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· 6/23/1998

Ramirez v. Health Partners

Citations

  • 972 P.2d 658
  • 193 Ariz. 325
  • 272 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 27
  • 1998 Ariz. App. LEXIS 107

How courts have described this case

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

  • refusing to recognize negligence liability for violation of UAGA in light of good faith immunity
  • discussing policy reasons to require “more than negligence” in claims involving the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
  • “Issues involving ... constitutional claims are questions of law subject to this court’s de novo review.”
  • “We must presume that the legislation is rational, and such presumption can be overcome only by a clear showing of arbitrariness or irrationality.”
  • \Most claims alleging unauthorized harvesting of body parts . . . will arise from acts or omissions that deviate from the [Arizona Uniform Anatomical Gift] Act's terms in some respect\
  • “judges are not like pigs, hunting for truffles buried in the record”

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Judges: Pelander, Espinosa, Howard

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