Air Power, Inc. v. Superior Court

OPINION

OGG, Judge.

In these consolidated special actions we must determine whether the trial court abused its discretion, acted arbitrarily and capriciously, contrary to law, or in excess of its jurisdiction in failing to grant peti*493tioners’ separate motions to dismiss on grounds of abatement.

By order dated August 15, 1984, we accepted jurisdiction, indicating that a decision on the merits would follow. We begin by reviewing the facts giving rise to these special actions. According to the complaint which was filed, the respondent, Karl Phillips, was injured in an airplane crash on August 27,…