McHale

This is an appeal from a judgment of dismissal entered after a demurrer to appellants’ complaint was sustained without leave to amend.

Appellants were injured on April 17, 1977, when their motorcycle collided with an automobile on State Highway 1 in Monterey County. Appellants failed to file a timely claim with the State Board of Control pursuant to Government Code section 911.2, and they therefore sought leave to file a late claim pursuant to Government Code section 911.4. After this claim was denied, appellants sought judicial relief under Government Code section 946.6 which relief was granted by the trial court on March 31, 1978. The order of the court consisted of a minute order finding that appellants had met the requirements of the statute and that they were entitled to file an action against the state without first having filed a timely claim. Copies of this minute order were sent to both counsel. Counsel for appellants thereafter prepared a formal order granting the petition which was signed by the court and filed on April 18, 1978.

Government Code section 946.6, subdivision (f), provides in pertinent part as follows: “If the court makes an order relieving the…