Ruggiero v. Los Angeles City Unified School District

Opinion

DUNN, J.

In a class action, petitioners sought the issuance of a writ of mandate to require respondents to compensate them in individually minor sums. Respondents’ return to the petition denied most of its material allegations and pleaded various affirmative defenses including petitioners’ fail ure to file a timely claim; respondents also pleaded six counterclaims. The trial court’s judgment denied issuance of the writ, its conclusions of law stating the petition for the writ is barred by the claims statute appearing in board of education rule 1206 and Government Code section 900 et…