*654*328Plaintiff Jorge Fierro filed the underlying action against defendant Landry's Restaurant Inc.,1 seeking remedies for what Fierro alleges to be Landry's' violations of specified California labor laws and wage orders. Fierro asserts claims on behalf of himself and on behalf of a class of individuals that he alleges is similarly situated. Landry's demurred to the complaint on the basis that each of the causes of action was barred by the applicable statute of limitations.

As to Fierro's individual claims, the trial court overruled the demurrer, concluding that the statute of limitations defense did not appear affirmatively on the face of the complaint. As to the class claims, the trial court sustained the demurrer without leave to amend on the basis that a prior class action with identical class claims against Landry's had been dismissed for failure to bring the case to trial in five years as required by Code of Civil Procedure 2 sections 583.310 and 583.360.3 Under the "death knell" doctrine, Fierro appeals from that portion of the order sustaining without leave to amend the demurrer to the class claims.4

*329The trial court erred. As we explain, from the record presented, we do not know the basis of the dismissal of the prior action; and, in any event, because the dismissal of the prior action is not final for purposes of res judicata or collateral estoppel, it cannot form the basis of a defense to the class claims in the present action. As we further explain, because we agree with the trial court that the statute of limitations defense does not appear affirmatively on the face of the complaint, *655there is no alternative basis on which to affirm the dismissal of the class claims. Accordingly, we will reverse and remand with instructions to enter an order overruling Landry's' demurrer in its entirety.

I.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND5

In this appeal following the sustaining of a demurrer, we assume the truth of the properly pleaded factual allegations, facts that reasonably can be inferred from those expressly pleaded, and matters of which judicial notice has been taken. ( Schifando v. City of Los Angeles (2003) 31 Cal.4th 1074, 1081, 6 Cal.Rptr.3d 457, 79 P.3d 569.)

In the present case, without identifying any specific document, the trial court took judicial notice "of the documents pertaining to the matter known *330as Martinez v. Joe's Crab Shack , L.A. Superior Court Case No. BC377269 [2016 WL 4958175] [ ( Martinez ) ]." The appellant's appendix contains a request for judicial notice filed by Fierro in support of his opposition to Landry's' demurrer. Fierro requested that the trial court judicially notice certain documents, each of which pertains to the Martinez action. Based on Landry's' trial court briefing and the register of actions provided in appellant's appendix, however, we learned that Landry's also filed a request for judicial notice in support of its demurrer-a document not in the record. Accordingly, we ordered the superior court file and, on our own motion, augmented the record to include Landry's request for judicial notice filed November 16, 2016. ( Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.155(c), (a).) Landry's also requested that the trial court judicially notice certain documents which pertain to Martinez . ( Rule 8.155(c), (a).)

We take judicial notice of the same Martinez documents that were judicially noticed by the trial court.6 ( Evid. Code, § 459, subd. (a).)

A. The Martinez Action7

In September 2007, Roberto Martinez filed the Martinez action, seeking to represent *656a class of salaried managerial employees who worked at Joe's Crab Shack restaurants in California. In three causes of action, Martinez alleged claims for: overtime pay on the basis that class members had been misclassified as exempt employees; and violations of law or regulations related to meal and rest periods and to wage statements. Martinez identified the original defendant as Joe's Crab Shack, Inc., and in a March 2008 amendment substituted Landry's Restaurant, Inc., for Doe 2.

In an October 2008 first amended complaint, Martinez, individually and on behalf of a class of unnamed members, asserted six causes of action against Joe's Crab Shack, Inc.

In March 2010, the Martinez trial court denied without prejudice Martinez's motion for class certification on the ground that Martinez was not an adequate class representative. Martinez did not appeal that order.

*331On the same day, the court allowed Martinez to file a second amended complaint that named Martinez, Lisa Saldana, and Steven Kauffman as the plaintiffs and class representatives and named Joe's Crab Shack, Inc., as the defendant.

In a November 2010 third amended complaint, the court allowed Craig Eriksen and Chanel Rankin-Stephens to join Martinez, Saldana, and Kauffman as named plaintiffs and class representatives against defendant Joe's Crab Shack, Inc. By the time of the plaintiffs' motion to certify the class in June 2011, Kauffman was no longer a plaintiff, and the defendants included Crab Addison, Inc., Ignite Restaurant Group, Inc., and Landry's Restaurants, Inc.8

Martinez, Saldana, Eriksen, and Rankin-Stephens moved to certify a plaintiff class consisting of " '[a]ll persons employed by Defendants in California as a salaried restaurant employee in a Joe's Crab Shack restaurant at any time since September 7, 2003.' " In May 2012, the Martinez court denied the motion, ruling that the plaintiffs had failed to establish: that their claims were typical of the class; that they could adequately represent the class; that common questions predominated the claims; and that a class action was the superior means of resolving the litigation.

