Doe v. State

OPINION

WEISBERG, Judge.

¶ 1 Jane Doe and the Gilbert Unified School District (“GUSD”) appeal the trial court’s judgment in favor of the State of Arizona (the “State”). The trial court ruled, and we agree, that absolute immunity under Arizona Revised Statutes (“A.R.S.”) section 12-820.01 (sometimes referred to herein as the “absolute immunity statute”) barred Doe’s claim against the State for its allegedly negligent approval of a teaching certificate application by a sexual offender who later molested her son.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶2 On February 24, 1999, Doe filed a complaint…