Arizona Supreme Court Holds That The Legislature Must Transmit All Passed Bills to the Governor With No More Delay than is Necessary to Complete Any Ministerial Tasks.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.