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· 10/24/1980

Watts v. Golden Age Nursing Home

Citations

  • 619 P.2d 1032
  • 127 Ariz. 255
  • 1980 Ariz. LEXIS 285

How courts have described this case

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

  • unjustifiable delay in failing to notify wife of husband’s terminal illness was not outrageous
  • impeachment is attack upon credibility of the witness, but impeachment is not a process whereby substantive evidence is adduced
  • the nursing home's two-day delay in informing the plaintiff that her husband was terminally ill was unjustifiable but did not fall within the \quite narrow range of 'extreme and outrageous' conduct\
  • affirming directed verdict against plaintiff on intentional infliction claim
  • listing elements of emotional distress claims

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Judges: Holohan, Hays, Gordon

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