Legal Opinion
Sofranek v. County of Merced
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 17, 2007No. F049379PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
GOMES, J.
The trial court dismissed Michael H. Sofranek’s action against Merced County (the County), the Merced County Sheriff’s Office (Sheriff’s Office) and Mark N. Pazin (collectively respondents) after sustaining respondents’ demurrer to Soffanek’s first amended complaint without leave to amend. Sofranek contends the court erroneously applied the six-month limitations period for bringing a governmental tort claim (Gov. Code, § 945.6), and erred in concluding he could not establish the elements of estoppel. As we shall explain, while we disagree with Soffanek’s first contention, we…
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