Wilson v. Tri-City Hospital District

Opinion

BENKE, J.

Introduction

In this case we are called upon to interpret the Supreme Court’s recent opinion in Phillips v. Desert Hospital Dist. (1989) 49 Cal.3d 699 [263 Cal.Rptr. 119, 780 P.2d 349] (Phillips). In Phillips the court held that a written notice which alerts a public entity to the existence of a claim for monetary damages and an impending lawsuit but fails to comply substantially with the requirements of the claim presentation statute must be treated by the public entity as a defective “claim” which triggers operation of Government Code sections 910.8, 911 and 911.3. Those…