· 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
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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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