Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1/8/2002

Martin v. Commonwealth

Citations

53 Mass. App. Ct. 526
760 N.E.2d 313
2002 Mass. App. LEXIS 25

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concluding that “the letter, which specifically identifled a legal basis . . . put the executive officer on notice of the time, place, and factual basis of the claims sufficiently to allow the opportunity to investigate, evaluate, settle, and avoid further liability”
strict compliance refers more to whether the proper party was notified in a timely fashion, than to the adequacy of the content
“It would take no great leap for the public official receiving the letter to infer” emotional distress from the initial negligence claim
sufficiency of presentment focuses more on whether presentment was timely and made to the proper party rather than the content of the presentment
“the requisite sufficiency of content in a presentment is easier to outline than to apply”
presentment requirement applied more strictly regarding party noticed than adequacy of content

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Judges: Grasso

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