Jones v. City of Kansas City

MICHAEL A. WOLFF, Judge.

Larry Jones sued Kansas City for injuries from an accident that he claims was caused by the city’s failure to have a stop sign at an intersection instead of a yield sign. Jones claims that the allegedly deficient signage was a “defect” in the condition of the city’s property. Because Jones failed to give the city notice of his claim under section 82.2101 within 90 days of the accident, the trial court granted summary judgment for the city. After opinion in the court of appeals, we granted transfer.

The issue is whether the notice of claim statute bars Jones’s claim. We…