If you are out walking downtown as a pedestrian and trip and fall over a broken sidewalk, you might discover that the city has immunity from it. Maybe they do not. The same could go if you were driving and got hit by a city, county, or state vehicle that was not paying attention and get injured. This could leave you with a lot of questions about your car accident.
Most of the claims are going to end up being very similar. It is a negligence claim. They hurt you. If you can show that they do not have some immunity, because it was clearly a mistake or hopefully an ordinance violation of their own making, you can get around that immunity.
One of the important things is you would need to put them on notice of the claim as soon as possible. A lot of the municipalities in the state require you to put them on notice of the claim within 180 days. It is kind of like an extra-abbreviated statute of limitations. If you do not do it, you might miss out.
So, check with your local municipalities to find out what their notice frame is, because if you wait too long, it is going to become a problem for you.
If you were injured where a municipality was at fault, call or text the personal injury lawyers at 612-INJURED at (612) 465-8733 for a free consultation.
