If you believe that MnDOT was negligent, causing damage or injury to you or your property, please follow these steps to submit a tort claim to MnDOT. Prior to the adoption of the.Municipal Tort Liability Act, the Minnesota Supreme Court had held that notice need only be given in cases involving negligence. Legal requirements of causal relation apply both to fault as the basis for liability and to contributory fault. The doctrine of last clear chance is abolished.