Roberts v. County of Los Angeles

Opinion

ALDRICH, J.

INTRODUCTION

We are asked here to determine whether plaintiff’s suit alleging the negligence of a public entity health care provider must comply with the statutes of limitations in both the Government Claims Act (Gov. Code, § 945.6), involving actions against public entities, and the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA) (Code Civ. Proc., § 340.5), governing medical negligence suits. Patricia Ann Roberts, by her coconservators Eli Starks, Jr., and Lula Lee Starks (plaintiff), met the claim filing deadline contained in Government Code section 945.6 that is the…