The Martinez plaintiffs appealed, and in November 2014 the Court of Appeal reversed the order denying class certification, in a published opinion, Martinez v. Joe's Crab Shack Holdings (2014) 231 Cal.App.4th 362, 179 Cal.Rptr.3d 867. The appellate court directed that, on remand, the trial court reconsider, consistent with specified authority that classwide relief is the preferred method of resolving wage and hour claims, whether class certification in Martinez would provide a superior method of resolving the plaintiffs' claims. ( Id. at p. 384, 179 Cal.Rptr.3d 867.)

By judgment filed in August 2016, the Martinez court dismissed with prejudice all of the claims in the Martinez action and awarded costs to the three named defendants. We do not know what, if anything, happened to the class claims in Martinez prior to the dismissal.9 The Martinez *657plaintiffs (Martinez, Saldana, Eriksen, and Rankin-Stephens) appealed from the judgment of dismissal in October 2016. Fierro tells us that this appeal is still pending. *332B. Fierro's Present Action

Within days of the dismissal of Martinez , Fierro filed the present action on August 29, 2016. Fierro asserts individual and class claims based on the underlying allegation that Landry's "improperly and illegally mis[ ]classified" Fierro and the members of the class "as 'exempt' managerial/executive employees when, in fact, they were 'non-exempt' non-managerial employees according to California law." According to Fierro, under theories alleged in five causes of action, this misclassification entitles him and the class he seeks to represent to recover unpaid wages and penalties. Fierro defines the alleged class as: "All California based salaried restaurant employees 1) who worked at any time from September 7, 2003 until the date of class certification at any of the restaurants in the State of California owned, operated and/or acquired by defendants." (Sic .)

Fierro alleges that he worked for Landry's as a salaried restaurant employee "within four years prior to the filing of" the Martinez action.10 As particularly relevant to the issues presented to the trial court and briefed by the parties on appeal, Fierro affirmatively alleges in the complaint:

"The filing of [the Martinez action] on September 7, 2007[,] has tolled the statute of limitations as to [Fierro] and the class he seeks to represent . The class period covered by this Complaint based on the tolling of the statute by [ Martinez ] is September 7, 2003[,] to the present." (Italics added.)

Landry's describes the present action as Fierro's attempt "to revive the same class claims from Martinez covering the exact same class period."

Disagreeing with Fierro's allegation regarding the tolling of the applicable statutes of limitations, Landry's demurred to each cause of action in Fierro's complaint on the basis that each "is barred by the statute of limitations."11 In support, Landry's presented two arguments as to the class claims, both of which it repeats on appeal.

*333First, Landry's acknowledges that the filing of a class action tolls the running of the applicable statutes of limitations as to the individual claims of all putative class members until class certification is denied-after which time all unnamed class *658members may either seek to intervene in the surviving individual case or file a new action. Our Supreme Court has summarized this tolling principle as follows: "[U]nder limited circumstances, if class certification is denied, the statute of limitations is tolled from the time of commencement of the suit to the time of denial of certification for all purported members of the class who either make timely motions to intervene in the surviving individual action ( [ American Pipe & Construction Co. v. Utah (1974) 414 U.S. 538, 552-553, 94 S.Ct. 756, 38 L.Ed.2d 713] [ ( American Pipe ) ] ), or who timely file their individual actions ( Crown, Cork &Seal Co. v. Parker (1983) 462 U.S. 345, 350 [103 S.Ct. 2392, 76 L.Ed.2d 628] )." ( Jolly v. Eli Lilly & Co. (1988) 44 Cal.3d 1103, 1119, 245 Cal.Rptr. 658, 751 P.2d 923 ( Jolly ).) California courts apply this doctrine, often referring to it as " American Pipe tolling." (See, e.g., Falk v. Children's Hospital Los Angeles (2015) 237 Cal.App.4th 1454, 188 Cal.Rptr.3d 686 ( Falk ); Bangert v. Narmco Materials, Inc. (1984) 163 Cal.App.3d 207, 209 Cal.Rptr. 438.) Landry's position on appeal is that, upon a proper application of American Pipe tolling, only the statutes of limitations on Fierro's individual claims can be tolled; in particular, the statutes of limitations on Fierro's class claims have run and the class claims are time-barred.

