Williams v. Wise

UDALL, Justice.

This matter is before us on appeal from a judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff, Annisa Wise, in the Superior Court of Maricopa County awarding the plaintiff $79,400 in damages for the wrongful death of her husband. For the reasons advanced below, we reverse and remand for a new trial.

Plaintiff, Annisa Wise, brought a wrongful death action against Jack Williams, dba Jack Williams Trucking Company, and against Doyle Sander, a truck driver for Williams, for the death of her husband, Ruben Wise, at a highway-construction site in the vicinity of Black Canyon City north of…