Arizona Court of Appeals Division One Holds That A.R.S. § 32-1451(A) Abrogates Common Law Immunity For Reports Involving Medical Malfeasance And Affirms Dismissal of Defamation Action Brought Against Physician Who Reported Other Physicians to the Arizona Medical Board.
Yearly Archives: 2009
ADOA v. Cox – 8/17/2009
August 24, 2009
Arizona Court of Appeals Division Two Holds ADOA May Recover the Full Amount of Medical Costs Provided to Participants Under the State Employee Health Care Plan, but That Recovery Is Limited to the Participant’s Net Recovery From the Third-Party Tortfeasor After Attorneys’ Fees Are Deducted.
Keovorabouth v. Ind.Comm’n of Arizona – 8/4/2009
August 18, 2009
Arizona Court of Appeals Division One Holds That Worker’s Compensation Claimant’s Injuries, Sustained In Car Accident While Traveling to Her Attorney’s Office to Prepare For Her Deposition In a Pending Industrial Commission Proceeding, Did Not Arise Out of Her Employment and Are Non-Compensable.
In Re MH 2008-001752 – 8/6/2009
August 18, 2009
Arizona Court of Appeals Division One Holds That A Patient in a Hearing for Involuntary Mental Health Treatment Does Not Have a Due Process Right to In-Court Identification.
Tripati v. Tucker – 7/29/2009
August 18, 2009
Arizona Court of Appeals Division Two Holds That A Plaintiff Claiming Indigency has the Burden of Proof When a Defendant Challenges Plaintiff’s Status Under A.R.S. § 12-302.
In Re MH-2008-000867 – 7/30/2009
August 10, 2009
Arizona Court of Appeals Holds Division One That Absent a Showing of True Necessity, Based on Unavailability, Telephonic Testimony of a Doctor at a Hearing for Court-Ordered Treatment Violates the Patient’s Rights.