Tice v. Pennington

1 1 I respectfully dissent.

{2 The time to file a notice of claim against the state or its political subdivisions clearly runs from the "date the loss occurs." 51 0.8. Supp.1999 § 156(B). Here, the loss occurred in 1991, yet the notice of claim was not filed until 1998, obviously outside the time limit for filing a notice of claim.

T3 The Governmental Tort Claims Act (GTCA) "narrowly structures the method for bringing a tort claim against a political subdivision." Gurley v. Memorial Hosp. of Guymon, 1989 OK 34, ¶ 6, 770 P.2d 573, 576. The notice provisions of the GTCA "are a creation of…