(a)
The city shall not be liable to any person for injuries suffered to his person or the person of another unless the injured person, or someone on his behalf, shall, within thirty (30) days from the date the injury was received, give notice in writing to the city secretary of the following facts:
(1)
The date and time when the injury occurred and the place where the injured person was at the time the injury was received;
(2)
The nature and extent of the injury together with a specific and detailed statement of how and under what circumstances the injury occurred;
(3)
The names of all the persons who, according to the knowledge or information of the injured person, witnessed the happening of the injury or any part thereof and the name of the doctor, if any, to whose care the injured person is committed.
The city shall not be liable for damages for wrongful death unless the person, or one of the persons, entitled to recover such damages shall, within thirty (30) days from the date of the injury or accident causing such death, give notice to the city secretary substantially as required by this article in personal injury cases or unless the person who was injured and died as a result thereof, or someone for him, has given the notice required by this article. |
(b)
The written notice and statement required under subsection (a) shall be sworn to by the person claiming damages or by someone authorized by him to do so on his behalf.
(c)
The notice provisions required herein shall not be applicable in cases in which the plaintiff can demonstrate good cause, actual notice by the city, or civil rights violations.
(1997 Code, art. 1.300)