Filing Tort Claims
When a citizen wishes to file a tort claim for damages with the City of Indianapolis, County of Marion, the claimant must submit a letter specifying the following:

• Name and address of claimant
• Claimant’s telephone number
• Location, date and time of alleged occurrence
• Short and plain statement of the facts on which the claim is based, including names, addresses and phone number of witnesses (if applicable), circumstances which brought about the loss, the time and place the loss occurred
• Damage(s) and/or injury sustained;
• Extent of loss or repair if known (copies of estimates, bills, receipts, photos, etc., may be provided if possible);
• The residence of the person making the claim at the time of the loss and at the time of filing the notice.
• City of Indianapolis, Office of Corporation Counsel200 East Washington Street, Suite 1601Indianapolis, Indiana 46204-3372.
• Under Indiana Law (I.C. 34-13-3-12), your claim must be either delivered in person, registered or certified mail and received by the City of Indianapolis, County of Marion, within one hundred eighty (180) days after the loss occurs (I.C. 34-13-3-8), and the City of Indianapolis, County of Marion, has ninety (90) days to respond before further legal action may be filed (I.C. 34-13-3-11).
• Additionally, there are a number of immunity provisions in Indiana law which limit municipal liability. Your damage claim will be evaluated accordingly, and you will be notified of the City’s position at the completion of the City’s investigation.
  
  For further information regarding tort claims or the filing of tort claims call: (317) 327-4039

Labels: Putting the City on Indianapolis On Notice.

posted by Jim Keller # 10:50 AM 0 Comments
Thursday, November 1 2007

Today, I mediated a clients case at the Mediation Group, here in Indianapolis. The case involved a young women who was seriously injured in an Auto Accident. There is an increased use of mediation as a means of settling injury claims. During the past several years mediation has become widely used as a method of arriving at a reasonable settlement in an personal injury or wrongful death claim, especially in claims that would be the most expensive and difficult to litigate to a jury verdict. When approached effectively, it ends the claim or litigation without any further costs to the client; when it fails, the injured individual proceeds to jury trial without any penalties. Additionally, mediation is an extremely cost-effective procedure that could save the injured person thousands of dollars in litigation expenses.

Labels: Auto Accident Injury Mediation New Mexico, Michigan, Indiana

posted by Jim Keller # 10:24 AM 0 Comments
Wednesday, October 31, 2007

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