Court Opinion

ID: 9797520
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 04:22:50.412341+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:57:02.801084
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KITE, J.,
specially concurring, in which BURKE, J., joins.
[128] I concur with the majority opinion, but write separately to address an issue raised by footnote 8. While the parties addressed the issue of whether the allegations in the complaint complied with this Court's jurisprudence, no argument was presented concerning whether failure to comply with the statute of limitations contained in Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-89-114 (LexisNexis 2009) deprives the court of jurisdiction. In Bell v. Schell, 2004 WY 153, ¶ 11, 101 P.3d 465, 468-69 (Wyo.2004), we set forth the analysis that should apply in determining that issue, but left it for another day. While it could be argued that the issue was determined in Lankford v. City of Laramie, 2004 WY 143, ¶ 22, 100 P.3d 1238, 1244 (Wyo.2004) and Mountain View/Evergreen Improv. & Serv. Dist. v. Brooks Water & Sewer Dist., 896 P.2d 1355, 1363 (Wyo.1995), I would prefer to do so explicitly and after performing the analysis set forth in Bell. That is unnecessary, of course, in this case because there is no dispute that the plaintiff's claim is barred by her failure to file her complaint within one year of the filing of her claim as provided in § 1-89-114.