Arizona Public Service Company v. Brittain

CAMERON, Justice.

This is an appeal from a jury verdict and judgment in the amount of $100,000 awarded to Mrs. Brittain for herself and five children for the wrongful death of her husband, Rodney Neil Brittain.

We are called upon to decide whether it was error to:

1. deny defendant’s motion for a directed verdict,

2. to refuse defendant’s requested instructions on foreseeability, and

3. to refuse defendant’s requested instructions on duty of care.

The facts necessary to determine this appeal are as follows. Rodney Brittain, plaintiff’s husband, was a helicopter pilot for Rotocraft, Inc. On 16…