Second, according to Landry's, regardless of the application of American Pipe tolling, the class claims fail for another reason. Landry's argues that, because the Martinez action-including the class claims-was dismissed for failure to bring the action to trial within five years under section 538.310 et seq., the class claims cannot be resurrected in a new action. Landry's contends that American Pipe tolling is an equitable doctrine that does not affect the express statutory language which makes a dismissal under section 538.360 "mandatory and ... not subject to extension, excuse, or exception except as expressly provided by statute," upon the requisite showing. (§ 538.360, subd. (b).)

Following an opposition by Fierro, a reply by Landry's, and oral argument, the superior court overruled the demurrer as to Fierro's individual claims and sustained the demurrer without leave to amend as to Fierro's class claims. After applying American Pipe tolling, the court determined that Landry's did not establish as a matter of law that the pertinent statutes of limitations barred any of Fierro's claims.12 On this basis, the court overruled Landry's' demurrer as to Fierro's individual claims. With regard to Fierro's class claims, however, the court ruled that, regardless whether American Pipe tolling might *334apply to preclude the running of the statutes of limitations, the Martinez court's section 583.360 dismissal for failure to prosecute was a "determination that [the] class action is now barred" and "there is no authority to revive the dismissed class claims in [this] subsequent lawsuit."

Fierro timely appealed from the February 3, 2017 order overruling the demurrer as to Fierro's individual claims and sustaining the demurrer without leave to amend as to Fierro's class claims. Under the death knell doctrine, we have jurisdiction to review that portion of the order sustaining the demurrer as to the class claims. (See fn. 4, ante .)

II.

DISCUSSION

The sole issue on appeal is whether the trial court erred in sustaining without *659leave to amend the class claims in the complaint.

"In reviewing an order sustaining a demurrer, we examine the operative complaint de novo to determine whether it alleges facts sufficient to state a cause of action under any legal theory." ( T.H. v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. (2017) 4 Cal.5th 145, 162, 226 Cal.Rptr.3d 336, 407 P.3d 18.) On appeal, we review the trial court's ruling, not the reasons stated for the ruling. ( Rappleyea v. Campbell (1994) 8 Cal.4th 975, 980-981, 35 Cal.Rptr.2d 669, 884 P.2d 126 ( Rappleyea ) [even where trial court's legal reasoning is erroneous, the ruling will be affirmed if it can be supported by any legal theory]; Davey v. Southern Pacific Co. (1897) 116 Cal. 325, 329-330, 48 P. 117 [same].) The rationale for this consideration is that there can be no prejudice from an error in logic or reasoning if the decision itself is correct. ( Mike Davidov Co. v. Issod (2000) 78 Cal.App.4th 597, 610, 92 Cal.Rptr.2d 897.)

As we explain, the trial court erred in applying the section 583.360 dismissal of the Martinez action as a bar to Fierro's class claims. As we further explain, on the present record, Landry's did not establish as a matter of law that the applicable statutes of limitation barred Fierro's class claims.

A. The Dismissal of the Martinez Action Is Not a Basis on Which to Have Dismissed the Class Claims in the Present Action

The trial court ruled that, because the Martinez court dismissed the same class claims as Fierro alleges in the present action pursuant to section 583.360 (for failure to have brought the action to trial within five years, in violation of § 583.310 ), the class claims in the present action are barred. As proffered by *335Landry's and accepted by the trial court, the reasoning behind such a ruling is that the equitable principles associated with the application of American Pipe tolling cannot revive claims that were dismissed under a statute that does not allow for exceptions unless "expressly provided by statute ." ( § 583.360, subd. (b), italics added ["The requirements of this article are mandatory and are not subject to extension, excuse, or exception except as expressly provided by statute."].)

Neither the facts nor the law supports the trial court's ruling.

Factually, the record does not suggest-let alone establish by properly pleaded factual allegations or matters of which judicial notice has been taken-that the Martinez action was dismissed under section 583.360. In the trial court and on appeal, both Landry's and Fierro state that the failure to prosecute was the basis of the dismissal in Martinez . However, in support of this statement on appeal, both Landry's and Fierro cite exclusively to the Martinez judgment which provides only that the claims were "dismissed with prejudice"; there is no mention of the basis of the dismissal.13 Thus, because the record does not contain substantial evidence to support a finding that the Martinez action was dismissed under section 583.360 for *660failure to prosecute, the trial court erred in sustaining the demurrer on this basis.

