Court Opinion

ID: 9547631
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 17:49:53.525363+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:17:54.796265
License: Public Domain

WALTERS, Justice (dissenting.) I do not agree with the majority opinion. The Court of Appeals opinion should be sustained for the reasons stated therein. Nowhere does the statute require anything more, when there is actual notice, than “notice of the occurrence.” The majority opinion converts the statutory language from “notice of the occurrence” to “notice of the tort.” In view of the matters before the trial court, in addition to the accident report itself, a material issue of fact is raised regarding the City’s actual notice, and that issue cannot be resolved by summary judgment. NMSA 1978, Civ.P.R. 56.