Legal Opinion
Lewis v. City and County of San Francisco
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 18, 1971No. Civ. 27528PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
DRAPER, P. J.
Plaintiffs, the surviving husband and daughter of Ethelena Lewis, seek damages for her wrongful death. Mrs. Lewis was injured in a municipal bus accident July 29, 1965. The complaint alleges that “within the time . . . prescribed by law,” i.e., within 100 days of the injury (Gov. Code, § § 905, 911.2), Mrs. Lewis filed with defendant city and county her claim for damages for her injuries. She died, allegedly as the result of those injuries, on May 9, 1968, some 33 months after her injury. No claim for damages for wrongful death was filed with the city and county, and it…
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