Legal Opinion
State v. Sanchez
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided March 1, 1978No. 2 CA-CIV 2669PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HOWARD, Judge.
The issue in this case is whether the trial court erred in allowing punitive damages to be assessed against the State of Arizona.
This is an action for wrongful death of the plaintiff’s 20-year-old son who was killed on August 29, 1975 in an automobile collision involving a state vehicle operated by Joseph Noriega, an employee of the Arizona Highway Department. At the time of the accident, Joseph Noriega was intoxicated.
Noriega was a self-confessed alcoholic. During the five years he worked for the Arizona Highway Department, he was often absent from work as a result of…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Stone v. Arizona Highway CommissionArizona Supreme Court · 1963
- Chappell v. City of SpringfieldSupreme Court of Missouri · 1968
- City of Minneapolis v. RichardsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1976
- Fisher v. City of MiamiSupreme Court of Florida · 1965
- Smith v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1975
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3Cited by22 opinions
- City of Gladewater v. PikeTexas Supreme Court · 1987
- Summerfield v. Superior Court, Maricopa Cty.Arizona Supreme Court · 1985
- Hall v. A.N.R. Freight System, Inc.Arizona Supreme Court · 1986
- Clark v. CassidyHawaii Supreme Court · 1981
- Welch v. McClureArizona Supreme Court · 1979
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