Ricketts v. State

OPINION

DARDEN, Judge

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Edwin Ricketts appeals the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the State of Indiana.

We affirm.

ISSUE 1

Whether the letter that Ricketts hand-delivered to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles on August 17, 1995, substantially complied with the notice requirements of the Indiana Tort Claims Act.

FACTS

On February 15, 1994, Ricketts received a citation for speeding in Coward, South Carolina. On March 3, 1994, the citation was amended to a lesser violation of careless operation of a vehicle, a non-moving, no-point violation. On January 23, 1995, the…