Legal Opinion
Forquer v. Pinal County
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided October 3, 1974No. 1 CA-CIV 2164PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JACOBSON, Chief Judge,
Division 1.
The sole issue on this appeal is whether the trial court abused its discretion in granting a new trial following a plaintiff’s verdict in a wrongful death action based upon improper argument of plaintiff’s counsel relative to damages.
Appellant-plaintiff, Robert C. Forquer, as administrator of the estate of A. Merrill Russell, brought an action in wrongful death on behalf of Mr. Russell’s children against the appellees-defendants, Howard Duke Crisler, Coy DeArman, Sheriff of Pinal County, and Pinal County. Mr. Russell’s death resulted from a head-on…
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