DOWELL v. COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA

Docket No. A025851.

173 Cal.App.3d 896 (1985)

219 Cal. Rptr. 341

LOIS ELIZABETH DOWELL, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Five.

October 29, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Peter J. Hinton, Tanya Pashkowski, Hinton & Pashkowski, Joseph P. McMonigle, Robert M. Peterson and Long & Levit for Plaintiff and Appellant.

William H. Staples, Marsha L. Stephenson and Capps, Staples, Ward, Hastings & Dodson for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

KING, J.

In this case we hold that the mailing of a notice of rejection of a claim against a public entity starts the running of the six months within which the claimant must file a court action on the claim, even though the notice neither states the date on which it was mailed nor is accompanied by a proof of service by mail, since the Legislature, in prescribing the form of the notice of rejection in Government Code section...

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