Carpenter v. City of St. Petersburg

WHITE, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals a judgment for the defendant city entered on the pleadings in a negligence action. Labeled as a summary final judgment, the appealed order is based on the plaintiff’s failure to give notice to the defendant city in the manner contemplated by Chapter 18896, Laws of Florida 1937. The Special Act in question requires a personal injury claimant to give written notice of his claim to the city within sixty days of the occurrence of the incident giving rise to the claim.

The pedestrian plaintiff was hit by a city owned bus. The only question presented is whether from…