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CALLAWAY, BRAUN, RIDDLE & HUGHES P.C.
TIMOTHY F. CALLAWAY, Ili
DANA F. BRAUN
R. KRANNERT RIDDLE
EDWARD M. HUGHES
D. SCOTT PORCH, IV
T. DANIEL TUCKER
Dianne Otto
City of Tybee Island
P.O. Box 2749
Tybee Island, GA 31328 -2749
A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
301 WEST CONGRESS STREET
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA 31401
TELEPHONE (912) 238 -2750
FACSIMILE (912) 238 2767
May 21, 2009
RE: Gehringer /Sturgess - Silver Avaenue
Our File No. 572.14536.701
Dear Dianne:
REPLY TO
POST OFFICE BOX 9150
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA31412
Voice Mall Extension -108
E -Mail - BhuoheseDcbrhlaw.com
VIA E- MAIL ONLY
Would you please try to locate the records relating to the construction of the Silver
Avenue Condominiums at 13 Silver Avenue? We have gotten an ante litem notice regarding
inspections on the building and I have a number of facts to develop in connection with this
matter.
I am attaching a copy of the ante litem notice for your review as well as the engineering
report attached thereto.
Thanks for the help. With kindest regards, I am
Very truly yours,
Edward M. Hughes
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cc: Diane Schleicher, via email
Brannyn Allen, via email
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Duffly & Feemster, LLC.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Marshall Row Law Offices
236 East Oglethorpe Avenue
Savannah, Georgia 31401
ROBERT J. DUFFY (1922 -2005)
DWIGHT T. FEEMSTER
MATTHEW M. BUSH
JOHN R. STROTHER, III.
WILLIAM L. NORSE, JR.
May 14, 2009
VIA CERTIFIED MAIL
Ms. Vivian O. Woods, CMC
Clerk of Council for the City of Tybee Island
PO Box 2749
403 Butler Avenue
Tybee Island, Ga. 31328
VIA CERTIFIED MAIL
Mr. Jason Buelterman
Mayor of the City of Tybee Island
PO Box 2749
403 Butler Avenue
Tybee island, Ga. 31328
RE: Daniel Gehringer
Ante Litem Notice
Dear Ms. Woods and Mr. Buelterman:
STANLEY E. HARRIS, JR.
Of Counsel
REPLY TO:
P.O. BOX 10144
SAVANNAH, GA 31412
TELEPHONE: 912- 236 -6311
FACSIMILE: 912-236-7641
This letter serves as an Ante Litem Notice pursuant to 0.C.G.A. §36 -33 -5, giving
the City notice of my client's claim regarding the defective conditions at a property
commonly known as Silver Avenue Condominiums, Tybee Island, Georgia located at 13
Silver Avenue, Tybee Island, Georgia. My client is the owner of Unit C.
During the investigation of other defects in the property, my client has recently
discovered that the common stairs for the property are not built in accordance with
applicable codes. The stair hand rails are not compliant with ANSI 117.1 (1986) (refer to
photos 73 -79) for the following reasons:
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