

Proc., § 683.020) and may be renewed (Code Civ. A money judgment is enforceable for an initial period of 10 years following entry of the judgment (Code Civ. Nor is the complaint barred by the statute of limitations. The Court of Appeal reversed and found either a motion or a separate action may be serve as the vehicle to add an alter ego defendant. The trial court dismissed the action, believing that adding an alter ego defendant must be done by motion in the original action. Escamilla, (May 4, 2020) -Cal.App.5th-, plaintiff obtained a judgment against a corporation and then filed a separate action to amend the judgment to add the corporation’s alter ego. A plaintiff may also obtain a judgment against a defendant, and then later in the same case file a motion under Code of Civil Procedure section 187 to amend the judgment and add the defendant’s alter ego. In many cases, allegations of alter ego are litigated in the same complaint against the primary defendant. If proven, an alter ego of a defendant is liable to the same extent as the defendant. The alter ego doctrine is one of the few ways to pierce the corporate veil and impose liability against the principles of a corporate entity with limited liability, e.g.
