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· 9/27/1979

Hurt v. SUPERIOR COURT OF STATE OF ARIZ.

Citations

  • 601 P.2d 1329
  • 124 Ariz. 45
  • 1979 Ariz. LEXIS 334

How courts have described this case

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

  • finding that the statutory phrase “children or parents” should be interpreted in the conjunctive rather than the disjunctive
  • noting that the purpose of paternity statutes is “to provide financial support for the child”
  • noting wrongful death defendant would be “an outsider” in paternity proceeding
  • noting wrongful death defendant would be “an outsider” in paternity proceeding
  • “[B]oth a surviving parent and surviving child, may recover for the wrongful death if either has been damaged by the death.”
  • paternity in wrongful death case “can be determined at a pretrial hearing on the issue of the plaintiffs capacity to sue”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Cameron, Struckmeyer, Hays, Holohan, Gordon

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