Colburn v. Ozaukee County

The incident or accident on which the claim of county tort liability is based in this case took place after the judicial abrogation in this state of governmental immunity as to torts, 1 but before the legislative setting of maximum damage limits and requirement of notice of injury within one hundred twenty days to the governmental subdivision involved. 2

As to this interim period between the court’s decision (in the Holytz Case) and the legislature’s action (sec. 895.43), we deal with two statutes in interpreting the document filed by plaintiffs with defendant. One provides for a “notice of…