Isbell Ex Rel. Isbell v. Maricopa County

OPINION

McGREGOR, Justice.

¶ The court of appeals reversed a judgment entered in favor of the plaintiffs and against the County after concluding that the plaintiffs’ theory against the County rested upon duties the County did not owe to the plaintiffs. We granted review to consider again the relationship between duty and breach of duty.

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¶ On April 10, 1990, Richard Isbell was killed when the truck he was driving collided with a train at the intersection of a railroad crossing and Chandler Heights Road in Chandler, Arizona. At the time of the accident, crossing warnings consisted of eight-inch…