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POLICK v. INDIANA DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS

No. 46S03-9510-CV-1214.

668 N.E.2d 682 (1996)

Gwen POLICK, Appellant (Plaintiff below), v. INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, an Administrative Agency of the State of Indiana; the State of Indiana; and the Indiana Toll Road Commission, Appellees (Defendants below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

August 7, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terrance L. Smith, Krista Smith MacLennan, Smith & DeBonis, East Chicago, for Appellant.

David C. Jensen, Jeffrey L. Freeman, Eichhorn, Eichhorn & Link, Hammond, for Appellees.

Jeffrey A. Cooke, Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, Lafayette, Amicus Curiae.

On Petition To Transfer

DICKSON, Justice.

The issue in this case is whether the trial court erred in dismissing the complaint of a severely injured plaintiff whose notice of claim pursuant to the Indiana Tort Claims Act ("the Act") was filed 181 days after the accident, contrary to the 180-day limit prescribed by the Act. See Ind.Code § 34-4-16.5-7. The Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal. Polick v. Indiana Dep't of Highways,

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