Legal Opinion
Hernandez v. Garcetti
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 14, 1998No. B118244PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
COFFEE, J.
Jovanna Hernandez (appellant) filed a government tort claim for third party spoliation of evidence against respondent Gilbert Garcetti (District Attorney). The claim was denied as untimely under the California Tort Claims Act (Gov. Code, § 900 et seq.), 1 and the trial court denied appellant’s petition for relief under section 946.6. We affirm.
Facts
On August 31, 1996, appellant was a passenger in a Ford Thunderbird driven by her husband. She was seriously injured when he crashed the car. Los Angeles Police Department officers arrested appellant’s husband for driving under the…
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