Callaham v. Georgia Ports Authority

McFadden, Judge.

Kelvin Callaham appeals the dismissal of his personal injury action against the Georgia Ports Authority. On appeal, he argues that when taken together, two documents, a letter to the Ports Authority’s insurance adjuster and a notice of claim to the Risk Management Division of the Department of Administrative Services, satisfied the ante litem notice requirement of the Georgia Tort Claims Act, OCGA § 50-21-20 etseq. We disagree. OCGA § 50-21-26 (a) (2) of the Act provides that when a person has a tort claim against the state, “a copy [of the person’s notice of claim] shall be…