When can a defendant reject a claim for damages arising out of a motor vehicle accident?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Williams v. Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority, 440 P.2d 497, 68 Cal.2d 599, 68 Cal.Rptr. 297 (Cal. 1968):
1 The latest date on which defendant could have rejected the claim was November 4, 1963; if defendant failed to act on the claim prior to that date, the claim was deemed rejected by operation of law. (See Tubbs v. Southern California Rapid Transit Dist. (1967) 67 A.C. 683, 686--689, 63 Cal.Rptr. 377, 433 P.2d 169.)
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