Burns v. Burns

CAMERON, Vice Chief Justice.

This is a petition for review of an opinion and decision of the Court of Appeals, Division Two, 21 Ariz.App. 337, 519 P.2d 190 (1974), which reversed an order of the Superior Court of Pima County granting summary judgment in favor of the defendant-appellee Beverly J. Burns on the ground that the suit against her was barred by the doctrine of interspousal tort immunity.

We consider only one question on review, and that is whether a divorced spouse may, after a divorce, sue his former spouse for a negligent tort committed during the marriage.

The facts necessary for a…