Do any special requirements exist when bringing a construction site suit against a municipality?
-back to top If you are injured on a city-owned construction site, or city facility, because of a defective ladder, scaffold, tripping hazard, or injured because of an unsafe work practice, then you must file a Notice of Claim within 90 days from the accident. Failure to file a Notice of Claim against the municipality within this time frame usually means your suit will be dismissed. After filing the claim, your legal action must be commenced within one year and ninety days rom the accident. For example, if a municipal sanitation truck knocked over a scaffold injuring a worker, the municipality would be a Defendant in the case and the above time periods would apply.
