City of St. Johns v. Superior Court

OPINION

FROEB, Presiding Judge.

This special action arises out of a suit filed in Maricopa County Superior Court by the real party in interest, A.K. Rogers Companies, dba A.K.R. Contracting (A.K. R.), against petitioner, City of St. Johns (St. Johns). St. Johns asks this court to re verse the denial of its motion for change of venue. We accept jurisdiction, and grant the requested relief.

The relevant facts are as follows. St. Johns hired a Maricopa County based engineering firm, Ellis-Murphy, Inc. (Ellis-Murphy), to supervise a construction job involving certain improvements to the St. Johns…