Lakritz v. Superior Court

OPINION

JACOBSON, Judge.

Petitioner Adam Lakritz (plaintiff) seeks special action review of the trial court’s order transferring venue from Coconino County to Pinal County in his underlying tort suit against the State of Arizona for the state’s alleged gross negligence that resulted in plaintiffs kidnapping, assault, and armed robbery in Coconino County by Danny Ray Horning, a prisoner who had escaped from the Arizona State Prison located in Pinal County. The issue raised is whether the trial court abused its discretion in concluding that venue should be in Pinal County because “the foundation…