That said, Fierro, Landry's, and the trial court all have proceeded with the understanding that the Martinez action was dismissed under section 583.360 for failure to have brought the action to trial within five years. Even if we assume that the record supports that factual understanding, the result is no different as a matter of law for at least two independent reasons.

First, a "judgment dismissing the prior action for want of prosecution is not one upon the merits [citations] and it does not bar a subsequent action upon the same cause." ( Lord v. Garland (1946) 27 Cal.2d 840, 850, 168 P.2d 5 ( Lord ).) That is because "under California law, a dismissal for failure to prosecute is not a final judgment on the merits." ( Hardy v. America's Best Home Loans (2014) 232 Cal.App.4th 795, 803, 181 Cal.Rptr.3d 685 ( Hardy ).14 ) More to the point, a judgment of dismissal based on the failure to *336prosecute is not a final judgment for purposes of res judicata or collateral estoppel . ( Hardy , at p. 803, 181 Cal.Rptr.3d 685 ; accord, fn. 14, ante .) Here, because we are proceeding under the assumption that the Martinez judgment of dismissal was based on a failure to prosecute, the judgment does not bar Fierro's class claims.

Second, "a judgment that is on appeal is not final for purposes of applying the doctrines of [res judicata and collateral estoppel]." ( Boblitt v. Boblitt (2010) 190 Cal.App.4th 603, 606, 118 Cal.Rptr.3d 788 ( Boblitt ).) Here, because the Martinez judgment was on appeal at the time the court in the present action sustained Landry's' demurrer to the class claims, the judgment did not bar Fierro's claims.

For the foregoing reasons, the trial court erred in ruling that, based on the dismissal of the Martinez action, section 583.310 et seq. bar the class claims in the present action.15

B. Application of American Pipe Tolling Is Not a Basis on Which to Dismiss the Class Claims in the Present Action

Because we review the ruling of the trial court, not the reasons therefor ( Rappleyea, supra , 8 Cal.4th at pp. 980-981, 35 Cal.Rptr.2d 669, 884 P.2d 126 ), we next consider Landry's' argument on appeal that, upon proper application of American Pipe tolling, the pertinent statutes of limitation bar Fierro's class claims.

In the complaint, Fierro alleges that the filing of the Martinez action on September 7, 2007, "has tolled the statute of limitations as to [Fierro] and the class he seeks *661to represent. The class period covered by this Complaint based on the tolling of the statute by [ Martinez ] is September 7, 2003[,] to the present." Without tolling, according to Landry's, the applicable statutes of limitation bar each of the class claims Fierro alleges in his complaint.

Before we determine whether application of the American Pipe tolling doctrine saves the class claims, we summarize the relevant events and the specific dates on which they occurred, as follows:

*337• September 7, 2007-Martinez files the Martinez action;

• March 12, 2010-the Martinez trial court denies without prejudice Martinez's motion to certify the plaintiff class on the basis that he is not an adequate class representative;

• March 12, 2010-Martinez files a second amended complaint adding two new plaintiff class representatives, Saldana and Kauffman;16

• November 23, 2010-Martinez, Saldana, and Kauffman file a third amended complaint adding two named plaintiff class representatives, Eriksen and Rankel-Stephens;17

• May 23, 2012-the Martinez court denies the plaintiffs' motion to certify the class;

• July 13, 2012-the Martinez plaintiffs appeal from the order denying their motion to certify the class;

• November 10, 2014-the Court of Appeal reverses the order denying class certification and directs the Martinez court to reconsider whether to certify the class under a different standard;

• August 24, 2016-the Martinez court enters a judgment dismissing the action with prejudice; and

• August 29, 2016-Fierro files the present action

We have assumed that the applicable statutes of limitations for the claims in Fierro's complaint are between one and four years. (See fn. 10, ante .)

