How can i stop propogation to ul/li list elements?

[shortysbest]

when i click on a <li> element the <ul> event toggles.

 

I have tried this code but it doesn't work.

 

$(document).ready(function(){
$("#notifications").click(function(event) { load_notifications();event.stopPropagation()});
});

 

#notifications is the parent ul element.

[Adam]

Can you show the load_notifications() function?

[shortysbest]

forgot to mark as solved.