Mazer v. D.C. Department of Health

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• although presentment letters sent to wrong entity, the purpose of presentment was fulfilled because appropriate person had actual notice of claim
• although presentment letters were not addressed to the appropriate person, the statutory purpose was fulfilled where the executive director had actual notice as demonstrated by his direct response to the claim
• proper executive officer of Lynn Housing Authority, to whom presentment should have been made, acknowledged in his affidavit that he eventually received plaintiff's written claim, despite it being more generally presented to Lynn Housing Authority
• plaintiff fulfilled presentment requirement, even though he presented slip and fall claim to public housing authority, rather than housing authority’s executive officer, because executive officer’s letter to invitee’s counsel acknowledged that he had actual notice of claim
• actual notice where the executive officer personally responded to the presentment

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