Legal Opinion
Villareal v. State, Dept. of Transp.
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided April 20, 1989No. CV-87-0361-T, CV-88-0278-SA and CV-88-0419-SAPublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GORDON, Chief Justice.
We have consolidated these three cases on the issue of whether minor children may maintain a cause of action for loss of consortium against a third party who injures one of their parents. We have jurisdiction pursuant to Ariz. Const, art. 6, § 5(1) and Ariz. R. Sp. Act. 4, 17B A.R.S.
I. BACKGROUND
The background of each case as stated in the pleadings is set forth separately below.
Villareal: On May 6, 1981, an Arizona Department of Transportation (“State”) crew was repairing State Highway 77, north of Winkelman, when Gregory J. Garcia crashed his motorcycle into the…
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