Cantrell v. Sweetwater County School District No. 2

VOIGT, Justice.

[¶ 1] The parents of a now-ten-year-old boy appeal from the district court’s dismissal of their complaint against a school district alleging injuries suffered by the boy on school property. The district court concluded that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction in the matter because the claim presented to the school district was not certified to under penalty of perjury, as is required by the Wyoming Constitution.

[¶ 2] We reverse.

ISSUE

[¶ 3] We will restate the dispositive issue as follows:

Does a verified affidavit, signed under oath by the claimants, satisfy the requirement of…