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· 9/28/1989

Ball v. Prentice

Citations

  • 781 P.2d 628
  • 162 Ariz. 150
  • 44 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 40
  • 1989 Ariz. App. LEXIS 259

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • recognizing the 26 Arizona courts’ adoption of the Restatement NIED provision
  • reviewing denial of motion for partial summary judgment “based on the facts in the record,” and holding “there is sufficient evidence . . . for a jury to infer” what is “necessary for imposition of punitive damages”
  • plaintiff entitled to have jury decide whether nausea, loss of sleep, headaches, and emotional problems causally connected to automobile accident
  • “Whether Ball’s emotional problems, nausea, sleeplessness, tension and 26 headaches are causally connected to the accident and the extent and duration 27 of those injuries is a matter for jury determination.”
  • “Whether Ball’s 17 emotional problems, nausea, sleeplessness, tension and headaches are causally connected 18 to the accident and the extent and duration of those injuries is a matter for jury 19 determination.”

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Judges: Lacagnina, Livermore, Fernandez

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