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Judiciary committee backs extending state notice deadline to one year for serious-injury claims
Summary
The Judiciary Committee voted to recommend Senate Bill 2233, extending the notice-to-claim period for serious bodily injury claims against the state from 180 days to one year.
The Judiciary Committee voted to recommend Senate Bill 2233, extending the statutory notice-to-claim period for serious bodily injury claims against the state from 180 days to one year.
Sponsor Sen. Jonathan Sickler, R-Grand Forks, told the panel that SB 2233 "deals broadly with the issue of sovereign immunity" and would add a carve-out so that claims involving a serious injury would receive the same one-year notice window the law currently provides for deaths. Sickler said the bill attempts "to strike a balance" between the state's need to manage long-term liability and the injured person's ability to learn of and bring a claim.
Todd Anderson, director of the Risk…
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