Legal Opinion
Schoenrock v. Cigna Health Plan of Arizona, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided December 31, 1985No. 1 CA-CIV 7380PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BROOKS, Judge.
This is an appeal from a summary judgment dismissing appellant’s action for wrongful death. The issue is whether a decedent’s settlement and release of his personal injury claim prior to death extinguishes any claim for wrongful death under A.R.S. § 12-611 for recovery of the survivor’s damages.
On July 14, 1980, Carl Schoenrock (decedent) brought a medical malpractice action against appellee Padie Richlin, M.D. and corporate appellees’ corporate predecessors (appellees). In his complaint, decedent alleged that appellees failed to timely diagnose a lung cancer. As a…
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