The Court of Appeals Division One holds that the sham affidavit doctrine bars use of a declaration that contradicts testimony taken in separate litigation.
Arizona Supreme Court holds that, though political candidates usually must list their actual residence address in their nomination paper and petitions, a candidate substantially complied by listing a nearby private mailbox address instead.
Arizona Court of Appeals Division One holds that when a contractor for a public entity timely exercises its contractual option to require non-binding mediation with a public entity after exhausting its administrative remedies, the time to file a notice of claim is tolled under A.R.S. § 12-821.01(C) until the mediation fails.
Arizona Court of Appeals Division One holds that an assisted living facility may not hold a Power of Attorney for a resident or allow an employee or family member to do so.
Arizona Supreme Court holds that the question of whether a loan is a “construction loan” subject to anti-deficiency protection is a fact question based on a multi-factor test.