Miller v. Boone County Hospital

LAVORATO, Justice.

Iowa Code chapter 613A (1983) governs tort claims against local governments. Section 613A.5 requires a person claiming damages to commence an action within six months after injury or cause a written notice to be presented to the local government within sixty days after injury.1 Thirteen years ago we held that section 613A.5 *777did not deny equal protection of the law by classifying victims of governmental torts differently from victims of private torts. Lunday v. Vogelmann, 213 N.W.2d 904, 908 (Iowa 1973). Victims of governmental torts are subject to the special notice…