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· 2/20/1997

In Re the Complaint of Beesley's Point Sea-Doo, Inc.

Citations

  • 956 F. Supp. 538
  • 1997 A.M.C. 2692
  • 1997 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1994
  • 1997 WL 80023

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that a letter conferred notice where it provided an opinion about what caused claimant’s injuries, offered a theory of liability, and listed the medical expenses
  • noting that “‘claims for personal injuries and property damages’ [is] a term commonly used to describe the subject of a legal action’
  • noting that 20 counsel’s reference to “claims” is “a clear indicia of the possibility of commencement of legal proceedings”
  • reasoning that the court must consider the “whole tenor” of the letter and not apply Richardson factors too narrowly and concluding that the letter constituted written notice of a claim “although the letter does not include an express ‘demand of a right or supposed right’”
  • letter was captioned “Gillespie vs. Beesley’s Point Sea Doo, Inc. t/a Sea Isle Sea Doo, et al” with the date of the accident

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Judges: Irenas

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