Parenti v. Lifeline Blood Bank

Parenti v. Lifeline Blood Bank (1975) 49 Cal.App.3d 331, grew out of the bizarre tactic of a plaintiff who filed a request for dismissal under section 581, subdivision 1, and then filed a notice of appeal "from a judgment of dismissal entered upon a sustaining of a Demurrer without leave to amend." The appellate court pointed out that there had been no judgment based upon the demurrer and that plaintiff was not entitled to appeal from a voluntary dismissal. Hence the appeal was dismissed.