Legal Opinion
Harrell v. City of Griffin
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided June 27, 2018No. A18A0415PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Rickman, Judge.
Those desiring to file suit for damages against a municipality must provide ante litem notice of the claim to the municipality within six months of the related injury. See OCGA § 36-33-5. Two months after Mary Harrell was involved in an automobile collision with a City of Griffin police officer, an amendment to the ante litem notice requirement, new subsection (e), became effective, thereby requiring that the notice include "the specific amount of monetary damages being sought ... [which] shall constitute an offer of compromise." Ga. L. 2014, p. 125, § 1. Over two months after…
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