Mutz v. Lucero

BERNSTEIN, Vice Chief Justice.

Marie B. Mutz, hereinafter called “plaintiff”, brought an action for the benefit of herself and her minor children under A.R.S. §§ 12-611, 12-612 against Juana Maria Lucero and Marcelino Lucero, hereinafter called “defendant”. The action for the death of plaintiff’s husband grew out of a head-on collision between an automobile and a motorcycle and was based on the alleged negligence of the defendant. The case was tried to the court sitting with a jury, and at the end of the plaintiff’s case the court granted the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict,…