What is a Notice of Claim?
A notice of claim is a letter sent via Certified mail and Return Receipt Requested. It provides for an investigatory time period and tolls the statute of limitations as to all potential defendants for 60 days. The notice of claim provides the physician and his insurer 60 days in which to investigate and evaluate the patient’s alleged claim.
A “Notice of Claim” is simply a notice to the City of Albany of your claim against the City. The contents of a notice of claim are set forth in the New York General Municipal Law § 50-e (2). A Notice of Claim must include: (1) the name and post office address of each claimant, and of his/her attorney, if any; (2) the nature of the claim; (3) the time when, the place where and the manner in which the claim arose; and (4) the items of damage or injuries claimed to have been sustained so far as then practicable. The notice of claim shall not state the damages the claimant deems himself/herself entitled to. (See GML § 50-e (2) as set forth below).
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