Legal Opinion

Bussanich v. Douglas

Court of Appeals of Arizona

Decided November 18, 1986No. 2 CA-CV 5780PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

HOWARD, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from the granting of a motion for summary judgment. Both parties, psychologists, were public employees employed by the Southern Arizona Mental Health Center, a state mental health agency administered by the Department of Health Services. During an “in-service” workshop on handguns, the defendant was negligent in his handling of a firearm which discharged and seriously injured the plaintiff.

The plaintiff filed this negligence action against her fellow employee for damages for personal injuries. Based on the 1980 amendment to art. 18, § 8 of the…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Stone v. Arizona Highway CommissionArizona Supreme Court · 1963
  2. Kilpatrick v. Superior CourtArizona Supreme Court · 1970
  3. Adams v. BolinArizona Supreme Court · 1952
  4. Marks v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1942
  5. Ward v. StevensArizona Supreme Court · 1959

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3Cited by20 opinions

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  2. Ruiz v. HullArizona Supreme Court · 1998
  3. Yniguez v. Arizonans for Official EnglishCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
  4. Perini Land & Development Co. v. Pima CountyArizona Supreme Court · 1992
  5. Hernandez v. LynchCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 2007

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