Legal Opinion
Gonzales v. County of Merced
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 4, 1963No. Civ. 176PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN (R. M.), J.
This is an appeal from an order granting respondent’s petition to file a claim pursuant to Government Code section 716 after the expiration of the 100-day filing period (Gov. Code, §715).
The respondent, then 21 years of age, was injured on June 25,1961, in striking his head while diving into Lake Yosemite. Immediately thereafter he was paralyzed from the chest downward, fracturing his cervical spine with resulting quadriplegia. The respondent has been continuously hospitalized since the accident, confined in a Stryker frame, is conscious but unable to write.
Respondent, being…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Farrell v. County of PlacerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1944
- Berry v. ChaplinCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1946
- Quinn v. Recreation Park Assn.California Supreme Court · 1935
- Biancoviso v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1955
- Clavey v. LordCalifornia Supreme Court · 1891
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Tammen v. County of San DiegoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1967
- Viles v. State of CaliforniaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1967
- Wozniak v. Peninsula HospitalCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1969
- Keller v. County of SomersetNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1975
- Nilsson v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1967
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