Richards v. Leavitt

We granted the petition for interlocutory appeal brought by the defendant City of Woodland Hills (Woodland Hills) from an order of the trial court denying its motion to dismiss plaintiffs action against it on the ground that plaintiff had failed to comply with notice requirements of the governmental immunity act. We reverse the trial court’s order.

Plaintiff was injured in a collision when her car, descending north on Woodland Hills Drive, entered the intersection of that street with Valley View Drive and broadsided defendant Leavitt’s delivery truck going west on Valley View Drive. In her…