STATE EX REL. MILLER v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. 1CA-SA 96-0314.

941 P.2d 240 (1997)

189 Ariz. 228

STATE of Arizona, ex rel., Charles L. MILLER, Director, Department of Transportation, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT of the State of Arizona, in and for the County of Maricopa, the Honorable Ruth H. Hilliard, a judge thereof, Respondent Judge, A. Paul STEPHENS, Sr. and Jane Doe Stephens, husband and wife; A. Paul Stephens, Sr. a married man, as his sole and separate property; A. Paul Stephens, Jr., a married man, as his sole and separate property; A. Paul Stephens, Jr. and Jane Doe Stephens, husband and wife; Elizabeth Jane Stephens, as her sole and separate property; First Interstate Bank; Arrowhead Section 30 Corporation, an Arizona corporation; Skunk Creek Properties, Inc., an Arizona corporation, Real Parties in Interest.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department C.

May 8, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grant Woods, The Attorney General by James R. Redpath, Joe Acosta, Jr., and George E. Mariscal, Assistant Attorneys General, Transportation Section, Phoenix, for Petitioner Phoenix.

Meyer & Vucichevich by Rad L. Vucichevich and Stanley Z. Goodfarb,Phoenix, for Real Parties in Interest Stephens Phoenix.

Bell Law Office by Leonard M. Bell, Scottsdale, and Streich Lang by Dan M. Durrant, Phoenix, for Real Parties in Interest First Interstate Bank Phoenix.


OPINION

THOMPSON, Presiding Judge.

Can a property owner introduce an Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) appraisal and portions of a stipulated agreement as an admission against interest on value after a partial taking? We find such evidence is barred as evidence of compromise under Arizona Rule of Evidence 408 if not already statutorily precluded by Ariz.Rev. Stat.Ann. (A.R.S.) § 12-1116(J).1 Relief granted.

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