Bowen Productions, Inc. v. French
Court of Appeals of Arizona
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SWANN, Judge.
¶ 1 This special action asks whether a notice of nonparty at fault that lacks substantial factual allegations is nonetheless valid when the defendant’s disclosure statements reveal the basis for the nonparty’s putative fault. Here, the superior court struck such a notice without taking into account the content of a previously served expert disclosure. We hold that when a notice specifically identifies a nonparty at fault, and timely disclosures explain the factual basis for the allegation of fault, the documents must be read together and the notice may therefore be…
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