HIM v. City and County of San Francisco

Opinion

SIMONS, J.—

Background

Cheat Phay committed suicide in March 2001, while an inpatient of the Acute Psychiatry Service at San Francisco General Hospital. On August 30, 2001, defendant City and County of San Francisco (City) received government tort claims on behalf of plaintiffs Phay Him and Van Nun, the parents of the decedent. On November 19, 2001, representatives of the City purportedly mailed formal notices rejecting the claims to plaintiffs’ counsel. The notices warned that any action on the claims had to be filed within six months of the date the notices were mailed, pursuant to…