Legal Opinion
Windauer v. O'CONNOR
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided February 16, 1971No. 2 CA-CIV 868PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HATHAWAY, Judge.
Does interspousal tort immunity preclude an action after divorce to recover for personal injuries sustained through a gunshot wound intentionally inflicted by one spouse upon the other during marriage? This is the principal question raised on this appeal.
The parties were married on April 16, 1966. Approximately one year after the marriage, the husband’s heavy drinking led to arguments and fights, which culminated in the husband, Joseph O’Connor, shooting his wife Kathryn in the head on March 6, 1968. At the time of the shooting, he was 62 years old and she was 72.
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2Cases cited46 opinions
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- Klein v. KleinCalifornia Supreme Court · 1962
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- Rains v. RainsSupreme Court of Colorado · 1935
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- Ross v. International Brotherhood of Electrical WorkersCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
- Broadbent v. BroadbentArizona Supreme Court · 1995
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