Otero v. City of Hialeah

Hilda Otero appeals a final summary judgment entered in favor of defendant, City of Hialeah, for failure to comply with section 768.28, Florida Statutes (1997). We reverse.

Contrary to the City’s assertion, it is of no moment that the address on the notice, the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, was not the precise location of the incident; rather, the incident occurred in front of the Immaculate Conception School.

[A] just claim, if one exists, should not be denied by the application of strained constructions and the imposition of requirements for minute detail where an examination of the…