Insurance Co. of Puerto Rico v. Ruiz Morales

In Mangual v. Superior Court, 88 P.R.R. 475 (1968), we' decided that compliance with the notice requirement in a claim against a municipality within ninety days following the date on which knowledge was had of the damages claimed required by § 96 of the Municipal Law of 1960, 21 L.P.R.A. § 1603, is a condition precedent of strict compliance in order to be able to sue the municipality. We then referred to the purposes underlying the adoption of statutes of this kind, to wit: “1) to give ... an opportunity to investigate the facts giving rise to the claim; 2) to discourage unfounded claims; 3)…