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Arizona Court of Appeals Division One held that tort claims were barred by failure to comply with the notice of claim statute, A.R.S. § 12-821.01.

Arizona Court of Appeals Division One holds that the phrase “may be foreclosed” in A.R.S. § 33-1807 refers to the commencement of a civil action seeking foreclosure rather than the issuance of a judgment of foreclosure and, therefore, partial payment of a lien does not entitle one to relief under Arizona Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b).

The Arizona Court of Appeals Division One released the panel assignments for July 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020.

Arizona Court of Appeals Division One held that (1) a communication that occurs preliminary to a judicial proceeding may be privileged against defamation claims when the defendant was “seriously considering” commencing litigation or had a good-faith basis to believe someone else was; and (2) Supreme Court Rule 48(l) does not bar abuse of judicial process claims involving a professional-discipline proceeding but the mere submission of a bar complaint that is dismissed without further action

Arizona Supreme Court holds that the number of signatures necessary to trigger a recall election is based on how many people voted at the most recent election for the office.

Governor Ducey appointed Judge Cynthia Bailey to the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One.