Hogue v. City of Phoenix

OPINION

HOWE, Judge:

¶ 1 This appeal is based on wrongful death claims by a sexual assault victim and the families of several murder victims (collectively, “Families”) of the “Baseline Killer” Mark Goudeau against the City of Phoenix and Phoenix Police Laboratory Services Bureau (“Bureau”) employees Allison Sedowski and Roger Schneider (collectively, “City”). The Families argued that the City breached a duty of care owed the Families to “conduct reasonable investigations in criminal matters to avoid delayed apprehension and continued victimization,” which amounted to gross negligence in…