Catherine Hanrahan (Partner-Washington, DC) and DC associates Evan Warshauer and Pernell Choren obtained summary judgment in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia on behalf of a local government agency sued for allegations of negligence and breach of contract pertaining to the management of the plaintiff’s apartment. The court’s primary focus was on the sufficiency of plaintiff’s mandatory notice of claim pursuant to D.C. Code § 6-205(a). In their Motion to Dismiss, Catherine, Evan and Perry argued that not only were all of plaintiff’s alleged notices untimely, but none of them was submitted to the correct individual at the agency as set forth in the statute. The court ordered supplemental briefing from the parties to specifically address whether written notice was timely provided to the right person. Once that was completed, and with the Motion to Dismiss still pending, Catherine, Evan, and Perry opted to file a Motion for Judgment, further arguing that the plaintiff did not provide the mandatory notice of claim. In a 14-page decision, the court ultimately decided that the plaintiff failed to produce evidence to create a genuine dispute concerning whether she timely provided a mandatory notice of claim to the correct individual at the agency. Accordingly, the court granted the Motion to Dismiss and the Motion for Judgment.