

(not medical or legal)

Case Matter

Petition for Relief From Late

Other Non-PI/PD/WD Tort (35)

Writ–Other Limited Court Case

Claim

Employment

Review

Other Civil Petition

Wrongful Termination (36)

Other Judicial Review (39)

Other Employment (15)

Review of Health Officer Order

Notice of Appeal–Labor

Commissioner Appeals

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CM-010 [Rev. July 1, 2007]

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