Williams v. Mariposa County Unified Sch. Dist.

This is an appeal from an order entered in a proceeding commenced pursuant to section 946.6 of the Government Code denying the petition of a minor and the minor’s mother for an order relieving each of them from the obligation of filing a claim with a public entity as required by sections 911.2 and 945.4.

I

On March 12, 1976, plaintiff Dennis Williams (hereafter referred to as the minor), who was then eight years old, was injured when shortly after exiting a school bus he was struck by an automobile. At the time the minor was a student of defendant Mariposa County Unified School District (hereafter referred to as defendant), and on the day in question he was participating in a field trip that was being conducted by defendant at California State University of Fresno. It was alleged that the injury occurred when employees of defendant negligently permitted the minor to exit the school bus in a parking lot adjacent to the university.

On October 6, 1976, the minor’s mother, plaintiff Opal Williams (hereafter referred to as plaintiff), for the first time consulted an attorney about the accident. Plaintiff again met with the same attorney on December 3, 1976, at which time…