Maxwell v. Fidelity Financial Services, Inc.

OPINION

FELDMAN, Chief Justice.

Elizabeth Maxwell petitions us to review a court of appeals opinion affirming a trial court ruling that the doctrine of novation barred Maxwell’s claim that a contract was unconscionable and therefore unenforceable. See Maxwell v. Fidelity Fin. Servs., Inc., 179 Ariz. 544, 880 P.2d 1090 (Ct.App.1993). We granted review to examine the law dealing with grounds for novation and unconscionability and to determine whether the principles of contract interpretation announced in Taylor v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 175 Ariz. 148, 854 P.2d 1134 (1993), are applicable…