Landry's argument on appeal is straightforward: Once the Martinez court denied Martinez's initial motion to certify the plaintiff class in March 2010 , the statutes of limitations on Fierro's class claims began to run; and Fierro did not file the present action until August 2016 , more than four years later.18

*338Landry's relies on the following language from Jolly, supra, 44 Cal.3d 1103, 245 Cal.Rptr. 658, 751 P.2d 923 : "[U]nder limited circumstances, if class certification is denied, the statute of limitations is tolled from the time of commencement of the suit to the time of denial of certification for all purported members of the class...." ( Id. at p. 1119, 245 Cal.Rptr. 658, 751 P.2d 923, italics added.) In particular, Landry's contends that *662American Pipe tolling is not extended either by an appeal from an order denying class certification or by the filing of an amended complaint following an order denying class certification. We disagree.

Two policy considerations underlie whether American Pipe tolling will apply. ( Jolly, supra, 44 Cal.3d at pp. 1121-1122, 245 Cal.Rptr. 658, 751 P.2d 923 ; Falk, supra, 237 Cal.App.4th at p. 1466, 188 Cal.Rptr.3d 686.) They are: (1) whether, after the denial of class certification, the failure to protect unnamed class members from a statute of limitations defense might induce the potential class members to intervene or to file their own actions, thereby reducing the efficiency and economy of litigation intended under the class action procedure; and (2) whether, prior to the running of the applicable statute of limitations, the initial class action gives the defendant general notice of the claims and the number of potential plaintiffs. ( Jolly , at p. 1121, 245 Cal.Rptr. 658, 751 P.2d 923 ; Falk , at p. 1466, 188 Cal.Rptr.3d 686.) If there is a sufficient showing that the application of American Pipe tolling would both protect the efficiency and economy of the litigation under the class action procedure and protect the defendant from unfair claims, then "the purposes of the statute of limitations would not be violated by a decision to toll." ( Jolly , at p. 1121, 245 Cal.Rptr. 658, 751 P.2d 923, citing American Pipe, supra, 414 U.S. at pp. 554-555, 94 S.Ct. 756.)

We must consider these potentially conflicting policies-i.e., protecting the overall efficiency and economy of litigation, on the one hand, and protecting the defendant from unfair (even if arguably tardy) claims, on the other hand-in the context of the procedures involved. Here, we are concerned with the effect of an appeal and the effect of an amended complaint on the amount of time that will be tolled.

Citing federal authorities, Landry's argues that American Pipe tolling ends upon the trial court's initial denial of class certification; i.e., tolling does not continue during the pendency of an appeal from the order denying certification. (See, e.g., Giovanniello v. ALM Media, LLC (2d Cir. 2013) 726 F.3d 106, 117 [" '[a]fter a district court's determination of whether an action may be maintained as a class action, the class is no longer putative: having been subjected to a legal decision, the class is either extant or not' "].)

*339Critically, in federal court, the trial court's denial of class certification is an interlocutory order, not reviewable as of right until after the entry of final judgment. (See Coopers & Lybrand v. Livesay (1978) 437 U.S. 463, 476-477, 98 S.Ct. 2454, 57 L.Ed.2d 351.) In contrast, in California state court, the death knell doctrine allows an immediate appeal of the trial court's denial of class certification (or the trial court's dismissal of class claims). (See fn. 4, ante .)

The two court systems also treat an order denying class certification differently for purposes of the bar associated with res judicata or collateral estoppel. In federal court, "a judgment or order, once rendered, is final for purposes of res judicata until reversed on appeal or modified or set aside in the court of rendition." ( Martin v. Martin (1970) 2 Cal.3d 752, 761, 87 Cal.Rptr. 526, 470 P.2d 662.) In contrast, in California, while an appeal is pending (or the time to appeal has not yet expired), a judgment or order is not final for purposes of res judicata or collateral estoppel. ( Pellissier v. Title Guarantee & Trust Co. (1929) 208 Cal. 172, 184, 280 P. 947 ; Boblitt, supra, 190 Cal.App.4th at p. 606, 118 Cal.Rptr.3d 788.)

The point of these distinctions is to emphasize that the federal cases on which Landry's relies are based on federal procedure *663that is contrary to California law.19 Accordingly, the policies that we are to consider in deciding whether to apply American Pipe tolling to this case lead to different results under federal and California law.

In the federal system, because there can be no appellate review of an order denying class certification until after entry of a final judgment in the class action, there can be years of delay-including potentially a trial on the merits of the individual claims-before the parties have the benefit of appellate review of the denial of class certification. Under such a procedure, the policy of protecting the efficiency and economy of litigation is not furthered by the continuation of tolling-first, pending resolution of the remaining claims in the trial court and, then, pending review and disposition in the appellate court.

