Legal Opinion
Zuern v. Ford Motor Co.
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided June 5, 1997No. 2 CA-CV 96-0182PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PELANDER, Presiding Judge.
In this product liability case against a motor vehicle manufacturer, plaintiffs/appellants obtained a jury verdict but they challenge two evidentiary rulings by the trial court. The first ruling excluded certain evidence of vehicle defectiveness on disclosure grounds, and the second ruling admitted evidence concerning a nonparty’s fault. In connection with the second ruling, we must examine what effect, if any, Arizona’s Uniform Contribution Among Tortfeasors Act (UCATA), A.R.S. §§ 12-2501 to 12-2509, has on the application of this court’s pre-Act decision in…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Jimenez v. Sears, Roebuck and Co.Arizona Supreme Court · 1995
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