{"id":782,"date":"2016-05-20T07:29:41","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T12:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.illinoisinjurylawyerblog.net\/?p=782"},"modified":"2018-04-12T12:40:14","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T17:40:14","slug":"court-finds-oral-notice-insufficient-comply-notice-requirement-claim-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/court-finds-oral-notice-insufficient-comply-notice-requirement-claim-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Court Finds Oral Notice Insufficient to Comply with Notice Requirement of Claim Against City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes, even when an individual has a valid claim, a failure to comply with procedural requirements can destroy one\u2019s case. In a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/maine\/supreme-court\/2016\/2016-me-56.html\" target=\"_blank\">case<\/a>, one man\u2019s claim came to a halt after he failed to provide written notice within the required period.<\/p>\n<p>The plaintiff fell down a set of stairs at City Hall and had to go to the emergency room for injuries he suffered as a result. He alleged\u00a0that he tripped on an uneven stair tread. Almost six months later, the man spoke to an officer in the finance department at City Hall about his fall and medical expenses. A few weeks later, he provided the city with written notice that he was filing a claim, and he filed a claim against the city a few months later.<\/p>\n<p>The city argued that the plaintiff filed his claim too late, since\u00a0he filed his written notice after 180 days. Under state law, a written notice of claim against a governmental entity had to be filed within 180 days of the incident. The plaintiff argued that he complied with the statute, since\u00a0although his notice was filed after 180 days, he had spoken to a city official beforehand, and they were aware of the incident and were not prejudiced as a result.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/court-finds-oral-notice-insufficient-comply-notice-requirement-claim-city\/#more-782\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes, even when an individual has a valid claim, a failure to comply with procedural requirements can destroy one\u2019s case. In a recent case, one man\u2019s claim came to a halt after he failed to provide written notice within the required period. 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