Court Opinion

ID: 5054021
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2021-10-01 08:23:55.217374+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:13:40.819014
License: Public Domain

I respectfully dissent.
There are few exceptions to the Texas rule that compliance with notice of claim provisions in the charters of home rule cities is mandatory and that timely filing of a written notice of claim is a condition precedent to maintenance of a suit against a city for injuries. Some exceptions are:
 Estoppel Roberts v. Haltom City, 543 S.W.2d 75
(Tex. 1976).
 Claimant is under disability of minority McCrary v. City of Odessa, 482 S.W.2d 151 (Tex. 1972).
 Claimant is so mentally or physically incapacitated that he cannot give proper notice Simpson v. City of Abilene, 388 S.W.2d 760 (Tex.Civ.App. 1965, writ ref. n. r. e.); City of Waxahachie v. Harvey, 255 S.W.2d 549 (Tex.Civ.App. 1953, writ ref. n. r. e.).
A claimant's belief that his injury is trivial has not been recognized as an exception to the Texas requirement of strict compliance.
I would reverse and render.