Summerfield v. Superior Court, Maricopa Cty.

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing cause of action for the wrongful-death of a viable unborn child
• acknowledging binding authority of United States Supreme Court opinion on subject but determining Arizona Supreme Court’s decision did not conflict with that opinion
• accepting special action jurisdiction when several pending cases involved the same issue and finding that “[njormal appellate procedures will result in unnecessary cost and delay to all litigants”
• special action jurisdiction granted to determine whether wrongful death statute encompassed death of stillborn, viable fetus
• “[t]he phrases ‘such damages as are fair and just’ * * * invite the court to participate in construing the statutes and setting the parameters of the action”
• supreme court accepted special action from superior court when several pending cases presented same issue and question presented was one of law and statewide importance

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).