Duran

I.

INTRODUCTION

After a car accident, Jesus Duran received medical care at Arrowhead Regional

Medical Center (Arrowhead), a hospital run by the County of San Bernardino (the

County). During a physical therapy session at Arrowhead, Duran fell and broke his

femur. Duran missed the six-month deadline to file a claim with Arrowhead, and

Arrowhead denied his request to file a late claim. He then petitioned the trial court for

leave to file a late claim. The trial court denied his petition and entered judgment against

him on January 31, 2019. The trial court then denied Duran’s motion to vacate the

judgment, and he timely appealed. We affirm.

II.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Duran was in a car accident at some point before September 2018. On September

12, 2018, he was receiving physical therapy at Arrowhead when the therapist dropped

him on the floor. Duran learned a few days later that he fractured his femur when he fell.

He had surgery the following day to treat the fracture and spent about a month and a half

recovering at Arrowhead. He then spent about five weeks at another hospital before

going home, where he was bedridden for about three months.

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