LIABILITY - GEORGIA

City of Lafayette v. Chandler

Court of Appeals of Georgia - March 9, 2020 - S.E.2d - 2020 WL 1129674

Driver brought action for damages against city arising from collision with fire truck driven by city firefighter.

The State Court denied city’s motion to dismiss. City appealed.

The Court of Appeals held that driver’s ante litem notice of action strictly complied with statutory requirement to provide specific amount of monetary damages sought.

Driver’s ante litem notice of action for damages against city arising from collision with fire truck driven by city firefighter, which stated that driver would seek to recover $1,000,000 in monetary damages, strictly complied with statutory requirement to provide specific amount of monetary damages sought as an offer of compromise, despite city’s argument that the figure was only a “generalized stab” at the presumptive limits of its insurance policy; requirement did not require driver to provide actual dollar amount of damages allegedly incurred, but only to provide specific amount of monetary damages being sought.



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