Opinion ID: 2018653
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Text: 895.45 Timeliness, definition of claimant, notice and limited liability. (1) No civil action or civil proceeding may be brought against any state officer, employe or agent for or on account of any act growing out of or committed in the course of the discharge of such officer's, employe's or agent's duties, unless within 90 days of the event causing the injury, damage or death giving rise to the civil action or civil proceeding, the claimant in the action or proceeding serves upon the attorney general written notice of a claim stating the time, date, location and the circumstances of the event giving rise to the claim for the injury, damage or death and the names of persons involved, including the name of the state officer, employe or agent involved. (2) In this section, claimant means the person or entity sustaining the damage or injury or his agent, attorney or personal representative. (3) The notice under sub. (1) shall be sworn to by the claimant and shall be served upon the attorney general at his office in the capitol by certified mail. Notice shall be considered to be given upon mailing for the purpose of computing the time of giving notice. (4) The amount recoverable by any person or entity for any damages, injuries or death in any civil action or civil proceeding against a state officer, employe or agent shall not exceed $100,000. No punitive damages may be allowed or recoverable in any such action. [1] The sole issue on this appeal is whether a complaint against state employees must comply with sec. 895.45, Stats., when alleging an intentional tort of continuing conspiracy even though its allegations maintain that all the acts of conspiracy were beyond the scope of employment and authorization. We hold that no civil action against a state employee can be brought unless the condition precedent of notice of claim is given, and that notice and disallowance of such claim must be pleaded in the complaint under sec. 895.45 before any trial court has jurisdiction.