State v. C & H NATIONWIDE, INC.

OPINION

ESPINOSA, Presiding Judge.

Appellant, the State of Arizona, filed an indemnification action against appellee C & H Nationwide, Inc. (C & H), for settlement money paid as a result of a fatal traffic accident involving an oversize load transported by C & H. The state appeals from the trial court’s denial of its motion for summary judgment and the granting of C & H’s cross-motion for summary judgment after finding that the state’s indemnity action was beyond the scope of its statutory authority. On cross-appeal, C & H challenges the trial court’s denial of its motion for attorneys’ fees.…