Legal Opinion

Ruelas v. Staff Builders Personnel Services, Inc.

Court of Appeals of Arizona

Decided January 30, 2001No. 2 CA CV 00-0005PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

HOWARD, Presiding Judge.

¶ 1 In the course of receiving an enema while a patient at Pima County’s Posada del Sol Health Care Center, appellant Billie Ruelas was abused by nurses provided by appellee Staff Builders. 1 On appeal, Ruelas challenges the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to Staff Builders on Ruelas’s claims against it for vicarious liability, punitive damages, and negligent hiring/retention. 2 We affirm because the nurses were lent employees under the control of Posada del Sol while administering the enema and because no genuine issue of material fact exists as to…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Orme School v. ReevesArizona Supreme Court · 1990
  2. Link v. Pima CountyCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1998
  3. City of Phoenix v. Leroy's Liquors, Inc.Court of Appeals of Arizona · 1993
  4. Lee Moor Contracting Co. v. BlantonArizona Supreme Court · 1937
  5. National Indemnity Co. v. St. Paul Insurance CompaniesArizona Supreme Court · 1986

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3Cited by11 opinions

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  4. Brake Masters Systems, Inc. v. GabbayCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 2003
  5. Inmon v. Crane Rental Services, Inc.Court of Appeals of Arizona · 2003

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