Department of Transportation v. King

I believe that the trial court correctly determined that, although Shenita King’s ante litem notice did not specify in dollars the amount of the loss claimed, the statement in her ante litem notice that she would claim “the full amount of damages allowed by law” was *108sufficient to make the Department aware that she was seeking $1 million, in view of of OCGA § 50-21-29 (b) (1), which caps the amount of damages for a claim under the Georgia Tort Claims Act at $1 million. Accordingly, I respectfully dissent.

Although strict compliance with the Act’s ante litem notice requirements is necessary, and…