3234 A letter sent by plaintiff's attorney to a public employee involved in an accident with plaintiff could not satisfy the requirement that a claim be filed against the entity that employed him because it did not indicate that plaintiff was the claimant, provide her address, describe the nature of the accident, identify the persons involved, describe the injury allegedly suffered, indicate that anyone involved in the accident was a public employee, or state the amount claimed, was not directed to the public entity, and could not have been reasonably interpreted to communicate that plaintiff was attempting to file a valid claim.CitationDEL REAL v CITY OF RIVERSIDE (Personal Letter) 95 CA4 761 [See: GovC 900 etseq; Wood v Riverside Gen Hosp 25 CA4 1113, T/AT 7/94; Alliance v City 64 CA4 635, T/AT 7/98; Green v State Center CCD 34 CA4 1348, T/AT 6/95]
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