In contrast, in our state system, the death knell doctrine allows the parties the benefit of immediate appellate review of an order denying class certification. This procedure advances the efficiency and economy of class action *340litigation. Stated differently, neither efficiency nor economy will result if, upon the denial of class certification, an unnamed class member is required either to seek intervention in the individual action that remains in the trial court or to file a new action while an immediate appeal of the order denying class certification is pending . Thus, in both the state and federal systems, once the trial court denies certification, the putative class member is on notice that he or she must take action to protect his or her rights; however, in the state system, there is a right to immediate review of that decision, and to deny American Pipe tolling under such circumstances is to encourage a multiplicity of actions-i.e., to encourage inefficiency and expense-before the order denying class certification is final.

The differences between the two court systems, which directly affect the efficiency and economy of litigation, are further illustrated by the fact that federal courts "frequently allow successive class certification motions where a previous motion is denied ... because courts have 'broad discretion' in revisiting class certification before final judgment." ( Santomenno v. Transamerica Life Ins. Co. (C.D. Cal. 2016) 316 F.R.D. 295, 302, vacated on other grounds (9th Cir. 2018) 883 F.3d 833 ; see Armstrong v. Davis (9th Cir. 2001) 275 F.3d 849, 867, abrogated on other grounds by Johnson v. California (2005) 543 U.S. 499, 125 S.Ct. 1141, 160 L.Ed.2d 949 ). In contrast, in California, because the denial of a class certification motion is appealable, successive motions for class certification are not allowed. ( Safaie v. Jacuzzi Whirlpool Bath, Inc. (2011) 192 Cal.App.4th 1160, 1170-1171, 122 Cal.Rptr.3d 344.)

With regard to the second policy (of protecting the defendant from unfair claims), the defendant receives the notice of the claims and potential plaintiffs at the same time in both court systems-namely, when the defendant receives a copy of the class action complaint. Thus, since American Pipe tolling is authorized (in both *664federal and state courts) in certain circumstances, the determination has already been made that this policy consideration is satisfied. Extending the amount of time the class claims are tolled in the event of an appeal does not significantly affect this consideration.

Accordingly, for purposes of deciding when time is subject to American Pipe tolling, we conclude that, under California law, American Pipe tolling applies to the dismissed class claims during the pendency of an appeal from an order sustaining without leave to amend a demurrer to the class claims in a complaint.

Likewise, under the specific facts of this case-namely, where the trial court denied a motion to certify a plaintiff class on the basis that the named plaintiff was not an adequate class representative and, instead of appealing *341the order, the named plaintiff amended the complaint in an effort to provide an adequate class representative- American Pipe tolling recommences upon the filing of the amended complaint.20 Under La Sala v. American Sav. & Loan Assn. (1971) 5 Cal.3d 864, 97 Cal.Rptr. 849, 489 P.2d 1113, if the trial court finds the named plaintiffs to be inadequate class representatives, the court "should at least afford plaintiffs the opportunity to amend their complaint ... to add new individual plaintiffs ... in order to establish a suitable representative." ( Id. at p. 872, 97 Cal.Rptr. 849, 489 P.2d 1113.) Unless American Pipe tolling applies upon the filing of an amended complaint in which new class representatives are presented, once the court rules that that the originally named plaintiff is not an adequate class representative, the plaintiff will have no incentive to attempt to efficiently and economically replace the inadequate representative. Instead, the inadequate plaintiff class representative would be forced to appeal or to abandon the class claims.

Finally, based on the foregoing legal rulings, we will apply American Pipe tolling to the class claims in the present case. The only time during which the class claims were not tolled is between August 24, 2016 (dismissal of the Martinez action), and August 29, 2016 (filing of the present action).21 Needless to say, during those *665three days, none of the one- to four-year statutes of limitation ran on the class claims. Our application of *342American Pipe tolling is based on and necessarily limited to the record on appeal and the standard of review of an order sustaining a demurrer without leave to amend.

DISPOSITION

That portion of the trial court's order sustaining Landry's' demurrer without leave to amend as to Fierro's class claims is reversed, and on remand the court is instructed to enter an order overruling that portion of Landry's' demurrer directed to the class claims. Fierro is awarded costs on appeal. ( Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.278(a)(2).)

WE CONCUR:

HUFFMAN, Acting P.J.

HALLER, J.