What is the test for filing a personal injury claim against a public entity?

Section 911.2 requires that personal injury claims against a public entity be filed "not later than six months after the accrual of the cause of action." The date of accrual of a cause of action marks the starting point for calculating the claims presentation period. ( 901; Mosesian v. County of Fresno (1972) 28 Cal.App.3d 493, 500.) "The general rule for defining the accrual of a cause of action sets the date as the time 'when, under the substantive law, the wrongful act is done,' or the wrongful result occurs, and the consequent 'liability arises.' [Citation.] In other words, it sets the date as the time when the cause of action is complete with all of its elements [citations]the elements being

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