Matusik v. Arizona Public Service Co.

OPINION

MEYERSON, Presiding Judge.

This consolidated appeal arises out of a natural gas explosion which occurred at a shopping center owned by appellants Joseph Matusik and Sandra June Matusik (Matusik). Two tenants, Dib Maali and Steve Rotschild, filed separate actions for damage to their property naming as defendants Matusik, Arizona Public Service Company (APS), and Arthur Picard, the tenant in whose store the gas leak allegedly originated. In both actions, Matusik filed cross-claims against APS and Picard. Summary judgment was granted against Matusik in both cases and it is from these…