Thompson v. State

UDALL, Justice.

This matter is before us on appeal from a judgment that was entered on a verdict in favor of the defendants in the Superior Court of Maricopa County, Arizona.

The plaintiffs, Clyde and Sherry Thompson, husband and wife, filed an action against the State of Arizona and Joseph A. Lizarraga, an Arizona highway patrolman, seeking to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by Sherry in an automobile accident in which the automobile operated by Lizarraga, who was acting within the scope of his employment by the State, collided with the automobile driven by Sherry. The accident…