Neal v. City of Blackwell

WILSON, Justice.

The dispositive issue on appeal is whether the trial court correctly ruled that appellant-plaintiff’s cause of action against the City of Blackwell was barred by the six-month statute of limitations set forth in 51 O.S.Supp.1978, § 156(C), governing the filing of claims and actions against political subdivisions under the Oklahoma Political Subdivision Tort Claims Act.

Following her alleged injury of September 3, 1979, the appellant timely filed a written claim with the City of Blackwell in accordance with 51 O.S.Supp.1978, § 151. On November 9, 1979, the city received the…