ORTEGA v. PAJARO VAL. UNIFIED SCH. DIST.

No. H015564.

75 Cal.Rptr.2d 777 (1998)

64 Cal.App.4th 1023

Mona Lisa ORTEGA, et al. Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. PAJARO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DIST, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Sixth District.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing July 10, 1998.

Review Denied September 2, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald Z. Marer, Amy E. Margolin, San Francisco, Manly P. Lerner, San Jose, Jackson Tufts Cole & Black, LLP, Mark S. Collins, San Jose, Collins & Schlothauer, for Plaintiffs.

Thomas R. Fellows, San Jose, Weldon S. Wood, Atherton, Robinson & Wood, Inc., for Defendant.


COTTLE, Presiding Justice.

A teacher employed by defendant Pajaro Valley Unified School District (District) sexually molested a student, plaintiff Mona Lisa Ortega (Mona Lisa), in 1986. The same teacher molested another student, plaintiff Victoria Manley (Victoria), in 1988 and 1989. Neither student filed governmental claims with the District until 1993, the same year they filed the instant action. The trial court ruled in pretrial motions that the plaintiffs'

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