STATE v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. S114171.

13 Cal.Rptr.3d 534 (2004)

90 P.3d 116

32 Cal.4th 1234

The STATE of California et al., Petitioners, v. The SUPERIOR COURT of Kings County, Respondent; Patricia BODDE, Individually and as Special Administrator, etc., Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

May 24, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Allen R. Crown, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Paul D. Gifford and Frances T. Grunder, Assistant Attorneys General, James E. Flynn and David A. Carrasco, Deputy Attorneys General, for Petitioners.

Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard and Jonathan P. Hobbs, Sacramento, for League of California Cities and California State Association of Counties as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.

Rockard J. Delgadillo, City Attorney (Los Angeles), Katherine J. Hamilton, Assistant City Attorney, and Lisa S. Berger, Deputy City Attorney, for City of Los Angeles as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Law Office of Kim D. Scovis, Kim D. Scovis and Jenny Scovis, Thousand Oaks, for Real Party in Interest.


BROWN, J.

As part of the California Tort Claims Act, Government Code section 900 et seq.1 establishes certain conditions precedent to the filing of a lawsuit against a public entity. As relevant here, a plaintiff must timely file a claim for money or damages with the public entity. (§ 911.2.) The failure to do so bars the plaintiff from bringing suit against that entity. (§ 945...

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