Chrysler Corporation v. McCarthy

JACOBSON, Presiding Judge.

The issue before us in this special action proceeding is whether the petitioner, Chrysler Corporation, was properly made a third party defendant in a personal injury suit commenced by the respondents Hacker against the respondent City of Phoenix and its police officer, the respondent Rolnick.

The respondents Hacker filed a complaint alleging that Willis A. Hacker was injured when the automobile he was operating was struck head-on in its proper lane of traffic by a vehicle owned by the City of Phoenix and driven by the respondent Rolnick in the course of his duties as…