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Sec. 16-383. - Damage caused by potholes—Claims against the town.#
If any person shall incur damage to his or her motor vehicle by reason of a pothole on any town road, causeway, or bridge which damage would not have occurred without the existence of the pothole, he or she may recover from the town the amount of damages sustained up to and not more than the sum of $300.00 if the town was on previous notice of the pothole's existence. All claims shall be made within a period of seven days from the date on which the damage was sustained by filing a written report in a manner prescribed by the director of the department of public works. The report shall then be forwarded to the town council for referral to the insurance committee.
(Ord. No. 2013-13, 8-28-13)