COURTNEY KNAPP v. PALISADES CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL
Filed 7/24/06
CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION SEVEN
| COURTNEY KNAPP, a Minor, etc., et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. PALISADES CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL et al., Defendants and Respondents. | B185996 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. SC081985) |
APPEAL from a grant of summary judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Joe W. Hilberman, Judge. Affirmed.
Edwin Carney for Plaintiff and Appellant.
Soltman, Levitt & Flaherty, John S. Levitt and Philip J. Bonoli for Defendants and Respondents.
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A visiting student appeals the trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of a charter high school, its teacher and the school district on the ground that she failed to comply with and was not excused from meeting the claim presentation requirements of the Government Claims Act (Gov. Code,[1] § 900 et seq.)[2] The student's contentions are twofold: 1) she substantially complied with the Government Claims Act; and 2) she was excused from filing the claim, because the charter high school failed to file identifying information for listing on the Roster of Public Agencies pursuant to section 53051. Finding no triable issue of material fact, we affirm.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
I. FACTS
The following facts are undisputed. Plaintiff and appellant Courtney Knapp lives with her parents in Pacific Palisades. Defendant and respondent Palisades Charter High School (PCHS), a California corporation[3] whose charter was granted by defendant and respondent Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), is the public high school that serves the area. In February 2004, then 13-year-old Knapp was in the eighth grade at Calvary Christian School (Calvary), a private school. Knapp's parents planned to send her to PCHS for high school upon graduation from Calvary.
On February 6, 2004, PCHS sponsored a â€
