Haab v. County of Maricopa

OPINION

JOHNSEN, Judge.

¶ 1 In this opinion we address whether a timely notice of claim pursuant to Arizona Revised Statutes (“A.R.S.”) section 12-821.01 (2003) that alleges one set of wrongs by a public entity or employee provides notice, pursuant to the statute, of subsequent related but different wrongs by the same entity or employee. We hold that in such a situation, because the original claim does not describe the second set of alleged acts, it does not comply with the statute, and the claimant must amend his notice or file a new notice in order to preserve claims based on the second set…