Backus v. State

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• holding the claimant is required to supply only those facts the claimant deems sufficient to support the claim
• holding the claimant is required to supply those facts the claimant deems adequate to permit the public entity to evaluate the claim
• noting that public entities are not 7 required to request additional facts when a plaintiff’s notice of claim is deficient
• recognizing the legislature’s intent to enact a presumption against general governmental immunity
• reiterating standard that liability is the rule and immunity is the exception
• plaintiffs notice of claim may be admissible for impeachment if plaintiff later makes inconsistent statements

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).