EBERSOL v. COWAN

Docket No. L.A. 31644.

35 Cal.3d 427 (1983)

673 P.2d 271

197 Cal. Rptr. 601

MARIAN LEE EBERSOL, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. JAMES F. COWAN, as Superintendent, etc., Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

December 30, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Ghitterman, Hourigan, Grossman, Finestone & Perren, Ghitterman, Hourigan, Grossman, Finestone & Schumaker, Steven Z. Perren, Allan Ghitterman and George Benz for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Leonard Sacks, Victoria J. De Goff, Wylie A. Aitken, Harlan Arnold, Glen T. Bashore, Ray Bourhis, Richard D. Bridgman, Edwin Train Caldwell, Robert E. Cartwright, David S. Casey, Jr., Harry J. Delizonna, Douglas K. deVries, Paul A. Eisler, Sanford M. Gage, Ian Herzog, G. Dana Hobert, Stanley K. Jacobs, Harvey R. Levine, John C. McCarthy, Timothy W. Peach, Joseph Posner, Roberta Ritter, John M. Van Dyke, Arne Werchick and Stephen I. Zetterberg as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Ives, Kirwan & Dibble, Martin J. Kirwan and Herbert Jung for Defendant and Respondent.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Nelson Kempsky, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Richard D. Martland, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Marvin Goldsmith, Assistant Attorney General, Seward L. Andrews and Bruce J. Braverman, Deputy Attorneys General, Robert F. Carlson, Joseph A. Montoya, Robert L. Meyer and Robert W. Vidor as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

REYNOSO, J.

Marian Lee Ebersol appeals from an order of the Superior Court of Ventura County denying her relief from the claim presentation requirement of Government Code section 945.4.1 The sole question before us is whether the trial court abused its discretion in concluding that appellant's failure to timely file a claim against respondent Ventura...

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