State v. Brooks

OPINION

JACOBSON, Presiding Judge.

This appeal primarily concerns the sufficiency of a “claim” against the State of Arizona in a negligence action as a prerequisite for suit against the State.

The underlying facts giving rise to the accident which is the subject matter of this litigation are not in dispute. On January 15, 1970, Chester R. Cappriotti agreed to board several horses at his home in Sunburst Farms, a subdivision located approximately 41/2 miles west of the Black Canyon Highway, a controlled access freeway. The horses were placed in a corral located at the Cappriotti residence and…