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· 5/31/1978

Montano v. Scottsdale Baptist Hospital, Inc.

Citations

  • 581 P.2d 682
  • 119 Ariz. 448
  • 1978 Ariz. LEXIS 225

How courts have described this case

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

  • rejecting jurisdictional claim based on insufficient process when raised after an initial appearance and answer
  • filing of answer without having been served with process constituted voluntary appearance
  • failure to object at trial to an error in the jury instructions amounts to waiver
  • a general appearance by a party who has not been properly served has exactly the same effect as proper, timely and valid service of process
  • “No general rule is better established than that a witness cannot be contradicted for the purposes of impeachment as to collateral matters.”
  • “[A] general appearance by a party who has not been properly served has exactly the same effect as a proper, timely and valid service of process.”

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Judges: Struckmeyer, Hays, Holohan

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