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DiCAMPLI-MINTZ v. COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA

No. S194501.

55 Cal.4th 983 (2012)

150 Cal. Rptr. 3d 111

289 P.3d 884

HOPE DiCAMPLI-MINTZ, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

December 6, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Campbell, Warburton, Fitzsimmons, Smith, Mendell & Pastore, J. Michael Fitzsimmons and Lisa Jeong Cummins for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Cheong, Denove, Rowell & Bennett and John D. Rowell for Consumer Attorneys of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Miguel Marquez , County Counsel, Lori E. Pegg , Acting County Counsel, Marcy L. Berkman and Melissa R. Kiniyalocts , Deputy County Counsel, for Defendants and Respondents.

Stephen D. Underwood ; Michael M. Youngdahl and Jordan Sheinbaum for CSAC Excess Insurance Authority, California League of Cities and California State Association of Counties as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

CORRIGAN, J. —

Government Code1 section 915, subdivision (a) (section 915(a)), establishes the manner of delivery of a claim against the government. It requires that a claim be presented to a local public entity by "[d]elivering it to the clerk, secretary or auditor," or by mailing it to one of these officials "or to the governing body." Section 915, subdivision (e) (section 915(e)), further provides...

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