A divided Arizona Supreme Court upheld a state law that limits liability to bars and restaurants for damages caused by intoxicated patrons, overturning a jury verdict that would have awarded $800,000 to the family of a man who was killed …
The Arizona Supreme Court Tuesday reversed a ruling that allowed the family of the victim of a fatal crash to pursue punitive damages against a trucking company, reasserting its holding in a 1986 decision that negligent acts alone are not …
PHOENIX (AP)– Arizona victims of long-ago child sex abuse can proceed with lawsuits against groups like the Boy Scouts of America after the state Supreme Court rejected claims that a state law extending victims’ right to sue was unconstitutional. Arizona …
The Arizona Supreme Court has declined to review a case involving the deadly Yarnell Hill wildfire that devastated a rural Arizona community in 2013 and killed 19 elite firefighters. The decision leaves intact the Arizona Court of Appeals’ ruling seven …
The Arizona Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether employers can be held liable to somebody who contracted cancer from asbestos brought home on a parent’s work clothes. The case stems from the 2014 death of Dr. Ernest Quiroz, whose …
The legal immunity provided physicians by Arizona’s medical marijuana law for certifying patients to use pot only applies to the medical certifications, not other conduct such as making false statements in documents, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday. The high …
The presence of non-impairing marijuana compounds in a person’s body isn’t a justification for authorities to prosecute under Arizona’s driving under the influence laws, the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in the latest opinion on an issue that several states …
A new Arizona Supreme Court ruling upholds a state law that seeks to screen out flimsy medical malpractice suits by requiring that plaintiffs have a testifying witness from the same medical specialty as the doctor being sued. The court’s unanimous …
An employer is not liable for injuries sustained by a third party involved in an auto accident with a company employee during a work trip, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled this week. The high court reasoned that an employer is …