Beaulieu v. Florquist

VOIGT, Justice.

[¶ 1] This is an appeal from a summary judgment granted to a municipality and its employee in a tort action because the appellants’ claim failed to comply with the requirements of the Wyoming Constitution. We affirm.

ISSUES

[¶ 2] The parties have worded the issues in unnecessarily complex and argumentative fashion. We find the dispositive issues to be:

1. Does Wyo. Const, art. 16, § 7 require a claim filed under the Wyoming Governmental Claims Act, Wyo. Stat. Ann. §§ 1-39-101, et seq. (Lexis 1999), to be signed by the claimant? 1

2. Does Wyo. Const, art. 16, § 7 require a claim…