Court Opinion

ID: 9605413
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 02:36:11.657819+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:11:45.238786
License: Public Domain

VALLEE, J.
I concur in the judgment. I am in agreement with the views expressed by the late Mr. Justice Carter in his dissent and those expressed by former Mr. Justice Edmonds in his dissent, which was concurred in by Mr. Justice Traynor, in Artukovich v. Astendorf, 21 Cal.2d 329, 336, 340 [131 P.2d 831]. Holdings which say that a 1-year-old child must file a claim are to my mind unsound. That is what the decisions hold. However, as a member of an intermediate reviewing court, I am bound by the decision of the majority of the Supreme Court in the Artukovich case and for that reason alone I concur in the judgment. Fortunately, the Legislature, at the last session, in some measure has remedied the condition, but the new legislation does not apply to claims relating to causes of action which accrue prior to its effective date.