Morrill

This is an appeal by the City of Santa Monica from an order granting plaintiff’s petition for leave to present a claim to the City of Santa Monica pursuant to Government Code, section 716 (as the same existed in March of 1963).

Respondent herein did on March 22, 1963, file a verified petition (dated March 15, 1963) in the Superior Court of Los Angeles County wherein it was set forth among other things that petitioner is the father of a named minor of the age of 12 years, that the child resides with him and has no general or testamentary guardian, that the child was injured on February 3, 1962, on the school grounds of Lincoln Junior High School in Santa Monica at about 4:20 - 4:30 p.m., that the injury was caused in whole or in part by the Santa Monica Unified School District and Santa Monica Department of Recreation, local entities. That the petitioner did not consult with an attorney until September 1962, that shortly after the minor’s injury petitioner had some discussion with a claims representative of two casualty companies and with representatives of the Y.M.C.A. but no one informed petitioner of the necessity of filing a formal claim, that the accident was reported by the…