Lim v. City of Los Angeles
Plaintiff Ki Hyun Lim made renovations to a “four-plex†he and his sister owned, but did not comply with building codes or obtain a permit. When he received notices of violation from the housing authorities, he paid a Los Angeles city employee, defendant Eun Chavis, $11,000 to “resolve the subject property’s code violations in a safe and legal way.†He continued to receive citations and then hired a contractor recommended by Chavis, but the contractor did not do the work. Plaintiff filed a claim for damages under the Government Claims Act, the claim was denied, and plaintiff then sued the City of Los Angeles (hereafter the city), Chavis and others.
The city demurred to plaintiff’s second amended complaint. The trial court sustained the city’s demurrer without leave to amend and dismissed the complaint, observing among other things that plaintiff’s government claim was not timely filed. We affirm the judgment of dismissal.
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