Legal Opinion
Thompson v. Sun City Community Hospital, Inc.
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided June 12, 1984No. 16634-PRPublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FELDMAN, Justice.
Ada Carol Thompson (plaintiff) petitioned for review of the decision of the court of appeals. We have jurisdiction pursuant to Ariz. Const, art. 6, § 5(3) and Ariz.R.Civ. App.P. 23, and granted review to clarify the law in Arizona regarding (1) the duty of a general hospital to provide emergency care and (2) the relationship between causation and the “loss of a chance” in the law of torts. A detailed version of the facts is set forth in Thompson v. Sun City Community Hospital, Inc., 142 Ariz. 1, 688 P.2d 647 (App.1983). The following brief summary will be supplemented as…
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