Draper v. City of Los Angeles

Opinion

MOSK, J.

In this case we are called on to decide whether plaintiff, physically unable to file a claim against a governmental entity within 100 days of an accident (Gov. Code, former § 911.2),1 may be denied relief from the Government Code’s claim-filing requirements on the ground that an attorney, purporting to act on her behalf, filed a timely claim against a governmental entity different from the entity plaintiff now seeks to hold liable. The Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court’s denial of relief. On the peculiar facts of this case, we reverse.

Plaintiff, who was 19 years old in…