Legal Opinion
Maricopa County v. Cowart
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided July 10, 1970No. 9845PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JACOBSON, Judge of the Court of Appeals.
The liability of Maricopa County for a suicide occurring in the Maricopa County Juvenile Home is presented in this appeal from a jury verdict and judgment in favor of the decedent’s mother.
Plaintiff-appellee, BETTE MILLER COWART, instituted a wrongful death, action against defendant-appellant, MARICOPA COUNTY, a political subdivision, to recover damages for the death of her son, CHARLES DENNIS METTINGER, áge 15. (The deceased will hereinafter be referred to as “Dennis.”) The matter was tried to a jury which returned a verdict in the plaintiff’s favor in…
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