· 11/13/2007
Law v. Verde Valley Medical Center
Citations
- 170 P.3d 701
- 217 Ariz. 92
- 517 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 6
- 2007 WL 5448141
- 2007 Ariz. App. LEXIS 215
How courts have described this case
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- concluding that any liability that the employer may have had for the actions or inactions of its employee “would have been vicarious and not a result of joint or concerted action”
- holding there is no fault to impute to the employer when the suit against the employee has been dismissed with prejudice
- stating that if a claim is dismissed, the “potentially vicariously liable” party is not responsible
- recognizing the principle that in a vicarious liability suit, a judgment for the agent is a judgment for the principal
- holding there is no fault to impute to the employer when the suit against the employee has been dismissed with prejudice
- discussing UCATA and concluding that “UCATA has not changed the law pertaining to vicarious liability”
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Judges: Gemmill, Kessler, Timmer
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